• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.81-87
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• 2012

New car assessment program (NCAP) originated from USNCAP in 1979 has been implemented in several countries or markets, for instance USA, Europe, Korea, Japan, China and Australia. NCAP has contributed greatly to reduce accidental tolls. But recently, NCAP performance has no distinction between cars because manufacturer have been continuously developed to improve NCAP performance. Therefore, NHTSA announced new USNCAP protocol becoming effective from MY2011. NHTSA had carried out many NCAP tests based on the new test protocol and announced these test results. In this paper, USNCAP test results were reviewed by statistical method. This review was focused on passenger cars and frontal crash test results in order to investigate effect of changes in new NCAP protocol. There are two key changes, one is sited female dummy in passenger position, the other is enlarged to 4 scoring body regions in each dummy. Results of this review were summarized as followings. Performance in Passenger (12.5%) is lower than Driver's (50%) for number of 5 star vehicle. Neck injury criterion is dominant to NCAP star rating for both dummies in the mean sense. For standard deviation, chest deflection is showed largest value in driver dummy but neck injury criterion is showed for passenger's. DKAB and PKAB were equipped 28.1% and 6.2%, respectively. Consequently, the countermeasure for new USNCAP frontal crash test is essential to control well dummy kinematics with some safety features including KAB to reduce neck injuries.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제37권5호
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• pp.287-295
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• 2012

Purpose: Some of the most representative approaches are to apply next generation technologies to save energy consumption, fully automated control system to appropriately maintain environmental conditions, and autonomous assistance system to reduce labor load and ensure operator's safety. Nevertheless, improvement of upcoming method for soil cultured greenhouse has not been sufficiently achieved. Geometrical complexity of ground in protected crop cultivation might be one of the most dominant factors in design of autonomous vehicle. While there is a practical solution fairly enough to promise an accurate travelling, such as autonomous sprayer guided by rail or induction coil, for various reasons including the limitation of producer's budget, the previously developed sprayer has not been widely distributed to market. Methods: In this study, we developed an autonomous sprayer considering travelling performance on geometrical complexity of ground in soil cultured greenhouse. To maintain a stable travelling and to acquire a real time feedback, common wire with 80 mm thick and body frame and sprayer boom. To evaluate performance of the prototype, tracking performance, climbing performance and spraying boom's uniform leveling performance were individually evaluated by corresponding experimental tests. Results: The autonomous guidance system was proved to be sufficiently suitable for accurate linear traveling with RMS as lower than approximately 10 cm from designated path. Also the prototype could climb $10^{\circ}$ of ground's slope angle with 40 kg of water weight. Uniform leveling of spraying boom was successfully performed within $0.5^{\circ}$ of sprayer boom's slope. Conclusions: Considering more complex pathways and coarse ground conditions, evaluations and improvements of the prototype should be performed for promising reliability to commercialization.

• 대한교통학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.23-35
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• 2007

고속도로 분류부는 고속에서 저속으로의 급격한 감속, 양호한 기하구조에서 취약한 기하구조로의 급격한 선형변화가 발생하는 구간으로, 고속도로 구성요소 중 사고위험이 매우 높은 구간에 해당된다 따라서 분류부 설계시는 안전하고 원활한 교통흐름이 이루어지도록 세심한 주의를 기울여야 함은 물론 이의 달성을 위한 설계기준이 수립되어야 한다. 이에 따라 현 도로설계기준에서는 차로변경을 위한 변이구간, 감속을 위한 감속구간 그리고 무한 곡선반경에서 유한곡선반경으로의 원활한 차량주행궤적 변경을 위한 완화곡선 등 이를 위한 설계기준을 제시하고 있으나, 실제 그 적용에 있어서는 설계기준상의 각 구간별 구성에 대한 정의가 명확하지 않아 분류부의 각 구성요소가 중첩되어 설계되고 있다. 이러한 설계기준상의 문제로 인한 각 구성요소간 혼재는 현 설계기준에서 의도하고 있는 분류부에서의 역할을 충분히 발휘하지 못하게 하는 결과를 초래하고 있으며 일관된 선형을 기대하는 운전자에게 혼동을 야기시키는 등 많은 고속도로 분류부 현장에서 안전상 문제점으로 작용하고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 고속도로 분류부에서의 실측 현장조사 데이터를 바탕으로 분류부 차량주행행태 특성 분석 및 사고예측모형의 개발을 통해 다양한 교통조건 및 기하구조 조건을 고려한 분류부 설계기준 개선안을 제시하였다.

• 대한교통학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.7-19
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• 2007

속도제한의 목적은 주어진 도로상황에 따라 차량 흐름의 안전을 위해 안전한 속도로 교통운영적 측면에서 안전한 속도를 제공하는 것이다. 그렇기 때문에 속도제한은 반드시 신중히 검토되야 하며 특히 고속도로 진출입구의 속도제한은 차량의 특성을 고려해야 한다. 고속도로 진출입구에서의 속도제한은 곡선 반경에 따라 변화하는 속도를 고려해야 하며 이러한 과정에서 85 백분위 속도는 중요한 고려 요소가 된다. 교통사고의 대부분이 차량 사이에 속도편차가 원인이라는 점을 감안할 때 제한속도는 차량의 주행특성을 고려하여 설정되어야 한다. 이러한 차원에서 제한속도의 상향 조정 혹은 하향 조정에 의미를 두기보다는 각 도로의 특성에 맞는 속도분포를 충분히 고려해야 한다. 차량의 속도분포를 가장 잘 설명하는 85백분위 속도에 대한 조사 및 추정을 통해 속도차를 줄일 수 있는 방안을 모색해야 한다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 양지, 용인, 청원 인터체인지의 진출구를 대상으로 제한속도 설정 방법론을 제시하여 운영 중인 도로에 대한 제한속도의 조정을 통해 교통사고 위험성을 줄이고 적절한 제한속도를 설정하도록 하였다. 또한 제한속도 표지판을 설치하는 위치에 대한 연구를 통해 적절한 표지판 설치 위치를 찾고자 하였다.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.69-75
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• 2015

The objective of this study was to investigate the toxicological information of freeze-dried powder from Allomyrina dichotoma (A. dichotoma) larvae as a food ingredient. The powder, suspended in distilled water, was administered once daily by oral gavage to four groups of Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats at dose levels of 0 (vehicle control), 250, 850, and 2500 mg/kg/day. After 13 wks of repeated administration, the standard toxicological parameters such as mortality, clinical signs, body weight, food consumption, ophthalmologic examination, clinical pathology, organ weights and macro/microscopic examination were applied for assessment of general toxicity. In addition, serum IgE and histamine levels were determined to evaluate allergenicity. The freeze-dried powder from A. dichotoma larvae did not produce treatment-related changes or findings in any toxicological parameters in either sex of any dosed groups except for slight increases in serum histamine levels at 2500 mg/kg/day. The changes were considered not to be adverse since the magnitude was minimal. In conclusion, the NOAEL (No Observed Adverse Effect Level) of the freeze-dried powder from A. dichotoma larvae was determined to be 2500 mg/kg/day or more in both sexes of SD rats and it is considered a candidate to be edible material.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제36권12호
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• pp.1551-1561
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• 2012

플레저 선박은 주로 FRP(Fiber reinforced plastic)를 주재료로 제작되고 있으나 2000년대에 들어오면서 FRP 선체에 대한 환경오염 및 해양안전에 관한 법규 규제가 강화되고 있다. 즉, FRP는 재활용이 불가능하며 폐기시 자연에서 분해되는 데 100년이상 걸리는 매우 반환경적 특성을 가지고 있다. 일반 선체 재료로서는 강, 알루미늄, FRP를 제안하고 있으며 이에 따른 구조설계규격 및 재료설계강도를 제안하고 있다. 그러나 소형 선박에 적합한 염가 재료에 대한 연구는 전혀 진행되지 않고 있으며 단지 소형조선산 업계에서 카누나 카약 선체를 폴리에틸렌을 이용하여 제작하여 판매하고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 고 밀도 폴리에틸렌을 이용하여 보트를 설계 및 제작하기 위하여 실적선을 기초로 선체의 선형을 완성한 뒤 ISO 12215-5의 소형 선체에 대한 구조설계기준을 적용하여 선체 치수를 결정하였다.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.74-81
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• 2017

이 논문에서는 1회용 가스라이터의 규제실태, 화재발생 실태, 화재 및 사고의 발생원인, 예방대책을 조사 분석하였다. 1회용 가스라이터에 어린이 보호기능이 의무화된 이후에는 미국과 일본 등과 마찬가지로 전체화재 중 불장난으로 인한 화재의 비율이 감소하고 있다. 1회용 가스라이터로 인한 화재는 방화와 불장난을 제외하면 잔화, 의도하지 않은 점화, 큰 화염 발생, 고온장소 방치로 인한 파열 또는 폭발 등에 의해 발생하고 있다. 예방대책은 어린이 불장난 도구로 이용될 수 없게 조치, 잔화로 인한 화재사례 홍보, 차량 대시보드 위 또는 고온장소 방치의 위험성 홍보, 차량 의자 레일 멈춤 부분의 보호용 합성수지 커버의 개선, 서랍 등에 보관 시 주의사항 홍보, 폐기방법 홍보 등을 제안한다.

• International Journal of Automotive Technology
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.33-46
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• 2004

A finite element model development of a 50th percentile male cervical spine is presented in this paper. The model consists of rigid, geometrically accurate vertebrae held together with deformable intervertibral disks, facet joints, and ligaments modeled as a series of nonlinear springs. These deformable structures were rigorously tuned, through failure, to mimic existing experimental data; first as functional unit characterizations at three cervical levels and then as a fully assembled c-spine using the experimental data from Duke University and other data in the NHTSA database. After obtaining satisfactory validation of the performance of the assembled ligamentous cervical spine against available experimental data, 22 cervical muscle pairs, representing the majority of the neck's musculature, were added to the model. Hill's muscle model was utilized to generate muscle forces within the assembled cervical model. The muscle activation level was assumed to be the same for all modeled muscles and the degree of activation was set to correctly predict available human volunteer experimental data from NBDL. The validated model is intended for use as a post processor of dummy measurement within the simulated injury monitor (SIMon) concept being developed by NHTSA where measured kinematics and kinetic data obtained from a dummy during a crash test will serve as the boundary conditions to "drive" the finite element model of the neck. The post-processor will then interrogate the model to determine whether any ligament have exceeded its known failure limit. The model will allow a direct assessment of potential injury, its degree and location thus eliminating the need for global correlates such as Nij.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.98-102
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• 2012

Increasing the fuel economy has been an inevitable issue for the development of new cars, and one of the important measures to improve the fuel economy is to decrease the vehicle weight. In order to obtain this goal, the researches about lighter, stronger and the well impact absorbing bumper impact beam have been studied without sacrificing bumper safety. In this study, the overall weight reduction possibility of rear bumper impact beam could be examined based on the variation of frontal, offset and corner impact crash capability by substituting a ultra high strength steel material (boron steel ) having tensile strength of 1.5 GPa grade instead of conventional steels. In addition, the section variations (open section, closed section, open section with 5 stays) of the bumper impact beam structure were examined carefully. It could be reached that this analysis could be well established and be contributed for design guide and the optimum design conditions of the automotive rear bumper impact beam development.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제14권10호
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• pp.3955-3971
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• 2020

Due to the significant increase in the use of autonomous car technology, it is essential to integrate this technology with high-precision digital map data containing more precise and accurate roadway information, as compared to existing conventional map resources, to ensure the safety of self-driving operations. While existing map technologies may assist vehicles in identifying their locations via Global Positioning System, it is however difficult to update the environmental changes of roadways in these maps. Roadway vision algorithms can be useful for building autonomous vehicles that can avoid accidents and detect real-time location changes. We incorporate a hybrid architectural design that combines unsupervised classification of vision data with supervised joint fusion classification to achieve a better noise-resistant algorithm. We identify, via a deep learning approach, an intelligent hybrid fusion algorithm for fusing multimodal vision feature data for roadway classifications and characterize its improvement in accuracy over unsupervised identifications using image processing and supervised vision classifiers. We analyzed over 93,000 vision frame data collected from a test vehicle in real roadways. The performance indicators of the proposed hybrid fusion algorithm are successfully evaluated for the generation of roadway digital maps for autonomous vehicles, with a recall of 0.94, precision of 0.96, and accuracy of 0.92.