• 센서학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.202-207
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• 2016

Estimation of vertical position is critical in applications of sports science and fall detection and also controls of unmanned aerial vehicles and motor boats. Due to low accuracy of GPS(global positioning system) in the vertical direction, the integration of IMU(inertial measurement unit) with the GPS is not suitable for the vertical position estimation. This paper investigates an IMU-barometer integration for estimation of vertical position (as well as vertical velocity). In particular, a new two-step Kalman/complementary filter is proposed for accurate and efficient estimation using 6-axis IMU and barometer signals. The two-step filter is composed of (i) a Kalman filter that estimates vertical acceleration via tilt orientation of the sensor using the IMU signals and (ii) a complementary filter that estimates vertical position using the barometer signal and the vertical acceleration from the first step. The estimation performance was evaluated against a reference optical motion capture system. In the experimental results, the averaged estimation error of the proposed method was 19.7 cm while that of the raw barometer signal was 43.4 cm.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.733-738
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• 2014

We propose a new approach called as a peak time approach for faster detection of step initiation for the lower limb exoskeleton. As faster detection of step initiation is an important criterion in evaluating the lower limb exoskeleton, many studies have investigated approaches to detect step initiation faster, including using electromyography, the center of pressure, the heel-off time and the toe-off time. In this study, we will utilize vertical ground reaction force events to detect step initiation, and compare our approach with prior approaches. Additionally, we will predict the first step's heel strike time with vertical ground reaction force events from multiple regression equations to support our approach. The lower limb exoskeleton should assist the operator's movement much faster and more reliably with our approach.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.287-298
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• 2017

The present study aims to determine the structural response of full scaled rectangular columns under both of vertical and lateral loads using numerical methods. In the study, the composite columns considering full concrete filled circular steel tube (FCFRST) and concrete filled double-skin rectangular steel tube (CFDSRST) section types are numerically modelled using ANSYS software. Vertical and lateral loads are applied to models to assess the structural response of the composite elements. Also similar investigations are done for reinforced concrete rectangular (RCR) columns to compare the results with those of composite elements. The analyses of the systems are statically performed for both linear and nonlinear materials. In linear static analyses, both of vertical and lateral loads are applied to models as only one step. However in nonlinear analyses, while vertical loads are applied to model as only one step, lateral loads are applied to systems as step by step. The displacement and stress changes in some critical nodes and sections and contour diagrams are reported by graphs and figures. At the end of the study, it is demonstrated that the nonlinear models reveal more accurate result then those of linear models. Also, it is highlighted that composite columns provide more and more safety, ductility compared to reinforced concrete column.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제7권9호
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• pp.2312-2325
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• 2013

In this paper, we propose a preprocessing method that it is to correct the distortion of text area in Korean signboard images as a preprocessing step to improve character recognition. Distorted perspective in recognizing of Korean signboard text may cause of the low recognition rate. The proposed method consists of four main steps and eight sub-steps: main step consists of potential vertical components detection, vertical components detection, text-boundary estimation and distortion correction. First, potential vertical line components detection consists of four steps, including edge detection for each connected component, pixel distance normalization in the edge, dominant-point detection in the edge and removal of horizontal components. Second, vertical line components detection is composed of removal of diagonal components and extraction of vertical line components. Third, the outline estimation step is composed of the left and right boundary line detection. Finally, distortion of the text image is corrected by bilinear transformation based on the estimated outline. We compared the changes in recognition rates of OCR before and after applying the proposed algorithm. The recognition rate of the distortion corrected signboard images is 29.63% and 21.9% higher at the character and the text unit than those of the original images.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.1481-1497
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• 2015

Vertical earthquake ground motion may magnify vertical dynamic responses of structures, and thus cause serious damage to bridges. As main support structures, piers and bearings play an important role in vertical seismic response analysis of girder bridges. In this study, the pier and bearing are simplified as a vertical series spring system without mass. Then, based on the assumption of small displacement, the equation of motion governing the simply-supported straight girder bridge under vertical ground motion is established including effects of vertical deformation of support structures. Considering boundary conditions, the differential quadrature method (DQM) is applied to discretize the above equation of motion into a MDOF (multi-degree-of-freedom) system. Then seismic responses of this MDOF system are calculated by a step-by-step integration method. Effects of support structures on vertical dynamic responses of girder bridges are studied under different vertical strong earthquake motions. Results indicate that support structures may remarkably increase or decrease vertical seismic responses of girder bridges. So it is of great importance to consider effects of support structures in structural seismic design of girder bridges in near-fault region. Finally, optimization of support structures to resist vertical strong earthquake motions is discussed.

• 연구논문집
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• 통권26호
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• pp.15-24
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• 1996

In this study, we performed the static analysis of a cord-reinforced rubber airspring and generated the three-dimensional half-symmetry model which use the finite-strain shell elements to model the airbag. the three-dimensional hydrostatic fluid elements to model the air-filled cavity, and the rebar elements to model the multi-ply nylon reinforcement of airbag. In addition, a three-dimensional rigid surface is used to define the contact between the airspring and metal bead. The air inside the airspring cavity has been modeled as a compressible fluid satisfying the ideal gas law. The conclusions of this study are as follows. 1) In the pressurization step of analysis, we could predict the change of vertical reaction force, cavity volume and pressure within the airspring. 2) In the second step of analyzing vertical static stiffness, the increase of the vertical load increases the vertical stiffness. 3) In case of changing the angle of nylon cord, the increase the angle of nylon cord increases the vertical stiffness.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.494-499
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 해양 환경에서 선박의 안전 운행에 위험 요소인 해상 물표를 검출하기 위한 방법을 제안한다. 해양 환경에서 획득한 적외선 영상에 대한 분석을 통하여, 우리는 해수면과 같은 배경 영역들에서는 주로 수직 방향 에지가 나타나는 반면에, 해상 물표 영역은 수직 및 수평 방향 에지가 모두 나타나는 특징을 확인할 수 있었다. 따라서 우리는 IR 영상에 대해서 수평 및 수직 에지 특징 추출에 기반한 물체 영역 검출 방법을 제안한다. 이를 위해, 첫 번째 단계에서는, 통계적 필터링 방법을 이용하여 해수면의 반짝임과 복잡한 클러터와 같은 잡음들을 효과적으로 제거할 수 있는 영상 개선 작업을 수행한다. 두 번째 단계에서는 1-D Discrete Cosine Transform(DCT) 기법을 이용하여 수직 방향 에지의 정보를 나타내는 수직 에지 지도 영상, 수평 방향 에지의 정보를 나타내는 수평 에지 지도 영상을 생성한다. 그런 다음, 수직 및 수평 에지 지도 영상들을 하나의 에지 지도 영상으로 통합한다. 세 번째 단계에서는 적응적인 문턱치 방법을 사용하여 물표 후보 영역을 검출한다. 마지막 단계에서는 IR 영상에서 검출한 물표 후보 영역들에 대해서 모폴로지 연산을 수행하여 배경 및 잡음 영역을 제거함으로써 정확한 물표 영역을 검출한다.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제25권7호
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• pp.339-345
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 다중 산란 현상을 해석할 수 있는 2차원 양방향 포물선 방정식 알고리즘을 제안했다. 본 논문에서 제안한 방법은 단일 산란 근사의 연속적인 적용에 바탕을 두고 있다. 각각의 거리 독립 구역의 수직 경계에 연속 조건을 적용하여 단일 산란 근사와 Split-Step Pade 법으로 거리 방향으로 전진해 가며 외향파를 계산하고 내향파 성분은 저장한다. 이어서 저장된 내향파 성분을 역 거리 방향으로 역 전파 시키고 경계에서 외향파 성분을 저장한다. 이러한 과정을 전진 방향을 바꾸어 가며 해가 수렴할 때까지 반복하여 완전 해를 계산한다. 본 논문에서 제안된 방법은 기존의 방법 [J. F. Lingevitch et al., 5. Accost. Soc. Am. 112(2), 476-480 (2002)] 에 비해 수치적으로 구현하기 간단하며 전산자원 소모가 적다.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2010년도 추계 학술발표회
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• pp.87-96
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• 2010

PAP method is a combined measures which consist a anchored retaining wall method with permanent ground anchors and vertical precast concrete panels, step by step on the slope surface. And soil is back filled between slope and vertical precast panels. Therefore, this method is more effective than any other ground anchor reinforcing methods of slope stability, for example cross type concrete block ground anchor or buttress concrete block ground anchor method. Because of increasing effective anchor force and green tree planting.

• International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.84-93
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• 2015

The computational cost is expensive for CFD-DEM simulation, a larger time step and a simplified CFD-DEM model can be used to accelerate the simulation. The relationship between stiffness and overlap in non-linear Hertzian model is examined, and a reasonable time step is determined by a new single particle test. The simplified model is used to simulate dilute pneumatic conveying with different types of bends, and its applicability is verified by compared with the traditional model. They are good agreement in horizontal-vertical case and vertical-horizontal case, and show a significant differences in horizontal-horizontal case. But the key features of particle rope formed in different types of bends can be obtained by both models.