• Smart Structures and Systems
• /
• 제6권5_6호
• /
• pp.619-639
• /
• 2010

There is increasing interest in using structural monitoring as a cost effective way of managing risks once an area of concern has been identified. However, it is challenging to deploy an effective, reliable, large-scale, long-term and real-time monitoring system in an underground railway environment (subway / metro). The use of wireless sensor technology allows for rapid deployment of a monitoring scheme and thus has significant potential benefits as the time available for access is often severely limited. This paper identifies the critical factors that should be considered in the design of a wireless sensor network, including the availability of electrical power and communications networks. Various issues facing underground deployment of wireless sensor networks will also be discussed, in particular for two field case studies involving networks deployed for structural monitoring in the Prague Metro and the London Underground. The paper describes the network design, the radio propagation, the network topology as well as the practical issues involved in deploying a wireless sensor network in these two tunnels.

• 전자공학회논문지
• /
• 제49권11호
• /
• pp.97-102
• /
• 2012

최근 지중 시설물은 공간적 제약에 의하여 관리가 쉽지 않기 때문에 무선 통신 센서 네트워크를 도입하려는 시도가 이루어지고 있다. 수백 MHz ~ 수 GHz 대역의 전자기파를 이용한 통신을 사용할 경우 불균질한 물질에서의 통신 성능의 급격한 변화로 인하여 원활한 통신이 어려운 상황이다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 단점을 극복하기 위하여 자기장을 이용한 통신 시스템을 구축하였다. 3m 토압 및 물의 침투를 막을 수 있는 시설물을 제작하여 무선 통신 센서 네트워크 시스템를 설치하였다. 3m 깊이로 땅을 파서 시설물을 매립한 뒤 통신 성능 테스트를 진행하였다. 그 결과 흙, 돌, 물 등이 불균일하게 분포되어 있는 지중에서도 무선 통신이 원활하게 이루어짐을 확인하였다. 따라서 자기장을 이용한 통신 시스템은 지중 시설물 및 연약 지반 관리, 환경 오염 관리 등에서 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국정보통신설비학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 한국정보통신설비학회 2009년도 정보통신설비 학술대회
• /
• pp.136-137
• /
• 2009

In this paper, we introduce UFSN(Underground Facility Sensor Network) in order to build the intelligent management system for the underground facility and drainage in convergence with ubiquitous technologies and propose the energy harvesting system for UFSN.

• 정보통신설비학회논문지
• /
• 제9권3호
• /
• pp.86-91
• /
• 2010

In this paper, we introduce UFSN (Underground Facility Sensor Network) in order to build the intelligent management system for the underground facility and drainage in convergence with ubiquitous technologies. and propose the three type of UFSN.

• 전기학회논문지
• /
• 제56권11호
• /
• pp.1879-1884
• /
• 2007

In the electric power industry, it is important that the supply of energy must be guaranteed. Many power utilities control and supervise the transmission line to avoid power failures. In case of underground tunnel, some troubles are reported in cable joint. To stabilize the power, it is needed to monitor the cable joint. Many researches of cable joint monitoring have been going on by partial discharge measurement and temperature measurement using optical cable. These methods need much cost to install and maintain, so it is only used in critical transmission line. In this research, we use wireless sensor technology, because of its low cost and easy installation. We develop the temperature monitoring system for cable joint. Temperature sensor is installed on the surface of cable joint and sends data to server through router node using wireless network. Generally Ad hoc routing is searched in wireless network. However, in this research, we design the static linear routing mechanism, which is suitable for electric power line monitoring and analyze the life time of the sensor node by measuring the amount of the battery consumption.

• 국제초고층학회논문집
• /
• 제3권2호
• /
• pp.155-165
• /
• 2014

This study measured and compared the variation of ventilation rate and fan energy consumption according to various control strategies after installing wireless sensor-based pilot ventilation system in order to verify the applicability of demand-controlled ventilation (DCV) strategy that was efficient ventilation control strategy for underground parking lot. The underground parking lot pilot ventilation system controlled the ventilation rate by directly or indirectly tracking the traffic load in real-time after sensing data, using vehicle detection sensors and carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide ($CO_2$) sensor. The ventilation system has operated for 9 hours per a day. It responded real-time data every 10 minutes, providing ventilation rate in conformance with the input traffic load or contaminant level at that time. A ventilation rate of pilot ventilation system can be controlled at 8 levels. The reason is that a ventilation unit consists of 8 high-speed nozzle jet fans. This study proposed vehicle detection sensor based demand-controlled ventilation (VDS-DCV) strategy that would accurately trace direct traffic load and CO sensor based demand-controlled ventilation (CO-DCV) strategy that would indirectly estimate traffic load through the concentration of contaminants. In order to apply DCV strategy based on real-time traffic load, the minimum required ventilation rate per a single vehicle was applied. It was derived through the design ventilation rate and total parking capacity in the underground parking lot. This is because current ventilation standard established per unit floor area or unit volume of the space made it difficult to apply DCV strategy according to the real-time variation of traffic load. According to the results in this study, two DCV strategies in the underground parking lot are considered to be a good alternative approach that satisfies both energy saving and healthy indoor environment in comparison with the conventional control strategies.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
• /
• 제24권3호
• /
• pp.27-34
• /
• 2024

지하 공동구 화재 발생에 따른 직·간접적 피해는 사회 전반에 매우 큰 영향을 미치므로 이를 사전에 예방 및 관리하기 위한 노력이 필요하며, 이를 위해 지하 공동구를 대상으로 디지털 트윈 기술을 적용하여 화재 침수 등의 재난을 예방하는 연구가 진행 중이다. 각 센서로부터 감지된 신호를 플랫폼까지 전송하기 위해서는 네트워크 망이 필요하다. 본질적으로 지하 공동구 터널이 외부 무선 통신 시스템의 수신 범위가 부족하여 지하 공동구 환경에서 무선망을 적용하기 위한 분석이 필요하며, 지하 공동구 내에는 송, 배전 케이블로 인해 발생하는 전자기파 간섭, 내부의 구조물, 장애물 및 수도관 등의 금속 재질 관에서 발생하는 신호의 난반사 등으로 인해 무선 신호가 왜곡되거나 크기 감소가 발생할 수 있으므로 센싱을 통한 원격 감시, 모니터링 작업을 위한 실시간 연결을 보장하려면 지하 공동구 내에 무선 범위를 측정하고 분석해야 한다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 지하 공동구 내 무선 네트워크 환경을 구축하기 위해서 음영지역을 최소화고, 공동구 내부에서 무선환경 연결에 문제가 없도록 실제 공동구 환경을 측정하였으며, 지하 공동구 지형별 각 구간에 따른 데이터 전송속도 및 신호의 세기, 신호 대 잡음비를 분석하였다. 얻은 결과는 지하 공동구에서 무선 네트워크 설치를 위한 적절한 무선 계획 접근 방식을 제공한다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
• /
• 제15권3호
• /
• pp.769-785
• /
• 2015

Although timber structures have been extensively used in underground temporary supporting system, their actual performance is poorly understood, resulting in potentially conservative and over-engineered design. In this paper, a novel wireless sensor technology, SmartPlank, is introduced to monitor the field performance of timber structures during underground construction. It consists of a wooden beam equipped with a streamlined wireless sensor node, two thin foil strain gauges and two temperature sensors, which enables to measure the strain and temperature at two sides of the beam, and to transmit this information in real-time over an IPv6 (6LowPan) multi-hop wireless mesh network and Internet. Four SmartPlanks were deployed at the London Underground's Tottenham Court Road (TCR) station redevelopment site during the Stair 14 excavation, together with seven relay nodes and a gateway. The monitoring started from August 2013, and will last for one and a half years until the Central Line possession in 2015. This paper reports both the short-term and long-term performances of the monitored timber structures. The grouting effect on the short-term performance of timber structures is highlighted; the grout injection process creates a large downward pressure on the top surface of the SmartPlank. The short and long term earth pressures applied to the monitored structures are estimated from the measured strains, and the estimated values are compared to the design loads.

• Smart Structures and Systems
• /
• 제30권5호
• /
• pp.433-446
• /
• 2022

Despite efforts to reduce unexpected accidents at confined construction sites, choking accidents continue to occur. Because of the poorly ventilated atmosphere, particularly in long, confined underground spaces, workers are subject to dangerous working conditions despite the use of artificial ventilation. Moreover, the traditional monitoring methods of using portable gas detectors place safety inspectors in direct contact with hazardous conditions. In this study, a long-range (LoRa)-based wireless safety monitoring system that features the network organization, fault-tolerant, power management, and a graphical user interface (GUI) was developed for underground construction sites. The LoRa wireless data communication system was adopted to detect hazardous gases and oxygen deficiency within a confined underground space with adjustable communication range and low power consumption. Fault tolerance based on the mapping information of the entire wireless sensor network was particularly implemented to ensure the reliable operation of the monitoring system. Moreover, a sleep mode was implemented for the efficient power management. The GUI was also developed to control the entire safety-monitoring system and to manage the measured data. The developed safety-monitoring system was validated in an indoor testing and at two full-scale water pipeline construction sites.

• 터널과지하공간
• /
• 제28권3호
• /
• pp.209-231
• /
• 2018

지하광산 내 심각한 사고가 전 세계적으로 끊임없이 발생하고 있다. 작업자의 생명과 건강을 확보하고 생산성을 향상시키기 위해서 최근 갱내 무선센서 네트워크 기반 환경 모니터링 및 통신 시스템의 구축을 위한 수많은 연구가 진행되고 있다. 국내에서도 최근 정보통신기술의 도입으로 이러한 시스템의 개발 및 구축 사례가 증가하기 시작했지만 갱내통기를 고려한 환경 모니터링에 대한 국내연구는 미비하다. 본 연구에서는 갱내 무선센서 네트워크의 구축 및 환경 모니터링에 관련한 해외의 다양한 연구 동향을 분석하였고, 특히 환경 모니터링 시스템의 갱내통기와 관련한 7가지 세부 주제에 대하여 고찰하였다. 또한 실시간 모니터링을 수행한 연구의 동향을 통기 네트워크 해석에 활용되는 상용 소프트웨어 별로 정리하여 고찰하였다. 본 연구를 통해 국내광산에 적용하기 위해 추후 연구가 필요한 주제와 국내에 적용 중인 갱내환경 기준에 대해 논의하였다. 본 논문은 국내 지하광산 내 무선센서 네트워크 기반의 환경모니터링과 통신 시스템의 구축과 관련한 향후 연구에 도움이 될 것으로 기대된다.