• 국제학술발표논문집
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• The 6th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• pp.72-76
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• 2015

Capital project benchmarking requires an effective cost normalization process to compare cost performance of projects accomplished in different time and location. Existing cost normalization approaches have been established based on the assumption that all required information for cost normalization is fully identified once a project is completed. Cost normalization, however, is sometimes required to evaluate phase-level outcomes of an ongoing project where the required information is not fully available. This paper aims to provide a cost normalization procedure for phase-based performance assessment. The procedure consists of three normalization steps: currency conversion, location adjustment, and time adjustment considering various scenarios where the required information is not fully identified. This paper also presents how the cost normalization procedure has been applied to the 10-10 Performance Assessment Program, which is a phase-based performance assessment system developed by the Construction Industry Institute (CII). Both researchers and industrial professionals can apply the cost normalization procedure to studies and practices regarding to cost estimation, feasibility analysis, and performance assessment.

• 인터넷정보학회논문지
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.9-18
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• 2013

본 논문에서는 모바일 로봇이 주어진 환경에서 물건 객체를 찾기 위해 RFID(Radio Frequency IDentification) 태그의 위치를 추정할 수 있는 지능형 시스템을 설계하고 구현하였다. 개발된 지능형 시스템은 인공 신경망 시스템으로 RSSI(Received Signal Strength Indication)값을 입력으로 하고 절대 위치 좌표 값을 목표 값으로 하는 학습 시스템이다. 위치 추정을 위하여 수동형 RFID를 사용하였으며 능동형으로의 확장도 고려하였다. 실내에서 위치 추정을 위한 환경을 구축하여 사용될 수 있도록 시스템을 설계하였다. 또한 설계된 시스템을 소프트웨어 개발을 하였고, 실험을 통해 테스트베드 상에서 시스템 학습과 관련된 결과를 보여준다. 실제 현장과 유사한 환경에서 학습데이터 생성에서부터 실시간 위치 추정과 관련된 다양한 실험 결과를 보여준다. 실험 결과를 통해 모바일 로봇이 실내에서 원하는 객체를 쉽게 찾을 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제51권3호
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• pp.377-402
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• 2014

In this study, optimal distribution of springs which supports a cantilever beam is investigated to minimize two objective functions defined. The optimal size and location of the springs are ascertained to minimize the tip deflection of the cantilever beam. Afterwards, the optimization problem of springs is set up to minimize the tip absolute acceleration of the beam. The Fourier Transform is applied on the equation of motion and the response of the structure is defined in terms of transfer functions. By using any structural mode, the proposed method is applied to find optimal stiffness and location of springs which supports a cantilever beam. The stiffness coefficients of springs are chosen as the design variables. There is an active constraint on the sum of the stiffness coefficients and there are passive constraints on the upper and lower bounds of the stiffness coefficients. Optimality criteria are derived by using the Lagrange Multipliers. Gradient information required for solution of the optimization problem is analytically derived. Optimal designs obtained are compared with the uniform design in terms of frequency responses and time response. Numerical results show that the proposed method is considerably effective to determine optimal stiffness coefficients and locations of the springs.

• 한국운동역학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2019

Objective: The purpose of this study was to confirm that the cross-country ski sprint course in PyeongChang, where the 2018 Winter Olympics course was to utilize wearable devices equipped with inertial measurement unit (IMU), global positioning system (GPS) and heart rates sensor. Method: For the data collection, two national level cross-country (XC) skiers performed classic technique on the entire sprint course. We analyzed cycle characteristics, range of motion on double poling (DP) technique, average velocity, and displacement of 3 points according to the terrain. Results: The absolute cycle time gradually decreased during starting, middle and finish sections. While the length of the DP increased and the heart rates tended to increase for men skier. In addition, the results indicated that range of motion of knee joint during starting and finish section decreased more than middle section. The errors of latitude and longitude data collected through GPS were within 3 m from 3 points. Conclusion: Through the first case study in Korea, which analyzed the location and condition of XC skiers in the entire sprint course in real time, confirmed that feedback was available in the field using various wearable sensors.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제31권7B호
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• pp.595-601
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• 2006

이 연구는 유비쿼터스 컴퓨팅 환경에서 절대 위치 좌표를 제공할 수 있는 초음파 위치인식 시스템에 관한 것이다. 무선(RF: Radio Frequency) 신호에 의해 동기화된 다수의 고정된 발신기가 순차적으로 초음파를 발신하며, 초음파 신호들을 수신한 수신기에서 TOF를 파악하여 이를 거리로 환산한 다음 위치정보를 계산한다. 초음파의 전파시간(TOF: Time of Flight)은 주기인식 방법을 통해 파악한다. 또한 유비쿼터스 컴퓨팅을 위한 인식 영역의 확장을 위해 셀 매칭 기법과 부호화된 초음파 기법을 제안한다. 초음파 위치인식 시스템인 U-SAT을 사용하여 주기인식 기법의 유용성을 입증하기 위하여 다양한 거리에서 실험을 수행하였다. 또한 셀 매칭 기법에 의한 영역 확장에서도 위치 측정의 정확도를 검증하였으며 부호화된 초음파 기법의 분석으로 그 유용성도 입증하였다. 그 결과로 인해 저가격, 높은 갱신율, 그리고 상대적으로 뛰어난 정밀도의 입장에서 GPS가 적용될 수 없는 환경에서의 유비쿼터스 컴퓨팅의 위치인식 시스템으로서의 가능성을 입증하였다.

• International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.280-285
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• 2011

Recently, with the development of service robots and the concept of ubiquitous, the position estimation of mobile objects has received great interest. Some of the localization schemes are introduced, which provide the relative location of the moving objects subjected to accumulated errors. To implement a real time localization system, a new absolute position estimation method for a mobile robot in indoor environment is proposed. Design and implementation of the localization system comes from the usage of active beacon systems (based upon RFID technology). The active beacon system is composed of an RFID receiver and an ultra-sonic transmitter. The RFID receiver gets the synchronization signal from the mobile robot and the ultra-sonic transmitter sends out the traveling signal to be used for measuring the distance. Position of a mobile robot in a three dimensional space can be calculated basically from the distance information from three beacons and the absolute position information of the beacons themselves. In some case, the mobile robot can acquire the ultrasonic signals from only one or two beacons, due to the obstacles located along the moving path. In this paper, a position estimation scheme using fewer than three sensors is developed. Also, the extended Kalman filter algorithm is applied for the improvement of position estimation accuracy of the mobile robot.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2010년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.1525-1532
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• 2010

현대의 측량기술은 위성항법시스템 및 원스톱디지털장비의 등장으로 지구공간상 어느 지점이라도 단일좌표체계의 절대성위치 취득이 가능한 시대로 진보하고 있다. 한편 철도의 속도는 나날이 고속화 되어가고 있어 철도건설시 궤도중심을 포함한 주요시설물 등의 위치를 결정할 때 고도화된 정밀성이 요구된다. 이에 따라 철도건설공사측량에서는 기술지원과 절차가 지침화되어 적용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 철도건설의 설계와 시공 그리고, 유지관리로 이어지는 과정에서 철도건설측량지침 적용에 따른 측량시 문제점에 대한 대안을 시범지구의 실데이터를 통해 분석 연구 제시하였다.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.60-65
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• 2010

본 논문은 모바일 로봇에 장착된 스테레오 카메라의 영상에서 주변 환경에 대한 지도를 작성하기 위해 특징 검출 및 매칭 그리고 2D 지도 작성의 결과를 기술한다. 영상의 특징을 추출하는 방법은 실시간으로 프로세싱하기 위해서 빠른 연산이 가능한 에지 검출과 차 영상을 이용한 특징을 스테레오 매칭 기법을 통해 상관계수를 구할 수 있다. 이동 로봇의 위치를 추정하기 위해 ZigBee를 이용한 비컨과 로봇에 장착된 엔코더를 칼만 필터를 통해 추정한다. 또한 방위를 측정할 수 있는 자이로 센서를 병합하여 모바일 로봇이 이동하면서 지도를 작성할 수 있게 한다. 이는 이동 로봇의 SLAM 기술과 더불어 지능형 로봇이 인간 생활에서 효과적으로 적용될 수 있는 기반이 될 것이다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.635-658
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• 2005

The possibility of detecting a crack in L-shaped pipes filled with fluid based on measurement of transverse natural frequencies is examined. The problem is solved by representing the crack by a massless rotational spring, simulating the out-of-plane transverse vibration only without solving the coupled torsional vibration and using the transfer matrix method for solution of the governing equation. The theoretical solutions are verified by experiments. The cracks considered are external, circumferentially oriented and have straight front. Pipes made of aluminium and mild steel are tested with water as internal fluid. Crack size to pipe thickness ratio ranging from 0.20 to 0.57 and fluid (gauge) pressure in the range of 0 to 10 atmospheres are examined. The rotational spring stiffness is obtained by an inverse vibration analysis and deflection method. The details of the two methods are given. The results by the two methods are presented graphically and show good agreement. Crack locations are also determined by the inverse analysis. The maximum absolute error in the location is 13.80%. Experimentally determined variation of rotational spring stiffness with ratio of crack size to thickness is utilized to predict the crack sizes. The maximum absolute errors in prediction of crack size are 17.24% and 16.90% for aluminium and mild steel pipes respectively.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.40-47
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• 2007

Recently, with the development of service robots and with the new concept of ubiquitous world, the position estimation of mobile objects has been raised to an important problem. As pre-liminary research results, some of the localization schemes are introduced, which provide the absolute location of the moving objects subjected to large errors. To implement a precise and convenient localization system, a new absolute position estimation method for a mobile robot in indoor environment is proposed in this paper. Design and implementation of the localization system comes from the usage of active beacon systems (based upon RFID technology). The active beacon system is composed of an RFID receiver and an ultra-sonic transmitter: 1. The RFID receiver gets the synchronization signal from the mobile robot and 2. The ultra-sonic transmitter sends out the traveling signal to be used for measuring the distance. Position of a mobile robot in a three dimensional space can be calculated basically from the distance information from three beacons and the absolute position information of the beacons themselves. Since it is not easy to install the beacons at a specific position precisely, there exists a large localization error and the installation time takes long. To overcome these problems, and provide a precise and convenient localization system, a new auto calibration algorithm is developed in this paper. Also the extended Kalman filter has been adopted for improving the localization accuracy during the mobile robot navigation. The localization accuracy improvement through the proposed auto calibration algorithm and the extended Kalman filter has been demonstrated by the real experiments.