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내부형 연속체로봇 개발 및 칼만필터를 이용한 말단장치 자세추정 (Development of an Intrinsic Continuum Robot and Attitude Estimation of Its End-effector Based on a Kalman Filter)

  • 강창현;배지환;강봉수
    • 대한기계학회논문집A
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    • 제39권4호
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    • pp.361-367
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    • 2015
  • 논문에서는 인간과의 안전한 접촉이 가능한 내부형 연속체로봇에 대한 설계개념과 로봇 말단장치의 운동특성실험을 제시한다. 인간의 근육과 유사한 상극구동방식으로 작동하는 공압인공근육을 연속체로봇의 백본 및 구동장치로 사용하기 때문에, 외부환경과의 부드러운 접촉과 강한 접촉을 선택적으로 제어할 수 있는 로봇 관절에서의 가변강성이 가능하다. 그러나 내부형 연속체로봇은 백본소재의 굽힘운동을 예측하기 어렵기 때문에 로봇 말단장치에서의 자세를 추정하기 어렵다. 이를 해결하기 위해 3 축 가속도계와 3 축 자이로스코프를 이용한 칼만필터 방법을 제안하고 개발된 내부형 연속체 로봇의 자세추정에 적용하여 실제 실험을 통해서 제안된 방법의 효율성을 검증하였다.

개발도상국들의 인구정책에 관한 비교연구 -출산조절정책을 중심으로- (A Comparative Study on Population Policies in Developing Countries)

  • 안계춘
    • 한국인구학
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    • 제9권1호
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    • pp.54-68
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    • 1986
  • This study was designed to make a comparative analysis of fertility control policies in developing countries selected from Asia and Latin America. Considering the size and the density of population, the history of the fertility control policy, and the availability of references, eight countries were chosen among Asian developing countries that have adopted the fertility control as an official policy. All of nine countries in Latin America that have adopted family planning as an official policy were included in this study. An attempt was made to formulate an analytical framework to be used for a comparative analysis of fertility control policies. It can be represented by a continuum which consists of individual approaches and structural approaches to fertility control at both extremes. It represents fairly well the controversies between those who advocate family planning and those who advocate measures beyond family planning, but assumes that the two sides of the controversy form a continuum of approaches to fertility control. Various fertility control policies of each country were placed along this continuum and analyzed. The results of the analysis can be summarized as follows: (a) Those countries that have higher population pressure in terms of either the size of population or the population density tend to adopt fertility control policies earlier in time. (b) Those countries that have higher population pressure in terms of either the size of population or the population density tend to adopt more comprehensive measures along the continuum of fertility control policies. (c) Those countries that adopted more comprehensive measures along the continuum seem to have succeeded in reducing their level of fertility more effectively. (d) Developing countries in Asia tend to adopt more comprehensive measures to control fertility than those in Latin American countries. (e) The reduction of fertility in developing countries seems to be associated with both the fertility control policies and the level of socioeconomic development.

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개별균열 연결망 모델에 근거한 추계적 연속체 모델의 구성기법과 두 모델간의 적합성 분석 (A Methodology to Formulate Stochastic Continuum Model from Discrete Fracture Network Model and Analysis of Compatibility between two Models)

  • 장근무;이은용;박주완;김창락;박희영
    • 터널과지하공간
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    • 제11권2호
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    • pp.156-166
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    • 2001
  • 균열암반에서의 지하수유동 모사를 위한 추계적 연속테 모델링 기법이 개발되었다. 추계적연속체 모델은 균열수의 제한을 가지는 개별균열연결망 모델의 단점을 극복할 수 있다. 뿐만 아니라 개별균열연결망 모델에서 가능한 확률론적 해석과 전도성이 큰 균열을 통한 지하수 유동을 근접하게 모사할 수 있는 장점을 가진다. 추계적연속체 모델은 개별균열연결망 모델에 근거하여 생성된다. 개별균열연결망 모델은 일정크기의 소블록으로 나누어지며 각 소블록 투수계수의 확률밀도함수와 베리오그램 함수로부터 추계적연속체 모델에서의 투수계수의 공간적 분포를 정의할 수 있다. 이 연구에서 추계적연속체 모델과 개별균열연결망 모델의 적합성을 보여 주기 위하여 수치실험을 통하여 지하수 유동 이동시간을 계산하고 상호 비교하였다. 그리고 추계적연속체 모델은 방사성폐기물 처분장의 확률론적 안전성 펑가를 위해 필요한 지하수 유동속도의 확률분포를 제공할 수 있는 모델임을 제시할 수 있었다.

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Size-dependent analysis of functionally graded ultra-thin films

  • Shaat, M.;Mahmoud, F.F.;Alshorbagy, A.E.;Alieldin, S.S.;Meletis, E.I.
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • 제44권4호
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    • pp.431-448
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    • 2012
  • In this paper, the first-order shear deformation theory (FSDT) (Mindlin) for continuum incorporating surface energy is exploited to study the static behavior of ultra-thin functionally graded (FG) plates. The size-dependent mechanical response is very important while the plate thickness reduces to micro/nano scales. Bulk stresses on the surfaces are required to satisfy the surface balance conditions involving surface stresses. Unlike the classical continuum plate models, the bulk transverse normal stress is preserved here. By incorporating the surface energies into the principle of minimum potential energy, a series of continuum governing differential equations which include intrinsic length scales are derived. The modifications over the classical continuum stiffness are also obtained. To illustrate the application of the theory, simply supported micro/nano scaled rectangular films subjected to a transverse mechanical load are investigated. Numerical examples are presented to present the effects of surface energies on the behavior of functionally graded (FG) film, whose effective elastic moduli of its bulk material are represented by the simple power law. The proposed model is then used for a comparison between the continuum analysis of FG ultra-thin plates with and without incorporating surface effects. Also, the transverse shear strain effect is studied by a comparison between the FG plate behavior based on Kirchhoff and Mindlin assumptions. In our analysis the residual surface tension under unstrained conditions and the surface Lame constants are expected to be the same for the upper and lower surfaces of the FG plate. The proposed model is verified by previous work.

Nonlinear dynamic analysis of SWNTs conveying fluid using nonlocal continuum theory

  • Kordkheili, Seyed Ali Hosseini;Mousavi, Taha;Bahai, Hamid
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • 제66권5호
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    • pp.621-629
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    • 2018
  • By employing the nonlocal continuum field theory of Eringen and Von Karman nonlinear strains, this paper presents an analytical model for linear and nonlinear dynamics analysis of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) conveying fluid with different boundary conditions. In the linear analysis the natural frequencies and critical flow velocities of SWNTs are computed. However, in the nonlinear analysis the effect of nonlocal parameter on nonlinear dynamics of cantilevered SWNTs conveying fluid is investigated by using bifurcation diagram, phase plane and Poincare map. Numerical results confirm existence of chaos as well as a period-doubling transition to chaos.

A New Unified Design Environment for Optimization of Electric Machines Based on Continuum Sensitivity and B-Spline Parametrization

  • Kim, Min-Ho;Lee, Hyang-Beom;Kim, Hyeong-Seok;Byun, Jin-Kyu
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • 제6권4호
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    • pp.513-518
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    • 2011
  • In this paper, a unified design environment is developed for the optimization of electric machines based on continuum sensitivity. For electromagnetic (EM) system analysis, COMSOL scripting environment is used. Optimization module is developed by MATLAB programming, which can be combined with COMSOL script commands. The modules are combined into one MATLAB project, and iteration process necessary for the optimization of EM system can be performed efficiently. During the design process, visual feedback of the current design status is given to the designer. In addition, the B-Spline parametrization of the nodal points is implemented to obtain smooth boundary of the device. The developed software is applied to the problem of finding uniform flux density distribution at the air gap of an electromagnet to verify its feasibility and effectiveness.

Effective mechanical properties of micro/nano-scale porous materials considering surface effects

  • Jeong, Joonho;Cho, Maenghyo;Choi, Jinbok
    • Interaction and multiscale mechanics
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    • 제4권2호
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    • pp.107-122
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    • 2011
  • Mechanical behavior in nano-sized structures differs from those in macro sized structures due to surface effect. As the ratio of surface to volume increases, surface effect is not negligible and causes size-dependent mechanical behavior. In order to identify this size effect, atomistic simulations are required; however, it has many limitations because too much computational resource and time are needed. To overcome the restrictions of the atomistic simulations and graft the well-established continuum theories, the continuum model considering surface effect, which is based on the bridging technique between atomistic and continuum simulations, is introduced. Because it reflects the size effect, it is possible to carry out a variety of analysis which is intractable in the atomistic simulations. As a part of the application examples, the homogenization method is applied to micro/nano thin films with porosity and the homogenized elastic coefficients of the nano scale thickness porous films are computed in this paper.

Small scale Structure of Galactic Molecular Clouds toward Continuum Sources by KVN

  • Han, Junghwan;Yun, Young Joo;Park, Yong-Sun
    • 천문학회보
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    • 제39권2호
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    • pp.82-82
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    • 2014
  • One of the subjects in clouds' structure and development is small scale structure of interstellar cloud. The possibility of AU scale structure (Marscher et al. 1993; Moore & Marscher 1995; Roy et al. 2012) is discussed, and this small scale structure is considered as the result of hydrogen volume density (Moore & Marscher 1995), or small-scale chemical and other inhomogeneities (Liszt & Lucas 2000). In order to study this subject with emission line, extremely high resolution is mandatory by VLBI system. However, the alternative method could be observing the absorption line of interstellar cloud on the continuum object. In this case, the resolution would be restricted to the size of the continuum object, if the size of the object is smaller than the resolution of a used telescope. We observed the previous researchers' three objects (BLLAC, NRAO150, B0528+138), whose spectrums are changed from 1993 to 1998 (Liszt & Lucas 2000), with KVN. Through KVN observation, we found the changes of optical depth spectrum compared with the previous spectrums. We will discuss the optical depth spectrum variation by time variation and the meaning of it.

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Korean Listeners' Perception of English /i/, /I/, and /$\epsilon$/

  • Yun, Yung-Do
    • 음성과학
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    • 제12권1호
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    • pp.75-87
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    • 2005
  • In this study I investigate how native Korean listeners perceive English vowels /i/, /I/, and /$\epsilon$/. I extend Flege et al's (1997) study with synthesized /i/-/I/ and /I/-/$\epsilon$/ continua, and apply the results to Flege's (1995) Speech Learning Model (SLM). The statistical results show that native speakers of English rely more on spectral steps than on vowel duration when they identify the /i/-/I/ continuum, whereas native speakers of Korean rely more on vowel duration than on spectral steps when they identify the same continuum. In the case of the /I/-/$\epsilon$/ continuum, both groups rely on spectral steps when they identify the /$\epsilon$/, which supports the SLM; Koreans identified the /$\epsilon$/ categorically since Korean has the equivalent vowel. However, there was not statistical difference between Korean subjects with more English experience (KE) and those with less English experience in the identification of both continua. This contradicts the SLM, which posits that experienced L2 learners are better than inexperienced L2 learners in perception of L2 sounds. The exact nature of this should be further investigated in the SLM.

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INFRARED SUPERNOVA REMNANTS IN THE SPITZER GLIMPSE FIELD

  • Lee, Ho-Gyu
    • 천문학회지
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    • 제38권4호
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    • pp.385-414
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    • 2005
  • We have searched for infrared emission from supernova remnants (SNRs) included in the Spitzer Galactic Legacy Infrared Mid-Plane Survey Extraordinaire (GLIMPSE) field. At the positions of 100 known SNRs, we made 3.6, 4.5, 5.8, and $8.0{\mu}m$ band images covering the radio continuum emitting area of each remnant. In-depth examinations of four band images based on the radio continuum images of SNRs result in the identification of sixteen infrared SNRs in the GLIMPSE field. Eight SNRs show distinct infrared emission in nearly all the four bands, and the other eight SNRs are visible in more than one band. We present four band images for all identified SNRs, and RGB-color images for the first eight SNRs. These images are the first high resolution (<2') images with comparative resolution of the radio continuum for SNRs detected in the mid-infrared region. The images typically show filamentary emission along the radio enhanced SNR boundaries. Most SNRs are well identified in the 4.5 and $5.8{\mu}m$ bands. We give a brief description of the infrared features of the identified SNRs.