• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.1463-1468
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• 2007

This paper presents the possibility of the electric energy harvesting using piezoelectric actuator which is operated by geared motor. The geared motor consisting of oval shape cam and speed controller was operated in the range of 40${\sim}$172rpm. The PZT actuator of $36L{\times}13W{\times}0.6H$ was used for energy harvesting and the results of the theoretical model were verified by comparing it with the measured response of a experimental setup. Experimental study for obtaining the optimal operating conditions, such as displacement variation of the PZT actuator and motor speed variation, was achieved. A power of 0.02mW at the geared motor speed of 172rpm and the PZT actuator maximum displacement of $500{\mu}m$ was measured. In this study, it was confirmed that the wind power can be used for MEMS based sensor operating and windmill health monitoring one.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.10 no.11
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• pp.1012-1016
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• 2004

In the present paper, equivalent beam and equivalent bimorph beam models for IPMC(ionic Polymer-Metal Composite) actuators are described. Physical properties of an IPMC, such as Young's modulus and electro-mechanical coupling coefficient. are determined from the rule of mixture, bimorph beam equations, and measured force-displacement data of a cantilevered IPMC actuator. By using a beam equation with estimated physical properties, actuation displacements of a cantilevered IPMC actuator was calculated and a good agreement between the computed tip displacements and the measured data was observed. Finite element analysis(FEA) combined with the estimated physical properties was used to reproduce the force-displacement relationship of an IPMC actuator. Results from the FEA agreed well with the measure data. The proposed models might be used for modeling of IPMC actuators with complicated shapes and boundary conditions.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2004.10a
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• pp.52-59
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• 2004

In this paper, the efficacy of the MR damper-based control systems for vibration suppression of stay cables has been experimentally investigated. The performance of the several control strategies for the semiactive control system, such as the clipped-optimal control, the Lyapunov stability theory-based control, the maximum energy dissipation and the modulated homogeneous friction, has been compared with that of the passive-type control systems employing MR dampers. To do this, the full-scale stay cable, which is the same as used for the in-service cable-stayed bridge in Korea, is considered. The acceleration and the displacement of the stay cable as well as the damping force of the MR damper are measured. The velocity of the cable at the damper location, which is needed for some control algorithms, is obtained by differentiating the measured displacement. The damping ratios of the cable system employing the MR damper, which can be estimated by the Hilbert transform-based method, shows effectiveness of each control strategy considered.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.19 no.10
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• pp.60-65
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• 2002

For optimal design of micro stage, we measured the displacement of piezoelectric transducer that was based on voltage value. And the micro stage was analyzed using FEM with displacement data including voltage value of piezoelectric transducer. For verification of analysis results, the displacements were measured by using Laser-interferometer. And researchers confirmed to propriety on design of micro stage with FEM, we obtained 3.5% error rate between measurement results and analyzing results.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2000.05a
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• pp.607-612
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• 2000

Roundness measurement method using three displacement sensors makes in-process roundness measurement possible on the NC machine because it eliminates the vibration signal and eccentricity signal from measured roundness signal from the workpiece. But if measured signals contain noises, high precision measurement of the roundness isn't possible. In this study, a high precision in-process roundness measurement system is developed, which applies a Kalman filter to the roundness measurement method using three displacement sensors and can be used to measure vibration of the spindle.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.27-32
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• 1994

The capacitive type transducers measure the displacement of rotating shaft using the voltage difference which is formed between the sensor plates and rotor so that the measured signal is not affected by the magnetic field generated by the magnetic bearing. In this paper, the capacitive transducers are embedded inside of the magnetic bearing. In order to verify the support characteristics of the capacitance sensor-magnetic bearing system, we experimented and analyzed the magnetic bearing-rotating shaft system up to 12,000 rpm. The magnetic bearing system proposed in this paper, successfully supports the rotating shaft and we can remain the maximum displacement below $5 \mu m$ at 12,000 rpm.

• Transactions of Materials Processing
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• v.16 no.4 s.94
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• pp.323-328
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• 2007

The residual stress in axial direction of the steel wires has been measured by using a method based on the combination of the focused ion beam(FIB) milling and digital image correlation(DIC) program. The residual stress is calculated from the measured displacement field before and after the introduction of a slot along the steel wires. The displacement is obtained by the digital correlation analysis of high-resolution scanning electron micrographs, while the slot is introduced by FIB milling with low energy beam. The experimental procedures are described and the feasibilities are demonstrated in steel wires fabricated with different conditions. It reveals that the tensile residual stress is formed in all steel wires and this is strongly influenced by the fabrication conditions.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.72-78
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• 2001

Roundness measurement method using three displacement sensors makes in-process roundness measurement possible on the NC machine because it eliminates the vibration signal and eccentricity signal from measured roundness signal from the workpiece. But there are noises in measured signals, it isn't possible to measure the roundness with high precision. In this study, a high precision in-process roundness measurement system is development, which can eliminate vibrations of the spindle by using three displacement sensors and which can also estimate the noisy roundness measurement signals by applying Kalman filter.

• Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• v.40 no.2
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• pp.28-33
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• 2003

This study is performed to evaluate and design the dynamic characteristics of the onboard machinery with resilient mounts. To avoid resonance with onboard machinery and external force, it is necessary to calculate natural frequencies of the resilient mounting system more accurately. Natural frequencies of on board machinery are determined by rigid body properties(mass, moment of inertia, center of mass) of machinery and stiffness of mounts. But it is very difficult to calculate rigid body properties theoretically. And stiffness properties of rubber mounts vary with dynamic displacement, pre load, frequency and temperature, and so on. In this study, we have identified rigid body properties using experimental modal analysis and estimated dynamic stiffness of rubber mount for onboard machinery using measured vibration response during seatrial. We measured displacement excitation through deck under mounts and evaluated relationship between modes of resilient mounting system and main excitation sources of a ship.

• Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.141-150
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• 1998

Model tests were performed to examine the mechanical behavior of steel circular caisson by horizontal load. It was generally found that displacements and bottom pressure of the caisson model were increased rapidly at the local plastic load. The maximum displacement was measured at the loading point, whereas the less displacement was measured at the upper part of the caisson model. The bottom pressure was getting higher, as it was nearer the loading side. Furthermore, the increase ratio of the bottom pressure was higher as the load was increased.