• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.12-20
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• 2016

Purpose: Pepper prices have risen continuously because of a decrease in cultivation area; therefore, mechanical harvesting systems for peppers should be developed to reduce cost, time, and labor during harvest. In this study, a screw type picking head for a self-propelled pepper harvester was developed, and the optimal working conditions were evaluated considering helix types, winding directions of helix, and rotational speeds of the helix. Methods: The screw type was selected for the picking head after analyzing previous studies, and the device consisted of helices and a feed chain mechanism for conveying pepper branches. A double helix and a triple helix were manufactured, and rotational speeds of 200, 300, and 400 rpm were tested. The device was controlled by a variable speed (VS) motor and an inverter. Both the forward and reverse directions were tested for the winding and rotating directions of the helix. An experiment crop (cultivar: Longgreenmat) was cultivated in a plastic greenhouse. The test results were analyzed using the SAS program with ANOVA to examine the relationship between each factor and the performance of the picking head. Results: The results of the double and triple helix tests in the reverse direction showed gross harvest efficiency levels of 60-95%, mechanical damage rates of 8-20%, and net marketable portion rates of 50-80%. The dividing ratio was highest at a rotational speed of 400 rpm. Gross harvest efficiency was influenced by the types of helix and rotational speed. Net marketable portion was influenced by rotational speed but not influenced by the type of helix. Mechanical damage was not influenced by the type of helix or rotational speed. Conclusions: Best gross harvest efficiency was obtained at a rotational speed of 400 rpm; however, operating the device at that speed resulted in vibration, which should be reduced.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제39권12호
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• pp.1166-1173
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• 2011

고체 로켓 추진기관에 적용 가능한 전기-기계식 점화안전장치를 설계하고 제작하였다. 본 전기-기계식 점화안전장치는 로터리 솔레노이드를 이용하여 장전되고 내장된 전기식 착화기를 발화하여 점화 에너지를 발생시킨다. 점화안전장치의 점화 성능을 검증하기 위한 방법으로 10-cc 밀폐용기 시험(Closed Bomb Test)을 실시하였고 점화안전장치 작동시 발생되는 고온, 고압의 가스로 인하여 밀폐용기 내부에 형성되는 압력을 계측하였다. 10-cc 밀폐용기 내부에 형성되는 압력과 점화가스 유로가 열리는 시간 등을 이상기체 방정식과 질량 및 에너지 보존 법칙을 적용한 1차원 가스 동력학 모델을 통하여 계산하였다. 모델링 예측과 CBT 시험 데이터를 비교한 결과 점화안전장치에서 발생되는 가스에 의해 밀폐용기에 형성되는 압력은 약 34%의 효율을 갖는 것으로 나타났다.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제41권6호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2004

본 논문에서는 2차원 양자 역학적 모델링 및 시뮬레이션(quantum mechanical modeling and simulation)으로써, 자기정렬 이중게이츠 구조(self-aligned double-gate structure)인 FinFET에 관하여 결합된 푸아송-슈뢰딩거 방정식(coupled Poisson and Schrodinger equations)를 셀프-컨시스턴트(self-consistent)한 방법으로 해석하는 수치적 모델을 제안한다. 시뮬레이션은 게이트 길이(Lg)를 10에서 80nm까지, 실리콘 핀 두께($T_{fin}$)를 10에서 40nm까지 변화시켜가며 시행되었다. 시뮬레이션의 검증을 위한 전류-전압 특성을 실험 결과값과 비교하였으며, 문턱 전압 이하 기울기(subthreshold swing), 문턱 전압 롤-오프(thresholdvoltage roll-off), 그리고 드레인 유기 장벽 감소(drain induced barrier lowering, DIBL)과 같은 파라미터를 추출함으로써 단채널 효과를 줄이기 위한 소자 최적화를 시행하였다. 또한, 고전적 방법과 양자 역학적 방법의 시뮬레이션 결과를 비교함으로써,양자 역학적 해석의 필요성을 확인하였다. 본 연구를 통해서, FinFET과 같은 구조가 단채널 효과를 줄이는데 이상적이며, 나노-스케일 소자 구조를 해석함에 있어 양자 역학적 시뮬레이션이 필수적임을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.150-155
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• 2013

본 논문에서는 기존의 복잡한 구조를 가지는 비폭발식 분리장치를 단순화시켜 니크롬 와이어와 케블라 로프를 이용한 새로운 개념의 비폭발식 분리 메커니즘을 설계/제작하고 기초성능 평가(사전하중, 분리시간, 충격 실험 등)를 위한 실험을 수행하였다. 그 결과 니크롬 와이어의 회전횟수에 따라 다양한 사전하중 하에서 작동이 가능한 것을 확인하였고, 최대 6.0kN의 사전하중 하에서 110G의 충격을 발생시키며 680ms의 짧은 시간에 분리되는 것을 확인하여 제안된 분리장치의 유용성을 확인하였다. 추후 발사환경 및 우주환경 시험을 통하여 제안된 분리장치의 우주인증을 수행하고 다양한 사전하중에서 작동 신뢰도를 확보하여 태양 전지 패널의 전개뿐만이 아니라 페어링 분리 등 다양한 용도에 사용이 가능하도록 개발하고자 한다.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.479-485
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• 2011

열 전자 방출 형 전자 빔 장치에서 영상을 획득하기 위해서는 텅스텐 필라멘트에서 발생한 전자빔을 스캔 할 장치가 필요하다. 이때, 스캔 되는 주파수에 따라서 시료 표면에서 튀어 나오는 2 차 전자신호에 대하여 잡음 성분의 발생이 다르게 나타난다. 본 연구에서는 잡음 성분 제거를 위한 필터 설계를 위해서 2 차 전자신호에 대한 실시간 주파수 분석을 통해 신호와 잡음 성분을 구분했다. 그리고 부동 소수점 연산이 가능한 DSP 에서 디지털 필터 설계를 통하여 신호대비 잡음 성분 제거를 통하여 고배율로 획득한 전자현미경의 영상의 질을 향상 시켰다.

• 한국레이저가공학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.8-12
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• 2011

As the aged population grows around the world, many medical instruments and devices have been developed recently. Among the devices, a drug delivery stent is a medical device which requires precision machining. Conventional drug delivery stent has problems of residual polymer and decoating because the drug is coated on the surface of stent with the polymer. If the drug is impregnated in micro hole array on the surface of the stent, the problem can be solved. Micro sized holes are generally fabricated by laser machining; however, the fabricated holes do not have an enough aspect ratio to contain the drug or a good surface finish to deliver it to blood vessel tissue. To overcome these problems, we propose a vibration-assisted machining mechanism with PZT (Piezoelectric Transducers) for the fabrication of micro sized holes. If the mechanism vibrates the eyepiece of the laser machining head, the laser spot on the workpiece will vibrate vertically because objective lens in the eyepiece shakes by the mechanism's vibration. According to the former researches, the vibrating frequency over 20kHz and amplitude over 500nm are preferable. The vibration mechanism has cylindrical guide, hollowed PZT and supports. In the cylinder, the eyepiece is mounted. The cylindrical guide has upper and low plates and side wall. The shape of plates and side wall are designed to have high resonating frequency and large amplitude of motion. The PZT also is selected to have high actuating force and high speed of motion. The support has symmetrical and rigid characteristics.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.48-53
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• 2005

본 연구의 목적은 기계적인 전단층 자극방법을 이용 스월제트 혼합향상의 가능성을 고찰함에 있다. 이를 위해 기계적 자극장치가 설계, 제작되었다. 주요 구성품으로는 두개의 아음속 노즐, 스월 발생기, 그리고 유동 자극기 등이다. 실험은 다음과 같은 다양한 헬리컬 모드들에서 수행되었다; m=+0, m=$\pm$1, m=$\pm$2, m=$\pm$3, m=$\pm$4. 열선유속계를 이용한 plane 파동과 헬리컬 파동 자극에 따른 제트속도 측정이 이루어 졌다. 다양한 헬리컬 모드에서의 결과 값들이 기준 값(plane-wave)과 비교되었다. 획득된 결과는 3-D mesh plot 과 2-D contour plot으로 표현되었다. 이로써 새로 고안된 장치는 헬리컬 불안정파 자극에 대한 효과를 입증하였고 또한 결과적으로 스월제트의 혼합을 증진시켰다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.119-124
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• 2014

A Ventricular assist device (VAD) is one of the most efficient treatments to raise the survivability of the end stage heart failure patient. However, some of LVAD patients have died for the failures and improper control of LVAD. To detect critical dangers in LVAD, the monitoring methods of LVAD outflow have been requested, because it can be affected by patient's hemodynamic states and abnormal conditions of LVAD. In the case of an external pulsatile LVAD, the air movement through the air line can be used to estimate LVAD outflow. In this study, the air movement in the air-line of the extracorporeal pulsatile LVAD was measured with a differential pressure sensor between different points. The precise estimation of air movement could be achieved by additional measurement of air pressure. In a series of in-vitro experiments, the LVAD outflow were changed according to the afterload of LVAD and the differential pressure of LVAD didn't have close correlation with the LVAD outflow that were measured with an ultrasonic flowmeter at the same time. However, new precise estimation with the data from differential pressure and one point pressure in the air-line showed higher correlations with LVAD outflow.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제49권
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• pp.3.1-3.7
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• 2019

Graphene, which is one of the most promising materials for its state-of-the-art applications, has received extensive attention because of its superior mechanical properties. However, there is little experimental evidence related to the mechanical properties of graphene at the atomic level because of the challenges associated with transferring atomically-thin two-dimensional (2D) materials onto microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices. In this study, we show successful dry transfer with a gel material of a stable, clean, and free-standing exfoliated graphene film onto a push-to-pull (PTP) device, which is a MEMS device used for uniaxial tensile testing in in situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Through the results of optical microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and TEM, we demonstrate high quality exfoliated graphene on the PTP device. Finally, the stress-strain results corresponding to propagating cracks in folded graphene were simultaneously obtained during the tensile tests in TEM. The zigzag and armchair edges of graphene confirmed that the fracture occurred in association with the hexagonal lattice structure of graphene while the tensile testing. In the wake of the results, we envision the dedicated preparation and in situ TEM tensile experiments advance the understanding of the relationship between the mechanical properties and structural characteristics of 2D materials.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.406-414
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• 2021

Electrochemical devices are constructed for continuous syngas (CO + H₂) production with controlled selectivity between CO₂ and proton reduction reactions. The ratio of CO to H₂, or the faradaic efficiency toward CO generation, was mechanically manipulated by adjusting the space volume between the cathode and the polymer gas separator in the device. In particular, the area added between the cathode and the ion-conducting polymer using 0.5 M KHCO₃ catholyte regulated the solution acidity and proton reduction kinetics in the flow cell. The faradaic efficiency of CO production was controlled as a function of the distance between the polymer separator and cathode in addition to that manipulated by the electrode potential. Further, the electrochemical CO₂ reduction device using Au NPs presented a stable operation for more than 23 h at different H₂:CO production levels, demonstrating the functional stability of the flow cell utilizing the mechanical variable as an important operational factor.