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Performance Comparison of Space-Time Block Coding in High-speed Railway Channel (고속 철도 채널 환경에서 시공간 블록 부호 성능 비교)

  • Park, Seong-Guen;Lee, Jong-Woo;Jeon, Taehyun
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.39C no.3
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    • pp.291-297
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    • 2014
  • Due to the rapid increase in demand for transportation of human and freight in modern railway systems, the CBTC system has been proposed, which is the solution for improvement of the line capacity that has been limited by the conventional track circuit based train control system. In the CBTC system, higher reliability of the communication system should be guaranteed for the safety of passengers and trains. However, due to the inherent characteristics of the wireless channel environment, performance degradations are inevitable. The diversity techniques can increase the reliability of data transmission using multiple antennas. In this paper, we investigate the performance of the STBC in the railway channel environment. Rician fading model is used for the viaduct scenarios which take important roles in the railway system. Also, considered is the Doppler effect which is an important factor in the mobile communication system. Simulations are performed to analyze the performance of the STBC in various channel environments. Results show that the performance degradation due to the phase error in viaduct scenarios is independent of the diversity order but is affected by the constellation of the modulation.

Relation between Induced Voltage of Rail and Feeding Line of Wireless Power Transfer System for Railway Application (철도용 무선전력전송시스템의 급전선로와 레일유기전압의 관계)

  • Kim, JaeHee;Park, Chan-Bae;Jung, Shin-Myung;Lee, Seung-Hwan;Lee, Byung-Song;Lee, Jun-Ho;Lee, Su-Gil
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.228-232
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    • 2014
  • The magnetic field generated by the feeding line of a wireless power transfer system induces voltage on the rail of a railway system. The induced voltage of the rail can have a bad influence on the track circuit and on safety. This paper simulated three feeding lines to study the relation between the feeding lines and the induced voltage of the rail; it also proposed magnetic field distribution of the feeding line to reduce the induced voltage.

Running Stability Assessment of a Railway Vehicle using Roller Rig Test (주행시험대 시험을 이용한 철도차량의 주행안정성 평가 방법 고찰)

  • Park, Joon-Hyuk;Park, Choon-Soo
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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    • v.20 no.5
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    • pp.577-587
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    • 2017
  • In the design process of dynamic characteristics of a railway vehicle, demand for analysis, testing and estimation methods of running stability are increasing as railway vehicle speed is increasing. Critical speed tests and estimation have been carried out using computer simulation or special test facilities, like roller rigs, because real track testing at critical speed is very dangerous. This paper introduces a test and assessment method for critical speed and estimates the validity using several roller rig tests. The test results show that it is difficult to estimate the critical speed using safety and instability assessment method in UIC 518, but that there is good agreement between the reduction of the equivalent damping ratio and the critical speed.

Study on Dynamic Characteristics of Structure Approaches by Train Moving Loads (열차이동하중 작용시 구조물 접속부의 동적 거동특성 연구)

  • Eum, Ki Young;Kim, Young Ha;Kim, Jae Wang
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.298-304
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    • 2013
  • This paper systematically analyzes the dynamic effects of structure approaches which are expected to have direct effects on train loads - according to the train's acceleration as the area under consideration is located in a section where acceleration of high speed railway vehicles and the train's operating speed happens. In addition, through an examination of the dynamic train loads, dynamic behavioral characteristics of embedded structures and structure approaches were analyzed and a numerical analysis has been carried out in order to evaluate the performance of track subgrade and the safety of the structure. As a result, we reach the conclusion that the dynamic effects by train loads is low, but somewhat high vertical acceleration occurs.

Design of The Autopilot System of vessel using Fuzzy Algorithm (퍼지제어 알고리즘을 이용한 선박의 자율운항 시스템 설계)

  • 이민수;추연규;이광석;김현덕;박연식
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.7 no.7
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    • pp.1509-1513
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    • 2003
  • The autopilot system of vessel is proposed to take service safety and security, to elevate service efficiency, to decrease labor and to improve working environment. Ultimate purpose of the proposed system is to minimize the number of crew by guaranteeing economical efficiency of shipping service. Recently, the research is being achieved to compensate various nonlinear parameters of vessel and apply it to course keeping control, track keeping control, roll-rudder stabilization, dynamic ship positioning and automatic mooring control etc. using optimizing control technique. Relation between rudder angle controlled by steering machine of vessel and ship-heading angle, and load condition of ship is nonlinear, which affects various parameters of shipping service. The speed and direction of waves, velocity and quantity of wind, which also cause the non-linearity of it. Therefore the autopilot system of ship requires the robust control algorithm can overcome various non-linearity. On this paper, we design the autopilot system of ship, which overcomes nonlinear Parameters and disturbance of it using Fuzzy Algorithm, evaluate the proposed algorithm and its excellence through simulation.

Janus - Multi Source Event Detection and Collection System for Effective Surveillance of Criminal Activity

  • Shahabi, Cyrus;Kim, Seon Ho;Nocera, Luciano;Constantinou, Giorgos;Lu, Ying;Cai, Yinghao;Medioni, Gerard;Nevatia, Ramakant;Banaei-Kashani, Farnoush
    • Journal of Information Processing Systems
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.1-22
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    • 2014
  • Recent technological advances provide the opportunity to use large amounts of multimedia data from a multitude of sensors with different modalities (e.g., video, text) for the detection and characterization of criminal activity. Their integration can compensate for sensor and modality deficiencies by using data from other available sensors and modalities. However, building such an integrated system at the scale of neighborhood and cities is challenging due to the large amount of data to be considered and the need to ensure a short response time to potential criminal activity. In this paper, we present a system that enables multi-modal data collection at scale and automates the detection of events of interest for the surveillance and reconnaissance of criminal activity. The proposed system showcases novel analytical tools that fuse multimedia data streams to automatically detect and identify specific criminal events and activities. More specifically, the system detects and analyzes series of incidents (an incident is an occurrence or artifact relevant to a criminal activity extracted from a single media stream) in the spatiotemporal domain to extract events (actual instances of criminal events) while cross-referencing multimodal media streams and incidents in time and space to provide a comprehensive view to a human operator while avoiding information overload. We present several case studies that demonstrate how the proposed system can provide law enforcement personnel with forensic and real time tools to identify and track potential criminal activity.

Safety Evaluation on Interaction between Track and Bridge in Continuous Welded Railway Bridge Considering Seismic Load (지진하중을 고려한 장대레일교량의 궤도-교량 상호작용에 대한 안전성 평가)

  • Shim, Yoon-Bo;Kim, Yun-Tae;Kim, Sang-Chel
    • Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.40-48
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    • 2016
  • To observe the rail-slab interaction in continuous welded railway(CWR) bridge when earthquake occurs, additional axial rail stresses and relative longitudinal displacements between rail and bridge deck were calculated with input of various load combinations and 3 different types of seismic loads to an analytical model. As results of analysis, it can be found that standard response spectrum proposed by Korea Rail(KR) network authority for earthquake design showed less additional axial rail stresses than allowable levels, but greater relative longitudinal displacement between rail and bridge deck, which means that adjustment of relative longitudinal displacement within a standard level is much more difficult than axial train stress. Additionally, if a large-scaled earthquake as occurred at Kobe, Japan comes up, then both of additional axial rail stress and relative displacement in rail-bridge deck may exceed allowable levels, which indicates to make proper design guides against sudden earthquake occurrence.

Development of Automatic Crack Identification Algorithm for a Concrete Sleeper Using Pattern Recognition (패턴인식을 이용한 콘크리트침목의 자동균열검출 알고리즘 개발)

  • Kim, Minseu;Kim, Kyungho;Choi, Sanghyun
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.374-381
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    • 2017
  • Concrete sleepers, installed on majority of railroad track in this nation can, if not maintained properly, threaten the safety of running trains. In this paper, an algorithm for automatically identifying cracks in a sleeper image, taken by high-resolution camera, is developed based on Adaboost, known as the strongest adaptive algorithm and most actively utilized algorithm of current days. The developed algorithm is trained using crack characteristics drawn from the analysis results of crack and non-crack images of field-installed sleepers. The applicability of the developed algorithm is verified using 48 images utilized in the training process and 11 images not used in the process. The verification results show that cracks in all the sleeper images can be successfully identified with an identification rate greater than 90%, and that the developed automatic crack identification algorithm therefore has sufficient applicability.

A Study on the Necessity of Smart Factory Application in Electronic Components Assembly Process (전자부품 조립공정에서 스마트팩토리 적용 필요성에 대한 연구)

  • Kim, Tae-Jong;Lee, Dong-Yoon
    • Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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    • v.11 no.9
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    • pp.138-144
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    • 2021
  • In the electronic component assembly business, when product defects occur, it is important to track incoming raw material defects or work defects, and it is important to improve suppliers or work sites according to the results. The core task of the smart factory is to build an integrated data hub to process storage, management, and analysis in real time, and to manage cluster processes, energy, environment, and safety. In order to improve reliability through accurate analysis and collection of production data by real-time monitoring of production site management for electronic parts-related small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the establishment of a smart factory is essential. This paper was developed to be utilized in the construction by defining the system configuration method, smart factory-related technology and application cases, considering the characteristics of SMEs related to electronic components that want to introduce a smart factory.

Cause analysis of the electric train derailment occurred in turnout on a sharp curves. (급곡선 분기기에서 발생한 전동열차 탈선사고의 원인분석)

  • Lee, Seungwon;Woo, Kwanje;Jeong, Chanmook
    • Journal of The Korean Society For Urban Railway
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.411-416
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    • 2018
  • It is generally not preferable to install a turnout on a sharp curves but it is not desirable for the safety of a train. However, in a mountainous area or a depot where a sufficient space can not be secured to secure a straight line. In this study, in order to analyze the cause of train derailment accident that occurred in the place where turnout is installed in a sharp curves, we performed derailment analysis using line data and accident vehicle data measured at the location where the accident occurred. This derailment coefficient maximum turnout at the start of the track and derailment curve analysis showed that even big enough to cause a derailment as 1.37 in size, which was found to be consistent with the actual site survey results derailment occurred.