• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제32권1A호
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• pp.19-30
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• 2012

최근 캠코더와 같은 영상 장비의 고성능화 및 대중화, 그리고 화상 처리(image procession) 기술의 발달 등으로 인하여 영상 기반의 구조물 동적변위 계측에 관한 연구가 활발하며, 이러한 연구개발의 결과로 관련 시스템의 사용성 및 정확도가 많이 개선되고 있다. 그러나 이러한 영상 기반 시스템의 경우 장비 측면에서 볼 때 영상 장비 자체의 진동에 의한 오차, 화상 처리 과정에서의 오차 등을 개선할 필요가 있으며, 또한 적용 측면에서 볼 때 교량의 수직 처짐이나 건축구조물의 수평변위 계측에 제한되어 있어 부유체의 파랑응답과 같은 3차원 운동을 하는 구조물에 대한 확장이 필요한 시점이다. 이 연구에서는 이러한 영상 기반 동적변위 계측방법을 3차원 문제에 적용하기 위하여 다중 표적(multiple target)을 사용한 방법을 제시하고, 또한 화상 처리 과정에서의 정량적 판단 기준을 제시함으로써 간접적으로 영상 기반 시스템의 계측 정확도를 평가하여, 영상 기반 방법에 의하여 계측된 동적변위 계측결과의 유효성을 판단할 수 있도록 하였다. 제안된 방법을 $50m{\times}30m{\times}5m$ 규모의 대형 부유체에 대한 실해역 파랑 응답 실험에 적용하여, 부유체의 동적변위를 계측하였으며, 그 결과를 기존의 RTK-GPS(Real Time Kinematics-Global Positioning System), MRU(Motion Reference Unit) 등의 장비를 이용한 계측결과와 비교함으로써 그 성능을 검증하였다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.679-694
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• 2017

The complexity, enlargement and irregularity of structures and multi-directional dynamic loads acting on the structures can lead to unexpected structural behavior, such as torsion. Continuous torsion of the structure causes unexpected changes in the structure's stress distribution, reduces the performance of the structural members, and shortens the structure's lifespan. Therefore, a method of monitoring the torsional behavior is required to ensure structural safety. Structural torsion typically occurs accompanied by displacement, but no model has yet been developed to measure this type of structural response. This research proposes a model for measuring dynamic torsional response of structure accompanied by displacement and for identifying the torsional modal parameter using vision-based displacement measurement equipment, a motion capture system (MCS). In the present model, dynamic torsional responses including pure rotation and translation displacements are measured and used to calculate the torsional angle and displacements. To apply the proposed model, vibration tests for a shear-type structure were performed. The torsional responses were obtained from measured dynamic displacements. The torsional angle and displacements obtained by the proposed model using MCS were compared with the torsional response measured using laser displacement sensors (LDSs), which have been widely used for displacement measurement. In addition, torsional modal parameters were obtained using the dynamic torsional angle and displacements obtained from the tests.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제12권3_4호
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• pp.363-379
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• 2013

Dynamic displacement of structures is an important index for in-service structural condition and behavior assessment, but accurate measurement of structural displacement for large-scale civil structures such as long-span bridges still remains as a challenging task. In this paper, a vision-based dynamic displacement measurement system with the use of digital image processing technology is developed, which is featured by its distinctive characteristics in non-contact, long-distance, and high-precision structural displacement measurement. The hardware of this system is mainly composed of a high-resolution industrial CCD (charge-coupled-device) digital camera and an extended-range zoom lens. Through continuously tracing and identifying a target on the structure, the structural displacement is derived through cross-correlation analysis between the predefined pattern and the captured digital images with the aid of a pattern matching algorithm. To validate the developed system, MTS tests of sinusoidal motions under different vibration frequencies and amplitudes and shaking table tests with different excitations (the El-Centro earthquake wave and a sinusoidal motion) are carried out. Additionally, in-situ verification experiments are performed to measure the mid-span vertical displacement of the suspension Tsing Ma Bridge in the operational condition and the cable-stayed Stonecutters Bridge during loading tests. The obtained results show that the developed system exhibits an excellent capability in real-time measurement of structural displacement and can serve as a good complement to the traditional sensors.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제32권1A호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2012

최근 해안, 도서, 산간지방 등의 개발로 장대교량의 수요가 증가되고 재료 및 설계 시공기술의 지속적 발전으로 인하여 현수교나 사장교 등 장지간을 가지는 교량의 건설이 증가하고 있다. 장대교량은 사장재 또는 주 케이블 및 행어로 주형을 지지하는 고차 부정정구조물로 다양한 형태의 설계가 가능하고 구조물의 외관이 뛰어나기 때문에 현재 많은 교량에 적용되고 있다. 케이블지지교량은 시공 중 그리고 공용상태에서 케이블의 장력을 지속적으로 측정함으로써 교량의 건전성을 파악할 수 있다. 케이블의 장력을 추정하는 기법으로 로드셀 및 유압잭 등을 이용하여 케이블의 응력을 직접 측정하는 방법과 케이블의 형상조건과 계측된 동적 특성을 활용하여 장력을 구하는 진동법이 많이 활용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 디지털 영상처리를 이용한 행어케이블의 동특성 추정 방법을 제시하였으며 사용의 편의성과 경제성을 고려하여 원거리에 있는 행어케이블을 측정하기 위한 센서로 휴대용 디지털 캠코더를 사용하였다. 디지털 영상처리를 이용하는 방법은 digital image correlation(DIC) 기법을 사용하였으며 변형이 없는 이미지와 변형이 있는 이미지 사이의 기하학적인 왜곡을 보정하는 이미지 변환함수(ITF)를 사용하여 단위픽셀이하를 계산하였다. 또한 영상계측시스템의 흔들림을 추가적인 센서의 설치 없이 한 영상내의 고정된 물체를 이용하여 보정함으로써 행어케이블의 동적응답 및 모드별 고유진동수의 해상도를 향상시켰다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.409-419
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• 2023

Structural integrity can be accessed from dynamic deformations of structures. Moreover, dynamic deformations can be acquired from non-contact sensors such as video cameras. Kanade-Lucas-Tomasi (KLT) algorithm is one of the commonly used methods for motion tracking. However, averaging throughout the extracted features would induce bias in the measurement. In addition, pixel-wise measurements can be converted to physical units through camera intrinsic. Still, the depth information is unreachable without prior knowledge of the space information. The assigned homogeneous coordinates would then mismatch manually selected feature points, resulting in measurement errors during coordinate transformation. In this study, a two-stage optimization method for video-based measurements is proposed. The manually selected feature points are first optimized by minimizing the errors compared with the homogeneous coordinate. Then, the optimized points are utilized for the KLT algorithm to extract displacements through inverse projection. Two additional criteria are employed to eliminate outliers from KLT, resulting in more reliable displacement responses. The second-stage optimization subsequently fine-tunes the geometry of the selected coordinates. The optimization process also considers the number of interpolation points at different depths of an image to reduce the effect of out-of-plane motions. As a result, the proposed method is numerically investigated by using a truss bridge as a physics-based graphic model (PBGM) to extract high-accuracy displacements from recorded videos under various capturing angles and structural conditions.

• 대한인간공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한인간공학회 1993년도 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.1-9
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• 1993

A human gait study is required for the biomechanical design of running shoes. A tow-dimensional dynamic model was developed in order to analyze lower extremity kinematics and loadings at the right ankle, knee, and hip joints. The dynamic model consists of three segments, the upper leg, the lower leg, and the foot. Each segment was assumed to be a rigid body with one or two frictionless hinge joints. The lower extremity motion was assumed to be planar in the sagittal plane. A young male subject was involved in the gait test and his anthropometric data were measured for the calculation of segement mass and moment of inertia. The experimental data were obtained from three trials of walking at 1.2m/s. The foot-floor reaction data were measured from a Kistler force plate. The kinematic data were acquired using a three-dimensional motion measurement system (Expert Vision) with six markers, five of which were placed on the right lower extremity segments and the rest one was attached to the force plate. Based on the model and experimental data for the stance phase of the right foot, the calculated vertical forces reached up to 492, 540, and 561 N at the hip, knee, ankle joints, respectively. The flexion-extension moments reached up to 155, 119, and 33 Nm in magnitude at the corresponding joints.

• 자동차안전학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.14-19
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• 2021

This paper presents LiDAR static obstacle map based vehicle dynamic state estimation algorithm for urban autonomous driving. In an autonomous driving, state estimation of host vehicle is important for accurate prediction of ego motion and perceived object. Therefore, in a situation in which noise exists in the control input of the vehicle, state estimation using sensor such as LiDAR and vision is required. However, it is difficult to obtain a measurement for the vehicle state because the recognition sensor of autonomous vehicle perceives including a dynamic object. The proposed algorithm consists of two parts. First, a Bayesian rule-based static obstacle map is constructed using continuous LiDAR point cloud input. Second, vehicle odometry during the time interval is calculated by matching the static obstacle map using Normal Distribution Transformation (NDT) method. And the velocity and yaw rate of vehicle are estimated based on the Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) using vehicle odometry as measurement. The proposed algorithm is implemented in the Linux Robot Operating System (ROS) environment, and is verified with data obtained from actual driving on urban roads. The test results show a more robust and accurate dynamic state estimation result when there is a bias in the chassis IMU sensor.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.175-182
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• 2023

In general, the design of structures and its construction processes are fundamentally dependent on their foundation and supporting ground. Thus, it is imperative to understand the behavior of the soil under certain stress and drainage conditions. As it is well known that certain characteristics and behaviors of soils with fines are highly dependent on water content, it is critical to accurately measure and identify the status of the soils in terms of water contents. Liquid limit is one of the important soil index properties to define such characteristics. However, liquid limit measurement can be affected by the proficiency of the operator. On the other hand, dynamic properties of soils are also necessary in many different applications and current testing methods often require special equipment in the laboratory, which is often expensive and sensitive to test conditions. In order to address these concerns and advance the state of the art, this study explores a novel method to determine the liquid limit of cohesive soil by employing video-based vibration analysis. In this research, the modal characteristics of cohesive soil columns are extracted from videos by utilizing phase-based motion estimation. By utilizing the proposed method that analyzes the optical flow in every pixel of the series of frames that effectively represents the motion of corresponding points of the soil specimen, the vibration characteristics of the entire soil specimen could be assessed in a non-contact and non-destructive manner. The experimental investigation results compared with the liquid limit determined by the standard method verify that the proposed method reliably and straightforwardly identifies the liquid limit of clay. It is envisioned that the proposed approach could be applied to measuring liquid limit of soil in practical field, entertaining its simple implementation that only requires a digital camera or even a smartphone without the need for special equipment that may be subject to the proficiency of the operator.

• 대한건축학회연합논문집
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.47-54
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• 2018

The purpose of this study is to verify the long - range measurement performance for practical field application of VDMS. The reliability of the VDMS was verified by comparison with the existing monitoring sensor, GPS, Accelerometer and LDS. It showed the ability to accurately measure the dynamic displacement by tracking a motion of free vibration of target. And using the PSD function of measured data, the results in the frequency domain were also analyzed. We judged that VDMS is able to identify the higher system mode and has sufficient reliability. Based on the reliability verification, we conducted tests for long-distance applicability for actual application of VDMS. The distance from the stationary target model structure was increased by 50m interval, and the maximum distance was set to 400m. From the distance of 150m, the image obtained by the commercial camcorder has an error in the analysis, so the measured displacement comparison was performed between the LDS and the refractor telescope measurement results. In the measurement results of the displacement area of VDMS, the data validity was deteriorated due to the data shift by the external force and the quality degradation of the enlarged image. However, even under the condition that the effectiveness of the displacement measurement data of VDMS is low, the first mode characteristic included in the free vibration of the object is clearly measured. If the influence from the external environment is controlled and stable data is collected, It is judged that reliability of long-distance VDMS can be secured.