• 한국방재학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방재학회 2008년도 정기총회 및 학술발표대회
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• pp.361-364
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• 2008

무선 센서 네트워크(Wireless Sensor Network: WSN)의 응용서비스 모델은 센서, 마이크로 컨트롤러, 무선 통신 칩셋을 결합한 센서 하드웨어에 의한 센서 네트워크, 데이터 처리를 위한 미들웨어, 사용자 서비스의 형태로 구성된다, 이러한 WSN응용은 환경모니터링, 공장자동화와 같은 분야에 적용되어 왔고, 주로 사람이 감시하기 힘든 원격 모니터링을 기반으로 하는 응용서비스에 집중되어 왔다. 본 논문에서는 무선 센서 네트워크의 응용모델을 기반으로 유비쿼터스 방재 시스템에 적용하기 위한 구축 고려요소에 대해 서술하고, 그 응용 범위의 적합성을 논한다. 제안하는 모델은 무선 센서 네트워크 하드웨어, 라우팅 기술, 미들웨어 구성요소, 보안정책에 관한 내용이 포함되어 있다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.139-155
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• 2011

Polymeric thin-film assemblies whose bulk electrical conductivity and mechanical performance have been enhanced by single-walled carbon nanotubes are proposed for measuring strain and corrosion activity in metallic structural systems. Similar to the dermatological system found in animals, the proposed self-sensing thin-film assembly supports spatial strain and pH sensing via localized changes in electrical conductivity. Specifically, electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is used to create detailed mappings of film conductivity over its complete surface area using electrical measurements taken at the film boundary. While EIT is a powerful means of mapping the sensing skin's spatial response, it requires a data acquisition system capable of taking electrical impedance measurements on a large number of electrodes. A low-cost wireless impedance analyzer is proposed to fully automate EIT data acquisition. The key attribute of the device is a flexible sinusoidal waveform generator capable of generating regulated current signals with frequencies from near-DC to 20 MHz. Furthermore, a multiplexed sensing interface offers 32 addressable channels from which voltage measurements can be made. A wireless interface is included to eliminate the cumbersome wiring often required for data acquisition in a structure. The functionality of the wireless impedance analyzer is illustrated on an experimental setup with the system used for automated acquisition of electrical impedance measurements taken on the boundary of a bio-inspired sensing skin recently proposed for structural health monitoring.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.279-284
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• 2011

Protected vegetable production area is greater than 26% of the total vegetable production area in Korea, and portion of protected production area is increasing for flowers and fruits. To secure stable productivity and profitability, continuous and intensive monitoring and control of protected crop production environment is critical, which is labor- and time-consuming. Failure to maintain proper environmental conditions (e.g., light, temperature, humidity) leads to significant damage to crop growth and quality, therefore farmers should visit or be present close to the production area. To overcome these problems, application of remote monitoring and control of crop production environment has been increasing. Wireless monitoring and control systems have used CDMA, internet, and smart phone communications. Levels of technology adoption are different for farmers' needs for their cropping systems. In this paper, potential of wireless remote monitoring of protected agricultural environment using CDMA SMS text messages was reported. Monitoring variables were outside weather (precipitation, wind direction and velocity, temperature, and humidity), inside ambient condition (temperature, humidity, $CO_2$ level, and light intensity), irrigation status (irrigation flow rate and pressure), and soil condition (volumetric water content and matric potential). Scenarios and data formats for environment monitoring were devised, tested, and compared. Results of this study would provide useful information for adoption of wireless remote monitoring techniques by farmers.

• 지구물리
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.61-72
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• 2004

실시간으로 수집된 환경방사능 데이터 및 차량위치정보를 무선통신망을 통해 전송 받아 지도 상에 표출하고 핵종별 수집시간대별 분석 및 차량 위치별 수집데이터 분석 등의 통계분석기능과 결과물의 문서출력기능을 지원하고 다수의 감시차량 관제 및 관리가 가능한 서버 클라이언트 환경의 환경방사능 감시 차량관제 시스템을 개발하였다

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제69권4호
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• pp.407-416
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• 2019

This paper develops a wireless sensor for online fatigue crack detection and failure warning based on crack-induced nonlinear ultrasonic modulation. The wireless sensor consists of packaged piezoelectric (PZT) module, an excitation/sensing module, a data acquisition/processing module, a wireless communication module, and a power supply module. The packaged PZT and the excitation/sensing module generate ultrasonic waves on a structure and capture the response. Based on nonlinear ultrasonic modulation created by a crack, the data acquisition/processing module periodically performs fatigue crack diagnosis and provides failure warning if a component failure is imminent. The outcomes are transmitted to a base through the wireless communication module where two-levels duty cycling media access control (MAC) is implemented. The uniqueness of the paper lies in that 1) the proposed wireless sensor is developed specifically for online fatigue crack detection and failure warning, 2) failure warning as well as crack diagnosis are provided based on crack-induced nonlinear ultrasonic modulation, 3) event-driven operation of the sensor, considering rare extreme events such as earthquakes, is made possible with a power minimization strategy, and 4) the applicability of the wireless sensor to steel welded members is examined through field and laboratory tests. A fatigue crack on a steel welded specimen was successfully detected when the overall width of the crack was around $30{\mu}m$, and a failure warnings were provided when about 97.6% of the remaining useful fatigue lives were reached. Four wireless sensors were deployed on Yeongjong Grand Bridge in Souht Korea. The wireless sensor consumed 282.95 J for 3 weeks, and the processed results on the sensor were transmitted up to 20 m with over 90% success rate.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.1217-1231
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• 2016

In this research, a slotted patch antenna sensor is designed for wireless strain and crack sensing. An off-the-shelf RFID (radiofrequency identification) chip is adopted in the antenna sensor design for signal modulation. The operation power of the RFID chip is captured from wireless reader interrogation signal, so the sensor operation is completely battery-free (passive) and wireless. For strain and crack sensing of a structure, the antenna sensor is bonded on the structure surface like a regular strain gage. Since the antenna resonance frequency is directly related with antenna dimension, which deforms when strain occurs on the structural surface, the deformation/strain can be correlated with antenna resonance frequency shift measured by an RFID reader. The slotted patch antenna sensor performance is first evaluated through mechanics-electromagnetics coupled simulation. Extensive experiments are then conducted to validate the antenna sensor performance, including tensile and compressive strain sensing, wireless interrogation range, and fatigue crack sensing.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.153-161
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• 2008

Recently, the research and development of the fish cage in open sea from domestic is active and it is almost complement with commercial scale test on 'seogwipo'. But domestic technology is not sufficient of management RMS(Remote Monitoring System) with advanced country, so it is difficult to maintenance and monitor fish cage in open sea. This paper introduces a fish cage environmental monitoring system for measuring pH, DO and temperature. A signal is treated with DAU(Data Acquisition Unit) by a wireless communication method and transfers data to host computer for data processing. These data are graphically shown on the monitor with LabVIEW program and logged on the data processing system in the form of file.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제13권9호
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• pp.4186-4192
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• 2012

풍력발전기가 경제적, 환경적 요인에 따라 대형화, 해상화 되고 있어 접근이 어렵고, 부품 및 유지보수 비용이 증가하고 있다. 풍력발전기 상태 모니터링을 통하여 고장 요소를 최소화 하고, 고장 시 2차 사고를 예방하여 운영유지 및 보수비용을 낮추고 신뢰성을 증가시켜야 한다. 본 논문에서는 IEC 61400-25-2에서 표준으로 추진하는 풍력발전기 모니터링에 적합한 센서 중 실제 풍력발전기 상태 모니터링에 필요한 온도, 습도, 전압, 전류, 풍향, 풍속 센서를 ZigBee 무선 통신 소자와 결합하여 무선 센서노드를 구성하고 이를 이용한 간단한 네트워크를 통하여 센서 신호를 전송한다. 각 무선 센서노드에서 전송되는 신호는 라우터를 통하여 중앙 모니터링 터미널에 전송한다. 또한 LabVIEW로 신호를 수집 및 처리하고, TCP/IP 통신 변환을 통해 인터넷 환경이면 언제 어디서든지 사용자 및 관리자가 모니터링 할 수 있도록 한다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.885-909
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• 2016

Advances in low-cost wireless sensing have made instrumentation of large civil infrastructure systems with dense arrays of wireless sensors possible. A critical issue with regard to effective use of the information harvested from these sensors is synchronized sensing. Although a number of synchronization methods have been developed, most provide only clock synchronization. Synchronized sensing requires not only clock synchronization among wireless nodes, but also synchronization of the data. Existing synchronization protocols are generally limited to networks of modest size in which all sensor nodes are within a limited distance from a central base station. The scale of civil infrastructure is often too large to be covered by a single wireless sensor network. Multiple independent networks have been installed, and post-facto synchronization schemes have been developed and applied with some success. In this paper, we present a new approach to achieving synchronized sensing among multiple networks using the Pulse-Per-Second signals from low-cost GPS receivers. The method is implemented and verified on the Imote2 sensor platform using TinyOS to achieve $50{\mu}s$ synchronization accuracy of the measured data for multiple networks. These results demonstrate that the proposed approach is highly-scalable, realizing precise synchronized sensing that is necessary for effective structural health monitoring.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해양정보통신학회 2007년도 춘계종합학술대회
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• pp.671-674
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• 2007

유비쿼터스 센서 네트워크(Ubiquitous Sensor Networks)는 각종 센서에서 수집한 정보를 무선으로 수집할 수 있도록 구성한 네트워크를 말한다. 이러한 유비쿼터스 센서 네트워크에서 센서 노드는 한정된 전송 거리의 극복과 최적의 경로 설정으로 안정적인 데이터 전송이 중요하다. 이에 본 논문에서는 무선 메쉬 네트워크(Wireless Mesh Networks)를 이용한 센서 노드의 한정된 전송거리를 극복하고자 한다. 따라서 u-farm을 위한 환경감시 시스템은 무선 메쉬 네트워크의 MAP을 적용시켜 안정적인 데이터 전송이 이루어지도록 제안한다.