• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.38 no.12
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• pp.971-974
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• 2014

A ventricular assist device (VAD) is used for bridge to heart transplantation and heart diseases. Knowing the status of a pneumatic pulsatile VAD when implanting it into the body is important: when the velocity of blood flow through the VAD is slow, a thrombus may occur, and thrombosis can be fatal to a patient. In order to determine the state of a VAD, various sensors need to be implanted. Because this introduces the risk of infection and difficulties with sensor management, we developed a method for estimating the state of a VAD indirectly via the pressure in an air tube that can be measured in vitro. We compared the measured values to in vitro experimental results. The estimated and measured values showed some errors, but the accuracy can be improved by refining the estimation process to minimize the risk of infection.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.26 no.5
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• pp.343-352
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• 2006

In the present paper, the nondestructive test method was suggest to establish the bonding status of a motor case assembly composed of a steel motor case, adiabatic rubber layer and an ablative composite tube with strain data, AE(acoustic emission) signals and UT(ultrasonic test) data. And, finite element analysis was conducted to verify quantitatively the bonding status of motor case assembly under inner pressure loading. The bonding status could be judged whether the bonding status is perfect or contact condition by the data correlation study with AE signals and strain data measured from air pressure test. And, to classify the bonding status of motor case and rubber layer among bonding layers, UT method was also applied. From this study, the bonding status could be classified and detected into fourth types for all bonding layers as follows: (1) initial un-bonding, (2) perfect do-bonding during an air pressure test, (3) partially de-bonding during an air pressure test, and (4) perfect bonding.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.38 no.5
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• pp.431-436
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• 2014

Conductance is a concept contrary to flow resistance and is extensively used as a flow index on how easily fluid is transported through a pneumatic pipe or fluid device. However, research on flow conductance is very rare to date, and a systematic investigation is needed for the standardization of pneumatic devices. In the present study, a computational fluid dynamics method was applied to solve the compressible Navier-Stokes equations with two-equation turbulence models. The present CFD results were validated with existing experimental data. The conductance values and friction factors at the inlet and outlet of a pneumatic pipe were used to assess the flow rates. The present results showed that the conductance depends on the pressure ratio at the inlet and outlet of a pipe.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.34 no.6
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• pp.789-795
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• 2010

For the reliable clamping of a robotic colonoscope inside the colon, we propose a clamping module consisting of six legs at the front and a trigger at the rear. In addition, a pneumatic-line based locomotive mechanism, which was developed previously for in-pipe inspection, is adopted to reduce the friction force between the pneumatic lines and the locomotion environment. In order to evaluate locomotion performance, a robot with a diameter of 15 mm and a length of 110.250 mm is used. Based on control signal from LabVIEW, it is tested in acrylic pipe and pig's colon. The proposed robot is able to move in the curved path which has a radius of over 25 mm. The speed of the robot is 33 mm/s in a straight path and 12.1 mm/s on a vertical path. The proposed robot, which has one pneumatic line and two clamping modules, conclusively shows reliable locomotion performance under in vitro condition.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.10b
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• pp.205-206
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• 2008

한의학에서 손목의 맥파를 손으로 짚어 보고 파형의 변화로써 병변의 원인을 파악하는 것은 기본적인 진단 방법이다. 진단을 위해 요골동맥의 촌, 관, 척 세 부위의 맥파를 수지를 통해 일정 가압을 하며 맥의 깊이, 강약, 빠르기 등을 촉진을 통해 맥상을 분석한다. 본 연구에서는 촌, 관, 척 부위를 동시 측정하기 위해 각 부위에 5개의 압력센서 어레이가 적용된 15채널 맥진기를 구성하였다. 또한 요골 동맥 부위에 적정 가압을 유지하기 위해 공기 커프를 이용한 공압 가압 방식을 적용하였다. 본 가압 방식을 통해 요골 동맥 부위에 연속적이며 정밀 가압제어가 가능하였다.

• Journal of Drive and Control
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.24-31
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• 2008

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 1996.11a
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• pp.147-153
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• 1996

발사관의 밀폐 및 분리성능을 위해 앞, 뒤 덮개의 재질을 내열성이 높고, 수분흡수성이 낮은 Noryl Plastic 재질로 선정하여 기계적 물성을 확인하였으며 덮개의 형상설계를 하였다. 유한요소 구조해석을 수행하여 분포하중 및 집중하중에 의한 응력상태를 고찰하고 분리성능을 검증하기 위해 공압 및 유도탄 충돌시험을 수행하였다. 이상의 과정를 통하여 개발된 덮개는 여러 가지 체계요구조건을 만족시켜 주는 것을 알 수 있다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.82-90
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• 2009

Pneumatic cylinder is one of the low cost actuation sources which have been applied in industrial and prosthetic application since it has a high power/weight ratio, a high-tension force and a long durability However, the control problems of pneumatic systems, oscillatory motion and compliance, have prevented their widespread use in advanced robotics. To overcome these shortcomings, a number of newer pneumatic actuators have been developed such as McKibben Muscle, Rubber Actuator and Pneumatic Artificial Muscle (PAM) Manipulators. In this paper, one solution for position control of a robot arm, which is driven by two pneumatic artificial muscles, is presented. However, some limitations still exist, such as a deterioration of the performance of transient response due to the changes in the external load of the robot arm. To overcome this problem, a switching algorithm of the control parameter using a learning vector quantization neural network (LVQNN) is proposed in this paper. This estimates the external load of the pneumatic artificial muscle manipulator. The effectiveness of the proposed control algorithm is demonstrated through experiments with different external working loads.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.22 no.8 s.173
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• pp.64-70
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• 2005

The development of an accurate and energy saving pneumatic regulator that may be applied to a variety of practical pressure control applications is described in this paper. A novel modified pulse width modulation(MPWM) valve pulsing algorithm allows the pneumatic regulator to become energy saying system. A comparison between the system response of conventional PWM algorithm and that of the modified PWM(MPWM) algorithm shows that control performance is almost the same, but energy saving is greatly improved by adopting this new MPWM algorithm. The effectiveness of the proposed control algorithm are demonstrated through experiments with various reference trajectories.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2003.06a
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• pp.1012-1017
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• 2003

The development of a fast, accurate, and inexpensive position-controlled pneumatic actuator that may be applied to a variety of practical positioning applications with various external loads is described in this paper. A novel modified pulso width modulation (MPWM) valve pulsing algorithm allows on/off solenoid valves to be used in place of costly servo valves. A comparison between the system response of standard PWM technique and that of the novel modified PWM technique shows that the control performance is significantly increased. A state feedback controller with position, velocity and acceleration feedback is successfully implemented as the continuous controller. Switching algorithm of control parameter using learning vector quantization neural network (LVQNN) is newly proposed. which estimates the external loads of the pneumatic actuator. The effectiveness of the proposed control algorithms are demonstrated through experiments with various loads.