• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.163-168
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• 2013

The maintenance of an urban transit vehicle accounts for 60-70% of total costs over its entire life cycle, so it is critical to reduce maintenance costs and extend the life times of urban transit EMUs (electric multiple units) through research. For these researches, the reliability and availability data management system was constructed through the case study of several industries in the domestic and international in the field of reliability centered maintenance system. And we created a system to manage reliability and availability data for use in urban-EMU maintenance. In this work, we identified the major functions needed to successfully develop the system. Here we report the successful development of a reliability and availability data management system for maintenance of urban transit vehicles.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2010.06a
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• pp.1335-1344
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• 2010

Urban railroad is the central axis of public transportation which transport the citizens quickly and safely. The idea of the maintenance of urban railroad cars is preventive maintenance aiming at breakdown prevention, and it should be performed conforming to the fixed regulations and maintenance guide. The accuracy of maintenance and the punctuality of rolling stock operation could be secured by reliable inspection equipments. In this study, a scientific maintenance and safe operation of rolling stocks & a method of improving work efficiency will be examined through the case that Busan Urban Railroad has developed its own vehicle inspection equipment and has been making good use of it.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.17-23
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• 2015

Electrical door system is one of the most essential items for the successful commercial operation of the railway vehicles. Nowadays, reliability values of electrical door system have a tendency to be included in technical requirements for design and manufacturing of rolling stocks. Manufacturer shall meet the reliability target values of electrical door system which is proposed by railway operator in procurement contract book. Railway operator shall approve the supplier's the reliability target values based on maintenance operation data. Railway operators are in the transition stage from the framework of maintenance interval based on time to the framework of maintenance interval based on distance. In this study, failure rates of the electrical door system currently used in railway vehicles are collected from maintenance field data. Failure rates are analyzed by using Minitab. Several kinds of plan for improving reliability are also suggested. It is necessary to keep studying on reliability prediction methodology, applying it in the field and implementing on improvement of reliability through feedback as well. Further, it will be useful for determining new maintenance policies or changing maintenance intervals for existing railway vehicles.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.40 no.9
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• pp.835-842
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• 2016

In Korea, urban railway cars are typically maintained using the strategy of predictive maintenance. In an effort to overcome the limitations of the existing strategy, there is increased interest in adopting the condition-based maintenance strategy. In this study, a novel method is proposed to detect faults in the solenoid valves of the braking system in urban railway vehicles. We determined the key component (i.e., solenoid valve) that leads to braking system faults through the analysis of failure modes, effects, and criticality. Then, an equivalent circuit model was developed with the compensation of the temperature effect on solenoid coils. Finally, we presented how to detect faults with the equivalent circuit model and current signal measurements. To demonstrate the performance of the proposed method, we conducted a case study using real solenoid valves taken from urban railway vehicles. In summary, it was shown that the proposed method can be effective to detect faults in solenoid valves. We anticipate the outcome from this study can help secure the safety and reliability of urban railway vehicles.

• Railway Journal
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• v.12 no.6
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• pp.70-75
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• 2009

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.240-247
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• 2008

Recently, railway corporations have built maintenance information systems and collected failure and maintenance data. For example Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation (SMRT) built the Electric Motor Unit-Information System (EMU-IS) which is the first maintenance information system in Korea. It has been operated from August, 2000. This paper deals with a case study on determining maintenance interval through reliability analysis using EMU-IS fault data. Door system is considered for the case study in which reliability is evaluated for operating time and distance and the overhaul interval is determined.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2001.04a
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• pp.359-361
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• 2001

도시철도 유지보수 정보시스템 구축에서 차량정비 유지체계시스템에 관한 것으로 차량설계 변경 및 이력관리를 위한 도면시스템 구축과 차량조립의 각 부품별 관리를 위한 계층구조관리 시스템을 구축하는 것이며 또한 차량 유지보수를 위한 전자정비 매뉴얼 구축과 부품 설계변경 및 이력정보 관리를 위한 문서관리 시스템 등을 구축하는 것이다.

• Journal of The Korean Society For Urban Railway
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.299-307
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• 2018

Automatic announcement systems and emergency lights are necessary to prevent urban railway vehicles from accident, according to the emergency response guideline of domestic railroad. When emergency situation occurs, safety regulations and standards for urban railway vehicles specify that the emergency lights must be turn-on over 30 minutes as well as that the announcement should be provided by an attendant. However, as the current emergency systems use different units without a standard and system maintenance and management is not well performed, it is difficult to know the operation status. In this paper, modularized structures are given to standardize the emergency systems. The modularized structures analyzed from emergency scenarios of railway can substitute the existing broadcasting and lighting system. As a result, the optimized modular system considering cost and maintenance can be proposed by comparing all modularizations.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.619-627
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• 2009

It is very important that reduce the maintenance cost and extend life time of the urban transit EMU through effective maintenance method research. The maintenance cost of the urban transit EMU shares 70%$\sim$80% of it's life cycle cost. It means that the maintenance cost is bigger than the introduction cost of the urban transit EMU. In this study, we were survey and analysis for the reliability centered maintenance of internal and external many industry parts. Finally, we suggested the reliability/availability management System of the Urban Transit EMU' Maintenance.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2001.07b
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• pp.1272-1274
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• 2001

국내 도시철도분야의 정보화는 제품설계부분과 운영/유지보수 분야에 일부 전산화가 이루어져 있으나, 정보의 체계적인 관리 및 표준화가 되지 않아 정보의 효율적인 이용 및 통합관리가 제대로 이루어지지 않고 있다. 본 연구는 국내 도시철도 정보화 분야를 세계적인 경쟁력을 가진 분야로 육성하고 수명주기비용(Life Cycle Cost)을 최소화하여 경제성을 극대화 시킨 도시철도 정비유지체계 정보화 시스템을 개발하기 위한 것이다.