• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2012.05b
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• pp.775-777
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• 2012

차세대전동차는 직접구동모터(DDM : Direct Drive Motor) 방식으로 기존에 사용하던 기어박스를 없애는 등, 연결부품을 제거함으로써 고장률을 줄여 기존차량 대비 30% 이상 신뢰도를 향상하도록 개발하였다. 그러나, 단순히 모터 자체 만을 변경함으로써 신뢰도를 향상시켰다고 보기는 어렵고, 시스템 차원에서 전동차 내 타 구성품과의 인터페이스를 살펴보고, 정량적인 분석을 통해서 신뢰도가 어느 정도 향상되었는지 살펴볼 필요가 있다. 신규차량일 경우, 기존차량대비 어느 정도로 신뢰도가 향상되었는지를 입증하고자 주행시험을 실시하는데 전동차에 신뢰성 이론을 적용하기 위해서는 크게 목표설정, 신뢰도예측, 신뢰도입증의 3단계 작업이 진행되며, 신뢰도 예측은 주요장치를 구성하고 있는 부품단위의 고장률을 이용하여 시스템의 신뢰도를 예측하고, 신뢰도 목표치를 만족하는지를 분석하는 것이며, 신뢰도 입증은 예측한대로 시스템이 구축되었는지 확인하는 것이다. 본 논문에서는 차세대 전동차에서 설정한 목표신뢰도를 만족시키기 위해 수행한 업무에 대하여 논하고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.77-81
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• 2005

본 논문은 열차제어시스템의 고장률을 정량적으로 예측하고 입증하기 위한 방안을 제시한다. 고장률의 정량적 예측은 시스템 개발단계에서 하부시스템별 고장발생확률을 예측하여 목표 고장률과 비교하고, 고장률이 높은 하부시스템의 설계를 보완하기 위함이다. 시제품이 완성된 후에는 예측된 고장률의 입증을 위해 시운전을 통한 고장데이터를 분석하거나 신뢰성시험을 통해 고장률의 예측치를 입증한다. 본 논문에서 제시하는 열차제어시스템 고장률예측과 입증은 철도신호시스템 신뢰성, 가용성, 유지보수성, 안전성관련 규격인 IEC62278의 시스템 수명주기별 신뢰성활동을 근거로 하며, 전자부품으로 구성된 시스템고장률예측은 미국방부 전자부품 고장률예측 지침인 MIL-HDBK-217을 기준으로 사용하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.233-239
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• 2008

It is very important to set a reliability target and verify the requirement when procuring the rolling stock in the aspect of safety, availability and LCC. While there are a few different methods to verify the reliability target, it is required that the most appropriate method should be used considering the characteristics of rolling stock itself and the operation environment. Even though recently the quantitative reliability requirements are widely adopted in domestic market, there is no substantial contents in the various standards and guidelines. In this study we investigate the various reliability demonstration test plans and evaluate them for rolling stock application. And three test plans among them were applied to the real operation data.

• Journal of Applied Reliability
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.220-224
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• 2014

A Bayesian zero-failure reliability demonstration test method for products with Weibull lifetime distribution is presented. Inverted gamma prior distribution for the scale parameter of the Weibull distribution is used to design the Bayesian test plan and selecting a prior distribution using a prior test information is discussed. A test procedure with zero-failure acceptance criterion is developed that guarantee specified reliability of a product with given confidence level. An example is provided to illustrate the use of the developed Bayesian reliability demonstration test method.

• Journal of Applied Reliability
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.1-10
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• 2013

A Bayesian zero-failure reliability demonstration test method for products with exponential lifetime distribution is presented. Beta prior distribution for reliability of a product is used to design the Bayesian test plan and selecting a prior distribution using a prior test information is discussed. A test procedure with zero-failure acceptance criterion is developed that guarantees specified reliability of a product with given confidence level. An example is provided to illustrate the use of the developed Bayesian reliability demonstration test method.

• Journal of Applied Reliability
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.47-56
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• 2012

Reliability demonstration tests with zero-failure acceptance criterion are most commonly used in the field of reliability application since they require fewer test samples and less test time compared to other test methods that guarantee the same reliability with a given confidence level. For products with lognormal lifetime distribution, an economic zero-failure test plan is developed that minimizes the total cost related to perform a life test to guarantee a specified reliability of a product with a given confidence level. A numerical example is provided to illustrate the use of the proposed test plan.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2006.11b
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• pp.624-630
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• 2006

This paper studies a modeling to demonstrate predicted reliability of the train control system components by performing an accelerated stress test. There are two tests for demonstrating predicted reliability; test run at the whole system level, and accelerated life test and accelerated stress test at the component level. In this paper, we imposed accelerated stress on the system and studied the train control system modeling for the accelerated stress test, which demonstrates predicted reliability according to whether or not the equipment is operating. Reliability of train control system consisting of electronic components varies drastically according to temperature so we considered the Arrhenius equation and the activation energy of electronic components. We also used reliability modeling with weighted average and calculated time necessary to complete the accelerated stress test on train control system.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.458-465
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• 2017

The railway signaling system, which controls the course of trains and the distance between trains, is a safety critical system of the railway system because derailment or collision of trains can occur if unsafe failure is generated by any fault. The international standards of reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety of railway applications require that the safety of functions be guaranteed in safety critical systems; system reliability and safety are quantitatively estimated and demonstrated by the failure rates of devices. The development of technology has accelerated the development of railway signaling systems. Existing devices, which have already been verified as to their safety, are applied with special user requirements to reflect the new operation scenario. It is found that the reliability and safety of the devices are different depending on individual application. Therefore, the reliability of the railway signaling system must be considered while complying with the international standards; this requires that the initial failure rate be estimated and demonstrated using fault data gathered over several years. This paper shows a method for demonstrating the initial estimated failure rate and suggests a fault data collection method and an overall process that is based on probability.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.38 no.10
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• pp.1171-1177
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• 2014

An electromagnetic shielding doorset must satisfy requirements associated with both mechanical strength/durability and electromagnetic shielding. Among the primary components of the doorset, a finger strip-a leaftype spring normally made of beryllium copper-is a core part to shield electromagnetic waves as well as to endure repetitive dry sliding friction. This study presented a reliability demonstration test method for the doorset system and, by a simple and simultaneous implementation, of the replacement interval of the finger strip. A rigorous evaluation for the qualification of maintenance or replacement interval is included in the reliability demonstration test of any series system that holds critical maintenance sub-units.

• Journal of Applied Reliability
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.53-57
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• 2014

In the fields of reliability application, the most commonly used test methods for reliability demonstration are zero-failure acceptance tests since they require fewer test samples and less test time compared to other test methods that guarantee the same reliability with a given confidence level. For products with lognormal lifetime distribution, the value of scale parameter is usually assumed to be known in designing reliability demonstration tests. It is important to select correct values of scale parameters to guarantee the specified reliability with given confidence level exactly. The effect of using wrong values of scale parameters in designing reliability demonstration test for products with lognormal lifetime distribution is examined and selecting proper values of scale parameters for conservative reliability demonstration is discussed.