• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.115-128
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• 2002

Traffic engineers have developed and implemented various microscopic simulation models to verify the traffic performance and to prevent the expected problems. The existing microscopic simulation models categorize drivers into several types to reflect various drivers' driving patterns but miss the dynamics of drivers' behavior changed based upon the traffic conditions. It was found from the field data collected from two different merging sections on an urban freeway in Seoul, Korea, that the drivers' critical gap distributions are changed based on (1) the traffic density on the adjacent lane to the acceleration lane and (2) the opportunities left to merge in terms of distance to the end of acceleration lane. It was also found from the study that the drivers' critical gap distributions follow the Normal distribution. and its mean and variance change while a vehicle progresses on an acceleration lane. This paper proposes a new gap-acceptance model developed based on a set of drivers' critical gap distributions from each segment on the acceleration lanes. Through the comparison study between the field data and the results from the simulation utilizing the proposed model, it was verified that (1) the distribution of merging points on an acceleration lane to the adjacent main lane at different density levels, (2) the size of the gap accepted for merging and (3) the speed difference between the merging vehicle and the trailing vehicle at the time of merging are statistically identical to the field data at 95% confidence level.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.100-109
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• 2008

Traffic accidents at night occur more than any other time because of improper road light facility and delineators. Therefore, cost-effective criteria of installing delineators are needed instead of expensive road light facility, especially, on rural road including light volume of traffic. This paper presents the criteria of installing 'Chevron Alignment Sign' considering driver's visual behavior characteristics and 'Raised Pavement Marker' considering critical encroachment angie of both straight section and curve one in order to reduce both the number of accidents on curve sections and the number of road encroachment accidents, respectively. The characteristics of visual behaviors can be expressed by visual angle involving curve radius and intersection angle. The estimated installing angles are $1^{\circ}{\sim}2.5^{\circ}$ by radii, which is based on changes in sensitivity across visual field by exogenous attention. Also, the raised pavement marker is installed every 2m, 3m, and 4m considering critical encroachment angles by radii.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 1995.04a
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• pp.89-93
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• 1995

일반적으로 건설장비의 운전자 소음은 자동차와는 달리 주행 시 소음에 관한 것은 크게 문제되지 않는다. 다만 모든 작동부들이 유압력에 의해 구동되므로 유압 이음이 새롭게 대두되며, 엔진 사용조건 또한 자동차와는 상이하다. 그러나, 운전자가 느끼는 관점에서 운전실내에서 안락함의 요구는 점차로 강해지고 있을 뿐만 아니라 소비자들의 직접적인 구매 의욕과 직결된다. 이에 본 연구에서는 굴삭기 운전실에서 문제시 되는 부밍(Booming)소음에 대해 고찰하고, 구조 기인 소음(structure-borne noise)에 초점을 둔 실험적 기법의 도입으로 주 소음원을 규명하고 주요 인자들에 대한 기여도 분석을 통해 운전실 소음 저감을 구현하였다.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.29 no.6D
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• pp.663-673
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• 2009

Driver's perceived curve radius is different from actual curve radius at curve sections. This is called visual distortion. It has effect on operation speed according to driver's perception and finally bad effect on safety at curve sections. At present, however, there is no research on quantitatively analysis of visual distortion and no criteria for curve section design considering the visual distortion. Therefore, this study focus on finding degree of visual distortion and suggesting design criteria by visual distortion analysis. The process of this study is as below; First, a calculaiton model of perceived curve radius was developed by survey using computer simulation. In this model, a dependent variable is perceived curve radius and an independent variable is geometric factors. Second, degree of visual distortion was calculated from ratio of perceived curve radius to actual curve radius. Finally, design criteria were suggested through influencing factor analysis of visual distortion at curve sections.

• International Journal of Highway Engineering
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.101-113
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• 2008

VMS are installed in many Korean highways in oder to give drivers informations such as travel time to destination, congestion and Incident situation. However, some guidelines for install VMS are restricted in only geometric factors although human factors considering driver behavior are very important to affect the VMS installation. Therefore, this paper are focusing on developing and verifying the discriminant model for VMS installation considering human factors. As a result, following outputs are obtained ; (1) developing the discriminant model using human factors of driving simulation experiments in oder to predict driver reading VMS messages safely detour highway. (2) proving that driving experiences in highway, personal driving history, vehicle speed orderly affects VMS installation (3) verifying predictability of developed model by comparing the real values with predicted values. (4) suggesting that VMS should be installed off 3.2Km from the I.C. of rural highway.

• Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.17-25
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• 2009

This research analyzed the changes of drivers' visual workload with beta wave of bionic signals from brain's occipital lobe from entrance to exit section of the Yuksimnyeong tunnel which is 3.1km long in Daejeon-Tongyeong section of Jungbu expressway. There are 10 subjects who Participate our experiments and the results are as follows. First. the drivers' visual workload is higher about 41% in entrance section of the tunnel than 200m in advance of the section of the tunnel. Second, it is higher than 200m in advance of the section of the tunnel by 34.5% that the value of the drivers' visual workload who is driving in the tunnel. Third, as a result of analyzing the tunnel into 200m unit section, it is statistically different from other sections' at the 1.0km and 2.4km section from the entrance of the tunnel. If drivers sustain average visual workload for safe driving in very long tunnel, it's not desirable environment that drivers' visual workload goes under the average workload. Therefore, it would be the section where drivers who is driving in tunnel could cause a traffic accident.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery Conference
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• 2002.02a
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• pp.529-538
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• 2002

콤바인 곡물 포대 자동화장치개발은 콤바인 운전자 및 작업자의 피로경감과 안전보호 및 작업성능의 향상을 기하기 위하여 행하여 졌으며, 본 연구의 개발은 기존의 콤바인 작업이 2명이 소요되는 것을 운전자 1명이 수확작업을 할 수 있도록 하며, 노동력의 절감과 작업의 편리성을 도모하고자 하였다. 이러한 본 연구의 결과는 다음과 같다. 1) 곡물 포대의 정 위치화를 위해서 용량형 근접위치센서를 설치하였으며, 포대의 과다이송에 따른 모터의 부하를 최소화 하기위해 선단부와 슈트부에 각각 위치센서를 설치하여 포대의 위치를 제어하였다. 2) 곡물 투입장치부의 작동은 공기압축기와 공압실린더를 이용한 공압시스템을 사용하였으며, 곡물의 투입량제어는 슈트부 게이트의 열림시간을 제어하여, 곡물의 투입량을 제어하였다. 3) 포대 배출장치는 이송장치로부터 이송되어진 충진된 포대를 제 2의 포대가 충진하는 영역 밖으로 밸트 컨베이어를 이용 이송하도록 하였다. 4) 포대는 B3 포대의 경우가 가장 투입량이 많은 것으로 나타났으며, 가진을 한 경우가 하지 않은 경우보다 비교적 투입량이 많은 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구에서 개발된 포대 자동화장치에서는 포대의 가진 장치를 장착하지 않았으며, 실험은 인위적으로 가진을 하여 실행하였으며, 향후 전체적인 장치의 성능 향상을 위해서 포대의 가진 장치가 필요한 것으로 나타났다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery Conference
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• 2003.02a
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• pp.251-256
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• 2003

트랙터는 작업 시 부하의 변동이 크고, 부하 변동에 따른 적합한 단수로 운전 작업이 요구되기 때문에 잦은 변속이 요구된다. 특히 유단 변속의 경우 변속 시 큰 부하의 변동과 부적절한 변속 단수 설정할 때 변속 충격이 발생할 수 있다 이러한 변속 충격은 작업 효율을 저하시킬 뿐 아니라 운전자의 승차 감을 저하시킨다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.274-274
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• 2004

조향성능은 완성된 자동차를 평가하는 아주 중요한 요소이며, 운전자에게 직접적인 영향을 가지는 까닭으로 우선적으로 해결되어야 할 문제이다. 자동차의 조향성능과 관련된 자동차 요소로는 프런트 샤시 모듈이 있으며, 프런트 샤시 모듈의 자세는 구성 요소인 서브프레임의 조립자세에 의하여 결정된다. 서브프레임은 4개의 원통형 지지부로 이루어져 있으며, 차체와의 조립시 지지부에 물리적 접촉이 발생한다. 즉 공간상에서 서브프레임의 자세는 지지부의 조립위치에 의하여 결정이 되며, 서브프레임의 자세를 결정하기 위해서는 지지부에 대한 적절한 해석이 필요하다.(중략)

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.21 no.6
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• pp.97-114
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• 2022

Unlike ground roads, the on-ramp merging section of underground roads cannot be seen by drivers of main road due to tunnels. In this study, a driving simulator was used for analysis, and virtual driving experiments were carried out to assess the driver's visibility for different design factors. The driver's driving behavior was analyzed by setting scenarios considering the length of chevron markings and the approach speed from the main road. The results of the analysis were used to determine the design factors for ensuring visibility when constructing the virtual driving environment for each scenario. These factors, including speed, lane change points, and driver's gaze ratios, were reviewed for significance using a statistical approach. As a result, in scenarios with a higher approach speed from the main road, it was discovered that there was a difference in driver's behavior between specific scenarios depending on the length of the section with chevron markings. Based on these findings, this study suggests implications and feasible solutions to improve driver safety on the on-ramp merging section of underground roads.