• Current Industrial and Technological Trends in Aerospace
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.102-109
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• 2011

NEOs are comets and asteroids that have been nudged by the gravitational attraction of nearby planets into orbits that allow them to enter the Earth's neighborhood. When the NEOs with certain size impact in the Earth's surface, it could cause a serious disaster. However, the NEOs that are potentially the most hazardous because they can closely approach the Earth are also the objects that could bemost easily exploited for their raw materials. This paper presents the characteristics of NEOs and the technology trend of advanced countries on spacecraft missions to comets and asteroids.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.42 no.3
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• pp.270-278
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• 2014

This paper describes an improvement of space objects orbit prediction. To screen possible collisions between operational satellites and space objects, the TLE (Two-Line Element) was used as pseudo-measurement and than the orbit determination and orbit prediction were performed through the flight dynamics system. For determining the orbits, the state vectors were assumed by a series of TLEs within a certain period. The propagation error was analyzed according to the fitting period and a number of pseudo-observations. In order to find out the improvement of orbit prediction with the proposed method, KOMPSAT-2, 3 having the precise orbit in the meter-level range were first applied. Then the result applied to space objects under the same conditions was analyzed. As a result of the RMS error comparison with the orbit prediction of space object, the precision of orbit prediction was improved by approximately 90% for seven days prediction. The improved orbit prediction of space objects can be utilized in the daily analysis for initial screening of the close space objects at high risk.

• Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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• v.35 no.5
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• pp.351-358
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• 2011

Recently, tugs and barges have become larger in size and increased in number. Also, most of tugs and barges are more than ten-years old. Total number of marine accident has been decreased, whereas that of accidental happening in tug-barge transportation has not been decreased. The statistics of marine accidents in 2010 shows that tug-barge accidents increased rapidly compared with those of 2009. The cause of accidental happening in tug-barge transportation is a quality of tug-barge operator the labour serious shortage of crew. This study is to give or suggest the various educational contents considering old age of crew and navigational environment for safe navigation in tug-barge transportation.

• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.27 no.5
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• pp.552-560
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• 2023

Aircraft midair collisions are dangerous events that can cause massive casualties. To prevent this, civil aviation has mandated the installation of TCAS (ACAS), which is becoming more sophisticated with the help of new technologies. However, there are institutional problems in collecting data for TCAS research in Korea, limiting the ability to obtain data for personal research. ADS-B and Mode-S automatic broadcast various information about the flight status of the aircraft. This data also contains information about TCAS RA, which can be used by anyone to find examples of TCAS RA operation. We used the databases of ADS-B Exchange and Opensky-Network to acquire data and visually represent three TCAS RA cases through Python coding. We also identified domestic TCAS cases in the first half of 2023 and analyzed their characteristics to confirm the usefulness of the data.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.23 no.6
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• pp.603-612
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• 2017

Accidents associated with hazardous materials, including oil and HNS, in maritime transportation show increasing trend. Therefore, preventive countermeasures for such accidents should be provided. The purpose of this study is to analyze level of risk on human loss and potential damage to environment, using data on domestic marine accidents carrying hazardous materials (2002~2014), and identify high-risk accident types for urgent risk management which needs findings of accident causes and proper mitigation measures. High-risks on human loss are explosion and suffocation, occurred in process of ship maintenance and tank cleaning. On the other hand, high-risk on environmental damage is spill caused by ship accidents (collision, grounding and etc.). Especially, spill occurs during loading operation of oil and HNS onboard a ship. Strict operation supervision/management and safety education/training on a regular basis could prevent accidents, because human factors such as not wearing safety gear and careless cargo handling cause most of the marine accidents.

• Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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• v.32 no.6
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• pp.439-445
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• 2008

Various turning tests were carried out according to the rudder angle, turning direction, and the speed etc. with the ship's maneuverability measuring system on the training ship HANBADA. After that they were compared with each other on the turning circle, maneuvering performance index and the distance of new course, and then found out that they were satisfied with the IMO maneuvering standards. And the turning circles of port were smaller than those of starboard with all the rudder angles and maneuvering indexes such as K and T were relatively bigger than other vessels. Also, the distance cf new course was measured to $125{\sim}300m$ in case of the new course on $30^{\circ}{\sim}90^{\circ}$. All of these results will be helpful to escape from collision and to alter course on coastal voyage.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.240-257
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• 2022

Autonomous vehicles use various local sensors such as camera, radar, and lidar to perceive the surrounding environment. However, it is difficult to predict the movement of vulnerable road users using only local sensors that are subject to limits in cognitive range. This is true especially when these users are blocked from view by obstacles. Hence, this paper developed an algorithm for collision avoidance with VRU using V2X information. The main purpose of this collision avoidance system is to overcome the limitations of the local sensors. The algorithm first evaluates the risk of collision, based on the current driving condition and the V2X information of the VRU. Subsequently, the algorithm takes one of four evasive actions; steering, braking, steering after braking, and braking after steering. A simulation was performed under various conditions. The results of the simulation confirmed that the algorithm could significantly improve the performance of the collision avoidance system while securing vehicle stability during evasive maneuvers.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.21 no.9
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• pp.1788-1795
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• 2017

In this paper, we proposed a service that provides CPA/TCPA information to ships, without ARPA/ATA devices to support decision making of the navigator for maritime safety based on various services at shore and off-shore. To verify the proposed service, we use SiNAS (scenario-based simulator for NAS) with CPA/TCPA information providing software to evaluate its usability, because executing the test in real ship has many limitations and difficulties. To do this, we specify two simulation scenarios for the required purpose, and we liaise twelve participants with various navigation experience to conduct the simulations. Also, we analyze the results of simulation using mission success or not, the minimum approaching distance with the target ship, the time of a recognition the target ship, the time of a first action for collision avoidance with the target ship, and so on. Then, we evaluate usability of the proposed service based on the three elements which are effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2009.07a
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• pp.1185_1186
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• 2009

철도신호시스템은 열차들의 운행간격과 열차진로를 제어하는 기능을 담당함으로써 열차를 안전하고 효율적으로 운영하는 데 있어 핵심적인 역할을 수행한다. 철도신호시스템의 고장은 열차운행중지를 비롯하여 열차충돌이나 탈선등과 같은 치명적인 사고로 직결될 수 있기 때문에 시스템의 신뢰성과 안전성이 매우 중요하다. 현재까지 철도신호시스템에서는 지존의 지상신호방식이 많이 사용되어 왔으나 지상에 설치된 신호기 현시상태를 기관사가 확인하여 열차속도를 제어함으로써 기관사의 인적 오류 등의 사고 위험이 있다. 아울러 시스템의 수명이 다 되어 시스템절체의 필요성이 있다. 이에 따라 최근에는 컴퓨터 및 통신기술을 이용하여 열차속도제어 정보를 차상으로 송신하고, 차량에서 열차속도를 제어하는 차상신호방식이 도입 적용 되어 효과를 보고 있다. 따라서 수명이 다된 신호시스템을 교체하기 위하여 승객을 위한 운행서비스를 하면서 새로운 방식으로 절체 하는 것이 필요하다. 이에 본 논문에서는 시스템 절체과정의 절차와 시스템검증을 위한 일련의 과정중 간섭의 문제점을 시험평가를 통해 확인하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2013.06a
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• pp.493-495
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• 2013

이 연구에서는 울산신항 오일허브 1-2단계 20부두 계획안 중에서 대상선박 20만 DWT급, 30만 DWT급 유조선의 제4항로와 신항 북쪽과 남방파제 사이에서의 교행통항 등에 대하여 최악의 자연환경조건을 설정하여 선박조종 시뮬레이션을 수행하여 선박통항 안전성 평가의 결과에 따른 대상선박 및 항행여건의 개선방안 등에 대하여 제안한 내용을 소개하고자 한다.