• International Journal of Railway
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.40-45
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• 2014

The vibration-attenuation was quantitatively compared by 3-Dimensional finite element analysis using ABAQUS, with respect to the change of the type of trackbed systems. Most common trackbed materials, including ballast and concrete were applied to the track structure, and the train-speed was set as 300km/h as Korea Train eXpress (KTX). The result of current study revealed that the ballast showed the most effective material for the vibration attenuation.

• Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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• 1999.11c
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• pp.129-141
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• 1999

This paper presents the results of plate load test and dynamic load test performed to evaluate the performance of geocell where it is used to reinforce soft subgrade for high-speed railroad. Efficacy of geocell was observed in increase in bearing capacity of subgrade and reduction of thickness of reinforced sub-ballast. Plate load tests were carried out at four different places with varying foundation soil strength as a function of number of geocell layer, type of filler material, thickness of cover soil, and the presence of non-woven geotextile. Dynamic load tests were performed in a laboratory. The test soil chamber consists of, from the bottom, 50 cm thick clayey soil, one layer of geocell filled with crushed stone, 10 cm thick crushed stone cover, reinforced sub-ballast of varying thickness, 35 cm thick ballast. This configuration was determined based on the results of numerical analysis and plate load tests. For each set of the dynamic load tests, loads were applied more than 80,000 times. One layer of geocell underlying a 10 cm thick cover soil led to an increase in bearing capacity three to four times compared to a crushed stone layer of the same thickness substituted for the geocell and cover soil layer. Given the test conditions, the thickness of reinforced sub-ballast can be reduced by approximately 35 cm with the presence of geocell.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.79-85
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• 2016

In this study, we proposed a new single-stage small power MH lamp electronic ballast and power-factor correction circuit with improved circuit by the current of passive power factor correction. Main circuit integrates traditional DC/DC and DC/AC circuits into one-stage DC/AC inverter. Moreover, we described the working principle and control strategy of the new circuit; it's soft switching principle; and resonant element parameter design formula. An experimental prototype of HID lamp electronic ballast with output power of 70 W was built to verify the feasibility of the analysis and design. The simulation and experimental results proved that the power factor of this circuit could reach 94%, with efficiency of 90%. The input current harmonics conform to IEC 61000-3-2 standards and its cost is low. These superior performances of the new circuit indicate certain practical values.

• Journal of Applied Reliability
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.331-337
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• 2016

Purpose: The purpose of this study is the analysis of the failure mechanisms effect of circuit design characteristics of the ballast for LED Lamp Methods: Recently, electronic circuit of ballasts for LED lamp are being occurred on various failure mechanisms (whiskers, ion migration, heat dissipation problem, switching element damage) because electronic ballast circuit design characteristics are becoming more and more diverse. Results: we analysis failure mechanisms that occurs in accordance with the circuit design characteristics The ballast for LED lamp were divided into three different types (Type A, Type B, Type C) considering circuit design characteristics (thermal design, PCB patten spacing, element material) and it was experimented in the acceleration test conditions ($85^{\circ}C$, 85% R.H). Conclusion: We confirmed that failure mechanism of the ballast for LED Lamp had occurred differently in accordance with the circuit design characteristics.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.54-60
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• 2008

In the trackbed design using elastic multilayer model, the stress-dependent resilient modulus $(E_R)$ is an important input parameter, that is, reflects substructure performance under repeated traffic loading. However, the evaluation method for resilient modulus using repeated loading triaxial test is not fully developed for practical purpose, because of costly equipment and the significantly fluctuated values depending on the testing equipment and laboratory personnel. The this study, the paper will present an indirect method to estimate the resilient modulus using dynamic properties. The resilient modulus of crushed stone, which is the typical material of sub-ballast, was calculated with the measured dynamic properties and the range of stress level of the sub-ballast, and approximated with the power model combined with bulk and deviatoric stresses. The resilient modulus of coarse grained material decreases with increasing deviatoric stress at a confining pressure, and increases with increasing bulk stress. Sandy soil (SM classified from Unified Soil Classification System) of subgrade was also evaluated and best fitted with the power model of deviatoric stress only.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.84-91
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• 2010

We built multi-purpose large triaxial testing system that can test and evaluate various geotechnical design parameters such as shear strength, deformation modulus and stress-strain behaviour for large diameter granular materials, which are the most commonly used construction materials in the railway, road embankments. The details of the built testing system and the results obtained from static triaxial test carried out for gneiss ballast material are discussed within the scope of this paper. Ballast is hardly saturated and is confined at low overburden pressure, since the depth is shallow and the permeability is very high. Herein we ascertained that the confining pressure can effectively be controlled by vacuum. The rational trend could be checked up through triaxial test results such as shear strength, deformation, and particle breakage. And the shear strength envelope could be non-linearly represented with the parent rock strength, confining pressure of the triaxial test and proper parameters.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.10a
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• pp.159-160
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• 2008

In recent, ceramic metal halide lamps that use the ceramic in arc tube material have the advantage of high rendering index, high efficacy, long life. According to increase applications, the research continue to improve various factor that is arc tube material, optimization of gas and metal halide. In oder to improve system characteristics of CMH Lamp with ceramic arc tube, when operating CMH lamp with magnetic and electronics ballast, we compared with electrical, optical characteristics in this paper.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.325-326
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• 2005

해양에 적조가 발생하면 해수의 산소결핍 현상을 유발하고 동식물의 성장과 생존에 필수적인 태양광을 차단하여 해양 동물뿐 아니라 식물에게까지 치명적 피해를 준다. 또한, 대형 선박의 안정수(ballast water) 유입시 안정수 내에 포함되어 그들의 생활공간을 이동하면서 선박으로부터 다시 유출될 때 신생활공간에 외래 생물체로 침입하여 그곳의 기존 생태계를 파괴시키거나 교란하는 외래침입생물체는 해양생태계 환경파괴의 주범이다. 따라서 이들 두 종류의 해양생물은 부분적으로 상관성을 지니는 해양수산업계의 천적이며, 해양생태환경 파괴의 원인 제공자로써 마땅히 과학적 방법으로 제거되거나 방지되어야 한다. 이 논문은 해양수산업 계에 막대한 피해를 끼치며 해양생태환경 파괴의 주범으로 등장한 적조생물과 외래침입생물체들이 해수로부터 제조한 플라즈마 반응생성물에 처리된 결과를 분석하여 그 응용성을 조사하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2003.07b
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• pp.1235-1240
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• 2003

선박이 배출하는 안정수(ballast water)는 외부로부터 유해 생물들이 유입되어 전파해 오는 주요경로로써, 해양환경 변화를 초래하는 매우 중요하고 위험한 일중의 하나이다. 그러나 이에 대한 효과적인 처리방법은 아직까지도 미흡한 상태이다. 선박 안정수에 포함되어 타지역으로부터 옮겨지는 외래침입생물 처리방안의 하나로, 강 전리방전 기술을 적용하여 고 밀집 산소와 물분자로부터 고농도 수산자유기(OH: hydroxyl radical)를 전리, 발생시켜서 활성입자를 신속히 확산시켜 비교적 낮은 수산기농도하에서 유해성 침입생물을 소멸 처리하는 환경 친화적 녹색 청정처리방법을 제안하였다. 제안된 기술은 대상물의 처리 후 부수적으로 발생할 수 있는 처리잔류물이 전혀 발생하지 않으며, 화학 약제를 사용하지 않는 저렴한 처리방법으로 선박안정수의 침입생물을 안전하게 처리할 수 있는 자연치유적 신기술이다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.18 no.6
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• pp.543-551
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• 2015

Quick-hardening track (QHT) is a construction method which is used to change from old ballast track to concrete track. Sufficient time for construction is important, as the construction should be done during operational breaks at night. Most of the time is spent on exchanging the ballast layer. If it is possible to apply the ballast non-exchange type of quick-hardening track, it would be more effective to reduce the construction time and costs. In this paper, pouring materials with high permeability are suggested and a construction method involving a layer separation pouring process considering the void condition is introduced in order to develop ballast non-exchange type of QHT. The separate pouring method can secure the required strength because optimized materials are poured into the upper layer and the lower layer for each void ratio condition. To ensure this process, a rheology analysis was conducted on the design of the pouring materials according to aggregate size, the aggregate distribution, the void ratio, the void size, the tortuosity and the permeability. A polymer series was used as the pouring material of the lower layer to secure the void filling capacity and for adhesion to the fine-grained layer. In addition, magnesium-phosphate ceramic (MPC) was used as the pouring material of the upper layer to secure the void-filling capacity and for adhesion of the coarse-grained layer. As a result of a mechanics test of the materials, satisfactory performance corresponding to existing quick-hardening track was noted.