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Safety Analysis for Passengers of Composite Car-body against Lightning Strikes (복합차체의 낙뢰에 대한 인체 안전성 분석)

  • Kill, Gyung-Suk;Park, Dae-Won;Kim, Sung-Wook;Park, Chan-Yong;Cho, Young-Jin
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.22 no.6
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    • pp.526-531
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    • 2009
  • In this paper, the safety for passengers of composite car-body against lightning strikes was analyzed by the application of an impulse generator which can produce impulse current up to 50 kA with 8/$20{\mu}s$ waveform. Potential difference on inside surface of the car-body was measured as a safety parameter for the passengers against lightning strikes. The potential difference between 20 em distant was 175 V at 37.67 kA, and it corresponds to 875 V between 1 m distant. The amount of charge flowing a passenger at 100 kA impulse current can be estimated to $0.31\;mA{\cdot}s$. This is much less than the limit amount of charge for human body, $30\;mA{\cdot}s$ which is presented by Koeppen and Osypka.

A Study on the Air Travel Safety of Infants and Children (영유아 항공 여행 안전성에 관한 고찰)

  • Kim, Sun Ah;Choi, Youn Seo;Kim, Sun Ihee
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.93-104
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    • 2018
  • It is mandatory to use car seats for infants and children in the private vehicles in accordance with the traffic law of Korea. Recently, legislation has also been proposed to expand the use car seats to express and intercity buses. This reflects a growing consensus that mandatory infant and child car seats, both for private and commercial vehicles, are essential. However, Korean laws concerning infants and children on board aircraft allow parents or guardians to hold children under two years of age on their laps without any restraint devices. It is not possible for a parent to physically restrain an infant or child, especially during a sudden acceleration or deceleration, unanticipated or severe turbulence, or impact. The use of CRS provides an equivalent level of safety to infants and children as that afforded to adult passengers wearing seat belts. But there is no regulation even about Child Restraint Systems on board aircraft in Korea. To enhance their safety, infants and children should be restrained in an approved child restraint system that is appropriate to their weight and height. It is necessary to examine whether infants and children in flight can achieve the same level of safety as an adult.

Passenger Comfort Element Relationship from High-Speed Railway Car Safety Standard Side (고속철도차량 안전기준 측면에서의 승객 쾌적성 요소 관계)

  • Lee, Chan-Woo
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2006.11b
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    • pp.62-65
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    • 2006
  • From the research which it sees it tried to observe from the comfort viewpoint where the passenger feels the high-speed railway car safety standard which it is see clearly from the domestic railroad safety law. It presents a minimum safety standard, the passengers being an safety most, the place where to sleep receive the service which is comfortable from the railroad safety law and they do there is a most big difference. It analyzed the correlation of the comfort where the passenger feels the vehicle efficiency standard which it is presenting from railroad safety law 59th clause and from the research which it sees consequently.

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Influence of Semi-active Suspension on Running Safety of Vehicles

  • Liu, Hong-You;Yu, Da-Lian
    • International Journal of Railway
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.68-72
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    • 2010
  • Railway vehicles equipped with semi-active suspension system can improve the ride quality of car bodies. Semi-active suspension system is usually applied onto high speed train, and therefore higher running safety requirement is desirable. The influence of semi-active suspension system on safety of vehicles running on straight line and curve line is studied, and the influences of sky hook damping coefficient and system time-delay on operational safety of cars fitted with semiactive suspension system is analyzed. The results show that in vehicles equipped with semi-active suspension system, while the vibration of car body is decreased, the running safety of cars is not affected to any significant degree. As a result, the ride quality is much improved with negligible deterioration of the running safety of cars.

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Influence of Semi-Active Suspension on Running Safety of Vehicles

  • Liu, Hong-You;Yu, Da-Lian
    • International Journal of Railway
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    • v.2 no.4
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    • pp.147-151
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    • 2009
  • Railway vehicles equipped with semi-active suspension system can improve the ride quality of car bodies. Semi-active suspension system is usually applied onto high speed train, and therefore higher running safety requirement is proposed. The influence of semi-active suspension system on safety of vehicles running on straight line and curve line is studied, and the influences of sky hook damping coefficient and system time-delay on operation safety of cars fitted with semiactive suspension system is analyzed. The results show that the vehicles equipped with semi-active suspension system, not only the vibration of car body is decreased, it can also give little influence on running safety of cars, as a result, it will not endanger the running safety of cars.

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Fostering Attitudes and Customer Satisfaction for Sustainability by Electric Car-Sharing

  • LEE, Jinseo;CHO, Yooncheong
    • The Journal of Industrial Distribution & Business
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    • v.12 no.5
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    • pp.37-46
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    • 2021
  • Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore factors that affect electric car-sharing by highlighting issues of environmental sustainability and customer attitude and satisfaction. Research design, data and methodology: This study examined customers' perception on those issues by using electric car-sharing as usages of both electric car and car-sharing play a key role to improve sustainability. Online survey was applied to collect the data. This study also applied factor and regression analyses for data analysis. Results: The results of this study showed that effects of proposed factors including cost efficiency, emotion, safety, health, and sustainability on attitude toward electric car-sharing on attitude were significant. The results also showed that the effects on intention, satisfaction, and loyalty were significant. Conclusions: This study provides policy and managerial implications. By dealing with factors of electric car-sharing service, this study offers necessity of better strategies and policies for electric car-sharing service to electric car businesses and policy makers. This study also suggests that businesses should develop appropriate strategies for the improved usage of electric car-sharing by considering sustainability and improving relationships with customers. Further, government should consider to develop proper policies for sustainability by promoting the usages of electric car-sharing.

A Comparative Analysis of the Rental-car and non-Commercial Passenger Car Accident Characteristics in Jeju Island (제주지역 렌터카 및 비사업용 승용차 사고특성 비교분석)

  • KWON, Yeongmin;JANG, Kitae;SON, Sanghoon
    • Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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    • v.35 no.2
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    • pp.105-115
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    • 2017
  • Each year, a number of tourists visit Jeju Island, a popular tourist destination in the Republic of Korea. A large portion of the tourists (about 61%) use a rental car as a means of transportation. With this reason, the number of rental cars registered in Jeju was 15,517 in 2011, while the total number of the rental car has rapidly increased to 26,338 in 2015. For the same period, the number of rental car involved traffic accidents has been doubled. Thus, this study aims to analyze the rental car accidents' characteristics, clarifying primary factors related to rental car accidents in Jeju Island. To do this, 918 rental car accidents and 4,201 non-commercial passenger car accidents that occurred in Jeju island over the two years (2014-2015) were compared, using statistical methods such as chi-square test and z-test. The results show that the characteristics of rental car involved accidents are different from those caused by the passenger cars. Most of the rental car accidents in Jeju were caused by young drivers and drivers who had just obtained their driver's licenses. This study finds that driver immaturity, unfamiliar geography, and driving an unfamiliar vehicle are the main causes of the rental car accidents. Statistical analysis confirms that the characteristics of these accidents appeared significantly different from the passenger cars in terms of human and environmental factors. On the other hand, there is no clear evidence that vehicle-related characteristics are different between rental car and non-commercial passenger car accidents. The implications on transportation safety analysis and effective solutions to prevent rental car traffic accidents are discussed.

Unleashing the Therapeutic Potential of CAR-T Cell Therapy Using Gene-Editing Technologies

  • Jung, In-Young;Lee, Jungmin
    • Molecules and Cells
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    • v.41 no.8
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    • pp.717-723
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    • 2018
  • Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, an emerging immunotherapy, has demonstrated promising clinical results in hematological malignancies including B-cell malignancies. However, accessibility to this transformative medicine is highly limited due to the complex process of manufacturing, limited options for target antigens, and insufficient anti-tumor responses against solid tumors. Advances in gene-editing technologies, such as the development of Zinc Finger Nucleases (ZFNs), Transcription Activator-Like Effector Nucleases (TALENs), and Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR/Cas9), have provided novel engineering strategies to address these limitations. Development of next-generation CAR-T cells using gene-editing technologies would enhance the therapeutic potential of CAR-T cell treatment for both hematologic and solid tumors. Here we summarize the unmet medical needs of current CAR-T cell therapies and gene-editing strategies to resolve these challenges as well as safety concerns of gene-edited CAR-T therapies.

Safety Analysis through Small Car Crash Simulation of Bollard with Square Rounding Sidewalk Block Frame (사각 라운딩 보도틀이 시공된 자동차진입 억제용 말뚝의 소형 승용차량 충돌 시뮬레이션을 통한 안전성 분석)

  • Park, Ji-Young;Ryu, Dong-Hwan;You, Eon-Zung;Kim, Seong-Kyum
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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    • v.25 no.3
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    • pp.407-415
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    • 2022
  • In this study, a square rounding sidewalk block frame was developed considering the simplicity of construction and the superiority of aesthetics. In addition, it is possible to prevent damage, deformation, and settlement of adjacent sidewalk blocks due to plastic deformation during car impact load of installed bollad. A non-linear structural analysis was performed through finite element analysis to examine the performance of a car crash to which this was applied. Structural safety was confirmed through car crash simulation according to the direction of impact, and it is estimated that the function can be restored by replacing some parts in case of damage due to impact.