• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.401-407
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• 2005

Simulations are currently an essential tool to develop and test wireless sensor networks (WSNs) protocols and to analyze future WSNs applications performance. Researchers often simulate their proposals rather than deploying high-cost test-beds or develop complex mathematical analysis. However, simulation results rely on physical layer assumptions, which are not usually accurate enough to capture the real behavior of a WSN. Such an issue can lead to mistaken or questionable results. Besides, most of the envisioned applications for WSNs consider the nodes to be at the ground level. However, there is a lack of radio propagation characterization and validation by measurements with nodes at ground level for actual sensor hardware. In this paper, we propose to use a low-computational cost, two slope, log-normal path­loss near ground outdoor channel model at 868 MHz in WSN simulations. The model is validated by extensive real hardware measurements obtained in different scenarios. In addition, accurate model parameters are provided. This model is compared with the well-known one slope path-loss model. We demonstrate that the two slope log-normal model provides more accurate WSN simulations at almost the same computational cost as the single slope one. It is also shown that the radio propagation characterization heavily depends on the adjusted model parameters for a target deployment scenario: The model parameters have a considerable impact on the average number of neighbors and on the network connectivity.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제29권5C호
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• pp.239-250
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 지반의 지반조건, 굴착특성 및 지층구성을 고려한 터널굴착 유발 주변지반의 침하 및 수평변위에 대한 거동특성을 수치해석적 방법으로 조사하였다. 이를 위해서 먼저 지반변위 예측방법에 관한 관련 사례조사 및 문제점분석을 수행하고, 이를 바탕으로 한 수치해석적 매개변수연구를 수행하였다. 이러한 사례조사의 분석결과는 지반조건에 따른 주변 지반변위의 특성을 일차적으로 파악하기 위해 이용되며, 또한 기존방법의 문제점을 파악함과 동시에 수치해석적 매개변수연구를 위한 기초자료로서 활용된다. 수치해석적 매개변수연구는 먼저 굴착유발 주변 지반변위 계측이 신뢰성 있게 측정된 사례를 토대로 시뮬레이션을 실시하여 수치해석상 필요한 접근방법 및 적합한 지반모델을 설정하고, 이를 토대로 지반조건, 굴착 특성 및 지층구성을 달리한 매개변수 연구를 수행하였다. 이러한 과정을 수행한 후 굴착으로 인한 주변지반의 침하 및 수평 지반변위가 변해가는 과정을 종합적으로 분석하여 그 거동을 파악하였다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.259-269
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• 2022

In this study, we introduce a canonical correlation analysis method to accurately assess the tunnel damage potential of ground motion. The proposed method can retain information relating to the initial variables. A total of 100 ground motion records are used as seismic inputs to analyze the dynamic response of three different profiles of tunnels under deep and shallow burial conditions. Nine commonly used ground motion parameters were selected to form the canonical variables of ground motion parameters (GMP_CCA). Five structural dynamic response parameters were selected to form canonical variables of structural dynamic response parameters (DRP_CCA). Canonical correlation analysis is used to maximize the correlation coefficients between GMP_CCA and DRP_CCA to obtain multivariate ground motion parameters that can be used to comprehensively assess the tunnel damage potential. The results indicate that the multivariate ground motion parameters used in this study exhibit good stability, making them suitable for evaluating the tunnel damage potential induced by ground motion. Among the nine selected ground motion parameters, peck ground acceleration (PGA), peck ground velocity (PGV), root-mean-square acceleration (RMSA), and spectral acceleration (Sa) have the highest contribution rates to GMP_CCA and DRP_CCA and the highest importance in assessing the tunnel damage potential. In contrast to univariate ground motion parameters, multivariate ground motion parameters exhibit a higher correlation with tunnel dynamic response parameters and enable accurate assessment of tunnel damage potential.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.505-516
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• 2016

This paper evaluates the scaling of ground motions recorded from nine intermediate-depth earthquakes produced in the Vrancea seismic zone in Romania. The considered ground motion database consists of 363 horizontal recordings obtained on soil classes B and C (according to Eurocode 8). An analysis of the inter- and intra-event spectral accelerations is performed in order to gain information regarding the magnitude and distance scaling of the Vrancea ground motions. The analyses reveal a significant influence of the earthquake magnitude and focal depth on the distance scaling and different magnitude and distance scaling for the two soil classes. A linear magnitude and distance scaling is inferred from the results for the range of magnitudes $5.2{\leq}M_W{\leq}7.1$. The results obtained are checked through stochastic simulations and the influence of the stress drop and kappa values on the ground motion levels is assessed. In addition, five ground motion models which were tested in other studies using recordings from Vrancea earthquakes are analyzed in order to evaluate their corresponding host stress drop and kappa. The results show generally a direct connection between the host kappa values and the host stress drop values. Moreover, all the ground motion models depict magnitude dependent host kappa and stress drop levels.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2007년 가을학술발표회
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• pp.259-265
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• 2007

The technical committee of Soil Dynamics and Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering of Korean Geotechnical Socity has conducted Round Robin Test(RRT) on seismic ground response analyses in 2007. Total 14 participating teams were given exact same soil information of three sites and three input ground motions including two recorded ground motions and one synthetic ground motion. Each team selected its own analysis method and approaches to perform ground response analyses. There were equivalent linear, nonlinear total stress, and nonlinear effective stress approaches, which could be selected. The results from RRT were systematically analyzed and dispersion and variation due to analysis methods, input ground motions, shear velocity profiles, shear modulus reduction curves, damping curves, and other input data are reported by the companion papers.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.73-79
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• 2012

A counterpoise is commonly employed in grounding systems installing near the ground surface of low resistivity soils and radial-type counterpoises are used in the limited space. Recently some studies on the evaluation of ground impedance of paralleling ground electrodes have carried out, but the data for providing the frequency-dependent ground impedances considering potential interferences are not yet sufficient. In order to provide the information about the design of grounding systems for surge protection, the simulations of the frequency-dependent ground impedance of various shaped counterpoises are carried out by using the distributed parameter circuit model including the effect of potential interferences. This paper presents the theoretical simulations and actual experiments of the frequency-dependent ground impedance of paralleling and 3 or 4-arms star counterpoises. The accuracy of the simulation methodology is examined by the comparison with the measured results, and the results show a good agreement between the simulation and the experiment.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.101-106
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• 2010

Researches on air-ground robot cooperating system has been made recently. The cooperation among homogeneous robots focused on the architecture of the system, quality and influence of the communication. In contrast, the cooperation among heterogeneous robots such as aerial vehicle and ground vehicle robots has not been much handled. There are a couple of main points for those air-ground cooperating robots. One is using UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) as an extra sensor of UGV (Unmanned Ground Vehicle). This kind of application is usually used in situations such as guiding UGV to an appropriate path which could be better determined from the eye in the sky as UAV. The other main application of air-ground cooperating robot system is the localization. By combining sensor information from both UAV and UGV, the robot system as a whole can localize a target object or find features in the environment with better performance than UGV or UAV alone. Although these applications are recently studied in many different ways and devices, there are still a lot of possibilities in the field of air-ground cooperating robot systems. We introduce those research fields in this paper.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.131-137
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• 2008

SCP(Sand Compaction Pile) method that forms a composite ground by driving compacted sand piles into the soft ground. This method is one of the soil improvement techniques for reinforcing and strengthening soft ground deposits. This thesis describes the investigation on the behavior of soft ground reinforced with SCP by low improvement ratio. Direct shear test and consolidation test carried out to verified behavior of composite ground reinforced with SCP. Test results were discussed with reference to the amount of consolidation settlement, variation of shear resistance with area replacement ratio and effect of the stress concentration. And, laboratory model loading test carried out to verified the effect of the location and failure mode of reinforced embankment. Residual shear strength varies with the area replacement and constrict load in the low replacement ratio. Calculated stress concentration ratio overestimate than proposed valve by experimental, theoretical and analytical method. As regards the location, improving right below of the top of the slope was more effective than below of the toe of the slope. This thesis carried out to obtain fundamental information of behavior of the composit ground. Hereafter, centrifuge test that reproduce stress state of the in-situ must be necessary through the further study about pile penetration, reinforce position and construct time.

• 전자공학회논문지
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• 제54권5호
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• pp.97-105
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• 2017

공중폭발탄은 소총용 탄으로 공간의 제약이 크기 때문에 탑재하는 신관의 크기와 탄약의 양에 제한이 있다. 제한된 양의 탄약으로 위력을 높이기 위해 표적의 위에서 지면 방향으로 공중폭발탄을 기폭시켜 화력을 집중하는 새로운 기법을 개발하였다. 본 논문은 1축 지자기 센서를 이용하여 공중폭발탄의 비행거리를 구하고 지면방향을 감지하는 초소형 저전력 지면감지 센서의 설계와 검증 방법에 관해 제시한다. 지면감지 센서를 설계하기 위해 회전하는 탄의 지자기 센서 모델을 분석하고 이 모델을 단순화하여 지면감지 알고리즘을 설계하였다. 공중폭발탄의 회전 환경을 모사하는 고속회전 시험치구를 제작하고 데이터를 획득하기 위한 지자기 센서와 원격측정 장치를 제작하여 지자기 데이터를 획득하고 이 데이터를 후처리하는 방법으로 지면감지 알고리즘을 검증하였다. 검증된 지면감지 알고리즘에 따라 소형 저전력을 고려하여 센서 일부를 아날로그 소자로 구현하고 나머지를 프로세서에서 프로그램으로 구현하여 지면감지 센서를 설계 제작하였다. 지면감지 센서의 출력신호를 육안으로 확인할 수 있게 LED에 연결하고 고속회전 시험치구에서 임의의 속도인 200 Hz로 회전시켰다. 고속카메라로 회전하는 지면감지 센서를 촬영하여 지면감지 출력신호가 발생한 시점을 지자기 센서 모델과 비교하여 검증하였다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.459-464
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• 2007

ITU-R 결의 122는 47/48GHz 대역에서 위성 우주국 수신기와의 주파수 공유를 위해 HAPS 지상국에 대한 전력 제한에 대한 연구를 요구하고 있으며, ITU-R 권고 SF.1481-1에서는 FSS 시스템과의 주파수 공유를 위해 HAPS 지상국의 안테나 방사 패턴의 사이드 로브 특성을 개선하도록 권고하고 있다. 이에 본 논문에서는HAPS 및 GSO FSS 서비스 커버리지간 비현실적인 이격거리를 줄이면서 결의 122에서 요구하고 있는 HAPS 지상국에 대한 전력 제한 및 권고 SF.1481-1의 지상국 안테나 사이드 로브 개선 등을 고려한 지상국의 최대 허용 off-axis e.i.r.p. 레벨을 제안함으로써 HAPS 지상국과 FSS 위성 수신기간의 주파수 공유의 가능성을 보인다.