• 한국CDE학회논문집
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.298-311
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• 2015

Nowadays, automatic digging operation of an excavator is a big challenge due to the complexity of digging environment, the hardness of soil and buried obstacles into the ground. In order to achieve the maximum soil bucket volume, this paper introduces a novel engineering model that was developed as a virtual excavator in the design phase. Through this model, the designs of mechanical and control systems for autonomous excavator are executed and modified easily before developing in real testbed. Based on a concept of an autonomous excavation, a mechanical system of excavator was first designed in SOLIDWORKS, and a soil model also was modeled by finite-element analysis in ANSYS, both modeled models were then exported to ADAMS environment to investigate the digging behavior through virtual simulation. An intelligent control strategy was generated in MATLAB/Simulink to control the excavator operation. The simulation results were demonstrated by effectiveness of the proposed excavator robot in testing scenarios with many soil types and obstacles.

• 유공압시스템학회논문집
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.32-37
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• 2008

For the bucket tip position control of the excavator, a traditional hydraulic excavator system was exchanged into an electro-hydraulic one. EPPR valves are attached to the traditional MCV and hydraulic joysticks are replaced by electronic ones to develop the electro-hydraulic system. To control the electronic pump with a good performance, the control logic for the pump is deduced from the AMESim simulation and the experimental method on the test bench. To get a good position control performance of the excavator bucket tip, PI+AntiWindup controller is selected as a position controller. The experimental results showed the good controllability for the electro-hydraulic excavator system on the test bench.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2002년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.759-766
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• 2002

In the paper the authors describe the development of ITIS(Intelligent Tunneling Information System) for the Purpose of applying the 3D visualization technique, GIS, AI(Artificial Intelligence) to tunnel design and construction. VR(Virtual Reality) and 3D visualization techniques are applied in order to develope the 3D model of characteristics and structures of ground and rock mass. Database for all the materials related to site investigation and tunnel construction is developed using GIS technique. AI technique such as fuzzy theory and neural network is applied to predict ground settlement, decide tunnel support method and estimate ground and rock mass properties according to tunnel excavation steps. ITIS can help to inform various necessary tunnel information to engineers quickly and manage tunnel using acquired information based on D/B.

• 드라이브 ㆍ 컨트롤
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.37-43
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• 2020

An intelligent excavator can be divided into Machine Guidance (MG), semi-automatic, and unmanned by technology. The MG technology excavator is equipped with a tilt sensor on each link of the excavator and a GPS is installed on the excavator body to inform the user of the position of the excavator bucket end. Machine control (MC) technology that assists the user's work can be divided into semi-automatic and fully automatic technology. The semi-automatic MC equipment has already been commercialized by Komatsu and Caterpillar. The MC excavator is equipped with an electro-hydraulic system, sensors and controllers to control the excavator bucket end according to the user's needs. In this study, the semi-automated excavator modified based on manual excavator, is equipped with an electro-hydraulic system, a controller system, multi-sensors and a control algorithm is developed to assist in excavation work such as leveling and grading. By applying the developed technology, it was possible to confirm productivity improvement compared to manual digging and leveling work. In the future, further research to improve the accuracy of the hydraulic precision control and collaborative work with heterogeneous construction equipment such as dump truck and automated collaboration tasks technology could be developed.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2004년도 ICCAS
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• pp.552-557
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• 2004

This paper presents a disturbance observer based on an $H_{\infty}$ controller synthesis for the trajectory control of a hydraulic excavator. Compared to conventional robot manipulators driven by electrical motors, the hydraulic excavator has more nonlinear and coupled dynamics. In particular, the interactions between an excavation tool and the materials being excavated are unstructured and complex. In addition, its operating modes depend on working conditions, which make it difficult to not only derive the exact mathematical model but also design a controller systematically. In this study, the approximated linear model obtained through off-line system identification is used as nominal plant model for a disturbance observer. A disturbance observer based tracking controller which considers the effect of disturbance and model uncertainty is synthesized in $H_{\infty}$ frameworks. Simulation results are used to demonstrate the applicability of the proposed control scheme.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.511-525
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• 2021

In the design of underground excavation, the shear strength (SS) is a key characteristic. It describes the way the rock material resists the shear stress-induced deformations. In general, the measurement of the parameters related to rock shear strength is done through laboratory experiments, which are costly, damaging, and time-consuming. Add to this the difficulty of preparing core samples of acceptable quality, particularly in case of highly weathered and fractured rock. This study applies rock index test to the indirect measurement of the SS parameters of shale. For this aim, two efficient artificial intelligence methods, namely (1) adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) implemented by subtractive clustering method (SCM) and (2) support vector regression (SVR) optimized by Harmony Search (HS) algorithm, are proposed. Note that, it is the first work that predicts the SS parameters of shale through ANFIS-SCM and SVR-HS hybrid models. In modeling processes of ANFIS-SCM and SVR-HS, the results obtained from the rock index tests were set as inputs, while the SS parameters were set as outputs. By reviewing the obtained results, it was found that both ANFIS-SCM and SVR-HS models can provide acceptable predictions for interlocking and friction angle parameters, however, ANFIS-SCM showed a better generalization capability.

• 국제학술발표논문집
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• The 3th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• pp.487-492
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• 2009

A large-scaled research project titled "Intelligent Excavating System (IES)" sponsored by Korean government has launched in 2006. An issue of real-time 3D terrain modeling has become a crucial point for successful implementation of IES due to many application limitations of state-of-the-art techniques developed in various high-technology fields. Many feasible technologies such as laser scanning, structured lighting and so on were widely reviewed by professionals and researchers for one year. Various efforts such as literature reviews, interviews, and indoor experiments make us select a structural light technique and stereo vision technique as appropriate techniques for accomplishment of real-time 3D terrain modeling. It, however, revealed that off-the-shelf products of structural light and stereo-vision technique had many technical problems which should be resolved for practical applications in IES. This study introduces diverse methods modifying off-the-shelf package of the structural light method, one of feasible techniques and eventually allowing this technique to be successfully utilized for achieving fundamental research goals. This study also presents many efforts to resolve practical difficulties of this technique considering basic characteristics of excavating operations and particular environment of construction sites. Findings showed in this study would be beneficial for other researchers to conduct new researches for application of vision techniques to construction fields by provision of detail issues about practical application and diverse practical methods as solutions overcoming these issues.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.129-136
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• 2017

과거 지리정보시스템 GIS(Geographic Information System)의 활용영역이 정부와 몇몇 공공분야에 국한돼 있었으나, 최근 모바일, CRM(Customer Relationship Management) 등 다른 영역과 결합하면서 시장이 다양해지고 있다. 21세기 GIS기술의 발전방향은 GIS응용시스템 개발 및 공간정보 서비스를 위한 제반 기술로서 웹 GIS, 3차원 GIS, 모바일 GIS, LBS 등을 들 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 기존에 사용하고 있는 지하매설물 관련 표지못의 단순 위치파악 기능에서 탈피해서 새로운 개념의 표지못(지능형 저장 메모리장치를 내장한 표지못)을 개발해서, 현장에서 지하매설물관련 정보 (설치일자, 매설 깊이, 배관 두께, 배관 재질, 관리기관, 시공자, 연락처 등)를 입력하고 DB서버에 저장해서, 필요하면 적시. 적소에서 활용할 수 있게 한다. 본 연구를 통해 무분별한 굴착기 공사 등으로 야기되는 각종 사고를 미리 방지하고, 최소화 할 수 있으며, 싱크홀 관련 대책 수립을 위한 정보제공 등. 지하매설물관리를 체계적이며, 신뢰성 있는 정보 제공이 가능하도록, 현장에서 편리하게 정보를 입력할 방안을 제시함으로써, 지하 매설관로 사고를 절대적으로 감소시킬 수 있도록 하는 목적을 두고 연구 개발하였다.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.289-300
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• 2001

터널의 설계에는 지반조사 자료의 부정확성과 평가의 애매성 그리고 자료수집 과정의 오류(observer error)등이 내재되어 있다. 그러므로 터널의 안정성과 경제적인 시공을 위해서는 시공 중 막장면의 조사가 매우 중요한 역할을 한다. 본 연구는 막장면 조사 시 지반의 고유 특성을 보다 정확하게 평가하고, 조사자의 주관성을 최소화시키기 위하여 수행되었다. 이러한 목적을 위하여 막장관찰 자료로부터 RMR값을 추론하고자 인공지능기법 중 퍼지집합이론과 뉴로-퍼지기법을 적용하였고, 46개의 학습자료에 대해 원래의 RMR값과 퍼지이론 및 뉴로저지기법의 추론에 의한 RM $R_{_FU}$ 및 RM $R_{_NF}$값의 상관성을 분석하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 원래의 RMR값과 퍼지추론에 의한 RM $R_{_FU}$값 및 뉴로-퍼지기법에 의한 RM $R_{_NF}$값의 상관계수가 각각 ｜R｜= 0.96과 ｜R｜=0.95로 상관성이 우수한 것으로 조사되었다. 이 결과로부터 암반평가를 위한 퍼지집합이론 및 뉴로-피지기법의 적용성이 충분함을 검증할 수 있었다.할 수 있었다.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2004년도 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.946-951
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• 2004

ITIS is applied to the several tunnel construction sites in Korea. Tunnel construction properties which are acquired from these sites are transferred to information management server(SQL 2000 server)by client application program in real time. Access permission to DB server depends on the user's roles. Some functions which cannot be embodied in SQL Server are serviced through XML and GMS server is used for spatial data based on GIS part. This system is supposed to give engineers the advantages which are not only easy handling of the program and computerized documentation on every information during construction but also analyzing the acquired data in order to predict the structure of ground and rock mass to be excavated later and show the guideline of construction. Neung-Dong tunnel and Mu-Gua express way tunnel are now under construction and with this system they have 3D visualized map of the geology and tunnel geometry and accumulate database of construction information such as tunnel face mapping results, special notes and pictures of construction and 3D monitoring data, all matters on the stability of rock bolts and shotcrete, and so on. Ground settlement prediction program included in ITIS, based on the artificial neural network(ANN) and supported by GIS technology is applying to the subway tunnel. This prediction tool can make it possible to visualize the ground settlement according to the excavation procedures by contouring the calculated result on 3D GIS map and to assess the damage of buildings in the vicinity of construction site caused by ground settlement.