• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1989.11a
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• pp.58-62
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• 1989

Magnetic levitation railway is being developed as an advanced ground transport system which is high speed and has less environmental pollution. In this paper, the effectiveness of the proposed controller is proved by a vehicle body's curvature running characteristics. We select two types of transition curves for investigation, namely clothoid and sine.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 1998.05a
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• pp.485-493
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• 1998

The EMS/LIM driven system, called UTM-01 has been under development for LRT type urban transit applications. At the present time, the 1st vehicle of UTM-01 (a two vehicle system) is undergoing various tests on the 1.1km test track at the KIMM premises in Taejon. This paper describes the design, characteristics and test results of the Levitation /Guidance, the Propulsion/Braking System and the Leakage Flux for 1st vehicle of UTM-01.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.44-48
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• 2005

In general, the parallel-connected linear induction motors(LIM) are fed by one VVVF inverter in the magnetically levitated vehicle(MAGLEV) or linear motor subway drives. The air gap length of the parallel-connected linear induction motors operating at a grade or curved sections can be different each other. The air gap difference of the two motors attached to the same module causes unequal phase currents, asymmetic thrust and attraction force generation. In this paper, parellel-connected linear induction motors are operated by one IGBT inverter under the different air gap condition so that the phase current characteristics are examined experimentally.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.12 no.6
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• pp.1076-1080
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• 2009

An analysis of Life Cycle Cost (LCC) is to evaluate the system through the total cost accounting during the total life cycle. Railway system has problem that abundant capital has to be utilized efficiently because railway system is a combined system such as power supply, machines, electric signals. Especially, Magnetic Levitation Train needs high technique and more study about the Life Cycle cost by using the system being developed currently in Korea. Therefore, the Modeling of Life Cycle Cost for Magnetic Levitation Train is proposed considering the tendency of the studies in other countries.

• Railway Journal
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.42-49
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• 2015

이상에서 살펴본 것과 같이 과거 몇 년간 미국 내에서의 자기부상열차 기술개발과 노선건설에 있어서 그렇다할 성과는 없었다. 국가적 차원에서의 대규모 기술개발 자금지원도 없었고 단지 기업이나 주정부로부터의 재원조달이 주였다고 할 수 있다. 다행이 일본이 Washington DC와 Baltimore 노선에 일본의 초전도 자기부상열차 기술과 5조 원의 자금을 투자하겠다고 나서 가시적인 결과가 기대된다. 도시형의 경우 Orlando에서 24km 노선건설을 위한 토지임대협상이 진행 중인데 금년 봄에 결론에 도달할 것으로 알려지고 있다. 그 이외에도 몇 개의 다른 지역에서 노선건설이 추진 중이어서 더 두고 볼 일이다. 연구비 확보에 있어서는 연방정부의 지원이 줄자 전통적인 공공자금에서 민간자본으로 눈을 돌리는 것도 최근의 경향이라고 할 수 있다. 마지막으로 저자가 미국의 기술개발 환경에서 배운 점 중의 하나는 독창적인 기술이 미성숙이라고 하도라도 공개적으로 제안하고 평가를 받으며 사회는 그에 대한 연구비를 지원한다는 것이다. 그 결과 새로운 개념의 자기부상기술의 다수는 미국에서 나오고 있다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1997.07a
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• pp.367-369
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• 1997

In signal system such as MAGLEV, the transmission channel that has wireless transmission line between on-board and ground-site is susceptible to have interference and may introduce data error on transmission. In this paper, by applying inductive wireless and FSK(frequency shift keying) modulation using widely in railway signal system, we intend to analyze the data transmission characteristics. In this case, noise may have effect on transmission channel. Therefore transmission channel should be lessened the data error from random noise. Considering the transmission medium, the objective of this study is to analyze the transmission characteristics between on-board and ground-site and to obtain transmission performance.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2004.10a
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• pp.216-221
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• 2004

The performance of secondary suspension is one of the most important characteristics of railway vehicles in the regard of vibration and riding comfort. For this reason, the suspension shall be designed to absorb vibration energy effectively and to avoid the resonance which would be occurred by the vibration of the bogies in driving. The main factor of characteristics of suspension is spring coefficient of air spring, and this paper shows how to achieve the desired coefficient and the results of the tests of new air springs.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1999.07a
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• pp.465-467
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• 1999

The data transmission system in MAGLEV is required a high quality and high speed for a train safety and reliability driving. In the transmission channel between a vehicle and a ground-site, Gaussian noise is negligible, but impulse noise from the chopper controlled propulsoin unit and the Power supplying device is very severe. The transmission channel must be protected from these noise. In this paper, we propose a DSSS (direct-sequence spread spectrum) modulation as a new data transmission technique in the railway and analyze this data transmission characteristics.

• International Journal of Railway
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• v.2 no.4
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• pp.170-174
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• 2009

Super speed tube train is introduced to increase the speed of ground transportation. The super speed tube train levitates magnetically and runs in a partial vacuum tube, which can reduce the air resistance significantly. However, the strong magnetic force enough to propel the massive train can affect to the tube infrastructure. In this paper, authors have analyzed the leakage flux patterns and induced eddy current on the tube by using 3-dimensional Finite Element Method. These effects are investigated, especially by varying the materials and diameters of the tube. From the simulation results, the aluminum tube with the diameter of 3[m] is needed to be concerned because the induced eddy current produces joule heat, raises the inside temperature of the tube, and might be able to lead to electro-chemical corrosion on the tube, consequently reduce the durability.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.15-24
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• 2015

In magnetic levitation vehicles, the clearance between the magnet and track should be maintained within an allowable range through a feedback control loop. The flexibility of the guideway would introduce additional modes in the overall suspension system, resulting in dynamic interaction between the guideway vibration and the electromagnetic suspension control system. This dynamic interaction can be a serious problem, particularly at very low speeds or standstill, and may cause airgap instability. To optimize the overall system dynamics, an integrated dynamic model including mechanical and electrical parts and a flexible guideway as well as a control loop was developed. With the proposed model, airgap simulations at standstill were performed while varying the control gains, specifically with the aim of understanding the effects of gains of the PID controller on the airgap variation. The findings may be used to achieve a stable levitation controller design.