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A Study on Cerebral Blood Flow Enhancement Device Using Blood Oxygen Level Sensor (Blood Oxygen Level Sensor를 이용한 대뇌혈류증가 장치에 관한 연구)

  • Lim, Jung-Hyun;Joh, In-Hee;Kim, Young-kil
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2018.05a
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    • pp.188-192
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    • 2018
  • Surgery to increase cerebral blood flow is one of the treatment methods of cerebral infarction. However, invasive methods, such as surgery, may result in postoperative complications or side effects. In order to supplement this invasive method, non-invasive devices have been introduced that use human blood pressure to pressurize the extremities to increase cerebral blood flow. However, the problem of poor speed and accuracy was raised. In this paper, the perfusion index of each arm was measured by applying pressure to both arms using Blood Oxygen Level Sensor to improve the accuracy of measurement and measurement time. The pressure applied to the arm by 75% of the moment when it falls to the leg and the pressure calculated by using the pressure value obtained from the arm. Like the existing blood pressure measuring cerebral blood flow increasing device, the blood flow can be increased by more than 20% and the measurement time can be shortened, so that it can be selectively used for the patient with cerebral infarction.

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A Calculation of Joint Torque for Triple Segmental System in Golf Swing (골프스윙 3분절 시스템의 Joint Torque의 산출)

  • Lim, Jung;Hwang, In-Seong
    • Korean Journal of Applied Biomechanics
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.105-113
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    • 2006
  • The purpose of this study was to analyze the joint torque of triple segmental system in golf driver swing. For this purpose, joint torque were calculated. In order to determine the load on the lumbar region, a triple segmental system was set for wrist, left shoulder and lumbar, torque working on the lumbar region were estimated. For this study, a total of 7 professional golfers were sampled, and then, their driver swings were recorded with two high-speed digital video cameras (180 frames/sec.) to be synthesized into 3-dimensional images and coordinated. Then, Eular's equation was used to produce some kinematic data, which were used to calculate joint torque with Newton's function. All data were calculated using LabVIEW 6.1 graphic program. The results of this study can be summarized as follows; It was found that the joint torque was generated in the direction opposite the target on wrist and shoulder during down swing, while in the direction towards the target on the lumbar region. During impact and release, the torque on the wrist joint was converted from the direction opposite the target to the direction towards the target, while the torque on the lumbar region was generated vice versa. The joints on the club-arm-shoulder were generated in the opposite direction at the beginning of down swing when the torque on the thorax-pelvis began to be generated, and then, the torque on the thorax-pelvis began to lower, while that on the club-arm-shoulder began to increase. Thus, a rapid decrease of the torque on the lumbar region linked to the low trunk acted to increase moment and joint torque on the arm-club region.

A Review of Effects of Osteoarthritic Patient with a Varus Deformity of the Knee on Laterally Wedged Insole (외측 쐐기 깔창이 골관절염 환자의 내반슬에 미치는 영향에 관한 고찰)

  • Lee, Sang-Yong;Shin, Hyung-Soo;Bae, Sung-Soo
    • The Journal of Korean Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.65-73
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    • 2005
  • Osteoarthritis has been considered a disease of the elderly because it is uncommon before the age of 40 years and is seen in approximately 80% of United States citizens older than 65 years. general population on kuri city in korea revealed that prevalence of knee osteoarthritis is 10.2%, increasing with age. High level of physical activity in men and age, post-menopause and obesity in women can be risk factor. Osteoarthritis is no evidence that a acquired process initiated much earlier in life through mechanical, metabolic, genetic, or other origins. A high tibial osteotomy alters static lower extremity alignment thereby decreasing medial compartment loading. As well, conservative treatment strategies, such as knee braces and valgus heel wedges, affect lover limb mechanics and attempt to reduce medial compartment loading. It was hypothesized that valgus heel wedges and modified orthoses would shift the center of pressure laterally on the foot during level walking, reducing the moment arm of the adduction moment in the frontal plane, thereby resulting in a decrease in the knee adduction moment. In the 1980s, the effect of wearing a laterally wedged insole on osteoarthritic patients with a varus deformity of the knee was firsted, and since then, kinematic and kinetic analyses concerning this condition have mainly focused on a static standing position. Since the early 1990s, the beneficial effect of wearing a laterally wedged insole to treat osteoarthritis of the knee has also been reported in dynamic conditions, but these studies did not answer the question of the kinematic and kinetic mechanisms that resulted in the reduced symptoms in patents with knee osteoarthritis. therefore, the effect of wearing laterally wedged insole has not been sufficiently studied.

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Skewed Electrode Array(SEA) and Its Application as an Angular Microactuator (경사 전극 배열을 이용한 각도방향 마이크로 구동부 제작)

  • Choi, Seok-Moon;Park, Sung-Jun
    • Journal of Institute of Convergence Technology
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    • v.1 no.2
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    • pp.16-24
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    • 2011
  • The angular electrostatic microactuator using skewed electrode array (SEA) scheme was proposed. The moving and fixed electrodes are arranged to make the driving force perpendicular to the rotating moment of arm. By changing the electrode overlap length, the magnitude of electrostatic force and stable displacement will be changed. In order to optimize the design, electrostatic FE analysis were carried out and the empirical force model was established for SEA. Simulation was performed to make the comparison between conventional actuators and SEA. The proposed SEA generates actuating torque 2 times greater than a comb-drive and stable actuator displacement 40% greater than a parallel plate type actuator. The angular electrostatic microactuator using skewed SEA scheme was designed and fabricated using SoG process.

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Experimental Verification of Flexible Multibody Dynamic Simulations for A Rotating Beam (회전 외팔보에 대한 유연 다물체 동역학 시뮬레이션의 실험적 검증)

  • Kim, Seong-Su;Gang, Yeon-Jun;Lee, Gyu-Il
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.267-274
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    • 2002
  • Using a flexible rotating beam test bed, experimental verification of a flexible multibody dynamic simulations for a rotating beam model has been carried out. The test bed consists of a flexible arm, harmonic driver reducer, AC servo motor and DSP board with PC. The mechanical ports of the test bed has been designed using 3D CAD program. For the simulation model, mass and moment of inertia of each part of the flexible rotating beam test bed are also obtained from 3D CAD model. In the flexible multibody dynamic simulations, the substructuring model has been established to capture nonlinear effects of the flexible rotating beam. Through the experimental verification, substructuring model provides better results than those from the linear model in the high speed rotation.

Compensation Control of Mechanical Deflection Error on SCARA Robot with Constant Pay Load Using Neural Network (일정한 가반 하중이 작용하는 스카라 로봇에 대한 신경망을 이용한 기계적 처짐 오차 보상 제어)

  • Lee, Jong-Shin
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.15 no.7
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    • pp.728-733
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    • 2009
  • This paper presents the compensation of mechanical deflection error in SCARA robot. End of robot gripper is deflected by weight of arm and pay-load. If end of robot gripper is deflected constantly regardless of robot configuration, it is not necessary to consider above mechanical deflection error. However, deflection in end of gripper varies because that moment of each axis varies when robot moves, it affects the relative accuracy. I propose the compensation method of deflection error using neural network. FEM analysis to obtain the deflection of gripper end was carried out on various joint angle, the results is used in neural network teaming. The result by simulation showed that maximum relative accuracy reduced maximum 9.48% on a given working area.

Control of a Two-Arm Robot System for Assembly in Highy Uncertain Environment (불확실한 환경에서 조립을 수행하는 두 대의 로봇 팔 제어)

  • Jeong, Seong-Yeop;Gang, Gyeong-Dae;Lee, Du-Yong
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.24 no.12
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    • pp.3072-3079
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    • 2000
  • Assembly tasks are often performed by one robot with fixtures. This type of assembly system has low flexibility in terms of the variety of parts and the part-presentation the system can handle. This paper addresses assembly without fixtures using two-manipulator robot. An active method using force feedback is proposed for the peg-in-hole assembly in highly uncertain environment. Assembly states are defined as status having unique motion constraints and events are modeled as variation of the environmental force. The states are recognized through identification of the events using two 6-d. o. f. force/moment sensors. The proposed method is verified and evaluated by experiments with round peg-in-hole assembly.

On Effects of Large-Deflected Beam Analysis by Iterative Transfer Matrix Approach

  • Sin, Jung-Ho
    • 한국기계연구소 소보
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    • s.18
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    • pp.131-136
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    • 1988
  • A small-deflected beam can be easily solved by assuming a linear system. But a large-deflected beam can not be solved by superposition of the displacements, because the system is nonlinear. The solutions for the large-deflection problems can not be obtained directly from elementary beam theory for linearized systems since the basic assumptions are no longer valid. Specifically, elementary theory neglects the square of the first derivative in the beam curvature formula and provides no correction for the shortening of the moment-arm cause by transverse deflection. These two effects must be considered to analyze the large deflection. Through the correction of deflected geometry and internal axial force, the proposed new approach is developed from the linearized beam theory. The solutions from the proposed approach are compared with exact solutions.

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Active assembly Method Using a Two-Arm Robot System in Highly Uncertain Environment (불확실한 환경에서 두 팔 로봇을 이용한 능동적 조립 방법)

  • 정성엽;강경대;이두용
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2000.10a
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    • pp.73-73
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    • 2000
  • Assembly is usually performed by one robot and fixtures. This type of assembly system has Low flexibility in terms of variety of parts and part-presentation that the system can handle. This paper addresses assembly without fixtures using two-manipulator robot. An active method using force feedback is proposed for the peg-in-hole assembly in highly uncertain environment. Assembly states are described by extended contact relations. Qualitative templates for events are easily derived from the token vector of the Petrinet model. The states are recognized through identification of the events using two 6-d.o.f force/moment sensors. The proposed method is verified and evaluated through experiments with round peg- in-hole assembly.

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Stress Analysis Acting on Electric Pole using Strain Gauge from Full Scale Pull-Out Test (실물인장실험시 변형률계를 이용한 전주에 작용하는 응력분석)

  • Ahn, Tae-Bong
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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    • v.24 no.9
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    • pp.49-55
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    • 2010
  • Many electric poles in the softground have been collapsed due to external load. In this study, 10 types of tests were performed with variation of location, numbers and depths of anchor blocks as well as depth of poles to find stresses acting on concrete electric poles. The stresses of concrete poles are relaxed at 600~700[kg] of tensile load, and stresses are concentrated at top of pole, and spread to lower part of pole. In the concrete pole collapse test, tensile load at failure was approximately 1,400[kg], which is twice of design load. As passive zone in the soil increases, the stresses acting on concrete pole are concentrated at lower part of pole based on moment arm earth pressure distribution.