• Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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• v.31 no.5
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• pp.89-94
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• 2016

The objective of this study was to estimate the dynamic behavior of a personal rapid transit(PRT) track system using a rail of rectangular tube section and a rail joint of sliding type, and to compare the results with the normal rail and rail joint of a PRT track system by performing field measurements using actual vehicles running along the service lines. The measured vertical displacement of rail and sleeper, and vertical acceleration of rail for the normal rail and rail joint section were found to be similar, and the rail joint of sliding type satisfied the design specifications of the track impact factor for a conventional railway track. The experimental results showed that the overall dynamic response of the rail joint were found to be similar to or less than that of the normal rail, therefore the rail joint of sliding type for PRT track system was sufficient to ensure a stability and safety of PRT track system.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2011.07a
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• pp.126-127
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 분산전원용 UPQC(Unified Power Quality Conditioner)에 사용되는 스위칭 알고리즘으로 PRT 기반 전압/제어 알고리즘을 적용한다. 분산전원용 UPQC는 전압제어형전압원인버터(VCVSI:Voltage-Controlled VSI)와 전류제어형전압원인버터(CCVSI:Current-Controlled VSI)를 계통과 직 병렬로 연결한 형태로 PRT 전압/전류 제어 알고리즘을 구동 알고리즘으로 사용하게 되면 회로 구성이 간단하고 제어가 용이한 장점이 있다. 본 논문에서는 PRT 기반 전압/전류 알고리즘을 UPQC에 적용하는 방법을 설명하고, 이의 유용성을 확인하기 위해 시뮬레이션을 수행하였다.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.59 no.6
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• pp.1070-1074
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• 2010

In this study we deal with a simple computer simulation algorithm to decide the PRT station capacity. PRT system is different from the conventional rail traffic system in such point that the station is off-line so as to guarantee a very short headway. This characteristic has correlation with the accurate prediction of the line capacity and with the scale of the off-line station. In this paper physical factors and vehicles per hour that are necessary to decide the off-line station scale and the off-line station capacity, respectively, are shown through a simple compter simulations.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2009.07a
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• pp.953_954
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 전압제어형 전압원 인버터용 PRT(Polarized RampTime) 제어 알고리즘에 대해 설명한다. VCVSI용 PRT 제어알고리즘은 인버터 출력 전압의 비선형부하에 의한 파형왜곡과 부하와 DC 레일 전압변화에 의한 크기 변동과 같은 문제를 해결하수 있다. 본 논문에서는 PRT 제어 알고리즘의 구성과 수행을 설명하고, 이를 계통 연계형 전압제어형 전압원인버터에 적용하였다. 또한 본 논문의 유용성 확인을 위해 시뮬레이션을 수행하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2015.07a
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• pp.1040-1041
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• 2015

전용의 궤도에서 무인자동으로 승객의 요구에 따라 출발지에서 목적지까지 최적의 경로로 논스톱으로 운행하며, 높은 시스템 접근성과 프라이버시 보장 등 승용차 수준의 서비스 제공이 가능한 대중교통수단인 PRT의 운행관리를 위해 3D 그래픽 기반의 중앙제어 시스템을 개발하였다. PRT는 정거장을 필요에 따라 본선 또는 측선으로 설치가 가능하며, 승객의 요청에 따라 배차서비스를 수요에 탄력적으로 대응할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 PRT 차량의 운행상황을 직관적으로 모니터링하기 위해 3D 그래픽 기반 운영제어 시스템을 개발하였으며, 승객이 요청한 차량이 정확하게 배차되어 탑승하였는지 확인하기 위한 운행 보조 시스템을 설계하였다.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 1998.05a
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• pp.31-38
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• 1998

Guideway Transportation will provide the break-through to solve the traffic problems, which a lot of big cities have over the world. APM (Automated People Mover) system, Guideway Transportation, is classified by PRT, GRT, and MRT according to the capacity of passenger to be carried by its system. In the Application of PRT (Personal Rapid Transit) system, the enact analysis of the traffic problem on the area to be applied should be preceded. PRT system is characterized by Off-Line and Demand Operation. The Network of PRT system depends on the Load Time and Load Pattern. The operation of PRT system will have move efficient way when it is applied to the network with evenly distributed Load Time and Load Pattern.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.33 no.7C
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• pp.554-561
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• 2008

For the tone reservation (TR) scheme in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), there exists a trade-off between peak to average power ration (PAPR) reduction performance and data transmission rate. While PRT set is fixed in the conventional TR scheme, the proposed scheme adaptively select the PRT set according to the PAPR of the input OFDM symbol. It is shown that the PAPR reduction performance of the proposed scheme is better than that of the conventional scheme when the data transmission rate is the same.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.297-304
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• 2015

Recently, the demand for a PRT(Personal Rapid Transit) system based on autonomous navigation is increasing. Accordingly, the applicability investigations of the PRT system on rail tracks or roadways have been widely studied. In the case of unmanned vehicle operations without physical guideways on roadways, to monitor the position of the vehicle in real time is very important for stable, robust and reliable guidance of an autonomous vehicle. The Global Positioning System (GPS) has been commercially used for vehicle positioning. However, it cannot be applied in environments as tunnels or interiors of buildings. The PRT navigation system based on magnetic markers reference sensing that can overcome these environmental restrictions and the vehicle dynamics model for its H/W configuration are presented in this study. In addition, the design of a control S/W dedicated for unmanned operation of a PRT vehicle and its prototype implementation for experimental validation on a pilot network were successfully achieved.

• Journal of computational fluids engineering
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.58-62
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• 2013

Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) is the emerging personal transport vehicle operating on the loop automatically. The PRT system utilize the electrical power from super capacity or battery, it is important to manage the power or energy. In this regards, the management of high temperature occurred by the operation of system is significantly important to prevent from serious damage of component. In this study, we studied the adequate shape of underbody which can reduce the heat accumulation by pickup coil and condenser using natural air cooling. We suggested the additional air pathway, air inlet and flow separator to decrease the temperature of the heat source components. It was found that suggested system can decrease the temperature of PRT under body by 16% during the static mode and by 10% during the running mode at 30km/h. It is expected that the findings of this study will feed into final design of newly built Korean PRT vehicle.

• Radiation Oncology Journal
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• v.35 no.4
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• pp.349-358
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• 2017

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate whether prophylactic extended-field pelvic radiotherapy (EF-PRT) yields better results than standard whole pelvic radiotherapy (WPRT) in patients with pelvic lymph node-positive cervical cancer treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT). Materials and Methods: A total of 126 cases of stage IB-IVA cervical cancer that had pelvic lymph node involvement in magnetic resonance imaging and were treated with CCRT between 2000 and 2016 were reviewed. None of the patients had para-aortic lymph node (PALN) metastases. The patients were classified to two groups, namely, those treated with EF-PRT, including prophylactic para-aortic radiotherapy, and those treated only with WPRT. The median dose to the PALN area in patients treated with EF-PRT was 45 Gy. All patients received concurrent cisplatin-based chemotherapy. Results: Overall, 52 and 74 patients underwent EF-PRT and WPRT, respectively. Patient characteristics and irradiated dose were not significantly different, except the dose to the para-aortic area, between the two groups. The median follow-up period was 75.5 months (range, 5 to 195 months). The 10-year cumulative recurrence rate of PALN for EF-PRT vs. WPRT was 6.9% and 10.1% (p = 0.421), respectively. The 10-year disease-free survival and overall survival for EF-PRT vs. WPRT were 69.7% vs. 66.1% (p = 0.748) and 71.7% vs. 72.3% (p = 0.845), respectively. Acute gastrointestinal complications were significantly higher in EF-PRT (n = 21; 40.4%) than WPRT (n = 26; 35.1%) (p = 0.046). Late toxicities were not significantly different in both groups. Conclusion: In this study, prophylactic radiotherapy for PALN does not have an additional benefit in patients with pelvic lymph node-positive cervical cancer treated with CCRT.