• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제18권11호
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• pp.1941-1948
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• 2004

This paper presents a novel design of indoor airship having a passive wheeled mechanism and its stationary position control. This wheeled blimp can work both on the ground using wheeled vehicle part and in the air using the floating capability of the blimp part. The wheeled blimp stands on the floor keeping its balance using a caster-like passive wheel mechanism. In tele-guidance application, stationary position control is required to make the wheeled blimp naturally communicate with people in standing phase since the stationary blimp system responds sensitively to air flow even in indoor environments. To control the desired stationary position, a computed torque control method is adopted. By performing a controller design through dynamic analysis, the control characteristics of the wheeled blimp system have been found and finally the stable control system has been successfully developed. The effectiveness of the controller is verified by experiment for the real wheeled blimp system.

• 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 유체기계공업학회 2004년도 유체기계 연구개발 발표회 논문집
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• pp.635-640
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• 2004

The present paper provides the design specifications and working principle of flow controlling vortex valve which will be adopted in a Korean next generation reactor (APR1400). The vortex valve is installed inside the pressurized safety injection tank of APR1400, and it passively controls the water discharge flowrate from the tank. In the present study, the performance of the vortex valve have been evaluated throughout the repeated experiments in the full-scale test facility called VAPER(VAlve Performance Evaluation Rig). Based on the experimental results, it is confirmed that the currently developed vortex valve satisfies the major performance requirements of APR1400 plant design in view of the peak discharge flowrate, pressure loss coefficient, and total discharge duration time. To achieve the highest quality of the experimental results, a quality assurance program for vortex valve tests has been strictly applied.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.473-500
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• 2014

Tuned mass dampers (TMDs) have been installed in many high-rise buildings, to improve their resiliency under dynamic loads. However, high-rise buildings may experience natural frequency changes under ambient temperature fluctuations, extreme wind loads and relative humidity variations. This makes the design of a TMD challenging and may lead to a detuned scenario, which can reduce significantly the performance. To alleviate this problem, the current paper presents a proposed approach for the design of a robust and efficient TMD. The approach accounts for the uncertain natural frequency, the optimization objective and the input excitation. The study shows that robust design parameters can be different from the optimal parameters. Nevertheless, predetermined optimal parameters are useful to attain design robustness. A case study of a high-rise building is executed. The TMD designed with the proposed approach showed its robustness and effectiveness in reducing the responses of high-rise buildings under multidirectional wind. The case study represents an engineered design that is instructive. The results show that shear buildings may be controlled with less effort than cantilever buildings. Structural control performance in high-rise buildings may depend on the shape of the building, hence the flow patterns, as well as the wind direction angle. To further increase the performance of the robust TMD in one lateral direction, active control using LQG and fuzzy logic controllers was carried out. The performance of the controllers is remarkable in enhancing the response reduction. In addition, the fuzzy logic controller may be more robust than the LQG controller.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.82-89
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• 2001

본 논문은, HVDC 시스템의 인버터 제어기 및 고조파 필터의 설계를 위하여 동특성 및 정상상태 특성을 해석하는 방법을 제시한다. EMTP 시뮬레이션을 이용하면, 동특성 분석이 가능하며, 정상상태 특성의 분석은필터와 부하를 고려한 조류해석을 수행함으로써 가능하다. 또한 본 논문은 HVOC 시스템의 정적 및 동적 특성 분석이 가능한 단상 등가회로를 제안한다. 이 단상 등가회로에서 인버터는 스위치의 소호에 따른 전류원으로 취급된다. 또한 필터설계에 사용되고 있는 각종 목적함수를 단상 등가회로룹 이용하여 구할 수 있다, 본 논문은 전압의 고조파 성분 및 필터의 전력손실을 고려한 목적함수를 이용하여 펄터를 최적화하는 과정이 제시되어 있다.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제9권9호
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• pp.983-989
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 자동차의 무게 감소, 탑승자의 안락함과 정숙함, 그리고 연비의 향상 등을 위해 소음을 저감하는데 있어 흡음재와 차음재를 사용하는 기존의 수동적인 방법을 사용하지 않고 능동적으로 감소시키는 방법을 제안하였다. 제안한 방법은 기존의 능동소음 제어기를 향상시킨 것으로서 양방향 제어 알고리듬을 사용하는 새로운 제어기이다. 제안한 알고리듬은 계산양의 증가가 거의 없고, 구현이 간단하고 안정적이며, 수학적으로도 해석이 용이한 장점이 있다. 자동차 엔진소음에 대한 모의실험을 통해 양방향 제어기의 소음감쇠 성능을 순방향제어기와 역방향제어기의 성능에 대해 비교한 결과 시간영역과 주파수영역에서 양방향제어기의 소음감쇠 성능이 우수함을 확인하였으며, 임펄스성의 간섭이 유입되거나 2차 경로의 응답이 변화하는 경우에도 가장 좋은 성능을 보여주었다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.299-312
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• 2007

The program on thermal-hydraulic evaluation by testing and analysis (THETA) for the development and licensing of the new design features in the APR1400 (Advanced Power Reactor-1400) is briefly introduced with a presentation on the research motivation and typical results of the separate effect tests and analyses of the major design features. The first part deals with multi-dimensional phenomena related to the safety analysis of the APR1400. One research area is related to the multidimensional behavior of the safety injection (SI) water in a reactor pressure vessel downcomer that uses a direct vessel injection type of SI system. The other area is associated with the condensation of steam jets and the resultant thermal mixing in a water pool; these phenomena are relevant to the depressurization of a reactor coolant system (RCS). The second part describes our efforts to develop new components for safety enhancements, such as a fluidic device as a passive SI flow controller and a sparger to depressurize the RCS. This work contributes to an understanding of the new thermal-hydraulic phenomena that are relevant to advanced reactor system designs; it also improves the prediction capabilities of analysis tools for multi-dimensional flow behavior, especially in complicated geometries.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.577-588
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• 2022

Oil refineries' Fluid Catalytic Cracking Units (FCCU) when in full operation may exhibit strong fluid dynamics caused by turbulent flow in the piping system that may induce vibrations in other mechanical and structural components of the Unity. This paper reports on the experimental-theoretical-computational program performed to get the vibration properties and the dynamic response amplitudes to find out alternative solutions to attenuate the excessive vibrations that were causing fatigue fractures in components of the bottle like reactor-regenerator of an FCC unit in operation in an existing oil refinery in Brazil. Solutions to the vibration problem were sought with the aid of a 3D finite element model calibrated with the results obtained from experimental measurements. A short description of the found solutions is given and their effectiveness are shown by means of numerical results. The solutions were guided by the concepts of structural stiffening and dynamic control performed by a nonlinear pendulum controller whose mechanical design was based on parameters determined by means of a parametric study carried out with 2D and 3D mathematical models of the coupled pendulum-structure system. The effectiveness of the proposed solutions is evaluated in terms of the fatigue life of critical welded connections.