• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.110-117
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• 2007

According to the pedestrian protection regulations of Europe and Japan, the head injury must not exceed a limitation in the defined test condition for the protection of pedestrians from a vehicle crash. However, it is difficult to evaluate the performance of protection because each regulation has different test conditions such as dummy, impact speed and so on. This circumstance needs the development of a model that describes the anthropometry of the crash victim with a sufficient accuracy. We constructed scaled pedestrian dummies using MADYSCALE. Simulations were performed for various crash speeds and pedestrian postures. The scaled Korean dummies and HybridIII dummies were used to compare the pedestrian dynamic behaviors and head injury criteria during the collision. The HIC values of scaled korean dummies were found to be higher than those of Hybrid III dummies. The impact for gait posture was less than that for standing.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.24-32
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• 2016

The mortality rate of car-pedestrian accidents is quite high, compared to the frequency of accidents. Researches on pedestrian protection are being actively performed worldwide. The A-pillar and lower part of the wind shield cause the most serious damage to the pedestrians. Typical devises to protect the pedestrians are the hood lift system and pedestrian airbag. The design of such devices for an sport utility vehicle is performed based on a design process using design of experiments (DOE). The design results are obtained by an orthogonal array (OA), analysis of mean (ANOM) and analysis of variance (ANOVA). A metamodel is also used in the design process.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.67-72
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• 2012

Novel Front End Module(FEM) with improved pedestrian protection is very important to reduce the severity of pedestrian injury. The FEM needs to have enough space from hood to absorb the energy from any pedestrian collision. In this study, the cooling performance of the FEM to cool the engine was investigated under 25% height reduction. The results indicated that the cooling performance analysis was about 86% level compared to that of the conventional FEM. Also, good qualitative agreement between CFD predictions and experimental measurements was found. This FEM needs the cooling performance enhancement for changed air flow path at the frontal part of vehicle. Therefore, we showed an improved performance using air guide setup and shape modification under the high load condition.

• 한국소성가공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소성가공학회 2008년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.345-346
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• 2008

Most pedestrian-vehicle crashes involve frontal impacts, and the vehicle front structures are responsible for most pedestrian injuries. The vehicle bumper contacts the lower legs at first. The leading edge of the hood (bonnet) strikes the proximal upper leg and finally, the head and upper torso hit the top surface of the hood or windscreen. In essence, the pedestrian wraps around the front of the vehicle until pedestrian and vehicle are traveling at the same speed. Since the hood surface is made from sheet metal, it is a relatively compliant structure and does not pose a major risk for severe head trauma. However, serious head injury can occur when the head hits a region of the hood with stiff underlying structures such as engine components. The solution is to provide sufficient clearance between the hood and underlying structures for controlled deceleration of a pedestrian's head. However, considerations of aerodynamic design and styling can make it extremely difficult to alter a vehicle's front end geometry to provide more under-hood space. In this study, the safe hood will be developed by designing new conceptual inner panel in order to decrease the pedestrian's head injuries without changing hood outer geometry.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2007년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.133-134
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• 2007

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.162-170
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• 2005

Although the numbers of pedestrian fatalities and injuries are steadily declining worldwide, pedestrian protection is still an important issue. Extensive researches have been carried out in the field of pedestrian protection in order to establish pedestrian safety regulations. The automobile hoods and bumpers, which pedestrians frequently run into during accidents, should be safely designed for pedestrians. Two analysis methods are utilized to design safe structures of the hood and the bumper. They are real experiment and computer simulation. In this research, a method is developed to simultaneously utilize the results from the experiment and the simulation. For design, orthogonal arrays are employed to combine the two methods. Based on this method, a hood and a bumper are designed to protect pedestrians.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2012년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.1087-1088
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• 2012

• 대한교통학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.49-57
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• 2005

본 연구에서는 보행자와 차량의 충돌 시 보행자의 상해를 감소시키기 위한 충돌안전기준의 도입에 따른 보행자 사망자수 감소 효과를 추정하는 방법론을 개발하였다. 국내 교통환경 특성을 반영한 보행자 사망확률모형을 개발하고, 사망자 감소 효과 추정에 반영하였다. 사고재현을 통해 추정된 충돌속도를 보행자 사망확률모형의 주요 변수로 사용하였다. 모형의 개발을 위해서는 logistic regression 기법을 적용하였으며, 충돌안전기준의 주요 변수인 HIC(Head Injury Criterion)와 충돌속도의 변화에 따른 사망자수 감소효과를 계량화하여 제시하였다. 제안된 방법론은 향후 국내 실정에 부합되는 충돌안전기준의 개발, 보행자 보호를 위한 첨단 차량의 개발, 보행자 안전을 위한 정책 수립 등을 지원하는 중요한 역할을 수행할 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.968-972
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• 2007

자동차 범퍼시스템은 자동차의 외형을 결정할 뿐만 아니라 충격으로부터 차체와 보행자를 보호하는 중요한 역할을 수행한다. 본 연구에서는 범퍼시스템을 해석하기 위하여 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션이나 충격테스트에 의존하지 않고 효과적으로 범퍼시스템을 설계하기 위한 설계기술을 개발하였다. 이를 위해서 차체를 외부 충격으로부터 보호하기 위해 충분한 강도 및 강성을 확보해야 한다는 것과 동시에 충돌 시 보행자 보호를 위해 충분한 연성을 확보해야 하는 조건을 만족시킬 수 있는 빔의 단면과 폼의 두께 또는 물성을 결정해야 한다. 본 연구에서는 설계자가 설계 초기단계에서 위의 제약 조건들을 만족하는 최적의 범퍼구조를 신속하게 결정할 수 있는 신뢰성 있는 설계기술을 개발하였다.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.52-56
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• 2012

Recently, the pedestrian protection regulations of Europe and Japan are becoming more stringent. However, it is difficult to evaluate the performance of protection because each regulation has different test conditions such as dummy, impact speed and so on. In this study, we construct a finite element model of pedestrian lower legform impactor prescribed in EEVC (European Experimental Vehicle Committee) W/G 10, and performed a impact analysis between the impactor and the front end module of vehicle. The simulations are carried out by using LS-DYNA3D, which is a well-known nonlinear dynamic simulation software. The analysis results according to various impact location show the impact characteristics of the lower legform.