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A Study on the Steering System of Electric Scooter

  • Park, Sung Cheon
    • International journal of advanced smart convergence
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.219-225
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    • 2022
  • Recently, the popularization of personal mobility(PM) has made it possible to see many electric scooters. The energy source of personal transportation used by the general public and the disabled can be seen as environmentally friendly as electricity. Personal transportation means are divided into small electric vehicles because they use electric energy, and they are being treated as new models by automobile manufacturers in each country and spurring development. On the other hand, personal transportation means may cause various types of traffic accidents as they travel between roads and a human walk. In order to prevent such accidents, it is judged that the enactment of laws on the establishment of specifications for electric scooters, which are personal transportation means, and the method of restricting road operation should be given priority. The electric scooter is basically different from the conventional vehicle. The steering shaft of the steering system applied to the electric scooter one to two is possible. 1 to 2 the front-wheel under the steering column is used. It is classified according to the number of wheel installed at the electric scooter is the vehicle body into 2 wheel - electric scooter, and 3 wheel - electric scooter and 4 wheel - electric scooter. In this study, we propose a steering shaft design model that can be applied to an electric scooter, one of personal transportation means. A design model for 1-shaft steering and 2-shafts steering that can be applied to electric scooters is proposed. In addition, we have produced the prototypes for the commercialization of the proposed models, and reviewed the pros and cons of the manufactured prototypes and models.

Manufacturing of the Portable Electric Scooter Prototype According to Variation of Wheel Number

  • Kwon, Young Woong;Ham, Sung Hoon
    • International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.51-58
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    • 2020
  • With the emergence of the words Personal Mobility (P.M.) or Smart Mobility (S.M.), which are terms for personal transportation, the activities of related technologies are increasing with the research. Personal transportation is basically used as a short distance transportation method using electrical energy. As personal mobility became more popular, the resulting products and studies are spreading throughout the country. Most of the electric scooters, which are personal vehicles, are mostly imported from China. This is due to the fact that the price competitiveness of major components of electric scooters is owned in China. At this point, the domestic research direction is considered to be desirable in terms of composition and design of the electric scooter body. In this study, the models of portable electric scooters according to the number of wheels mounted on portable electric scooters were presented and the prototypes were produced accordingly. The number of wheels applied to the electric scooter was 2 and 3 and 4; the contents and advantages and disadvantages of the proposed portable electric scooter models were reviewed.

A Study on Optimal Horizontal Alignment Design for PRT Vehicle (PRT 주행선로 최적평면선형 설계에 관한 연구)

  • Um, Ju-Hwan;Kim, Baek-Hyun;Jeong, Rag-Gyo;Kang, Seok-Won;Byun, Yeun-Sub
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.12 no.10
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    • pp.283-289
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    • 2014
  • Personal rapid transit(PRT) systems have been highlighted in future transportation developments as a result of their potential as sustainable and eco-friendly transport solutions that provide demand-responsive mobility services. One of the most important characteristics of the personal rapid transit system(PRT) is that it can be constructed and operated at a low cost. A fundamental study on the alignment of the PRT guideway considering running stability was conducted in the present study. In addition, a parameter analysis of the major alignment design variables such as curve radius, transition curve length and cant was performed by vehicle dynamic analysis and optimum guideway alignments were proposed. The analysis results suggested that the theoretical values were satisfied and also confirmed the possibility of reducing the standard.

The Study on Domestic Application of Personal Rapid Transit(PRT) (소형궤도열차시스템의 국내 적용방안 연구)

  • Lee, Jun;Kim, Kyoung-Tae;Moon, Dae-Seop;Lee, Jin-Sun
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2006.11b
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    • pp.954-963
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    • 2006
  • PRT(Personal Rapid Transit) is alternation mode of auto and advanced transportation system as future transportation mode cope with the situation caused by increasing traffic demand, vehicle, environment, energy problem. but there is no place where PRT is operated therefore it is necessary of study on application of PRT The purpose of this study is putting into shape of fundamental notion and role of PRT as transit system and studying of domestic application possibility We expect that PRT make transit will make variety and be able to connect with mass transportation facility, have a connection between trunk line and branch line, be a effective local transportation system within CBD, be a transportation system within leisure complex. This study focus on connection with mass transportation facility in the middle of 5 type, we class as. and we investigate application of PRT by process of making a choice applicable case area

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Identification of Key Factors of Travel Time Budget by Mode in Seoul: Using Seemingly Unrelated Regression Model (서울 거주자의 수단별 이용시간 영향요인 규명: SUR모형을 활용하여)

  • Kim, Su-jae;Lim, Su-yeon;Choi, Sung-taek;Choo, Sang-ho;Ahn, Woo-young
    • The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.23-33
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    • 2016
  • This study identified the factors that affect travel time budget by mode for traveler in Seoul using the SUR model. Individual, household and TAZ characteristics were selected as the explanatory variables. Transportation modes are summarized from 18 types to 6 types(walking, personal car, bus, subway, rail and bicycle). The results showed a distinct difference between personal transportation and public transportation. First of all, People who owned a car and driver's licence tend to prefer personal transportation. In addition, we can confirm the relationship between the bus and the subway which are most typical public transportation. Passengers who can available a personal mode preferred the subway than the bus. It is expected to suggest various implications related to the public transportation policy for Seoul metropolitan area.

Determination of Nitrogen Dioxide Exposure for University Students by Activity Pattern of Weekday and Weekend (평일과 주말의 활동변화에 따른 대학생들의 이산화질소 노출)

  • 양원호;손부순;박종안;정문호
    • Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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    • v.26 no.4
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    • pp.58-64
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    • 2000
  • Indoor air quality tends to be the dominant contributor to personal exposure, because most people spend over 80% of their time indoors. In this study, indoor and outdoor NO$_2$ concentrations were measured and compared with simultaneously personal exposures of 21 university students in weekday and weekend. House characteristics and activity pattern were used to determine the impacts of these factors on personal exposure. Since university students spent most of their times in indoor, their NO$_2$ exposure was associated with indoor NO$_2$ level rather than outdoor NO$_2$ level both weekday and weekend in spite of different time activity. Using time-weighted average model, NO$_2$ exposures of university students were estimated by NO$_2$ measurements in indoor home, indoor school, and outdoor home levels. Estimated NO$_2$ personal exposures were significantly correlated with measured NO$_2$ personal exposures($r^2$=0.87). However, estimated personal NO$_2$ exposures by time-weighted average model were underestimated, comparing with the measured personal NO$_2$ exposure. Using multiple regression analysis, effect of personal NO$_2$ exposure for transportation was confirmed.

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The Analysis of Injury Risk for the Type of Accident by Personal Mobility (퍼스널 모빌리티 사고 유형별 상해 위험성 분석)

  • Kim, Gyuhyun
    • Journal of Auto-vehicle Safety Association
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.6-14
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    • 2020
  • Personal mobility, which was used exclusively for leisure activities, has recently been used as a means of transportation, and it is expected to increase its role as the next generation transportation. Sales of personal mobility are increasing rapidly, but the problem is that traffic accidents are also increasing. In this study, human body injury caused by various collisions between electric wheel users and road users that occur on bicycle or pedestrian roads mainly used by personal mobility is analyzed through collision analysis and collision risk analysis. In the case of the collision accident for electric wheel, it is analyzed that the road users are more likely to be injured on the pedestrian road than the bicycle road. In addition, the head hit each other or fall and hit the floor caused severe head injury.

Development of Auxiliary Wheel Unit Mechanism for Overcoming Obstacles

  • Han, Jae-Oh;Youm, Kwang-Wook
    • International journal of advanced smart convergence
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.30-38
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    • 2019
  • Recently, the spread of personal mobility has been rapidly increasing due to the development of environmentally friendly alternative transportation means. In addition, the level of battery technology is also rapidly developing, accelerating the popularization of personal mobility. Such personal mobility has convenience of location transfer, amusement, and high portability compared to other transportation devices. Most personal mobility, however, is made up of small wheels, which cannot overcome obstacles such as rugged roads or obstacles on the road. In this paper, to solve these problems, we tried to devise a device that can easily overcome obstacles by combining wheels with small moving means. The wheel size can be mounted on the front wheel of the small moving means in a protruding manner so that obstacles can be encountered before the front wheels and the safety and ride comfort of the running can be improved.