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The Overall Measurement System Development for On-line Test of Super-speed Maglev Train (초고속 자기부상철도 시운전시험을 위한 종합계측시스템 개발)

  • Han, Young-Jae;Lee, Jin-Ho;Jo, Jung-Min;Kim, Lee-Hyung;Lee, Chang-Young;Ha, Chang-Wan
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.65 no.5
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    • pp.902-910
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    • 2016
  • This paper presents the overall measurement system for on-line test of super-speed maglev train. The super-speed maglev train is composed of vehicle, propulsion, power, and so on. In order to evaluate and diagnose for sub-system, we made overall measurement system. Just like the other measurement system, it is designed to distributed type. The hardware is consist of SCXI, PXI, Terminal, UPS, and so forth. It is installed on a train, control room, power room and track to collect lots of signals. The software controls hardware system, monitors main data such as inverter current, converter voltage. Using the measurement system, we evaluated a lot of performances for vehicle, track, and so forth. Through the developed system have improved reliability and safety for super-speed maglev train.

Verification of High Speed Performance for the Electronic Pedal using a Rotor (회전체를 이용한 전자페달의 고속 성능 검증)

  • KIM, Yong-Kyu;GO, Jun-Young;YOON, Yong-Ki;KIM, Ju-Yeop;LEE, Jong-Hyun
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.65 no.8
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    • pp.1450-1456
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    • 2016
  • In this paper, we have checked a method of performance evaluation for electronic pedal, which is a core technology of HBD for detecting the axle temperature of high-speed train. As it is practically impossible to conduct train speed test of 500 km/h, we utilize a high speed rotor for evaluating high speed performance of the electronic pedal instead. According to this method, we found that the measurement results by the velocity measuring instrument is similar with the ones from this research through the high speed rotor. In conclusion, it will be possible to conduct reliability evaluation for high speed performance for Beacon, Balise and RFID, which are utilized for transmitting vital information of train control systems through using the rotor.

Determinants of Technology Transfer and Commercialization in National Research and Development: Focusing on Korea Railroad Research Projects

  • Baek, Seunghee;Hwang, Sungup;Park, Young Il
    • Asian Journal of Innovation and Policy
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.438-456
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    • 2018
  • This study aims to understand the importance of commercialization of research and development projects and examines key factors that allow successful technology transfer and commercialization. Given the characteristics of the railway research project, and assuming that R&D input factors would vary depending on the technology readiness level and the degree of research convergence, this study analyzes the moderating effect of each R&D input factor on technology transfer and commercialization to determine their eventual impact. Through this study, it was found that it was necessary to proceed to technology transfer and commercialization of the national research and development projects via strategic workforce composition and allocation of research funding given the subjects and development goals of R&D projects.

A Machine Learning Approach for Mechanical Motor Fault Diagnosis (기계적 모터 고장진단을 위한 머신러닝 기법)

  • Jung, Hoon;Kim, Ju-Won
    • Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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    • v.40 no.1
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    • pp.57-64
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    • 2017
  • In order to reduce damages to major railroad components, which have the potential to cause interruptions to railroad services and safety accidents and to generate unnecessary maintenance costs, the development of rolling stock maintenance technology is switching from preventive maintenance based on the inspection period to predictive maintenance technology, led by advanced countries. Furthermore, to enhance trust in accordance with the speedup of system and reduce maintenances cost simultaneously, the demand for fault diagnosis and prognostic health management technology is increasing. The objective of this paper is to propose a highly reliable learning model using various machine learning algorithms that can be applied to critical rolling stock components. This paper presents a model for railway rolling stock component fault diagnosis and conducts a mechanical failure diagnosis of motor components by applying the machine learning technique in order to ensure efficient maintenance support along with a data preprocessing plan for component fault diagnosis. This paper first defines a failure diagnosis model for rolling stock components. Function-based algorithms ANFIS and SMO were used as machine learning techniques for generating the failure diagnosis model. Two tree-based algorithms, RadomForest and CART, were also employed. In order to evaluate the performance of the algorithms to be used for diagnosing failures in motors as a critical railroad component, an experiment was carried out on 2 data sets with different classes (includes 6 classes and 3 class levels). According to the results of the experiment, the random forest algorithm, a tree-based machine learning technique, showed the best performance.

Development of Evaluation Factors for Selecting Operator of Rail Traffic-Control (철도 관제권 운영주체 선정을 위한 평가항목 개발)

  • Oh, Jae Kyoung;Chung, Sung Bong;Kim, Ji Yeon;Kim, Sigon
    • Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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    • v.32 no.4
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    • pp.327-335
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    • 2014
  • The Korean government, as of last year, is attempting to introduce a competitive system in the rail-market. However there are some pertinent issues which need to be addressed in order to select the best possible organization for optimum railway traffic control. As there are no standard guidelines in selecting an agency, objective evaluation factors need to be properly applied to ensure the best possible decision is made. Through literature review and various interviews with experts, appropriate criteria were selected to evaluate the suitability of each potential operator. As generally mentioned, both safety and efficiency play vital roles in the selection process but in addition, there are other factors such as security and fairness, which also need to be considered. The individual weight of these factors were calculated by the AHP, in which three groups of experts were interviewed to acquire their expertise. According to the results, as a potential operator, the score of a railway operating company and the management cooperation of railway is 2.75 and 3.85, respectively. In the future, in preparation towards becoming a competitive rail-market, this research is expected to assist in choosing the best party to control the rail traffic system.

A study on the on-board centered train control system to enhance efficiency of low-density railway line (철도 저밀도노선 효율성 향상을 위한 차상중심 열차제어시스템 연구)

  • Jo, Hyun-Jeong;Baek, Jong-Hyen;Kim, Gon-Yop;Lee, Kang-Mi;Kim, Yong-Kyu
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.13 no.11
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    • pp.5434-5441
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    • 2012
  • In the low-density branch line section of domestic railway, the necessity for development of new concept on-board centered train control system which can control the trackside equipment directly from the on-board of train is on the rise since it is problematic in the aspect of efficiency because of its operation in deficits, etc. in accordance with the operation of high-priced wayside equipment being applied to main lines. Accordingly, this paper proposed an on-board control system which can minimize wayside equipment and replace the existing system with it simultaneously by grafting the advanced domestic Information & Communication Technology(ICT), and presented contents of performing confirmation of function through results of concept and detailed design and by building model test environments.

The Requirements of Internet of Thing Platform for Railway Environments (철도 환경에 적합한 사물인터넷 플랫폼의 요구사항 분석)

  • Kim, Juyeop;Song, Yong-Soo;Kim, Yong-Kyu;Choi, Sang Won
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.41 no.7
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    • pp.833-842
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    • 2016
  • The governments in many country recently focus their efforts on developing the industry of Internet of Thing (IoT). At the same time, each industrial field considers to apply the IoT concept and develops their own IoT system for upgrading the existing services or launching new services. In the railway field, many organizations such as Korea Rail Network Authority (KR) expect that the IoT concept can bring many good effects and try to adopt IoT to their existing railway services. In this paper, we survey the current technology level of IoT platform, which is a core technology to realize IoT, and figure out the technical requirements and challenges to apply IoT platform to railway environments.

A Study on the Technique for Preventing Passing-by of High-speed Train (KTX 정차역 통과사고 원인분석 및 예방대책)

  • Chun, Chung-Geun;Chung, Sung-Bong;Lee, Min-Gyu
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.101-109
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    • 2012
  • It is commonly recognized that railway is one of the representative transportation and it offers public service based on strategies for being rapid, automation, safety. Since the opening of high speed railway, 3-hundred-million people have used it and acknowledged its efficiency. However, derailed accident at Kwangmyeong station in February, 2011, frequent malfunction of KTX-Sancheon, and accidents by engineer's careless fault damaged on credibility of safety, Especially, spreaded accidents through social networking service by cell phones amplified anxiety of public, being criticized by the press. This study analyzed statistics of past accident and cases of passing-by accident, and surveyed 152 KTX captain engineers about their recognition of the accident by careless fault and experiences of possibility of occurrence for preventing engineer's careless fault and restoring trust According to the analysis, engineers worry about responsibility and disadvantages related to the accidents for the most, and they are nervous about malfunction for the second most. This study presents prevention methods regarding the result. First, it is required to improve mental stability and concentration on their work, secondly, advanced ability to cope with malfunction or error through repetitive education and training are required to increase confidence, and for the last, improvement of operational supporting system such as ATP, GPS to prevent errors by human factors. Improvement of the system is expected to lead engineers to prevent careless fault and regain the reputation of railway.

Estimation of Contact Fatigue Initiation Lifetime of an Urban Railway Wheel (도시철도 차륜의 접촉피로 초기수명 평가)

  • Ahn, Jong-Gon;You, In-Dong;Kwon, Seok-Jin;Kim, Ho-Kyung
    • Tribology and Lubricants
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    • v.28 no.1
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    • pp.19-26
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    • 2012
  • Rolling contact fatigue of an urban railway wheel was analysed during its rolling. A FEM analysis was performed using a 3D modelling of rail and wheel, considering the slope of the rail and nonlinear isotropic and kinematic hardening behavior of the rail and the wheel. The maximum von-Mises stress and contact pressure between the rail and wheel were 656.9 MPa and 1111.4 MPa, respectively, under axial load of 85 kN with friction coefficient of 0. The fatigue initiation life prediction relationships by strain-lifetime (${\varepsilon}$-N) and Smith-Watson-Topper method were drawn for the wheel steel as follows: $N_i=7.35{\times}10^6{\times}SWT^{-3.56}$ and $N_i=5.41{\times}10^{-9}{\times}(\frac{{\Delta}{\varepsilon}}{2})^{-5.77}$. The fatigue lifetimes of the wheel due to rolling contact were determined to be infinite by ${\varepsilon}$-N and SWT methods.

The Study of Efficiency of Train Control System Using Communication

  • Baek, Jong-Hyen;Kim, Yong-Kyu
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2004.08a
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    • pp.107-109
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    • 2004
  • Assuming that life of urban transit signaling is about 20 years with the flow of technology development, Seoul urban transit will be required to prepare for improvement soon. The highly developed countries preceding several levels rather than Korea are faced with commercial service, which uses RF, ATC and ATO in Train Control System. European highly developed countries in the field of railroad have been progressing standardization and technology development of signaling associated with related manufacturers for direct operation between nations. For that, a effective train control system with radio beyond control levels by the existing wayside-onboard communication is in a developed and used stage. The systems, which advanced countries have been progressing, seem to be applied to domestic within 5 years from now. At present, there are no countries using CBTC for service throughout the world. So, this is investigated to focus on the routes ready to be installed with completed CBTC and trying to introduce the technology. Especially, considerations for economic aspect are mainly reviewed about controlling ability of headway, flexibility, extension aspect and construction cost on the basis of paper examined in NYCT.

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