• International Journal of Railway
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.139-146
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• 2009

Vehicle braking in non-electrified rail systems wastes energy. Advanced flywheel technology presents a way to capture and reuse this braking energy to improve vehicle efficiency and so reduce the operating costs and environmental impact of diesel trains. This paper highlights the suitability of flywheels for rail vehicle applications, and proposes a novel mechanical transmission system to apply regenerative braking using a flywheel energy storage device. A computational model is used to illustrate the operation and potential benefits of the energy storage system.

• 한국철도학회논문집
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.426-438
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• 2015

철도에서 신호 장치는 지상신호 장치에서 차상신호 장치로 전환되고 있다. 기관사들은 현재까지의 지상신호 장치나 과거의 차상신호 장치의 경우 차내 신호에 현재속도보다 낮은 속도가 현시되거나 운행선로의 속도가 낮아질 경우 선로변 표지를 기준으로 제동제어 시점을 결정하였다. 그러나 최근 도입된 차상신호 시스템에서는 선로변 표지를 참고하지 못하고 차상신호 현시 값에 의해, 적정 제동시점을 찾기 어려웠다. 본 논문에서는 최근에 철도에서 사용되어지는 차상신호 시스템에서 기관사들의 제동제어 시점 및 방법을 연구하여 신호 system의 제동제어 감속도를 simulation하여 최적 제동제어 시점을 설정하고 그 점을 중심으로 가우시안 분포(Gaussian Distribution)를 이용하여 제동거리의 오차 범위가 안전거리 내에 있음을 증명하고 평가하였다.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제33권7호
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• pp.535-540
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• 2016

The braking device in railway vehicles decelerates or stops the train by dissipating the thermal energy converted from kinetic energy into the air. Therefore, the brake system is crucial for safety. In this paper, we performed a study on an electromechanical brake actuator using an electrical motor as an alternative to pneumatic air cylinders to reduce the idle running time in braking, which subsequently increases braking distance, and to ensure reliable response characteristics. Especially, to analyze the response characteristics of the electromechanical brake actuator, we measure the delay time, response time and power consumption compared to the air cylinder. It is confirmed that the electromechanical brake actuator can reduce reaction time by 0.1 seconds (Braking Action) and 0.46 seconds (Brake Release) compared to the air cylinder.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.669-675
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• 2018

Under braking forces of a freight train, there are great longitudinal structural responses of a large freight railway cable-stayed bridge. To alleviate such adverse reactions, viscous dampers are required, whose parametric selection is one of important and arduous researches. Based on the longitudinal dynamics vehicle model, responses of a cable-stayed bridge are investigated under various cases. It shows that there is a notable effect of initial braking speeds and locations of a freight train on the structural responses. Under the most unfavorable braking condition, the parameter sensitivity analyses of viscous dampers are systematically performed. Meanwhile, a mixing method called BPNN-NSGA-II, combining the Back Propagation neural network (BPNN) and Non-Dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm With Elitist Strategy (NSGA-II), is employed to optimize parameters of viscous dampers. The result shows that: 1. the relationships between the parameters of viscous dampers and the key longitudinal responses of the bridge are high nonlinear, which are completely different from each other; 2. the longitudinal displacement of the bridge main girder significantly decreases by the optimized viscous dampers.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.114-122
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• 2015

FMEA and FTA have been widely applied to the safety studies for railway systems respectively. But it would be more effective to use these two methods at a same time because these are complementary. This article suggests a FMEA-FTA combined analysis technique to evaluate the risk for railway systems. A FMEA-FTA combined risk evaluation model and process are proposed and a case study is dealt with for PBU(Pneumatic Breaking Unit), a major subsystem of a railway vehicle.

• 한국도시철도학회논문집
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.319-326
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• 2018

열차제어시스템에서 열차간 추돌을 방지하기 위한 안전간격은 열차의 비상제동에 따른 제동거리를 기반으로 한다. 제동거리 성능평가는 동역학적 해석과 시운전시험을 통한 확인이 있으나 두 방법 모두 차륜과 레일의 점착계수의 약화 등과 같은 조건을 모두 고려할 수 없기 때문에 열차제어시스템의 설계에 활용하기에는 충분하지 않다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 다양한 환경을 고려할 수 있는 몬테카를로 방법을 이용하여 제동성능을 분석하고자 하였다. 제동모델은 비상제동에서 사용하는 공기제동을 기초로 하였으며, 제동압력, 제동효율, 제동 마찰계수, 점착계수, 차량의 질량분포 등을 고려할 수 있도록 모델링하였다. 영향 인자 분포의 변화에 따른 제동성능의 변화를 검토하고 이를 바탕으로 제동장치의 품질 제어를 통해 제동성능은 개선될 수 있음을 확인하였다. 또한, 열차를 구성하는 차량 편성에 따라 제동성능의 변화를 확인하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 향후 열차제어시스템의 안전간격 설계의 기초자료로 활용될 뿐 아니라 철도차량의 제동성능 향상의 근거자료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 예상된다.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2000년도 하계학술대회 논문집 B
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• pp.1140-1142
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• 2000

This paper describes a down-scaled model for a high-speed railway train. The propulsion system of simulator consists of four line-side converters four induction motors driven by two inverters, an eddy current braking system, two dynamic braking systems. The control algorithm of traction and braking including anti-skid control can be developed using the simulator. Simulator design procedure. control algorithm and some experimental waveforms are presented in this paper.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2006년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.1276-1281
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• 2006

In general, the wheel-skid prevention of braking system is very important in modern railway applications. This is because wheel-skid can lead to an increase in noise and vibration from wheels with flat points, as well as an increased braking distance. However conventional anti-skid control has problems because wheel adhension and skid characteristics are very difficult nonlinear systems and time consuming to accurately model. In this paper, we design a fuzzy controller using a model of relation between ahdension and braking force, we show that anti-skid fuzzy controller has a very good performance, performing better than the previous conventional controller.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제60권9호
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• pp.1715-1720
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• 2011

Studies suggested an increase in the competitiveness and roles of mainline railways like speed and accessibility improvement, as a fundamental direction of the National Transport Network Plan. At this point, topics presented especially for strengthening the role of human and environment centered transportation: as to the greatly improved speed competitiveness, there are an operational speed above 180km/h ~ 200km/h and traveling within 2 ~ 3 hours among big cities. As to accessibility improvement, there are accessibility to main railway stations within 30 minutes, and the improvement of accessibility, safety, eco-friendliness, amenity etc. As a part of these suggestions, field specific plans were proposed for the establishment of expressed mainline railway network in Korea such as train's, civil structures, trolley lines etc. In this paper we analyzed the conventional lines and systems to figure out whether to change details in terms of H/W of signaling system. Additionally, we reviewed the compatibility or difference of signalling system depending on train's speed. With this result, we deduced the number of virtual blocks specific to the speed of 180km/h, 200km/h and 230km/h, which were showed for the speed improvement considering each variable like blocks, braking distance etc. In this way, we suggested the railway signal system establishment plan considering safety operation.

• 한국철도학회논문집
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.120-124
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• 2004

Computer aided simulation is an essential part in planning, design, and operation of railway systems. To determine the adequate performance and specification of railway system, it is necessary to calculate train performances such as distance, speed, power during train's running. This paper presents result of train performance simulation using the program that developed for Korea high speed train. To verify result of simulation, we have compared that with experiment data.