• Title/Summary/Keyword: Road body

Search Result 251, Processing Time 0.024 seconds

A Study on the Integrated Dynamic Control System to Improve the Lateral Dynamics and Ride Comfort of SUV Vehicles (SUV 차량의 횡방향 운동 및 승차감 개선을 위한 제동장치를 이용한 통합운동제어장치의 연구)

  • Song, Jeonghoon
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
    • /
    • v.17 no.4
    • /
    • pp.70-75
    • /
    • 2018
  • This paper describes an Integrate Dynamic Control system with Brake System (IDCB) for SUV vehicles. The system was developed to stabilize the lateral dynamics, maintain the steerability and improve the ride comfort on various roads. A fuzzy logic control method is used to design the IDCB. The performance of the IDCB is validated under different road and driving conditions. The results show that the IDCB tracks the reference yaw rate under all tested conditions; in addition, it reduces the body slip angle and roll angle. When a vehicle runs on a split-${\mu}$ road and a brake input is applied, the IDCB virtually eliminates the lateral dynamics. Thus, the IDCB improves the lateral stability, preserves the steerability and enhances the ride comfort of vehicles.

Ride Comfort Evaluation of Electronic Control Suspension Using a Magneto-rheological Damper (MR 댐퍼를 이용한 전자제어 현가장치의 승차감 평가)

  • Sung, Kum-Gil;Choi, Seung-Bok
    • Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
    • /
    • v.23 no.5
    • /
    • pp.463-471
    • /
    • 2013
  • This paper presents design and control of electronic control suspension(ECS) equipped with controllable magnetorheological(MR) damper for passenger vehicle. In order to achieve this goal, a cylindrical type MR fluid damper that satisfies design specification of a middle-sized commercial passenger vehicle is proposed. After manufacturing the MR damper with design parameters, their field-dependent damping forces are experimentally evaluated and compared with those of a conventional damper. A quarter-vehicle MR ECS system consisting of sprung mass, spring, tire, controller and the MR damper is established in order to investigate the ride comfort performances. On the basis of the governing equation of motion of the suspension system, five control strategies(soft, hard, comfort, sport and optimal mode) are formulated. The proposed control strategies are then experimentally realized with the quarter-vehicle MR ECS system. Control performances such as vertical acceleration of the car body and tire deflection are evaluated in frequency domains on random road condition. In addition, performance comparison of WRMS(weighted root mean square) of the quarter-vehicle MR ECS system on random road are undertaken in order to investigate ride comfort characteristics.

Reliability Assessment and Accelerated Life Prediction of Gas Welded Joint in the Rail Road Car Body (1. Plug and Ring Type) (철도차량 차체 가스용접 이음재의 가속수명예측과 신뢰도 평가)

  • Baek, Seung-Yeb
    • Journal of Welding and Joining
    • /
    • v.28 no.1
    • /
    • pp.77-85
    • /
    • 2010
  • Stainless steel sheets are widely used as the structure material for the railroad cars and the commercial vehicles. These kinds structures used stainless steel sheets are commonly fabricated by using the gas welding. Gas welding is very important and useful technology in fabrication of a railroad car and vehicles structure.However fatigue strength of the gas welded joints is considerably lower than parent metal due to stress concentration at the weld, fatigue strength evaluation of gas welded joints are very important to evaluate the reliability and durability of railroad cars and to establish a criterion of long life fatigue design. In this paper, $({\Delta}{\sigma}_a)_R-N_f$ curve were obtained by fatigue tests. Using these results, the accelerated life test(ALT) was conducted. From the experimental results, an acceleration model was derived and acceleration factors are estimated. So it is intended to obtain the useful information for the fatigue lifetime of plug and ring gas welded joints and data analysis by statistic reliability method, to save time and cost, and to develop optimum accelerated life prediction plans.

In situ Delivery of Therapeutic Proteins by Recombinant Lactococcus lactis

  • Steidler, Lothar;Neirynck, Sabine
    • Journal of Microbiology
    • /
    • v.41 no.2
    • /
    • pp.63-72
    • /
    • 2003
  • Chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) such as Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, affects around 2 in every 1000 individuals in western countries and its incidence, particularly amongst children, is increasing. IBD shows extreme morbidity with impact on all aspects of quality of life. If left untreated, IBD can lead to death. Conventional treatment of IBD involves powerful immunosuppressive chemotherapies and surgical intervention. Long-term anti-inflammatory medication is required and so patients are often subject to a spectrum of unpleasant side effects. Interleukin-10 (IL-10) is a cytokine that acts to suppress inflammation. When however administered by injection, the high levels of IL-10 that are distributed throughout the body also lead to side effects. Lactococcus lactis can be genetically engineered to secrete biologically active cytokines. When applied to the mucosa, these L. lactis can actively deliver such cytokines. By use of this principle we developed a new therapeutic approach for IBD. Administration of L. lactis that secretes murine IL-10 cures and prevents IBD in mice. The use of the engineered L. lactis gets around the problem of delivering IL-10, allowing dramatic reduction of the effective dose. A sincere concern exists about the possible dangers of uncontrolled, deliberate release of genetically modified microorganisms, such as could occur following application in healthcare. We engaged in the establishment of adequate means for biological growth control of engineered L. lactis by targeted gene exchange between thyA and hIL-10.

Design and Evaluation of AFS and ARS Controllers with Sliding Mode Control and Fuzzy Logic Control Method (Sliding Mode Control 및 Fuzzy Logic Control 방법을 이용한 AFS 및 ARS 제어기 설계 및 성능 평가)

  • Song, Jeonghoon
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
    • /
    • v.21 no.2
    • /
    • pp.72-80
    • /
    • 2013
  • This study is to develop and evaluate an AFS and an ARS controllers to enhance lateral stability of a vehicle. A sliding mode control (SMC) and a fuzzy logic control (FLC) methods are applied to calculate the desired additional steering angle of AFS equipped vehicle or desired rear steer angle of ARS equipped vehicle. To validate AFS and ARS systems, an eight degree of freedom, nonlinear vehicle model and an ABS controllers are also used. Several road conditions are used to test the performances. The results showed that the yaw rate of the AFS and the ARS vehicle followed the reference yaw rate very well within the adhesion limit. However, the AFS improves the lateral stability near the limit compared with the ARS. Because the SMC and the FLC show similar vehicle responses, performance discrimination is small. On split-${\mu}$ road, the AFS and the ARS vehicle had enhanced the lateral stability.

Optimization of structural elements of transport vehicles in order to reduce weight and fuel consumption

  • Kovacs, Gyorgy
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
    • /
    • v.71 no.3
    • /
    • pp.283-290
    • /
    • 2019
  • In global competition manufacturing companies have to produce modern, new constructions from advanced materials in order to increase competitiveness. The aim of my research was to develop a new composite cellular plate structure, which can be primarily used for structural elements of road, rail, water and air transport vehicles (e.g. vehicle bodies, ship floors). The new structure is novel and innovative, because all materials of the components of the newly developed structure are composites (laminated Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) deck plates with pultruded Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastic (GFRP) stiffeners), furthermore combines the characteristics of sandwich and cellular plate structures. The material of the structure is much more advantageous than traditional steel materials, due mainly to its low density, resulting in weight savings, causing lower fuel consumption and less environmental damage. In the study the optimal construction of a given geometry of a structural element of a road truck trailer body was defined by single- and multi-objective optimization (minimal cost and weight). During the single-objective optimization the Flexible Tolerance Optimization method, while during the multi-objective optimization the Particle Swarm Optimization method were used. Seven design constraints were considered: maximum deflection of the structure, buckling of the composite plates, buckling of the stiffeners, stress in the composite plates, stress in the stiffeners, eigenfrequency of the structure, size constraint for design variables. It was confirmed that the developed structure can be used principally as structural elements of transport vehicles and unit load devices (containers) and can be applied also in building construction.

A study on Road Ski Design of Air-Inflated Tires (공기주입식 로드스키 디자인에 관한 연구)

  • 윤재우
    • Archives of design research
    • /
    • no.18
    • /
    • pp.53-60
    • /
    • 1996
  • A Human desire to improve the quality of living, intends to share, along with increase of the income, more importance(in the form of money and time) on the leisure and sport activity. This study has been motivated to create a design a tool(product) which will effectively and variously improve the joy of leisure and sports activity In the course of the design work; 1 We collected and reviewed all the On-Land Runni'ng leisure and sports products in the country, 2 We investigated life styles of various ages of the end users and the consumers' environmental change, to find a market pOSSibility, and 3. A good deal of consideration has been made to find the Korean folk (traditlonal)pastlme culture and to apply It into a possibility of globalization The investigation and analysis work provided a base to designing of "Air-Inflated Road Ski ", Which is completely a new form of leports product. which will help well balanced strengthening of the body, and which is enjoyable in and out-door in various ways and by everybody old or young and man or womann or woman.

  • PDF

Structural Optimization of Active Vehicle Suspension Systems (능동형 차량 현가장치의 성능 향상을 위한 구조 최적화)

  • 김창동;정의봉
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
    • /
    • v.17 no.6
    • /
    • pp.1381-1388
    • /
    • 1993
  • This paper presents a method for the simultaneous optimal design of structural and control systems. Sensitivities of performance index with respect to structural design variables are analyzed. The structural design variables are optimized to minimize the performance index by use of conjugate gradient method. The method is applied to a half model of an active vehicle suspension system with elastic body moving on a randomly profiled road. The suspension control force of an optimally controlled system in the presence of measurement errors are calculated by use of linear quadratic Gaussian control theory and Kalman filter theory. The performance index contains ride comfort, road holding and working space of suspension. The structural design variables taken are stiffness, daming properties and the position of the suspension system. The random road profile considered as colored noise is shaped from white noise by use of shaping filter. The performance of an optimal simultaneous structure/control system is compared with that of an optimal controlled system.

A Study on the Concept of the Right and the Left in Oriental Medicine (한의학(韓醫學)의 좌우이론(左右理論)에 관(關)한 고찰(考察))

  • Park Seung-Mi;Park Hi-Joon;Lee Hyang-Sook;Son Yang-Sun;Lim Sa-Bi-Na;Lee Hye-Jung
    • Korean Journal of Acupuncture
    • /
    • v.18 no.1
    • /
    • pp.81-94
    • /
    • 2001
  • We could summerize the concept of the right and left mentioned in Nai-Gyung and some literature of oriental medicine as follow At first the right and left is a directional right and left which implys left-liver-right-lung(左肝右肺), left-yang-right-eum(左陽右陰), secondly it is also the road of eumyang which implys man-left-woman-right(男左女右), left-blood-right-ki(左血右氣), left-sinsu-right-myungmon(左腎水右命門), and left-right of pulse. left-liver-right-lung(左肝右肺), left-yang-right-eum(左陽右陰) and man-left-woman-right(男左女右) are expressions of the movement of yang which is a core of chang, at the same time, left-blood-right-ki(左血右氣), left-sinsu-right-myungmon(左腎水右命門), and left-right of pulse are expressions of the eum in response to the movement of yang. (go up and down of water and fire) Finally, both a directional right and left and a road of eumyang mean a road of going up and down of eumyang so, this is very important index in circulation and keeping ballance of eumyang (ki-Hyul:氣血) in the human body therefore, we can treat a disease with acupuncture in the use of this charater, for example when a disease occurs in the left side, we can treat it with acupuncture in the right side, the same applys to right.

  • PDF

A Design and Implementation of Floor Detection Application Using RC Car Simulator (RC카 시뮬레이터를 이용한 바닥 탐지 응용 설계 및 구현)

  • Lee, Yoona;Park, Young-Ho;Ihm, Sun-Young
    • KIPS Transactions on Software and Data Engineering
    • /
    • v.8 no.12
    • /
    • pp.507-516
    • /
    • 2019
  • Costs invested in road maintenance and road development are on the rise. However, due to accidents such as portholes and ground subsidence, the risks to the drivers' safety and the material damage caused by accidents are also increasing. Following this trend, we have developed a system that determines road damage, according to the magnitude of vibration generated without directly intervening the driver when driving. In this paper, we implemented the system using a remote control car (RC car) simulator due to the limitation of the environment in which the actual vehicle is not available in the process of developing the system. In addition, we attached a vibration sensor and GPS sensor to the body of the RC car simulator to measure the vibration value and location information generated by the movement of the vehicle in real-time while driving, and transmitting the corresponding data to the server. In this way, we implemented a system that allows external users to check the damage of roads and the maintenance of the repaired roads based on data more easily than the existing systems. By using this system, we can perform early prediction of road breakage and pattern prediction based on the data. Further, for the RC car simulator, commercialization will be possible by combining it with business in other fields that require flatness.