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Damage Detection Method of Wind Turbine Blade Using Acoustic Emission Signal Mapping (음향방출신호 맵핑을 이용한 풍력 블레이드 손상 검출 기법)

  • Han, Byeong-Hee;Yoon, Dong-Jin
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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    • v.31 no.1
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    • pp.68-76
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    • 2011
  • Acoustic emission(AE) has emerged as a powerful nondestructive tool to detect any further growth or expansion of preexisting defects or to characterize failure mechanisms. Recently, this kind of technique, that is an in-situ monitoring of inside damages of materials or structures, becomes increasingly popular for monitoring the integrity of large structures like a huge wind turbine blade. Therefore, it is required to find a symptom of damage propagation before catastrophic failure through a continuous monitoring. In this study, a new damage location method has been proposed by using signal mapping algorithm, and an experimental verification is conducted by using small wind turbine blade specimen; a part of 750 kW real blade. The results show that this new signal mapping method has high advantages such as a flexibility for sensor location, improved accuracy, high detectability. The newly proposed method was compared with traditional AE source location method based on arrival time difference.

A Study on the Comparative Analysis of Fire-Fighting Ambulances about the Aspects of Safety and Efficiency using the Question Investigation (설문조사를 이용한 국내 소방 구급자동차의 안전성과 효율성 측면에서의 비교 분석에 관한 연구)

  • Shin, Dong-Min;Kim, Seung-Yong;Han, Yong-Taek
    • Fire Science and Engineering
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    • v.29 no.2
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    • pp.44-53
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    • 2015
  • This study is a survey research to improve the fire-fighting ambulance interior design safer and more efficient to identify the type of structure and functional problems 119 ambulance. When the paramedics and four degrees to over 755 people modify the target report and related literature on the future development of an ambulance for patient safety at the 2007 British National Patients Safety Agency (NPSA) and was used as a complementary tool. General characteristics questionnaire was composed of items for your design improvements for ambulance promote safety and efficiency. The data were collected by distributing a questionnaire e-mail or in person. The collected data were processed using the SPSS 20.0 statistical program, the general characteristics as frequency analysis, percentage, ambulance interior design improvement-related items were analyzed using the chi-square verified. As a result, this research elicited that vans converted fire ambulance cars have a problem with the narrow interior space and truck converted fire ambulance cars should be comfortable to drive in ride quality. In addition, we also found that the improvement of paramedics treatment position and the paramedic's personnel safety belt are required. Based on these results, we propose that a number of improvements are needed in the fire-fighting ambulance car.

Development of a Remote Wheelchair Accessibility Assessment System Using Virtualized Reality Technology (가상현실기술을 이용한 원격휠체어접근성평가시스템의 개발)

  • Kim, Jong-Bae
    • 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2006.02a
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    • pp.33-39
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    • 2006
  • Home modification has come to be recognized as an important intervention strategy to manage health care conditions, maintain or improve functioning, ensure safety, and reduce the wheelchair user's dependency on others. However, the availability of skilled professionals with experience in home modifications for accessibility is limited. A system that enables accurate remote assessments would be an important tool to improve our ability to perform home assessments more easily and at decreased cost. A Remote Wheelchair Accessibility Assessment System (RWAAS) using Virtualized Reality(VR) technology was developed that enabled clinicians to assess the wheelchair accessibility of users' built environments from a remote location. Characteristics of the camera and 3D reconstruction program chosen for the system significantly affect its overall reliability. In this study, we performed two reliability analyses on the hardware and software components: 1) Verification that commercial software can construct sufficiently accurate 3D models by analyzing the accuracy of dimensional measurements in a virtualized environment; 2) comparison of dimensional measurements with four camera settings. Based on these two analyses, we were able to specify a consumer level digital camera and the Photomodeler Pro software for this system. And we then tested the feasibility of the selected software and hardware in an actual environment. Lastly, A field evaluation was performed to test whether this new system is comparable to the traditional method of accessibility assessment to evaluate its ability to assess the accessibility of a wheelchair user's typical built environment. The results of field trials showed high congruence between the assessments by two methods. Findings suggested that the RWAAS assessments have the potential to enable specialists to assess potential accessibility problems in built environments regardless of the location of the client, home, or specialist.

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A Process Algebra for Modeling Secure Movements of Distributed Mobile Processes (분산 이동 프로세스 이동의 안전성 모델링을 위한 프로세스 대수)

  • Choe, Yeongbok;Lee, Moonkun
    • Journal of KIISE
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    • v.43 no.3
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    • pp.314-326
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    • 2016
  • Some process algebras were applied to enterprise business modelling for formal specification and verification. ${\pi}$-calculus and mobile ambient can be considered for the distributed and mobile, especially to represent the movements of distributed real-time business processes. However there are some limitations to model the movements: 1) ${\pi}$-calculus passes the name of port for indirect movements, and 2) mobile ambient uses ambient to synchronize asynchronous movements forcefully. As a solution to the limitations, this paper presents a new process algebra, called ${\delta}$-calculus, to specify direct and synchronous movements of business processes over geo-temporal space. Any violation of safety or security of the systems caused by the movements can be indicated by the properties of the movements: synchrony, priority and deadline. A tool, called SAVE, was developed on ADOxx metamodelling platform to demonstrate the concept.

A Study on Optimal Design for Linear Electromagnetic Generator of Electricity Sensor System using Vibration Energy Harvesting (진동에너지 하베스팅을 이용한 전력감지시스템용 리니어 전자기 발전기에 관한 최적설계)

  • Cho, Seong Jin;Kim, Jin Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.7-15
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    • 2017
  • Recently, an electricity sensor system has been installed and operated to prevent failures and accidents by identifying whether a transformer is normal in advance of failure. This electricity sensor system is able to both measure and monitor the transformer's power and voltage remotely and send information to a manager when unusual operation is discovered. However, a battery is required to operate power detection devices, and battery systems need ongoing management such as regular replacement. In addition, at a maintenance cost, occasional human resources and worker safety problems arise. Accordingly, we apply a linear electromagnetic generator using vibration energy from a transformer for an electric sensor system's drive in this research and we conduct optimal design to maximize the linear electromagnetic generator's power. We consider design variables using the provided design method from Process Integration, Automation, and Optimization (PIAnO), which is common tool from process integration and design optimization (PIDO). In addition, we analyze the experiment point from the design of the experiments using "MAXWELL," which is a common electromagnet analysis program. We then create an approximate model and conduct accuracy verification. Finally, we determine the optimal model that generates the maximum power using the proven approximate kriging model and evolutionary optimization algorithm, which we then confirm via simulation.

Study on UAV Flight Patterns and Simulation Modelling for UTM (저고도 무인기 교통관리 체계에서 무인기 비행패턴 분류 및 시뮬레이션 모형 개발)

  • Jung, Kyu-sur;Kim, Se-Yeon;Lee, Keum-Jin
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.13-19
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    • 2018
  • In this paper, we classified a flight pattern of unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV) which will be operating in UTM system and analyzed its flight pattern by purpose of use. Flight patterns of UAV are sorted into three patterns which are circling, monitoring and delivery. We considered four cases of industry areas using UAV which are agriculture, infrastructure monitoring, public safety & security(p.s.s) and delivery. It is necessary to build a simulation model as a verification tool for applying the flight pattern according to the use of UAV to the real UTM system. Therefore, we propose the simulation model of UAV with updating states over time. We applied simulation to UAV monitoring flight pattern, and confirmed that the flight was done by the given input data. The simulation model will be used in the future to verify that the UAV has various flight patterns and can operate safely and efficiently for the intended use.

A Research of Design and Implementation of Visual Program to Displaying External Factors of Marine Buoy using Quest3D (Quest3D 기반 해상부표 동적안정성의 시각적 표현 프로그램 설계 및 구현에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Seo-Jeong;Lee, Jae-Wook;Gug, Seung-Gi
    • Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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    • v.36 no.8
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    • pp.599-605
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    • 2012
  • As vessels are faster and bigger, higher safety navigation techniques have been required. In marine traffic area, buoy is to be one of the most important equipment, so that it should be built stable and robust. Verification in design level is good to accomplish it. This paper tries to implement visual program to confirm the external stability, which shows the movement on water by external factors such as wind, tide and current. Considering further requirements for additional influences or functions, design architecture for program introduces the concept of software component. Using Quest3D as the graphic tool, visual programming with software component concept can be implemented.

Bridge Scour Prioritization and Management System (II) - System Verification - (교량세굴 위험도 결정 및 유지관리 시스템 개발(II) - 시스템 검증 -)

  • Kwak, Kiseok;Park, Jae Hyun;Yoon, Hyun Suk;Woo, Hyo Seop
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.26 no.2B
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    • pp.197-208
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    • 2006
  • Case studies for real bridge sites are performed to verify the applicability of the Bridge Scour Management System in the field. The case studies for 20 bridges in Gangneung District of National Road Management consist of site investigations including the boring tests, bridge scour analyses for the design floods, bearing capacity evaluation of the bridge foundation before and after scour, and comprehensive evaluation of the bridge scour maintenance. The bridge scour management system is verified as an useful tool which can evaluate bridge scour vulnerability quantitatively, and is also proposed as a reasonable system which can help establish effective measures and secure the safety of bridges during floods.

Model Verification of a Safe Security Authentication Protocol Applicable to RFID System (RFID 시스템에 적용시 안전한 보안인증 프로토콜의 모델검증)

  • Bae, WooSik;Jung, SukYong;Han, KunHee
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.221-227
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    • 2013
  • RFID is an automatic identification technology that can control a range of information via IC chips and radio communication. Also known as electronic tags, smart tags or electronic labels, RFID technology enables embedding the overall process from production to sales in an ultra-small IC chip and tracking down such information using radio frequencies. Currently, RFID-based application and development is in progress in such fields as health care, national defense, logistics and security. RFID structure consists of a reader that reads tag information, a tag that provides information and the database that manages data. Yet, the wireless section between the reader and the tag is vulnerable to security issues. To sort out the vulnerability, studies on security protocols have been conducted actively. However, due to difficulties in implementation, most suggestions are concerned with theorem proving, which is prone to vulnerability found by other investigators later on, ending up in many troubles with applicability in practice. To experimentally test the security of the protocol proposed here, the formal verification tool, CasperFDR was used. To sum up, the proposed protocol was found to be secure against diverse attacks. That is, the proposed protocol meets the safety standard against new types of attacks and ensures security when applied to real tags in the future.

Verification of Viscosity Measurement for Identifying Irradiated Brown Rice (현미의 방사선 처리여부 판별을 위한 점도측정법의 검증)

  • Lee, Jeong-Eun;Jo, Deok-Jo;Choi, Mal-Gum;Kim, Hyun-Ku;Kim, Jeong-Sook;Kwon, Joong-Ho
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • v.42 no.2
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    • pp.240-245
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    • 2010
  • Brown rice of Korea and China was irradiated at doses ranging from 0 to 15 kGy to verify the identification properties of viscosity measurement by determining the relationship between starch content and specific parameters. The starch contents of brown rice were 71.52 and 64.58% for rice of Korea and China, respectively. Additionally, a higher starch content was associated with a higher viscosity. The viscosity and the corresponding specific parameters decreased significantly as the irradiation dose increased, and these changes were influenced by the spindle speed (50, 150, 300 rpm), with a higher effect being observed at lower speeds. The determination coefficients ($R^2$) describing the relationship between irradiation dose and viscosity values ranged from 0.9423 to 0.9567 in Korean samples and from 0.9119 to 0.9387 in Chinese samples. The viscosity and the corresponding specific parameters enabled identification of the non-irradiated and irradiated brown rice from 30 unknown samples with an accuracy of 90%. Based on these findings, the viscosity and specific parameters can be applied as an additional tool for screening of irradiated brown rice.