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Active Structural Acoustical Control of a Smart Structure using Uniform Force Actuator and Array of Accelerometers (균일힘 액추에이터와 가속도계 배열을 이용한 지능구조물의 능동구조 음향제어)

  • ;Stephen J Elliott;Paolo Gardonio
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2003.05a
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    • pp.368-373
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    • 2003
  • This paper presents a study of low frequencies volume velocity vibration control of a smart panel in order to reduce sound transmission. A distributed piezoelectric quadratically shaped polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) polymer film is used as a uniform force actuator and an array of 4$\times$4 accelerometer is used as a volume velocity sensor for the implementation of a single-input single-output con rot system. The theoretical and experimental study of sensor-actuator frequency response function sho vs that this sensor-actuator arrangement provides a required strictly positive real frequency response function below about 900Hz. Direct velocity feedback could therefore be implemented with a limited gain which gives reductions of about 15㏈ in vibration level and about 8 ㏈ in acoustic power level at the (1, 1) mode of the smart Panel. It has been also shown that the shaping error of PVDF actuator could limit he stability and performance of the control system.

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Development of Smart Active Layer Sensor (I) : Theory and Concept Study (스마트 능동 레이어 센서 개발 (I): 이론 및 개념 연구)

  • Yoon, Dong-Jin;Lee, Young-Sup;Kwon, Jae-Hwa;Lee, Sang-Il
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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    • v.24 no.5
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    • pp.465-475
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    • 2004
  • This paper is the first part of the study on the development of a smart active layer (SAL) sensor, which consists of two parts. In this first part, the theory and concept of the SAL sensor is investigated, which is designed for the detection of elastic waves caused by internal cracks and damages in structures. For the development SAL sensor, (i) the basic theory of elastic waves was studied, (ii) the feasible study of the SAL as an elastic waves detection sensor using the finite element analysis (FEA) with respect to a piezoceramic disc was performed. (iii) the comparison of performances between some piezoceramic sensors and a commercial acoustic emission (AE) sensor was accomplished to ensure the applicability by the experimental means, such as a pencil lead break test. Also, the conceptional study for the SAL sensor, which can be utilized for the effective detection and locating of defects by the arrangement of regularly distributed sensors, was discussed.

A study on RFID Middleware protocol for management of sensor node and network implementation in Ubiquitous environment (유비쿼터스 환경에서 센서 노드의 관리와 망 구성을 위한 RFID 미들웨어 프로토콜에 관한 연구)

  • Choi, Yong-Sik;Kim, Sung-Sun;Shin, Seung-Ho
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.155-163
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    • 2007
  • In this paper, Though sensors of Ubiquitous Middle-ware System based on RFID/USN can usually be reacted from six mouths to two years, they can be exhausted their power of storage battery only one day by communication rates and ranges. That is, the lifetime of sensor node is depended on how much spending power under wireless communication that can communicate its sensing data to its destination. Therefore, it is necessary that each sensor should be designed the Routing path to its destination, in order to remote collecting data. But, in order to improve lifetime of sensor node and modify inner setting, it is opposite to simple searching path method of sensor node by entering external commands. accordingly, 1:n sensor arrangement of n form command and data send-receive that is possible simulation do without interference other sensors and research to different sensor data analysis and conversion ways to convert Sensing data that accept from sensors to actuality information.

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Design and Performance Evaluation of Self-Localization with Landmarks

  • Masaki, Sano;Yoon, Ji-Sup
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2001.10a
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    • pp.155.1-155
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    • 2001
  • The main contribution of this research is that it gives:(1) a rational criterion to select the best self-localizing method for a particular situation, and (2) an appropriate arrangement of the landmarks to minimize the error. In this paper, the authors propose a set of indices to evaluate the accuracy of the self-localizing methods, and the indices are derived from a sensitivity which is defined as the ratio of the localizing error to sensor error. And then, we compare the accuracy of self-localizing a mobile robot with landmarks based on the indices, and propose a rational way to minimize the localizing error.

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A Routing Protocol for Assuring Scalability and Energy Efficiency of Wireless Sensor Network (WSN의 확장성과 에너지 효율성을 보장하는 라우팅 프로토콜)

  • Jeong, Yoon-Su;Kim, Yong-Tae;Park, Gil-Cheol;Lee, Sang-Ho
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.105-113
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    • 2008
  • While the wireless sensor network has a strong point which does not have effect on whole activities of network even though neighboring sensor nods fail activities of some sensor nod or make some functions disappear by the characteristic of similar information detection, it has problems which is slowing down of wireless medium, transfer character with severe error, limited power supply, the impossibility of change by optional arrangement of sensor nods etc. This paper proposes PRML techniques which performs the fittest course searching process to reduce power consumption of entire nods while guarantees the scalability of network organizing sensor nods hierarchically. The proposed technique can scatter the load of cluster head by considering the connectivity with surplus energy of nod and reduce the frequency of communication among the nods. As a result of the analysis in comparison with LEACH-C and HEED technique, PRML technique get efficiency of average 6.4% in energy consuming respect of cluster head, efficiency of average 8% in entire energy consuming respect, and more efficiency of average 7.5% in other energy consuming distribution of network scalability than LEACH-C and HEED technique.

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Database based Global Positioning System Correction (데이터베이스 기반 GPS 위치 보정 시스템)

  • Moon, Jun-Ho;Choi, Hyuk-Doo;Park, Nam-Hun;Kim, Chong-Hui;Park, Yong-Woon;Kim, Eun-Tai
    • The Journal of Korea Robotics Society
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.205-215
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    • 2012
  • A GPS sensor is widely used in many areas such as navigation, or air traffic control. Particularly, the car navigation system is equipped with GPS sensor for locational information. However, when a car goes through a tunnel, forest, or built-up area, GPS receiver cannot get the enough number of satellite signals. In these situations, a GPS receiver does not reliably work. A GPS error can be formulated by sum of bias error and sensor noise. The bias error is generated by the geometric arrangement of satellites and sensor noise error is generated by the corrupted signal noise of receiver. To enhance GPS sensor accuracy, these two kinds of errors have to be removed. In this research, we make the road database which includes Road Database File (RDF). RDF includes road information such as road connection, road condition, coordinates of roads, lanes, and stop lines. Among the information, we use the stop line coordinates as a feature point to correct the GPS bias error. If the relative distance and angle of a stop line from a car are detected and the detected stop line can be associated with one of the stop lines in the database, we can measure the bias error and correct the car's location. To remove the other GPS error, sensor noise, the Kalman filter algorithm is used. Additionally, using the RDF, we can get the information of the road where the car belongs. It can be used to help the GPS correction algorithm or to give useful information to users.

Demodulation of FBG and Acoustic Sensors Embedded in a Fiber-Optic Sagnac Loop (광섬유 사낙간섭계에 삽입된 광섬유격자센서와 음향센서의 복조)

  • Kim, Hyun-Jin;Lee, June-Ho;Song, Min-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.44-50
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    • 2012
  • When the fiber Bragg gratings are embedded in a fiber-optic Sagnac loop for measuring temperature or strain, it is difficult to separate the Bragg wavelengths. The transmitted light is mixed with the reflected Bragg wavelengths in the photo-detector, working as noises. To suppress the noises, we placed the FBG sensors and a fiber-optic attenuator at asymmetric positions in the loop. With the arrangement the reflected light became much bigger than the transmitted light, enabling the separation of the reflected Bragg wavelengths with almost the same signal-to-noise ratio of the FBG sensors outside the loop.

Magnetic Field Distribution of Power Line Using Amorphous Wire (아몰포스선을 이용한 전력선의 자계분포)

  • Moriyama, T.;Cho, M.W.;Hikita, M.;Hong, J.W.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2001.07a
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    • pp.609-612
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    • 2001
  • To investigate the magnetic field distribution of power line, we used amorphous wire sensor. And we discuss extremely low frequency magnetic field distribution dependent upon arrangement of power line and shielding pipe made from iron or alumimum materials by both measurement and FEM(Finite Element Method) analysis. Appling current of single phase 60 [Hz] 15 [A] is supplied to copper wire coated enamel resign. As the results, we confirmed that linear characteristics of amorphous wire sensor is very excellent and measurement value agrees with FEM calculation. Magnetic field distribution due to shielding materials is changed by permeability and conductivity.

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Crack source location by acoustic emission monitoring method in RC strips during in-situ load test

  • Shokri, Tala;Nanni, Antonio
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.155-171
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    • 2014
  • Various monitoring techniques are now available for structural health monitoring and Acoustic Emission (AE) is one of them. One of the major advantages of the AE technique is its capability to locate active cracks in structural members. AE crack locating approaches are affected by the signal attenuation and dispersion of elastic waves due to inhomogeneity and geometry of reinforced concrete (RC) members. In this paper, a novel technique is described based on signal processing and sensor arrangement to process multisensory AE data generated by the onset and propagation of cracks and is validated with experimental results from an in-situ load test. Considering the sources of uncertainty in the AE crack location process, a methodology is proposed to capture and locate events generated by cracks. In particular, the relationship between AE events and load is analyzed, and the feasibility of using the AE technique to evaluate the cracking behavior of two RC slab strips during loading to failure is studied.

Steering Controller of the Outdoor Autonomous Mobile Robot using MR Sensors

  • Son, Seok-Jun;Kim, Tae-Gon;Kim, Jeong-Heui;Park, Jin-Kyu;Youngcheol Lim;Kim, Eui-Sun
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2001.10a
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    • pp.32.6-32
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    • 2001
  • This paper describes the steering control and geomagnetism cancellation for an autonomous mobile robotusing MR sensors. The magnetic-resistive (MR) sensor obtains the vector summation of the magnetic fields from embedded magnets and the Earth. The robot is controlled by the magnetic fields from embedded magnets. So, geomagnetism is the disturbance in the steering control system. In this paper, we propose a new method of the sensor arrangement in order to remove the geomagnetism and robotbody interference. The proposed method uses two MR sensors located in a level plane and the steering controller has been developed. The controller has three input variables (dBx, dBy, dBz) using the measured magnetic field difference, and an output variable (the steering angle) ...

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