• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.587-614
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• 2014

In recent years the interest in online monitoring of lightweight structures with ultrasonic guided waves is steadily growing. Especially the aircraft industry is a driving force in the development of structural health monitoring (SHM) systems. In order to optimally design SHM systems powerful and efficient numerical simulation tools to predict the behaviour of ultrasonic elastic waves in thin-walled structures are required. It has been shown that in real industrial applications, such as airplane wings or fuselages, conventional linear and quadratic pure displacement finite elements commonly used to model ultrasonic elastic waves quickly reach their limits. The required mesh density, to obtain good quality solutions, results in enormous computational costs when solving the wave propagation problem in the time domain. To resolve this problem different possibilities are available. Analytical methods and higher order finite element method approaches (HO-FEM), like p-FEM, spectral elements, spectral analysis and isogeometric analysis, are among them. Although analytical approaches offer fast and accurate results, they are limited to rather simple geometries. On the other hand, the application of higher order finite element schemes is a computationally demanding task. The drawbacks of both methods can be circumvented if regions of complex geometry are modelled using a HO-FEM approach while the response of the remaining structure is computed utilizing an analytical approach. The objective of the paper is to present an efficient method to couple different HO-FEM schemes with an analytical description of an undisturbed region. Using this hybrid formulation the numerical effort can be drastically reduced. The functionality of the proposed scheme is demonstrated by studying the propagation of ultrasonic guided waves in plates, excited by a piezoelectric patch actuator. The actuator is modelled utilizing higher order coupled field finite elements, whereas the homogenous, isotropic plate is described analytically. The results of this "semi-analytical" approach highlight the opportunities to reduce the numerical effort if closed-form solutions are partially available.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기기기및에너지변환시스템부문B
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• 제48권5호
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• pp.241-248
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• 1999

Recently, many linear motion generators and motors are rapidly finding applications that ranges from short stroke linear motion vibrators, such as dynamic cone type loudspeakers to stirling engine driven linear reciprocating alternators, compressors, textile machines etc. The stroke-length may go up to 2m, and the maximum speed is in the range of 5 to 10m/s with oscillating frequency as high as 15 kHz. Therefore, the linear oscillating actuators(LOAs) may be considered as variable speed drivers of precise controller with stoke-length and reversal periods during the reciprocating motion. In this paper, the design, fabrication, experiments, and extraction of control parameters of a moving coil type LOA for driving of linear reciprocating motion control systems, are treated. The actuator consists of the NdFeB permanent magnets with high specific energy as the stator produced magnetic field, a coil-wrapped nonmagnetic hollow rectangular bobbin structure, and an iron core as a pathway for magnetic flux. Actually, the design is accomplished by using FEM analysis for the basic configuration of a magnetic circuit, and characteristic equations for coil design. In order to apply as the drivers of a linear motion reciprocating control system, the control parameters and circuit parameters, such as input voltage-stoke, exciting frequency-stoke, coil inductance and so on, are extracted from the analysis and experiments on concerning a fabricating LOA.

• 전자공학회논문지 IE
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.46-52
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• 2009

자동화 시스템은 RS232C에 의해 제어부와 GUI 시스템사이의 통신을 이용한다. 제업부는 실린더, 모터, 센서등과 같은 장치의 처리를 담당하며, GUI 시스템은 구동부로부터 직접 통신 방식이나 RS232C에 의해 신호를 받으며, 자동화 설비의 모든 상황의 분석 데이터를 사용자에게 제시한다. 이때 RS232C를 이용한 통신방식은 매우 중요하다. 이는 비용절감을 할 수 있으며 매우 단순한 구조를 가지므로 안정된 통신상태의 유지를 위한 유지보수가 쉽다. 반면 이러한 방법은 고속의 통신에서는 데이터나 신호의 손실을 가져올 수 있다. 따라서 데이터이 손실 없는 통신 프로세스의 제공은 매우 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 이를 위한 통신 알고리즘을 제시하였으며, 제어부와 자동화 시스템 사이의 RS232C를 이용한 송수신 상황에서 데이터의 손실을 막는 통신 처리를 구현하였다.

• 한국공간구조학회논문집
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.59-66
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• 2009

구조물이 건전한 상태에서 진동계측을 통한 고유진동수와 감쇠율과 같은 동적특성의 분석에 대하여 국내 외적으로 많은 연구가 진행되어 왔다. 그러나 실물 구조물에 대하여 파괴 직전까지의 큰 손상 후에 진동계측을 통한 동적특성에 대한 연구는 상대적으로 매우 미약한 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구는 3층 철근콘크리트조 건물에 엑츄에이터로 하중을 주어 건물에 손상을 준 후에 손상 전 후의 진동계측을 통하여 동적특성을 파악하였다. 손상 전 후에 대한 고유진동수 및 감쇠율을 산정하였으며, 이 결과를 국외의 기존 연구와 비교하였다. 상시진동계측 및 인력가진을 통한 계측방법을 실시하였으며, 계측 전에 고유치 해석을 선행하여 계측치와 비교분석을 하였다. 120mm의 수평변위를 준 결과 구조물의 파괴 직전 손상 전 후에 장변과 단변의 고유진동수는 각각 34.3%, 33.7% 감소하였고, 감쇠율은 각각 36.5%, 19.5% 감소하였다. 기존 국외의 연구결과와의 비교를 한 결과 고층형 건물보다 강성의 변화가 크게 감소됨을 확인할 수 있었으며, 저층형 구조물에 대한 안정성 검토가 시급함을 확인할 수 있다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.417-421
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• 2006

In this study, in order to develop low temperature sintering piezoelectric ceramics for LTCC (Low-Temperature Cofired Ceramic) multilayer piezoelectric actuator, PMW-PMN-PZT ceramics using $0.2wt%\; Li_2CO_3$ and $0.25wt%\;CaCO_3$ as sintering aids were investigated according to the varation of PMW substution. Composition ceramics could be sintered at $900^{\circ}C$ by adding sintering aids. As the amount of PMW substitution increased, the crystal structure of PMW-PMN-PZT ceramics moved from tetragonal phase to rhombohedral phase gradually, and MPB(Morphotrophic Phase Boundary) region appeared at 2 mol% PMW substitution. At the sintering temperature of $900^{\circ}C$, the density, electromechanical coupling factor(kp), mechanical quality factor(Qm), dielectric constant(${\epsilon}r$), piezoelectric constant(d33) and Curie temperature(Tc) of 2 mol% PMW substituted PMW-PMN-PZT ceramics showed the optimal values of $7.88g/cm^3$, 0.58, 1002, 1264, 352 pC/N and $336^{\circ}C$, respectively, for LTCC multilayer piezoelectric actuator application.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제28권8호
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• pp.646-652
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• 2017

큰 부피의 플라즈마를 발생시키기 위하여 플라즈마 층을 포함하는 유전체 장벽 방전 구조(dielectric barrier discharge)를 제안하고, 발생기 동작 유무에 따른 모노스태틱 레이다 단면적(mono-static radar cross section)을 측정함으로써 대기압 플라즈마가 전자기파에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 다수의 전극을 평면으로 평행 배열함으로써 플라즈마 층의 부피를 증가시켰으며, 전극 배열과 수직인 방향의 전기장을 포함하는 전자기파를 입사시킴으로써 발생기와의 원치 않는 커플링을 최소화 시켰다. 실험 결과, 모노스태틱 레이다 단면적을 2 GHz부터 25 GHz까지 측정하였을 때, K band에서 최대 8 dB까지 감소하는 것을 확인하였다. 또한, 고전압 발생기의 인가 전압을 최대 20 kV까지 변화시킴으로써 원하는 주파수에서 플라즈마로 인한 감소치를 유연하게 조절 가능함을 보였다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.307-318
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• 2019

The frequently excessive vibrations presented in civil structures during seismic events or service conditions may result in users' discomfort, or worst, in structures failure, producing economic and even human casualties. This work contributes in proposing the synthesis of a nonlinear optimal control strategy for semiactive structural control, with the main characteristic that the synthesis considers both the structure model and the semiactive actuator nonlinear dynamics, which produces a nonlinear system that requires a nonlinear controller design. The aim is to reduce the unwanted vibrations in the response of civil structures, by means of intelligent fluid semiactive actuator such as the Magnetorheological Damper (MRD), which is a device with a low level of power consumption. The civil structures for which the proposed control methodology can be applied are those admitting a state-dependent coefficient factorized representation model, such as buildings, bridges, among others. A scaled model of a three storey building is analyzed as a case study, whose dynamical response involves displacement, velocity and acceleration of each one of the storeys, subjected to the North-South component of the September 19th., 2017, Puebla-Morelos (7.1M), Mexico earthquake. The investigation rests on comparing the structural response over time for two different conditions: with no control device installed and with one MRD installed between the first floor and the ground, where a nonlinear optimal signal for the MRD input voltage is determined. Simulation results are presented to show the effectiveness of the proposed controller for reducing the building's dynamical response.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 1996년도 춘계학술대회논문집; 부산수산대학교, 10 May 1996
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• pp.263-270
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• 1996

본 연구에서는 여러개의 원판형 압전소자가 부착된 판구조물의 소음제어를 다루었다. 판재의 아래에는 소음원이 위치하고 이 소음원은 판재를 가진한다. 구조물 및 압전소자는 3차원 요소, 구조물 요소 및 천이요소의 조화로 이루어지는 유한요소로 모델링 되었다. 최적화 과정의 목적함수는 구조물로부터 복사되는 소음 에너지이고 설계변수는 원판형 압전소자의 위치, 크기 및 인가되는 전압이 사용되었다. 최적설계과정에서 요구되는 자동격자형성이 언급되었다. 구조물의 공진 및 비공진 주파수에서 최적설계가 행해졌으며 괄목할 만한 소음감소를 얻었다. 이 결고는 음향 하중의 형태가 다르게 변하더라도 크게 변하지 않는 것이 밝혀졌다. 또한 한 주파수 뿐 아니라 넓은 주파수 영역에서도 압전가진기의 전압을 조정함으로써 좋은감소를 얻을 수 있다.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기기기및에너지변환시스템부문B
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• 제51권11호
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• pp.601-611
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• 2002

As resent trends in structural construction have been to build taller and larger structures than any time in the past, they have had high flexibility and low damping that can cause large vibration response under severe environmental loading such as earthquakes, winds, and mechanical excitations. The damper with mass and sqring is one aproach to safeguarding the structure against excessive vibrations. In this paper, a large capacity hybrid-type linear motor damper(LMD) was designed and fabricated for the application to the vibration control of a large building structure model. It has been designed to be able to move the damper mass, 1,500 kg up to ${\pm}250mm$ strokes at the first mode natural frequency of the building structure model, ${\pm}0.51Hz$. Linear motor is consisted of the fixed coil and the movable NdFeB permanent magnets field part. The PM field part composed magnet modules and iron yoke, is the damper mass itself, 1500kg. LMD therefore has a simplified structure and requires a few elements in the driving system, being compared with a rotary motor damper and a hydraulic damper. However, the manufacture of large PM linear actuator is difficult because of the limit of PM size and the attraction and repulsion at the assembly of PM. Therefore, large damper system is manufactured and tested for dynamic characteristics and frequency response.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.275-302
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• 2011

This is a review paper on mathematical modeling of actively controlled piezo smart structures. Paper has four sections to discuss the techniques to: (i) write the equations of motion (ii) implement sensor-actuator design (iii) model real life environmental effects and, (iv) control structural vibrations. In section (i), methods of writing equations of motion using equilibrium relations, Hamilton's principle, finite element technique and modal testing are discussed. In section (ii), self-sensing actuators, extension-bending actuators, shear actuators and modal sensors/actuators are discussed. In section (iii), modeling of thermal, hygro and other non-linear effects is discussed. Finally in section (iv), various vibration control techniques and useful software are mentioned. This review has two objectives: (i) practicing engineers can pick the most suitable philosophy for their end application and, (ii) researchers can come to know how the field has evolved, how it can be extended to real life structures and what the potential gaps in the literature are.