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Maintenance Robot of Bridge

  • Kim, Kyoung-Tae;Cho, Cheol-Joo;Lim, Kye-Young
    • Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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    • 2008.06a
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    • pp.160-163
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    • 2008
  • Currently workmen take charge of the maintenance work of bridges. But the process of sealing cracks in damage bridge is dangerous, costly, and labor-intensive operation Labor turnover and training are increasing problems related to crack sealing crews, and as traffic volumes increase, crack sealing operations become increasingly disruptive to the general public. Automation crack sealing can reduce labor and road user costs, improve work quality and decrease worker exposure to bridge hazards. This research aims to develop an automated damage bridge crack sealing system and developing of algorithms for hybrid controlling.

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A study on the Heat Transfer Performance according to Ground Heat Exchanger Types (지중열교환기의 종류에 따른 열전달 성능에 관한 연구)

  • Hwang, SuckHo;Song, Doosam
    • KIEAE Journal
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.75-80
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    • 2010
  • Generally, ground-source heat pump (GSHP) systems have a higher performance than conventional air-source systems. However, the major fault of GSHP systems is their expensive boring costs. Therefore, it is important issue that to reduce initial cost and ensure stability of system through accurate prediction of the heat extraction and injection rates of the ground heat exchanger. Conventional analysis methods employed by line source theory are used to predict heat transfer rate between ground heat exchanger and soil. Shape of ground heat exchanger was simplified by equivalent diameter model, but these methods do not accurately reflect the heat transfer characteristics according to the heat exchanger geometry. In this study, a numerical model that combines a user subroutine module that calculates circulation water conditions in the ground heat exchanger and FEFLOW program which can simulate heat/moisture transfer in the soil, is developed. Heat transfer performance was evaluated for 3 different types ground heat exchanger(U-tube, Double U-tube, Coaxial).

Hand Gesture based Manipulation of Meeting Data in Teleconference (핸드제스처를 이용한 원격미팅 자료 인터페이스)

  • Song, Je-Hoon;Choi, Ki-Ho;Kim, Jong-Won;Lee, Yong-Gu
    • Korean Journal of Computational Design and Engineering
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.126-136
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    • 2007
  • Teleconferences have been used in business sectors to reduce traveling costs. Traditionally, specialized telephones that enabled multiparty conversations were used. With the introduction of high speed networks, we now have high definition videos that add more realism in the presence of counterparts who could be thousands of miles away. This paper presents a new technology that adds even more realism by telecommunicating with hand gestures. This technology is part of a teleconference system named SMS (Smart Meeting Space). In SMS, a person can use hand gestures to manipulate meeting data that could be in the form of text, audio, video or 3D shapes. Fer detecting hand gestures, a machine learning algorithm called SVM (Support Vector Machine) has been used. For the prototype system, a 3D interaction environment has been implemented with $OpenGL^{TM}$, where a 3D human skull model can be grasped and moved in 6-DOF during a remote conversation between distant persons.

VIRTUAL REALITY SHIP SIMULATOR

  • Yim, Jeong-Bin
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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    • 2000.06a
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    • pp.93-105
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    • 2000
  • This paper describes prototype Virtual Reality Ship Simulator (VRSS) that we have recently developed next-generation training equipment based on the virtual reality (VR) technology. The inherent defects of conventional ship simulators are enormous costs and difficult system upgrade due to the system construction, such as large mock-up bridge system, wide visual presentations, In this paper, to cope with those problems, we explored VR technology that can give realistic environments in a virtual world. Then we constructed prototype VRSS system, which is, consists of PC-based human sensors, and Databases set having 3D object models and coefficients of Head Related Transfer Functions (HRTFs). 3D-WEBMASTER authoring tool was used as Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML). Using the VRSS system, we constructed Port an Passage Simulator for the harbor of INCHON in Korea, and Ship and Sea State Simulator for an arbitrary given sea environmental states by user. Through many simulation tests, we testified the efficiency of developed prototype VRSS by subject assessment with five participants. Then, we present results on the simulation experiments and conclude with discussion of evaluation results.

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Evaluation of Economy Feasibility for Bridge Superstructures Using LCC Optimal Design (LCC 최적설계를 황용한 교량 상부구조의 경제성 평가)

  • Ahn Ye-Jun;Lee Kwang-Kyun;Park Jang-Ho;Shin Young-Seok
    • Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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    • 2006.04a
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    • pp.549-556
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    • 2006
  • Life cycle cost is one of important factors in the evaluation of economy feasibility. Load carrying capacity curves for girders and decks are derived on the basis of bridge diagnostic results and condition grade curves to determine the service life and life cycle profile. The total life cycle costs including initial cost, damage cost, maintenance cost, user cost, and etc for the service life are calculated for steel box girder, PSC-I girder and rationalized plate girder. The optimal designs are performed for various service lifes and different superstructure types. The effects of parameters on the life cycle cost are investigated and the economy feasibility is evaluated through the sensitivity analysis.

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Multifactor Authentication Using a QR Code and a One-Time Password

  • Malik, Jyoti;Girdhar, Dhiraj;Dahiya, Ratna;Sainarayanan, G.
    • Journal of Information Processing Systems
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.483-490
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    • 2014
  • In today's world, communication, the sharing of information, and money transactions are all possible to conduct via the Internet, but it is important that it these things are done by the actual person. It is possible via several means that an intruder can access user information. As such, several precautionary measures have to be taken to avoid such instances. The purpose of this paper is to introduce the idea of a one-time password (OTP), which makes unauthorized access difficult for unauthorized users. A OTP can be implemented using smart cards, time-based tokens, and short message service, but hardware based methodologies require maintenance costs and can be misplaced Therefore, the quick response code technique and personal assurance message has been added along with the OTP authentication.

Kiosk System Design using Bluetooth SPP on Android Platform (안드로이드 플랫폼 기반 블루투스 SPP를 이용한 키오스크 시스템 설계)

  • Nam, Yong-Su;Kim, Tae-Yong
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.15 no.10
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    • pp.2143-2148
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    • 2011
  • In general, existed kiosk using touch-screen based kiosk system has been used by only single user, so that multiple users to access this kiosk need to provide a lot of waiting time and maintenance costs. To solve this problem, the framework design based on Bluetooth profile for kiosk servers is presented. The proposed kiosk system can be more efficiently used in theater, train station, bank, government, and public offices by using Bluetooth module and AP in mobile system such as smart phone.

Computer Aided Design of Sequential Logic Circuits (Case of Synchronous Sequential Logic Circuits) (컴퓨터를 이용한 순차 논리 회로의 설계 (동기식 순차 논리 회로의 경우))

  • 김경식;조동섭;황희영
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.33 no.4
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    • pp.134-139
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    • 1984
  • This paper presents the computer program to design the synchronous sequential logic circuit. The computer program uses the MASK method to get the circuit of optimal cost. The computer program takes as an input, the minimal reduced state transition table where each state has its internal code. As an output,the optimal design of synchronous sequential logic circuit is generated for each flipflop type of JK,T,D, and RS respectively. And these circuits for 4 flipflop types are evaluated and sorted in ascending order of their costs, so that the user can select the proper flipflop type and its circuit. Furthermore,the proposed computer program may be applied to state assignment with its facility of cost evaluation.

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A Load Flow Based Approach to Transaction Cost Allocation in Transmission Network (조류계산에 기초한 탁송요금 계산)

  • Park, Young-Moon;Lim, Jung-Uk;Won, Jong-Ryul;Park, Jong-Bae
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 1997.07c
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    • pp.1149-1152
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    • 1997
  • This paper describes a novel approach for allocating transmission costs among users of transmission services. In the suggested approach, the cost share of each participant is proportional to amount of its line flow. To develop individual user's impact, the line utilization factors of each participant are derived by power flow equations of all nodes (i.e., load-flow equations). To deal With the slack bus problem inherent in the conventional load-flow analysis more practically, a additional power supply/demand balance equation is incorporated. Although the developed allocation rule is basically similar to the existing MW-mile method in the aspect of embedded cost allocation, it does not require to get load flow solutions of each wheeling transaction when multiple transmission transactions are considered.

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Probability- based Life Cycle Cost Analysis of Railroad Structures (확률적 방법에 의한 철도시설물의 LCC 분석)

  • Sho Byung-Choon;Choi Young-Min;Cho Sun-Kyu;Shin Kyung-Chul;Jung Jae-Dong
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2004.10a
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    • pp.971-976
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    • 2004
  • The management of railroad structures is more difficult and complicate because there are many structures such as rail, bridge, tunnel, station, and so on. Therefore, LCC(Life Cycle Cost) analysis of railroad structures as public infrastructure must contain a maintenance cost as well as an initial cost in order to make a more effective management during the life cycle on the design phase. This paper presents a cost classification scheme considering user costs such as value of delayed time of passenger and freight. Also, in this study it is developed a probabilistic life cycle cost(PLCC) analysis model of railroad structures taking into account uncertainties and variations of input variables in order to analyze LCC. It may be stated that the model proposed in this study can greatly contribute to the making optimal decision, the estimate of the maintenance cost and the allocate of budget in the project of railroad structures.

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