• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2012.04a
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• pp.447-452
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• 2012

Among the various elements affecting a customer's evaluation of automobile quality, buzz, squeak and rattle (BSR) are considered to be major factors. In most vehicle manufacturers, the BSR problems are solved by find-fix method with the vehicle road test, mainly due to various excitation sources, complex generation mechanism and subjective response. The aim of this paper is to develop the integrated experimental method to systematically tackle the BSR problems in early stage of the vehicle development cycle by resolving these difficulties. To achieve this aim, the developed experimental method ought to include the following requirements: to find and fix the BSR problem for modules instead of a full vehicle in order to tackle the problem in the early stage of the vehicle development cycle; to develop the exciter system including the zig and road-input-signal reproducing algorithm; to automatically localize the source region of BSR; to develop sound quality index that can be used to assess the subjective responses to BSR. Also, the BSR sound quality indexes based on the Zwicker's sound quality parameters using a multiple regression analysis. The four sound metrics from Zwicker's sound quality parameter are computed for the signals recorded for eight BSR noise source regions localized by using the acoustic-field visualized results. Then, the jury test of BSR noise are performed for participants. On a basis of the computed sound metrics and jury test result, sound quality index is developed to represent the harsh of BSR noise. It is expected that the developed BSR detection system and sound quality indexes can be used to reduce the automotive interior BSR noise in terms of subjective levels as well as objective levels.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 1997.11a
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• pp.33-34
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• 1997

장비나 부품이 비행 또는 수송 등 실제상황에서 겪게되는 진동환경에 얼마만큼 견디는지 여부를 확인하고, 예상되는 동적 하중에 의한 성능저하나 오 동작이 일어나지 알는지 확인하기 위해 환경진동시험(environmental vibration test)이 수행된다. 이러한 환경진동시험의 경우에는 대형(대용량)의 진동시험기(shaker 또는 exciter)가 이용되며 진동시험기로부터 에너지를 시험물에 기계적으로 전달시켜줄 수 있는 진동 시험치구(이하, "치구(fixture)")가 필요하게 된다. 따라서 치구의 설계문제가 대두되며, 환경진동시험의 성공여부를 좌우하는데 대단히 중요한 역할을 하게 된다. 치구의 설계시 가장 중요한 점은 시험규격에 정해진 기준스펙트럼(specified reference spectrum)이 치구 위에 설치될 여러 시험물부착점들에 그대로 전달될 수 있는 강체치구(rigid fixture)를 설계하는 것이 가장 이상적이지만 치구의 공진 및 반공진 특성으로 인해 시험물부착점들 마다 스펙트럼이 달라지게 된다. 따라서 시험물은 과대시험(overtest) 또는/그리고 과소시험(undertest)를 겪게된다.최근의 진동시험제어 기법으로서는 다채널시스템을 이용한 여러 시험부착점들에서의 진동레벨의 평균을 제어하는 평균제어기법(average control technique)이 이용되므로서 시험주파수 범위에서 공진진동수(resonance frequency)들은 기준스펙트럼과 동일하게 제어가 가능하나 반공진 진동수(antiresonance frequency)들에서는 반공진 진동수들이 갖는 물리적 특성으로 인해 기준스펙트럼과 동일하게 제어가 이루어지지 않으므로시험규격에 정해진 정확한 진동시험이 수행되지 못하게된다.본 연구에서는 치구의 설계단계에서 치구 위의 여러 시험물 부착점들- 평균제어점(average control points)- 에서의 반공진 진동수들을 고려하여 그 감도를 게산하고, 치구의 구조변경을 수행하여 시험물 부착점들에서의 반공진 진동수를 일치시키므로서 종래의 진동시험제어시 나타나는 반공진진동수에서의 문제점을 제거할 수 있고, 그 결과 시험물 부착점들에서의 스펙트럼이 시험규격에 정해진 스펙트럼대로 진동시험이 수행될 수 있게 하는데 있다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• v.71 no.4
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• pp.391-405
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• 2019

Compared to the ambient vibration test mainly identifying the structural modal parameters, such as frequency, damping and mode shapes, the impact testing, which benefits from measuring both impacting forces and structural responses, has the merit to identify not only the structural modal parameters but also more detailed structural parameters, in particular flexibility. However, in traditional impact tests, an impacting hammer or artificial excitation device is employed, which restricts the efficiency of tests on various bridge structures. To resolve this problem, we propose a new method whereby a moving vehicle is taken as a continuous exciter and develop a corresponding flexibility identification theory, in which the continuous wheel forces induced by the moving vehicle is considered as structural input and the acceleration response of the bridge as the output, thus a structural flexibility matrix can be identified and then structural deflections of the bridge under arbitrary static loads can be predicted. The proposed method is more convenient, time-saving and cost-effective compared with traditional impact tests. However, because the proposed test produces a spatially continuous force while classical impact forces are spatially discrete, a new flexibility identification theory is required, and a novel structural identification method involving with equivalent load distribution, the enhanced Frequency Response Function (eFRFs) construction and modal scaling factor identification is proposed to make use of the continuous excitation force to identify the basic modal parameters as well as the structural flexibility. Laboratory and numerical examples are given, which validate the effectiveness of the proposed method. Furthermore, parametric analysis including road roughness, vehicle speed, vehicle weight, vehicle's stiffness and damping are conducted and the results obtained demonstrate that the developed method has strong robustness except that the relative error increases with the increase of measurement noise.

• Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction
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• v.18 no.6
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• pp.793-804
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• 2006

Various PSC and steel-concrete composite railway bridges are being developed for short-medium spans with structural and economic efficiency. According to the design concept, the prestressed composite girder bridge has the advantages of being lightweight and having low girder depth, with the capacity for long spans. However, the dynamic behavior under a passing train is one of the critical issues concerning these railway bridges designed with more flexibility. Therefore, it is very important to evaluate the modal parameters before performing dynamic analyses. In this paper, real-scale prestressed composite girders were fabricated as a test model and modal testing was carried out to evaluate modal parameters including natural frequency and modal damping ratio. During the modal testing, a digitally controlled vibration exciter as well as an impact hammer was applied to obtain frequency-response functions, and the modal parameters were also evaluated after the fracture of test models. With application of reliable properties from modal tests, the estimation of dynamic performances of prestressed composite girder railway bridges can be obtained from various parametric studies on dynamic behavior under the passage of a moving train.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.26 no.4A
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• pp.707-717
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• 2006

As an alternative to conventional prestressed concrete (PSC) girders, various types of PSC girders are either under development or have already been applied in bridge structures. Incrementally prestressed concrete girder is one of these newly developed girders. According to the design concept, these new types of PSC girders have the advantages of requiring less self-weight while having the capability of longer spans. However, the dynamic interaction between bridge superstructures and passing trains is one of the critical issues concerning these railway bridges designed with more flexibility. Therefore, it is very important to evaluate modal parameters of newly designed bridges before doing dynamic analyses. In the present paper, a 25 meters long full scale PSC girder was fabricated as a test specimen and modal testing was carried out to evaluate modal parameters including natural frequencies and modal damping ratios at every prestressing stage. During the modal testing, a digitally controlled vibration exciter as well as an impact hammer is applied, in order to obtain precise frequency response functions and the modal parameters are evaluated varying with construction stages. Prestressed force effects on changes of modal parameters are analyzed at every incremental prestressing stage. With the application of reliable properties from modal experiments, estimation of dynamic performances of PSC girder railway bridges can be obtained from various parametric studies on dynamic behavior under the passage of moving train. Dynamic displacements, impact factor, acceleration of the slab, end rotation of the girder, and other important dynamic performance parameters are checked with various speeds of the train.