• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.134-145
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• 1996

Since the skid-steer loader is able to work for excavating, lifting and transporting load even at the narrow space, they are widely used in the regular farm and the livestock farm. The skid-steer loader normally adopts the hydrostatic transmission because the power to move the machine backward and forward should be delivered independently on both sides of wheels. Contrast to the mechanical system such as chain and belt transmissions, however, the hydrostatic transmission is less efficient in the use of energy and more difficult in the maintenance. This study was intended to investigate the feasibility of using triangular-type belt clutch and V-belt transmission for the newly developed skid-steer loader in order to overcome the problems stated in the hydrostatic transmission. In the developed triangular-type belt clutch, the centers of driving, driven and idler sheaves are arranged in the triangular shape in a plane, and V-belts were loaded loosely on three sheaves. The power is transmitted by pressing the idler connected to a lever on the loosened V-belt. Contrast to the normal belt clutch using two sheaves, the newly developed belt clutch has the characteristics of small contact-angle of the driving sheave at no bucket load and increasing contact-angle at the time of power transmission. The results of research can be summarized as follows: 1) The developed triangular-type belt clutch adopted a spring-loaded slackside idler which could transmit more power than a fixed idler could by sacrificing the belt life. The life of V-belt used in the power transmission reached at 500 hours(6 months) when the engine power of 11.8 ㎾ was transmitted. Also, it was feasible to develop the large industrial skid-loader with the V-belt transmission by using the proper set of sheaves. 2) The developed skid-steer loader changed the rotating radius and speed with bucket loads as the conventional skid steer loader did. The rotating speed was 47 deg/s at the maximum bucket load of 2.74 kN when the minimum rotating radius was 1.5m. 3) The power required in turning at the bucket load of 2.74 kN was 4 ㎾ and the slippage of V-belt was less than 1%.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권7호
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• pp.2395-2406
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• 2023

To study the influence of parameter uncertainty in small pressurized water reactor (SPWR) once-through steam generator (OTSG), the nonlinear mathematical model of the SPWR is firstly established. Including the reactor core model, the OTSG model and the pressurizer model. Secondly, a control strategy that both the reactor core coolant average temperature and the secondary-side outlet pressure of the OTSG are constant is adopted. Then, the uncertainty quantification method is established based on Latin hypercube sampling and statistical method. On this basis, the quantitative platform for parameter uncertainty of the OTSG is developed. Finally, taking the uncertainty in primary-side flowrate of the OTSG as an example, the platform application work is carried out under the variable load in SPWR and step disturbance of secondary-side flowrate of the OTSG. The results show that the maximum uncertainty in the critical output parameters is acceptable for SPWR.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.589-598
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• 2017

In this paper, dynamic response of the horizontal concrete beam subjected to seismic ground excitation is investigated. The structure is reinforced by $Fe_2O_3$ nanoparticles which have the magnetic properties. The hyperbolic shear deformation beam theory (HSDBT) is used for mathematical modeling of the structure. Based on the Mori-Tanaka model, the effective material properties of concrete beam is calculated considering the agglomeration of $Fe_2O_3$ nanoparticles. Applying energy method and Hamilton's principle, the motion equations are derived. Harmonic differential quadrature method (HDQM) along with Newmark method is utilized for numerical solution of the motion equations. The effects of different parameters such as volume fraction and agglomeration of $Fe_2O_3$ nanoparticles, magnetic field, boundary conditions and geometrical parameters of concrete beam are studied on the dynamic response of the structure. In order to validation of this work, an exact solution is used for comparing the numerical and analytical results. The results indicated that applying magnetic field decreases the of the structure up to 54 percent. In addition, increase too much the magnetic field (Hx>5e8 A/m) does not considerable effect on the reduction of the maximum dynamic displacement.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2005년도 학술대회 논문집 정보 및 제어부문
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• pp.104-106
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• 2005

In this work, a PWR reactor core dynamics is identified online by a recursive least squares method. Based on this identified reactor model consisting of the control rod position and the core average coolant temperature, the future average coolant temperature is predicted. A model predictive control method is applied to design an automatic controller for thermal power control in PWRs. The basic concept of the model predictive control is to solve an optimization problem for a finite future at current time and to implement as the current control input only the first optimal control input among the solutions of the finite time steps. At the next time step, the procedure to solve the optimization problem is then repeated. The objectives of the proposed model predictive controller are to minimize both the difference between the predicted core coolant temperature and the desired one, and the variation of the control rod positions. Also, the objectives are subject to maximum and minimum control rod positions and maximum control rod speed. Therefore, the genetic algorithm that is appropriate to accomplish multiple objectives is used to optimize the model predictive controller. A 3-dimensional nuclear reactor analysis code, MASTER that was developed by Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), is used to verify the proposed controller for a nuclear reactor. From results of numerical simulation to check the performance of the proposed controller at the 5%/min ramp increase or decrease of a desired load and its 10% step increase or decrease which are design requirements, it was found that the nuclear power level controlled by the proposed controller could track the desired power level very well.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.513-531
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• 2018

In this article, static, buckling and free vibration analyses of a sinusoidal micro composite beam reinforced by single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) with considering temperature-dependent material properties embedded in an elastic medium in the presence of magnetic field under transverse uniform load are presented. This system is used at micro or sub micro scales to enhance the stiffness of micro composite structures such as bar, beam, plate and shell. In the present work, the size dependent effects based on surface stress effect and modified strain gradient theory (MSGT) are considered. The generalized rule of mixture is employed to predict temperature-dependent mechanical and thermal properties of micro composite beam. Then, the governing equations of motions are derived using Hamilton's principle and energy method. Numerical results are presented to investigate the influences of material length scale parameters, elastic foundation, composite fiber angle, magnetic intensity, temperature changes and carbon nanotubes volume fraction on the bending, buckling and free vibration behaviors of micro composite beam. There is a good agreement between the obtained results by this research and the literature results. The obtained results of this study demonstrate that the magnetic intensity, temperature changes, and two parameters elastic foundations have important effects on micro composite stiffness, while the magnetic field has greater effects on the bending, buckling and free vibration responses of micro composite beams. Moreover, it is shown that the effects of surface layers are important, and observed that the changes of carbon nanotubes volume fraction, beam length-to-thickness ratio and material length scale parameter have noticeable effects on the maximum deflection, critical buckling load and natural frequencies of micro composite beams.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.55-61
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• 2011

10KW 이하의 소형 풍력 발전 시스템은 언덕이나, 공원, 도시와 같은 협소한 지역에 유연하게 설치될 수 있다는 장점으로 인해 신재생에너지 분야에서 지속적인 연구/개발이 이루어지고 있다. 소형 풍력 발전기는 낮은가격, 고신뢰도 및 고성능이 중요시되기 때문에 최대 전력을 추종하기 위한 다양한 기법이 요구된다. 일반적으로 제어기의 출력은 DC 부하에 전원을 공급하기 때문에 48V 배터리에 연결되어 동작된다. 본 논문에서는 소형 풍력 발전 시스템을 위한 FPGA 기반 MPPT 제어기를 제안하고자하며, 제안된 시스템에서의 다양한 MPPT 알고리즘의 성능을 검증하기 위해 NI 사에서 제작된 Compact-RIO 컨트롤러를 사용하였다.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.29-45
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• 2017

애드 혹 센서 네트워크는 분산형 구조와 구축으로 특징지어지며 센서 네트워크는 낮은 이동성과 엄격한 에너지 요구 조건 등을 제외하고는 애드 혹 네트워크의 기본적인 특징을 모두 갖추고 있다. 기존 프로토콜은 내결함성, 분산 컴퓨팅, 견고성, 확장성 및 신뢰성과 같은 특성 간에 서로 다른 보완성을 제공한다. 지금까지 제안된 무선 프로토콜은 매우 제한되어있어 일반적으로 단일 기지국 또는 센서 데이터 수집에 중점을 두었다. 그러한 제약을 가지는 주된 이유는 네트워크 활동을 유지하기 위해 최대 수명을 유지하기 때문에 네트워크 수명은 애드 혹 네트워크에서 중요한 설계 기준이며 모든 노드가 라우터 역할을 수행하여 에너지 부족인한 일부 노드가 동작하지 않으면 다른 노드로 통신할 수 없다. 본 논문에서는 네트워크 노드의 에너지 통신을 최적화하기 위한 실험적인 애드 혹 주문형 거리 벡터 라우팅 프로토콜을 제안 한다 부하 분산은 경로 선택 단계에서 소진된 노드의 선택을 피하고 노드 간 에너지 사용의 균형을 유지하고 네트워크 수명을 극대화한다. 전송 제어 단계에서는 신호 전송 범위를 증가시키는 높은 전송 전력의 선택과 홉 수를 줄이고 네트워크 연결 비용의 부담을 줄이는 낮은 전력 수준 사이의 균형이 필요하다.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.274-282
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• 2014

Purpose: In this study, a hybrid power system was developed for agricultural machines with a 20-KW output capacity, and it was attached to a multi-purpose cultivator to improve the performance of the cultivator, which was evaluated using output tests. Methods: The hybrid system combined heterogeneous sources: an internal-combustion engine and an electric power motor. In addition, a power splitter was developed to simplify the power transmission structure. The cultivator using the hybrid system was designed to have increased fuel efficiency and output power and reduced exhaust gas emissions, while maintaining the functions of existing cultivators. Results: The fuel consumption for driving the cultivator in the hybrid engine vehicle (HEV) mode was 341 g/KWh, which was 36% less than the consumption in the engine (ENG) mode for the same load. The maximum power take off output of the hybrid power system was 12.7 KW, which was 38% more than the output of the internal-combustion engine. In the HEV mode, harmful exhaust gas emissions were reduced; i.e., CO emissions were reduced by 36~41% and NOx emissions were reduced by 27~51% compared to the corresponding emissions in the ENG mode. Conclusions: The hybrid power system improved the fuel efficiency and reduced exhaust gas emissions in agricultural machinery. Lower exhaust gas emissions of the hybrid system have considerable advantages in closed work environments such as crop production facilities; therefore, agricultural machinery with less exhaust gas emissions should be commercialized. However, the high manufacturing cost and complexity of the proposed system are challenges which need to be solved in the future.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.447-452
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• 2015

A hybrid power system was developed for agricultural machines with a 20kW output capacity, and it was attached to a multi-purpose cultivator to improve the performance of the cultivator. The hybrid system combined heterogeneous sources: an internal-combustion engine and an electric power motor. In addition, a power splitter was developed to simplify the power transmission structure. The cultivator using a hybrid system was designed to have increased fuel efficiency and output power and reduced exhaust gas emissions, while maintaining the functions of existing cultivators. The fuel consumption for driving the cultivator in the hybrid engine vehicle (HEV) mode was 341g/kWh, which was 36% less than the consumption in the engine (ENG) mode for the same load. The maximum power take off output of the hybrid power system was 12.7kW, which was 38% more than the output of the internal-combustion engine. In the HEV mode, harmful exhaust gas emissions were reduced; i.e., CO emissions were reduced by 36~41% and NOx emissions were reduced by 27~51% compared to the corresponding emissions in the ENG mode. The hybrid power system improved the fuel efficiency and reduced exhaust gas emissions in agricultural machinery. The hybrid system's lower exhaust gas emissions have considerable advantages in closed work environments such as crop production facilities. Therefore, agricultural machinery with less exhaust gas emissions should be commercialized.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.37-49
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• 1999

내화처리 및 재건조가 목재의 역학적 성질에 미치는 영향을 구명하기 위하여 라디에타소나무 변재 무결점 소형 시험편 내로 내화제인 borax-boric acid(BRX), minalith(MIN), pyresote(PYR)를 가압주입한 후 25, 60, 80, $11^{\circ}C$로 재건조한 후 휨성질과 종압축강도를 측정하였다. 내화처리 및 재건조에 의한 라디에타소나무 시편의 역학적 성질 감소 정도는 내화제의 종류, 보유량, 그리고 재건조온도의 조합에 따라 상이하였으며, 내화처리와 재건조온도간에 통계학적으로 매우 높은 유의성을 보이는 상호작용이 존재하였다. 휨강도와 휨파괴시 최대일량은 내화처리에 의해 상당히 감소되었으나 휨탄성계수와 종압축강도는 내화처리에 의해 감소되지 않고 오히려 BRX 처리구의 탄성계수와 BRX 및 PYR 처리구의 종압축강도는 대구조인 무처리구보다 높았다. 몇가지 내화제와 재건조온도의 조합의 휨탄성계수와 종압축강도의 경우를 제외하고는 내화제 보유량간에는 역학적 성질의 차이도 인정되지 않았다. 휨탄성계수와 종압축강도는 재건조온도의 영향을 크게 받지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 휨강도와 휨파괴시 최대일량은 재건조온도가 증가할수록 일반적으로 감소하였는데, BRX처리구는 재건조온도 $80^{\circ}C$부터, 그리고 MIN과 PYR 처리구는 재건조온도 $110^{\circ}C$에서 대구조와 비교할 때 심각한 휨강도의 감소가 관찰되었다. 따라서 내화처리 라디에타소나무 목재를 구조부재로 사용하기 위해서는 BRX 처리재의 경우는 $60^{\circ}C$, 그리고 MIN과 PYR 처리재의 경우는 $80^{\circ}C$ 이상의 건구온도를 적용하는 것은 삼가야 할 것이다.