• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제13권10호
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• pp.1025-1031
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• 2007

GPS is widely used for positioning applications and attitude of a vehicle can be found also with multiple antennas. However, extremely weak signal level prevents GPS from indoor operation. DR with accelerometers and gyros and landmark based localization method used for indoor applications increase complexity and cost. In this paper, a simple but very efficient ultrasound based attitude determination system which determines both position and attitude in WSN is given. The range between transmitter and receivers are measured using the arrival time difference between ultrasound and RF signal. The 3 dimensional positions can be found using more than 3 range measurements. Furthermore, if more than 2 transmitters are used, the attitude can be determined using the baseline vectors obtained by differencing transmitter and receiver positions. The prototype system is implemented to evaluate the performance of the proposed method. In addition, an error analysis shows the relation between the attitude error and basel me length, quality of measurement and orientation of a vehicle. The static and dynamic experiments performed by micro mobile robot shows accurate position with less than 1.5cm error and attitude with less than 1 degree error can be obtained continuously with 20cm baseline. It is expected that these results can be adapted without modification to indoor applications such as home cleaning robot and autonomous wheelchair maneuvering.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제1권4호
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• pp.239-247
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• 2001

The Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorter (FACS) is a well-established instrument used for identifying, enumerating, classifying and sorting cells by their physical and optical characteristics. For a miniaturized FACS device, a disposable plastic microchip has been developed which has a hydrodynamic focusing chamber using soft lithography. As the characteristics of the spatially confined sample stream have an effect on sample throughput, detection efficiency, and the accuracy of cell sorting, systematic fluid dynamic studies are required. Flow visualization is conducted with a laser scanning confocal microscopy (LSCM), and three-dimensional flow structure of the focused sample stream is reconstructed from 2D slices acquired at $1\mutextrm{m}$ intervals in depth. It was observed that the flow structure in the focusing chamber is skewed by unsymmetrical velocity profile arising from trapezoidal cross section of the microchannel. For a quantitative analysis of a microscopic flow structure, Confocal Micro-PIV system has been developed to evaluate the accelerated flow field in the focusing chamber. This study proposes a method which defines the depth of the measurement volume using a detection pinhole. The trajectories of red blood cells (RBCs) and their interactions with surrounding flow field in the squeezed sample stream are evaluated to find optimal shape of the focusing chamber and fluid manipulation scheme for stable cell transporting, efficient detection, and sorting

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.232-241
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• 2012

We investigated the relationship between vegetation type and soil carbon dynamics in even-aged alder (Alnus hirsuta) and Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis) plantations in central Korea. Both forests were located on the same soil parent material and occupied similar topographic positions. Soil $CO_2$ efflux in the two plantations was determined using a dynamic chamber method accompanied by measurements of soil moisture content and temperature. Mean soil temperature was similar in the two plantations, but mean soil water content was significantly higher in the alder plantation than in the pine plantation. In both plantations, seasonal patterns in soil $CO_2$ efflux exhibited pronounced variation that corresponded to soil temperature. Soil water content did not affect the seasonal variation in soil $CO_2$ efflux. However, in summer, when soil temperature was above $17^{\circ}C$, soil $CO_2$ efflux increased linearly with soil water content in the alder plantation. Estimated $Q_{10}$ was 3.3 for the alder plantation and 2.7 for the pine plantation. Mean soil respiration during the measurement period in the alder plantation was 0.43 g $CO_2\;m^{-2}\;h^{-1}$, which was 1.3 times higher than in the pine plantation (0.33 g $CO_2\;m^{-2}\;h^{-1}$). Higher soil $CO_2$ efflux in the alder plantation might be related to nitrogen availability, particularly the concentration of $NO_3{^-}$, which was measured using the ion-exchange resin bag method.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.261-267
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• 2014

Because a change in the natural frequencies of a structure indicates structural health problems, monitoring the natural frequencies crucial. Long-term measurement for the Uldolmok tidal current power plant structure has shown that its natural frequencies fluctuate with a constant cycle twice a day. In this study, lab-scale tests to investigate the causes of these natural frequency fluctuations were carried out in a circulating water channel. Three independent variables in the tests that could affect the fluctuation of the natural frequencies were the water level, current velocity, and boundary condition between the specimen and the bottom of the circulating water channel. The experimental results were verified with numerical ones using ABAQUS. It was found that the fluctuation of the natural frequencies was governed by a decrease in stiffness due to the boundary condition much more than the effect of added mass. In addition, it was found that the natural frequency would decrease with an increase in the tidal current velocity because of its nonlinearity when the boundary condition was severely deteriorated due to damage.

• 구강회복응용과학지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.59-68
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• 2013

이 논문의 목적은 시간에 따른 교합의 변화를 측정할 수 있는 T-scan system을 이용하여 젊은 성인 남성(33명)정상교합에서의 하악골 측방운동 시 교합접촉 양상을 분석하는 것이다. 정해진 하악 위치에서의 교합접촉이 아닌, 기능적 범위 내에서 비작업측 교합이개 시점에서의 교합접촉 양상을 분류하고 분류된 군 간에 교합이개 시간, 측방유도 시 견치가 담당하는 교합력의 비율, 측방운동 시 가해지는 교합력 등을 비교하였다. 연구 결과 기존의 분류와는 다른 측방접촉들이 존재하였고 군기능 유도가 우세하게 나타났다. 교합이개 시간, 측방유도 시 견치가 담당하는 교합력의 비율, 측방운동 시 가해지는 교합력 등에서 군 간의 유의한 차이를 나타내었다. T-scan system은 교합접촉 양상을 분류하고 교합력, 교합이개 시간, 견치가 담당하는 교합력 비율 등의 항목을 비교 분석하는데 있어서 유용한 도구이다.

• 한국전문물리치료학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.87-93
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• 2016

Background: Posture balance control is the ability to maintain the body's center of gravity in the minimal postural sway state on a supportive surface. This ability is obtained through a complicated process of sensing the movements of the human body through sensory organs and then integrating the information into the central nervous system and reacting to the musculoskeletal system and the support action of the musculoskeletal system. Motor function, including coordination, motor, and vision, vestibular sense, and sensory function, including proprioception, should act in an integrated way. However, more than half of stroke patients have motor, sensory, cognitive, and emotional disorders for a long time. Motor and sensory disorders cause the greatest difficulty in postural control among stroke patients. Objects: The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of visual and somatosensory information on postural sway in stroke patients and carrying out a kinematic analysis using a tri-axial accelerometer and a quantitative assessment. Methods: Thirty-four subjects posed four stance condition was accepted various sensory information for counterbalance. This experiment referred to the computerized dynamic posturography assessments and was redesigned four condition blocking visual and somatosensory information. To measure the postural sway of the subjects' trunk, a wireless tri-axial accelerometer was used by signal vector magnitude value. Ony-way measure analysis of variance was performed among four condition. Results: There were significant differences when somatosensory information input blocked (p<.05). Conclusion: The sensory significantly affecting the balance ability of stroke patients is somatosensory, and the amount of actual movement of the trunk could be objectively compared and analyzed through quantitative figures using a tri-axial accelerometer for balance ability.

• 대한기계학회논문집
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.1919-1932
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• 1991

본 연구에서는 고강도 알루미늄 합금으로 제작된 평판보의 받음각(.alpha.)를 10˚ 에서 30˚까지 10˚씩 변화시킨 3가지의 모델에 대해, 각 모델의 Re$_{d}$수 변화에 대한 후류의 스펙트럼분석, 레이저 도플러 유속계(laser doppler velocimetry)를 이용 한 유동장 해석 및 평판보의 응답을 실험을 통해 조사, 분석하고 유동장과 측정이 용 이하지 않은 얇은 평판주위의 압력분포에 대한 전산해석을 수행함으로써 유동 여기진 동 구조의 규명을 시도하였다.다.

• 한국염색가공학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.18-26
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• 2015

para-aramid fibers were treated by atmosphere air plasma to improve the interfacial adhesion. The wettability of plasma-treated aramid fiber was observed by means of dynamic contact angle surface free energy measurement. Surface roughness were investigated with the help of scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy. The tensile test of aramid fiber roving was carried out to determine the effect of plasma surface treatments on the mechanical properties of the fibers. A pull-out force test was carried out to observe the interfacial adhesion effect with matrix material. It was found that surface modification and a chemical component ratio of the aramid fibers improved wettability and adhesion characterization. After oxygen plasma, it was indicated that modified the surface roughness of aramid fiber increased mechanical interlocking between the fiber surface and vinylester resin. Consequently the oxygen plasma treatment is able to improve fiber-matrix adhesion through excited functional group and etching effect on fiber surface.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제18권11호
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• pp.1262-1270
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 feedforward와 post-distortion 기법을 이용하여 평형 증폭기 내에서 발생하는 혼변조 왜곡 성분을 제거할 수 있는 새로운 왜곡 상쇄 메커니즘인 cross post-distortion 선형화 기법을 제안한다. 출력 동적 영역과 대역폭 측면에서 제안하는 선형화 방식은 기존의 feedforward 방식에 뒤지지 않는 성능을 가지고 있으면서 상대적으로 높은 효율을 제공한다. 이론적 뒷받침을 위해 제안하는 시스템과 feedforward 방식의 전력 증폭기와 오차증폭기의 전력 용량을 비교 분석하였고, IMT-2000 대역에서 실제 구현을 통하여 이를 실험적으로 뒷받침하였다. 최대 출력 전력 240 W의 기지국용 상용 대전력 증폭기에 적용했을 때, wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) 4FA 신호에 대하여 평균 출력 전력 40 dBm에서 약 18.6 dB의 개선 효과를 얻었다. 제작된 전력 증폭기는 WCDMA 신호 기준으로 feedforward 방식에 비해 약 2 % 개선된 효율을 보였다.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제60권8호
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• pp.1492-1501
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• 2011

A wide-area protection intelligent technique has been used to improve a reliability in power systems and to prevent a blackout. Nowadays, voltage and current phasor estimation has been executed by GPS-based synchronized PMU, which has become an important way of wide-area blackout protection for the prevention of expending faults in power systems. As this technique has the difficulties in collecting and sharing of information, there have been used a FNET method for the wide-area intelligent protection. This technique is very useful for the prediction of the inception fault and for the prevention of fault propagation with accurate monitoring frequency and frequency deviation. It consists of FDRs and IMS. It is well known that FNET can detect the dynamic behavior of system and obtain the real-time frequency information. Therefore, FDRs must adopt a optimal frequency estimation method that is robust to noise and fault. In this paper, we present comparative studies for the frequency estimation method using IRDWT(improved recursive discrete wavelet transform), for the frequency estimation method using FRDWT(fast recursive discrete wavelet transform). we used the Republic of Korea 345kV power system modeling data by EMTP-RV. The user-defined arbitrary waveforms were used in order to evaluate the performance of the proposed two kinds of RDWT. Also, the frequency variation data in various range, both large range and small range, were used for simulation. The simulation results showed that the proposed frequency estimation technique using FRDWT can be the optimal frequency measurement method applied to FDRs.