• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제25권10호
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• pp.677-684
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• 2015

It is often necessary to predict the vibration patterns of the structures from the signals of finite number of vibration sensors. This study presents the optimal placement of vibration sensors by applying the genetic algorithm and the modal expansion method. The modal expansion method is used to estimate the vibration response of the whole structure. The genetic algorithm is used to estimate the optimal placement of vibration sensors. Optimal sensor placement can be obtained so that the fitness function is minimized in the genetic algorithm. This paper discusses the comparison of the performances of two types of fitness functions, modal assurance criteria(MAC) and condition number( CN). As a result, the estimation using MAC shows better performance than using CN.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.2658-2679
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• 2018

This paper proposes a novel Random Scheduling Algorithm based on Subregion Coverage (RSASC), to solve the SET K-cover problem (an NP-complete problem). SET K-cover problem distributes the set of sensors into the maximum number of mutually exclusive subsets (MESSs) in such a way that each of them can be scheduled for lifetime extension of WSN. Sensor coverage divides the target region into different subregions. RSASC first sorts the subregions in the ascending order concerning their sensor coverage. Then, it forms the subregion groups according to their similar sensor coverage. Lastly, RSASC ensures the K-coverage of each subregion from every group by randomly scheduling the sensors. We consider the target-coverage and area-coverage applications of WSN to analyze the usefulness of our proposed RSASC algorithm. The distinct quality of RSASC is that it utilizes less number of deployed sensors (33% less) to form the optimum number of MESSs with the higher computational speed (saves more than 93% of the time) as compared to the existing three algorithms.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제21권9호
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• pp.783-788
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• 2008

We suggest a CNT-based gas sensor for breath alcohol measurement. The sensor was composed of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) thin film on flexible PES (polyethersulfone) substrate, and the SWCNTs thin film was formed by multiple spray-coating with SWCNTs solution which was well-dispersed, highly controlled and functionalized in ethanol solvent. In this work, three types of SWCNTs thin films were deposited with changes in the number of spray-coatings to 20, 40 and 60 times in order to compare electrical response properties of the SWCNTs thin films. from the fabricated sensors, conductance and capacitance responses were measured and discussed. Alcohol gas sensors have been commercialized widely as gauge for breath alcohol measurement which is applicable to checking whether car drivers are drinking-driving or not. Our alcohol gas sensors showed good sensitivity and linearity even at room temperature.

• 한국방재학회 논문집
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.9-16
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• 2006

기존 대부분의 구조물 건전도 모니터링 시스템에서는 제한적인 위치와 범위에서의 변형률 계측이 가능한 국부 변형률 센서를 이용하여 구조물 또는 구조 부재의 부재력을 계측하고 이에 기반하여 구조 안전성을 평가하고 있다. 그러나 실 구조물의 부재력 계측을 통한 안전성 평가는 하중의 크기 및 분포에 대한 불확실성 등의 다양한 이유로 부재 내 최대응력 작용점을 정확하게 파악하기 어렵다. 이러한 경우 구조물의 사이즈에 비하여 센서의 길이가 미소한 국부 변형률 센서를 이용한 안전성 평가의 적절성은 센서의 위치 및 개수에 좌우되는 한계를 가지게 된다. 이러한 한계를 극복하기 위하여 센서의 수를 증가시키면 처리해야하는 데이터의 양과 비용이 증가하게 되므로 현실적인 적용성에 문제점을 가지게 된다. 그러므로 본 연구에서는 이러한 한계와 문제점을 극복할 수 있는 대안으로 장대광변형센서에 의한 평균변형률을 이용한 보-기둥의 부재력 계측 기법을 제시하였다.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.9-17
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• 2020

스마트폰을 이용한 인간 활동 인식은 컴퓨터 지능 분야에서 뜨거운 연구 주제이다. 스마트폰에는 다양한 센서가 장착되어 있다. 이러한 센서의 데이터를 융합하면 응용프로그램에서 많은 활동을 인식할 수 있다. 그러나 이러한 장치는 활용 가능한 센서 수가 제한되기 때문에 리소스가 적으며, 최적의 성능과 효율적인 특징 추출을 달성하기 위해서는 특징 선택 및 분류 방법이 필요하다. 이 논문에서는 이러한 요구사항에 따라 스마트폰-기반 HAR 체계를 제안한다. 이 논문에서 제안된 방법은 가속도 센서, 자이로 센서, 기압 센서에서 시간-도메인 특징을 추출하며, 커널 판별 분석(KDA)과 SVM을 적용하여 높은 정확도로 활동을 인식한다. 이 방법은 각 활동에 대해 각 센서에서 가장 관련성이 높은 특징을 선택한다. 우리의 비교 결과는 제안된 시스템이 이전의 스마트폰-기반 HAR 시스템보다 성능이 우수함을 보여준다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제6권5_6호
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• pp.505-524
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• 2010

Wireless structural monitoring systems consist of networks of wireless sensors installed to record the loading environment and corresponding response of large-scale civil structures. Wireless monitoring systems are desirable because they eliminate the need for costly and labor intensive installation of coaxial wiring in a structure. However, another advantageous characteristic of wireless sensors is their installation modularity. For example, wireless sensors can be easily and rapidly removed and reinstalled in new locations on a structure if the need arises. In this study, the reconfiguration of a rapid-to-deploy wireless structural monitoring system is proposed for monitoring short- and medium-span highway bridges. Narada wireless sensor nodes using power amplified radios are adopted to achieve long communication ranges. A network of twenty Narada wireless sensors is installed on the Yeondae Bridge (Korea) to measure the global response of the bridge to controlled truck loadings. To attain acceleration measurements in a large number of locations on the bridge, the wireless monitoring system is installed three times, with each installation concentrating sensors in one localized area of the bridge. Analysis of measurement data after installation of the three monitoring system configurations leads to reliable estimation of the bridge modal properties, including mode shapes.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.43-54
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• 2009

This study introduces a novel approach for locating damage in a structure using wireless sensor system with local level computational capability to alleviate data traffic load on the centralized computation. Smart wireless sensor systems, capable of iterative damage-searching, mimic an optimization process in a decentralized way. The proposed algorithm tries to detect damage in a structure by monitoring abnormal increases in strain measurements from a group of wireless sensors. Initially, this clustering technique provides a reasonably effective sensor placement within a structure. Sensor clustering also assigns a certain number of master sensors in each cluster so that they can constantly monitor the structural health of a structure. By adopting a voting system, a group of wireless sensors iteratively forages for a damage location as they can be activated as needed. Since all of the damage searching process occurs within a small group of wireless sensors, no global control or data traffic to a central system is required. Numerical simulation demonstrates that the newly developed searching algorithm implemented on wireless sensors successfully localizes stiffness damage in a plate through the local level reconfigurable function of smart sensors.

• 소음진동
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.1030-1036
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• 1998

When the lateral dimensions of a duct is larger than or comparable to the wavelengths of Interest, higher order modes propagate in the duct. These modes will be radiated and produce noise. A number of sensors and actuators for control of radiating noise from the duct have to be incorporated with the number of modes which one wants to control. These considerations motivated the present study that considers a control system which has less microphones and control sources than required. In this work, by theoretical analysis, the control performance of such a kind of system is investigated in terms of sound-field variables and control system variables. The possible maximum and minimum value. mean and variance of residual acoustic potential energy are derived for the set of primary sound fields.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 1997년도 한국자동제어학술회의논문집; 한국전력공사 서울연수원; 17-18 Oct. 1997
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• pp.680-683
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• 1997

Fieldbus system should be designed by considering the number of sensors/actors(actuators+ controllers) and their sampling times. But the number of sensors/actors and which are connected to the network bus can be varied by addition and/or fault of the field devices. That variation decreases the efficiency of system which is off-line designed optimally. This paper proposes an algorithm that ensures transmission of cyclic data even though there is the number change in the field devices. We assign the different weight values to cyclic data and acyclic data. By simulation and experiment, the cyclic and acyclic data are processed via the proposed network, and the results are compared with those of the Profibus system. It is shown that the proposed algorithm is more robust with the uncertainties of the field devices of the control system.

• 대한임베디드공학회논문지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.39-46
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• 2024

In this paper, we propose an efficient method for estimating the number of people and their locations using multiple IR-UWB radar sensors. Using three IR-UWB radar sensors in the indoor space, the measured signal from the target is processed to remove the clutter using rejection methods. Then, to further remove the clutter and to determine the presence of the human, the time-frequency image representing the micro-Doppler is obtained and classified by a convolutional neural network. Finally, the system finds the number of human objects and estimates each position in a two-dimensional space. In experiments using the measured data, the system successfully estimated the location and number of individuals with a high accuracy ≈ 88.68 %.