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High-resolution seismic reflection surveying at paved areas using an S-wave type land streamer

  • Inazaki Tomio
    • Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.1-6
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    • 2004
  • High-resolution S-wave reflection surveying has been successfully conducted on paved areas using a Land Streamer originally designed by the author. The main feature of the Land Streamer tool is the non-stretch woven belt on which geophone units are mounted to form a multichannel geophone array similar to a marine streamer. Because it is easily towed by a vehicle or by hand, the tool leads to high performance in field measurements and resultant cost-effectiveness of high-resolution reflection surveys. Although each geophone unit is coupled to the pavement through a metallic baseplate instead of being firmly planted in the ground, the Land Streamer tool provides comparatively clean data, unaffected by traffic noise even on the pavement. Thus, the tool is capable of expanding the opportunity for S-wave reflection surveys in urban areas where many surfaces are paved and traffic noise is severe. A series of high-resolution S-wave reflection surveys on paved areas delineated detailed structures of surface layers shallower than 60 m, and proved the wide applicability of the tool to engineering, environmental applications, and earthquake disaster prevention projects.

Tools to Prioritize Construction Phase Sustainability Actions (CPSAs) and to Measure CPSAs Implementation

  • O'Connor, James T.;Torres, Neftali;Kralik, Nancy;Woo, Jeyoung
    • Journal of Construction Engineering and Project Management
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.22-30
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    • 2018
  • Achieving sustainability targets on construction projects has increasingly become one of the prime strategies for construction organizations. To provide more detailed guidance on sustainability implementation on projects, Construction Industry Institute (CII) Research Team (RT) 304 developed a catalog of the Construction Phase Sustainability Actions (CPSAs). The primary objective of this paper was the development of two support tools, the CPSA Screening Tool and the CPSA Implementation Index, that could be used to enable efficient application of CPSAs, support sustainability-related decisions, and measure CPSA implementation and performance. The authors developed the tools in four stages: conceptual, detailed planning, tool programming, and testing. The tools were then demonstrated on a capital project to confirm their efficacy and applicability. This paper presents the background, inputs and outputs, and the algorithms of each tool. The CPSA Screening Tool can prioritize the CPSAs most relevant to a project; the CPSA Implementation Index enables continuous monitoring of implementation levels.

Analysis of tool grip tasks using a glove-based hand posture measurement system

  • Yun, Myung-Hwan;Freivalds, Andris;Lee, Myun-W.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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    • 1994.04a
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    • pp.596-605
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    • 1994
  • An efficient measurement and evaluation system for hand tool tasks will provide a practical solution to the problem of designing and evaluating manual tool tasks in the workplace. Few studies on the biomechanical analysis of hand postures and tool handling tasks exist because of the lack of appropriate measurement techniques for hand force. A measurement system for the finger forces and joint angles for analysis of manual tool handling tasks was developed in this study. The measurement system consists of a force sensing glove made from twelve Force Sensitive Resistors and an angle-measuring glove (Cyberglove$\^$TM/, Virtual technologies) with eighteen joint angle sensors. A biomechanical model of the hand using the data from the measurement system was also developed. Systems of computerized procedures were implemented integrating the hand posture measurement system, biomechanical analysis system, and the task analysis system for manual tool handling tasks. The measurement system was useful in providing the hand force data needed for an existing task analysis system used in CTD risk evaluation. It is expected that the hand posture measurement developed in this study will provide an, efficient and cost-effective solution to task analysis of manual tool handling tasks. These tasks are becoming increasingly important areas of occupational health and safety of the country.

An Algorithm for the Removing of Offset Loop Twists during the Tool Path Generation of FDM 3D Printer (FDM 3D 프린팅의 경로생성을 위한 옵?루프의 꼬임제거 알고리즘)

  • Olioul, Islam Md.;Kim, Ho-Chan
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2017
  • Tool path generation is a part of process planning in 3D printing. This is done before actual printing by a computer rather than an AM machine. The mesh geometry of the 3D model is sliced layer-by-layer along the Z-axis and tool paths are generated from the sliced layers. Each 2-dimensional layer can have two types of printing paths: (i) shell and (ii) infill. Shell paths are made of offset loops. During shell generation, twists can be produced in offset loops which will cause twisted tool paths. As a twisted tool path cannot be printed, it is necessary to remove these twists during process planning. In this research, An algorithm is presented to remove twists from the offset loops. To do so the path segments are traversed to identify twisted points. Outer offset loops are represented in the counter-clockwise segment order and clockwise rotation for the inner offset loop to decide which twisted loop should be removed. After testing practical 3D models, the proposed algorithm is verified to use in tool path generation for 3D printing.

Measurement of Cutting Force in Diamond Turning Process (다이아몬드 터닝의 절삭력 측정용 tool holder를 이용한 미세절삭력 특성 연구)

  • 정상화;김상석;도철진;홍권희;김건희
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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    • 2001.04a
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    • pp.938-941
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    • 2001
  • A tool holder system has been designed and builted to measure cutting forces in diamond turning. This system design includes a 3-component piezo-electric tranducer. Initial experiments with tool holder system included verification of its predicted dynamic characteristics as well as a detailed study of cutting parameters. In this research, tool holder system is modeled by considering the element dividing, material properties, and boundary conditions using MSC/PATRAN. Mode and frequency analysis of structure is simulated by MSC/NASTRAN, for the purpose of developing the effective design. In addition, tool holder system is verified by vibration test using accelerometer. Many cutting experiments have been conducted on 6061-T6 aluminum. Tests have involved investigation of velocity effects, and the effects of depth and feedrate on tool force. Cutting velocity has been determined to have negligible effects between 4 and 21㎧.(6) Forces generally increase with increasing depth of cut. Increasing feedrate does not necessarily lead to higher forces. Results suggest that a sample model may not be sufficient to describe the forces produced in the diamond turning process.

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SOPPY : A sentiment detection tool for personal online retailing

  • Sidek, Nurliyana Jaafar;Song, Mi-Hwa
    • International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.59-69
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    • 2017
  • The best 'hub' to communicate with the citizen is using social media to marketing the business. However, there has several issued and the most common issue that face in critical is a capital issue. This issue is always highlight because most of automatic sentiment detection tool for Facebook or any other social media price is expensive and they lack of technical skills in order to control the tool. Therefore, in directly they have some obstacle to get faster product's feedback from customers. Thus, the personal online retailing need to struggle to stay in market because they need to compete with successful online company such as G-market. Sentiment analysis also known as opinion mining. Aim of this research is develop the tool that allow user to automatic detect the sentiment comment on social media account. RAD model methodology is chosen since its have several phases could produce more activities and output. Soppy tool will be develop using Microsoft Visual. In order to generate an accurate sentiment detection, the functionality testing will be use to find the effectiveness of this Soppy tool. This proposed automated Soppy Tool would be able to provide a platform to measure the impact of the customer sentiment over the postings on their social media site. The results and findings from the impact measurement could then be use as a recommendation in the developing or reviewing to enhance the capability and the profit to their personal online retailing company.

Accuracy Improvement of a 5-axis Hybrid Machine Tool (5축 혼합형 공작기계의 정밀도 향상 연구)

  • Kim, Han Sung
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.84-92
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    • 2014
  • In this paper, a novel 5-axis hybrid-kinematic machine tool is introduced and the research results on accuracy improvement of the prototype machine tool are presented. The 5-axis hybrid machine tool is made up of a 3-DOF parallel manipulator and a 2-DOF serial one connected in series. The machine tool maintains high ratio of stiffness to mass due to the parallel structure and high orientation capability due to the serial-type wrist. In order to acquire high accuracy, the methodology of measuring the output shafts by additional sensors instead of using encoder outputs at the motor shafts is proposed. In the kinematic view point, the hybrid manipulator reduces to a serial one, if the passive joints in the U-P serial chain at the center of the parallel manipulator are directly measured by additional sensors. Using the method of successive screw displacements, the kinematic error model is derived. Since a ball-bar is less expensive than a full position measurement device and sufficiently accurate for calibration, the kinematic calibration method of using a ball-bar is presented. The effectiveness of the calibration method has been verified through the simulations. Finally, the calibration experiment shows that the position accuracy of the prototype machine tool has been improved from 153 to $86{\mu}m$.

Effects of Tool Speed on Joining Characteristics during Friction Stir Spot Welding of Mg-alloy(AZ31B) Sheet (마그네슘합금(AZ31B) 판재의 마찰교반 점용접시 접합특성에 미치는 툴 속도의 영향)

  • Shin, Hyung-Seop;Jung, Yoon-Chul;Choi, Kwang
    • Journal of Welding and Joining
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    • v.29 no.2
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    • pp.80-87
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    • 2011
  • In this study, the friction stir spot welding (FSSW) of Mg alloy sheets has been tried using an apparatus devised with a CNC milling machine to give the precise control of joining condition including tool speed. The probe tool used is made of hard metal and composed of cylindrical shoulder and pin parts. The variation of morphologies formed after the friction stir spot welding depending on the plunge speed of the tool were investigated at each rpm of tool. The history of the temperature distribution and the vertical load induced during the spot welding with friction time were measured by using an Infrared Thermal Imager (THERMA CAMTM SC2000) and a loadcell located below the specimen fixture, respectively. Tensile-shear tests were also performed to evaluate the fracture load of welded specimens. In order to characterize the friction stir spot welding of Mg alloy sheets, the variation of the fracture load was discussed on micrographic observations, temperature distribution during the FSSW according to the plunge speeds of tool.

Monitoring of Dry Cutting and Applications of Cutting Fluid for Ball End Milling

  • Tangjitsitcharoen, Somkiat;Rungruang, Channarong;Laiaddee, Duangta
    • Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.242-250
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    • 2010
  • For economical and environmental reasons, the aim of this research is hence to monitor the cutting conditions with the dry cutting, the wet cutting, and the mist cutting to obtain the proper cutting condition for the plain carbon steel with the ball end milling based on the consideration of the surface roughness of the machined parts, the life of the cutting tools, the use of the cutting fluids, the density of the particles of cutting fluids dispersed in the working area, and the cost of cutting. The experimentally obtained results of the relation between tool wear and surface roughness, the relation between tool wear and cutting force, and the relation between cutting force and surface roughness are correspondent with the same trend. The phenomena of surface roughness and tool wear can be explained by the in-process cutting forces. The models of the tool wear with the cutting conditions and the cutting times are proposed to estimate the tool cost for the different cooling strategies based on the experimental data using the multiple regression technique. The cutting cost is calculated from the costs of cutting tool and cutting fluid. The mist cutting gives the lowest cutting cost as compared to others. The experimentally obtained proper cutting condition is determined based on the experimental results referring to the criteria.

Developing an evaluation tool to measure the tendency of cyber bullying (사이버불링 경향성 진단도구 개발)

  • Yoon, Mi-Sun;Kim, Myuhng-Joo;Park, Jung-Ho
    • The Journal of Korean Association of Computer Education
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.59-70
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    • 2015
  • This paper aims at developing a valid evaluation tool which has reliability to measure the tendency of cyber bullying that is on the increase recently. After setting up the concept of cyber bullying and exploring its factors by reference to advanced research, we developed the draft tool through modifying by the expert group. By conducting several surveys using this evaluation tool, we have verified the reliability and validity of our tool. And we also have developed an evaluation tool to measure its tendency. As a result, the complementary evaluation tool of cyber-bullying tendency was proposed with more advanced and accurate test.