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The Numerical Assessment with Modified Vehicle Rear Body Shape on the Aerodynamic Crosswind Stability Improvement (차량 후미부 형상 변경에 따른 공력 횡풍 안정성 개선에 관한 수치해석 연구)

  • Choi, Sang-Yeol;Kim, Yonung-Tae;Chang, Youn-Hyuck;Ha, Jong-Paek;Kim, Eun-Seok
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.03b
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    • pp.51-53
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    • 2008
  • The vehicle aerodynamic crosswind characteristics are mainly governed by the coefficient of side force and yawing moment. These performances affect not only the driving comfort which can be felt by driver but also the safety due to the instability of vehicle. The aims of this investigation are to improve the aerodynamic crosswind performance of sedan vehicle under the crosswind conditions. In order to improve the crosswind stability, numerical analysis has been performed by modifying the rear body shape of vehicle. As the results, we observed about 20% reduction of yawing moment coefficient relative to the base vehicle.

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Parallel Operation Characteristics of Two Linear Induction Motors (선형 유도전동기의 병렬 운전 특성 실험)

  • Park Seung-Chan;Kim Kyung-Min
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2005.11a
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    • pp.44-48
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    • 2005
  • In general, the parallel-connected linear induction motors(LIM) are fed by one VVVF inverter in the magnetically levitated vehicle(MAGLEV) or linear motor subway drives. The air gap length of the parallel-connected linear induction motors operating at a grade or curved sections can be different each other. The air gap difference of the two motors attached to the same module causes unequal phase currents, asymmetic thrust and attraction force generation. In this paper, parellel-connected linear induction motors are operated by one IGBT inverter under the different air gap condition so that the phase current characteristics are examined experimentally.

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BLDC Motor Control Algorithm for Industrial Applications Using a General Purpose Processor

  • Kim, Nam-Hun;Yang, Oh;Kim, Min-Huei
    • Journal of Power Electronics
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.132-139
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    • 2007
  • Electrical motors are an integral part of industrial plants with no less than 5 billion motors built world wide every year. The demand for low-cost brushless DC (BLDC) motors has increased in industrial applications. This paper presents a BLDC motor control algorithm for low-cost motor drive applications using general purpose microcontrollers which have only one on-chip timer. This paper describes how to realize pulse width modulation (PWM) signals with general input/output (I/O) ports to control a three-phase permanent magnet brushless DC motor using the timer interrupt on MSP430F1232.

A Study on MPDB Compatibility Assessment of Car to Car Offset Frontal Impact Test (차 대 차 부분 정면충돌 시험의 MPDB compatibility 평가에 대한 연구)

  • Sun, Hongyul;Yoon, Ilsung;Kim, Jeasu;Lee, Mansu
    • Journal of Auto-vehicle Safety Association
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.6-15
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    • 2019
  • Since introducing the offset frontal impact test in EuroNCAP in 1997, the vehicle has been constantly changing according to its usage and purpose. As of 2019, many vehicles have been released to the public, which has led to a large structural mass difference between small, medium and large vehicles. Also, the geometry of the front of the vehicle is completely different for each vehicle and tends not to be perfectly aligned at frontal collisions. The difference in mass of each of these vehicles and less performing structures for offset crashes have led to dramatically worse outcome in a car to car offset frontal impact tests. Even though a decade later passenger cars have become much safer due to consumer test programs and regulatory requirements, the aggressiveness and compatibility that can cause damage to the opponent car in the event of car to car collision is not considered in the above-mentioned section, and therefore much improvement is needed. After many years of study to solve this problem, EuroNCAP has developed a new mode MPDB offset front test that considers the aggressiveness and compatibility that can affect the opponent cars that have collided. This paper introduces the development process of aggressiveness and compatibility evaluation method of MPDB in EuroNCAP which will be implemented from 2020. Several impact tests have been conducted at different test conditions to rate the vehicle structure performance only focused on aggressiveness and compatibility of MPDB.

Four degrees of freedom robot gripper for assembly robots (SCARA robot를 위한 4자유도 end-effector 개발)

  • ;Besant, C.S.
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1991.10a
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    • pp.511-516
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    • 1991
  • A new end-effector has been devised and the problems resulted from using it with SCARA robots are discussed. The end effector has two modules: one composed of two ultrasonic motors and two encoders for controlling each finger, and the other module composed of two ultrasonic motors and two encoders for controlling the wrist. The wrist module adds two degrees of freedom to the SCARA type robot, which generally has four degrees of freedom. With independent finger actuation and touch sensors, the gripper under computer control can feedback information about part size and part presence. Ultrasonic motors with high torque and slow motion characteristics are used. The principle of ultrasonic motors is explained and the servo characteristics of ultrasonic motors are studied. They are controlled by the general motion controller (Hewlett Packard HCTL-1000) which is linked to an IBM-PC AT.

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Efficiency Improvement for Concentrated Flux IPM Motors for Washing Machines

  • Yoon, Keun-Young;Kwon, Byung-Il
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.1277-1282
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    • 2014
  • Concentrated flux interior permanent magnet (CFIPM) motors have the advantage that their utilization of flux linkage is more efficient than that of general IPM motors and CFIPM motors are suitable for washing machine motors, which demand low-speed, high-torque specifications. However, low efficiency occurs in the low-speed high-torque mode considering the high-speed operation for spin mode. This paper proposes a magnet overhang structure between the rotor core that reduces leakage flux and improves efficiency for a CFIPM in wash mode. Optimization of the 3D design of magnet overhang structures is performed to improve the efficiency with the same quantity of permanent magnets. The validity of the optimal design is experimentally verified through the fabrication of prototypes.

Data Structure for the Design Program of Solid Rocket Motors (고체 추진기관 구조체 설계 프로그램 개발을 위한 설계 부품 자료 구조)

  • Lee, Kang-Soo;Kim, Won-Hoon;Lee, Bang-Eop
    • Korean Journal of Computational Design and Engineering
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    • v.17 no.5
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    • pp.364-374
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    • 2012
  • In this paper, we proposed a data structure to represent structural components of solid rocket motors (SRM) in an automated design program. To propose the data structure, we searched the necessary functions for the automated design program should have. In order to design the structural components of solid rocket motors sufficiently with a design program, it should have the functions to represent the shapes of the components, the drawing and analysis models, the design variables, various product structures, interferences, characteristic properties, design equations, and tightening sets. By modifying the data structure of an element object that is a general purpose data structure to represent a general component of a product, a new data structure was proposed to satisfy all the necessary functions with optimum. Finally, a design program for the structural components of solid rocket motors was developed successfully with the proposed data structure.

Optimization for Component Noise Validation Test by Evaluation of Noise Control Factors for Suspension (현가장치 소음 발생인자 평가를 통한 부품소음 검증시험 최적화)

  • Son, Myungkoon;Lee, Taeyong;Lee, Sangbok;Lee, Seul
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.25 no.3
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    • pp.344-349
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    • 2017
  • Suspension noise from under a passenger car is one of the important factors that impact the perceptual quality for drivers. However, it is difficult to validate this by component level testing in the early stage of development, because suspension noise caused by interaction of the related parts has been found at saleable vehicles late during development or at the manufacturing stage, when many customers have already filed for claims. This study proposed a validation testing under research by the DFSS process that enables reproduction of vehicle level noise by component level testing using a shock absorber with the related parts, such as urethane bumper and top mount. This study also developed a compromised test matrix while analyzing the noise factors through experimental design and analysis of variance to determine what factors can affect noise. Based on this study, we expect that the vehicle level and customer claim can be validated during initial development timing by a more reliable component noise validation test.

Thermal Characteristic Analysis of Induction Motors for Machine Tool Spindle for Motion Error Prediction (운동오차 예측을 위한 공작기계 스핀들용 유도전동기의 발열량 해석)

  • Seong, Ki-Hyun;Cho, Han-Wook;Hwang, Jooho;Shim, Jongyoub
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.32 no.2
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    • pp.141-147
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    • 2015
  • This paper deals with thermal characteristic analysis of induction motors for machine tool spindle for motion error prediction. Firstly, the inverse design of general induction motors for machine tool spindle has been performed by design principles. Characteristics considering VVVF inverter of induction motors were analyzed. Secondary, power loss and thermal characteristics of induction motors analyzed by equivalent thermal resistance model from Motor-CAD S/W. To develop a second-order fitted power-loss distribution model for the constant-torque operating range of the induction motor, we employed the design of experiment and response surface methodology techniques. Finally, the analysis results were experimentally verified, and the validity of the proposed analysis method was confirmed.

Parameter Estimation of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors using a Least Squares Method (최소자승법을 이용한 영구자석 동기전동기의 파라미터 추정)

  • Kwon, Ki-Hoon;Lee, Kyo-Beum
    • Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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    • 2018.11a
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    • pp.175-176
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    • 2018
  • This paper presents a method to estimate the parameter of permanent magnet synchronous motor using a least squares method. The approximate solution of the linear simultaneous equations is obtained by the pseudoinverse least squares method of the input current and output voltage data of the current controller. It is possible to obtain the current response of the same bandwidth to the general control target by using the Pole-zero Cancellation technique. This paper verifies the performance of the proposed method by comparing the results of estimation of parameters of different motors by simulation.

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