• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.9 no.6
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• pp.1569-1573
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• 2008

This paper describes a development of Ultrasonic NDE software to analyze steam generator of nuclear power plant. The developed software includes classical analysis method such as A, B, C and D-scan images. And it can analyze the detected internal cracks using 3D image processing method. To do such, we obtain raw data from specimens of real pipeline of power plants, and get the envelope signal using Empirical Mode Decomposition from obtained ultrasonic 1-dimensional data. The reconstructed 3D crack images offer useful information about the location, shape and size of cracks, even if there is no special 2D image analysis technique. The developed analysis software is applied to specimens containing various cracks with known dimensions. The results of application showed that the developed software provided accurate and enhanced 2D images and reconstructed 3D image of cracks.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.19-28
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• 1996

This study has investigated the optimization of NDT method and the minimum detectable defect size for complex structures such as the solid propellant rocket motor using real time X-ray imaging system. Test specimens were made of steel plates with various defect size, and installed with proper thickness for which solid propellant, rubber, and case converted to the steel equivalent thickness according to the radiographic equivalent theory. As the results, this examination obtained optimum magnification and X-ray energy, dose rate according to steel equivalent thickness, also, obtained the relationship between minimum detectable defect size and the ratio(defect depot/object thickness). Thus, this simulated test is the preliminary procedure before performing NDT for real objects, and is possibly applied for NDT of other complex structures.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartA
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• v.13A no.7 s.104
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• pp.607-614
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• 2006

The checkpointing schemes should reduce the process delay through managing the checkpoints of each node to fit the network load to enhance the performance of the process running on the cluster system that write the checkpoints into its global stable storage. For this reason, a cluster system with single IO space on a distributed RAID chooses a suitable checkpointng scheme to get the maximum IO performance and the best rollback recovery efficiency. In this paper, we improved the striped checkpointing scheme with dynamic stripe group size by adapting to the network bandwidth variation at the point of checkpointing. To analyze the performance of the multi striped checkpointing scheme, we applied Linpack HPC benchmark with MPI on our own cluster system with maximum 512 virtual nodes. The benchmark results showed that the multistriped checkpointing scheme has better performance than the striped checkpointing scheme on the checkpoint writing efficiency and rollback recovery at heavy system load.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.225-232
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• 2010

In this study, an automated ultrasonic testing system and post signal and image processing techniques are developed in order to construct ultrasonic flaw images in weldments. Image processing algorithms are built into the flaw image processing system for the automated ultrasonic testing system. The developed signal and image analysis algorithms addressed in this study include an A-Scan data compression algorithm, ultrasonic image amplification algorithm and B-scan flaw image correction algorithm(SAFT). This flaw image processing system for the automated ultrasonic testing system can be applied to various inspection fields.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2015.07a
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• pp.868-869
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• 2015

지하 매설된 가스배관을 정기적으로 검사하기 위해서 가스 공급 및 용역업체에서는 주로 비피과검사 탐상장비인 MFL(Magnetic Flux Leakage) PIG(Pipeline Inspection Gauge)를 사용한다. 기존의 MFL PIG는 배관 내 유체(가스,오일 등)의 전후차단 압력의 흐름을 이용해 별도의 구동장치 없이 피그를 진행시켜 배관의 결함 유무를 평가하는 시스템이다. 하지만 10기압 이하의 낮은 운영압력과 T 분기관과 같이 급격한 곡관부가 존재하는 직경 16인치 이하의 도시가스 배관에는 기존의 시스템을 적용하기 어렵다. 이처럼 기존 MFL PIG의 적용이 불가한 도시가스 배관(직경 16인치 이하)을 활주하기 위해서는 우선 비파괴검사 시스템을 견인할 수 있는 추진 로봇이 필요하고 추진로봇에 적합한 자기누설 비파괴검사 시스템의 개발이 필요하다. 또한 비파괴검사 장비의 센서 시스템은 결함신호를 탐지하여 결함의 발생유무 및 결함의 형상을 판별하는 성능도 중요하다. 본 논문에서는 16인치 도시가스 배관의 검사를 위한 자기누설 비파괴검사 시스템의 기초설계와 대상 시스템의 자기적 특성을 분석한다. 또한 배관 외벽의 결함 발생 유무에 따른 자기누설 신호의 크기 및 분포변화를 3차원 유한요소법을 이용해 해석하여, 결함 검출 신호의 특성을 분석하는데 초점을 둔다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Magnestics Society Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.233-233
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• 2009

• Radioisotope journal
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.59-72
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• 2005

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.17-24
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• 1982

• Journal of radiological science and technology
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• v.38 no.1
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• pp.7-15
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• 2015

A ultrasonic probe is very important in medical ultrasonic image, but the frequency of probe defects are often. Therefore practical tools for probe based ultrasonic QA should be developed. Advanced research on the effects of the probe defects on the quality of ultrasonic images is required. This study has investigated the effects of the defects in the probe elements influence Doppler images in the medical ultrasonic scanners. Especially the defects in a set of adjacent elements(SAE) electrically disconnected influence Doppler images were tested. The results show Doppler brightness and velocity became rapidly reduced as the defected elements is located centrally, as the defected elements is activated. The more the defected elements increased, the more Doppler brightness and velocity increased. As a set of the element disconnected moved, it appeared Doppler velocity starting to decrease and then was followed by brightness. The strength is not consistent with the velocity in the number and location of the defected elements. The defects in the probe elements influence Doppler velocity when the defected elements got out of the elements activated at Doppler mode.

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.53-62
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• 2001

Effects of surface defect on thermal stability and stress crack resistance of high density polyethylene geomembranes in environmental conditions were examined by comparing the mechanical properties, chemical resistance and failure times of geomembranes between defective cases under different temperatures. Artificial surface defects were added to the surface of geomembranes by scratch apparatus designed specially. The number of surface defects was increased with the smaller size of scratch induced particles, and the more scratch addition numbers at the shear rate of scratch induced mechanism, 100mm/min. The tensile strength were decreased but the tensile strain was increased with the above conditions. In chemical resistance of defective geomembranes, the tensile strength were decreased but the tensile strain was increased with the longer immersion period and the higher temperature under the same scratch induced conditions. Finally, failure times of defective geomembranes by ESCR test were shifted to the shorter time ranges by increasing temperatures.