• 한국정보통신설비학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2009.08a
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• pp.367-369
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• 2009

본 논문은 저전력 무선 임피던스 기반 구조물 건전성 감시 USN 시스템을 활용하여 electro-mechanical Impedance 센서의 일종인 PZT센서를 부착한 배관 구조물의 건전성을 진단하는 방법과 그 실험 결과에 대해 소개 한다. 기존에는 건설구조물에 가해지는 전기적인 입출력비에 해당하는 임피던스를 계측하기 위해서 비교적 고가의 대형 계측 장비가 필요로 했으며, 구조물에 설치된 센서를 계측장비에 연결하기 위한 유선의 케이블 작업 역시 추가로 필요했었다. 대형 배관 구조물의 경우에는 이러한 문제점 때문에 임피던스를 이용한 능동형 센서가 제대로 활용되지 못하고 있고 비정기적인 비파괴검사에만 국한되어 사용되어 왔다. USN기술은 저전력 소출력 무선통신을 통해 기존의 계측시스템과는 다른 상시모니터링의 장점을 가지고 있는 기술로서 최근 토목/건설 분야에서 적극적으로 활용이 되는 융합기술이다. 본 논문에서 구조물 건전성 감시 분야와 저전력 무선 계측 기술의 통합을 통해 얻어진 최적화된 배관 건전도 진단 센서 노드의 효율성을 정량적 실험 데이터를 통해 입증하고, 앞으로의 연구 방향에 대한 제안으로 끝을 맺는다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2011.07a
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• pp.1816-1817
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• 2011

원자력발전소의 금속파편감시계통(LPMS : Loose Parts Monitoring System)은 원자로냉각재계통 내부에 존재할 수 있는 금속 이물질과 구조물 이완부에 의한 충격신호를 조기에 검출하여 원자로 구조물 및 핵연료 손상, 제어봉 구동장애 등을 미연에 방지하여 발전소 안전운전을 담당하는 중요 감시설비이다. LPMS는 금속 이물질이나 구조물 이완부에 의한 충격신호를 검출하기 위해 충격파에 민감한 가속도계를 원자로냉각재계통 중 금속파편이 자연적으로 모일 수 있는 각 구역의 표면에 최소 2개 이상 설치되어 있다. 원전은 규제요건에 따라 설비의 건전성 확인을 위해 24시간, 7일, 31일, 91일 마다 각 1회의 설비 건전성 시험을 수행하며, 계획예방정비기간 중에는 가속도계 주변에서 강구나 스프링 타격기를 이용한 충격시험을 통해 설비 전체의 건전성을 확인하고 있다. 설비 건전성 확인을 위해 경상운전 중에 수행하는 설비 건전성 시험에는 설비 특성상 가속도계 및 전치증폭기의 건전성을 확인할 수 없다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 경상운전 중 가속도계와 전치증폭기의 건전성을 확인할 수 있는 기법을 제시하고자 한다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.39 no.3
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• pp.241-247
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• 2015

Deflection and deformation occur easily in structures with long length, such as bridges and pipelines. Shape monitoring is required for ensuring their structural health. A fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensor can be used for monitoring a large-scale structure because of its advantage of multiplexing. In this study, FBG sensors were used for monitoring a composite beam structure, and its strains were measured at multiple points. Thereafter, a shape estimation technique based on the strains was studied. Particularly, a three-dimensional shape estimation technique was proposed for accurate structural health monitoring. A simple experiment was conducted to verify the performance of the shape estimation technique. The result revealed that the estimated shape of the composite beam structure was in agreement with the actual shape obtained after the deformation of the specimen. Additionally, the deflection at a specific point was verified by comparing the estimated and actual deformations measured using a micrometer.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.39-45
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• 2015

Applications of smart sensors have been extended to safety systems in the aerospace, transportation and civil engineering fields. In particular, structural health monitoring techniques using smart sensors have gradually become necessary and have been developed to prevent dangers to human life and damage to assets. Generally, smart sensors are based on electro-magnets and have several weaknesses, including electro-magnetic interference and distortion. Therefore, fiber optic sensors are an outstanding alternative to overcome the weaknesses of electro-magnetic sensors. However, they require expensive devices and complex systems. This paper proposes a new, affordable and simple sensor system that uses a single fiber to monitor pressures at multiple-points. Moreover, a prototype of the sensor system was manufactured and tested for a feasibility study. Based on the results of this experimental test, a relationship was carefully observed between the bend loss conditions and light-intensity. As a result, it was shown that impacts at multiple-points could be monitored.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.1-8
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• 2016

Recently, buildings tend to be large size, complex shape and functional. As the size of buildings is becoming massive, the need for structural health monitoring(SHM) technique is ever-increasing. Various SHM techniques have been studied for buildings which have different dynamic characteristics and are influenced by various external loads. Generally, the visual inspection and non-destructive test for an accessible point of structures are performed by experts. But nowadays, the system is required which is online measurement and detect risk elements automatically without blind spots on structures. In this study, in order to consider the response of non-linear structures, proposed a signal feature extraction and the adaptive threshold setting algorithm utilized to determine the abnormal behavior by using statistical methods such as control chart, root mean square deviation, generalized extremely distribution. And the performance of that was validated by using the acceleration response of structures during earthquakes measuring system of forced vibration tests and actual operation.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.92-98
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• 2015

Recently, buildings tend to be large size, complex shape and functional. As the size of buildings is becoming massive, the need for structural health monitoring (SHM) technique is increasing. Various SHM techniques have been studied for buildings which have different dynamic characteristics and influenced by various external loads. "Abnormal behavior point" is a moment when the structure starts vibrating abnormally and this can be detected by comparing between before and after abnormal behavior point. In other words, anomalous behavior is a sign of damage on structures and estimating the abnormal behavior point can be directly related to the safety of structure. Abnormal behavior causes damage on structures and this leads to enormous economic damage as well as damage for humans. This study proposes an estimating technique to find abnormal behavior point using Hilber-Huang Transform which is a time-frequency signal analysis technique and the proposed algorithm has been examined through laboratory tests with a bridge model using a shaking table.

• Journal of Korean Association for Spatial Structures
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.5-11
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• 2010

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.36 no.6
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• pp.460-465
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• 2016

Long pipe structures are usually installed in fixtures located with regular intervals or laid underground. Therefore, deflection and deformation could easily occur due to their weight or ground activity. A shape monitoring technique can be used effectively to evaluate the integrity of the pipe structures. Fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors, which have an advantage of multiplexing could be used to measure strains at multiple-points of a long structure. In this study, to evaluate the integrity of a pipeline, a shape estimation technique based on strain information was proposed. Furthermore, different experiments were conducted to verify the performance of the proposed technique. Thus, the proposed shape estimation technique can represent the shape according to the deformation of the specimen using the FBGs. Moreover, calculated deflection of the pipeline using the estimation technique showed a good agreement with the actual deflection of the pipeline.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society For Composite Materials Conference
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• 2004.04a
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• pp.107-110
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• 2004

In this paper, a new structural health monitoring technique for composite laminates through the use of embedded fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors is presented. The method traces the ply stress states of a laminate and compares them with failure criteria during the service time of structures. The ply stress state of every ply composing the composite laminate can be obtained using classical lamination theory by embedded FBG sensors in the laminate. Graphite/epoxy laminate specimens, embedded with three FBG sensors, were fabricated. Tension tests were performed to evaluate the ply stress states tracing technique. Experimental results show that laminates experience fracture when the ply stress states are over the boundaries of failure criteria. In this method, critical damage can be detected by the ply stress states which are close to the boundaries of the failure criteria.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2009.04a
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• pp.106-109
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 교량의 상태감시 테스트베드 구축을 위한 한-미 국제공동연구의 현황 및 활동 내용들을 논하였다. 이 국제공동연구는 최첨단 센서와 구조건전도 모니터링 방법의 유용성 및 통합화하는데 그 목적을 두고 있다. 테스트베드 구축을 위해 가속도계과 동적 FBG 센서, 압전 센서 등과 같은 스마트 센서를 사용하였으며, 무선 데이터수집 시스템이 도입되었다. 교량 모니터링 기법으로는 압전 센서 및 EM센서로부터 취합된 데이터를 이용하여 국부손상검색을 수행하였으며, 가속도계, 동적 FBG센서 및 이미지 프로세싱을 이용하여 진동기반 전역손상검색을 수행하였다. 테스트베드 교량으로는 PC박스 거더교, 강상자형교, 강판형교, 사장교의 4가지 형식의 교량이 사용되었다. 테스트베드 교량에 최신 이동통신 인터넷 연결기술을 이용하여 교량에 설치된 센서로부터 취합된 데이터와 모니터링 시스템으로부터 교량의 상태를 실시간 감시할 수 있는 네트워크 시스템을 구축하였다. 이러한 원거리 이동통신시스템을 통하여 구조물의 건전성 평가결과를 실시간으로 전송 및 분석할 수 있도록 하였다.