• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.12 no.2 s.46
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• pp.77-82
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• 2007

In this paper, we proposed the image processing techniques for extracting the cracks in a concrete surface crack image and the enhanced Max-Min neural network for recognizing the directions of the extracted cracks. The image processing techniques used are the closing operation or morphological techniques, the Sobel masking for extracting for edges of the cracks, and the iterated binarization for acquiring the binarized image from the crack image. The cracks are extracted from the concrete surface image after applying two times of noise reduction to the binarized image. We proposed the method for automatically recognizing the directions of the cracks with the enhanced Max-Min neural network. Also, we propose an enhanced Max-Min neural network by auto-tuning of learning rate using delta-bar-delta algorithm. The experiments using real concrete crack images showed that the cracks in the concrete crack images were effectively extracted and the enhanced Max-Min neural network was effective in the recognition of direction of the extracted cracks.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.352-357
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• 2008

The detection of micro cracks in materials at the early stage of fracture is important in many structural safety assurance problems. The nonlinear ultrasonic technique (NUT) has been considered as a positive method for this, since it is more sensitive to micro crack than conventional linear ultrasonic methods. The basic principle is that the waveform is distorted by nonlinear stress-displacement relationship on the crack interface when the ultrasonic wave transmits through, and resultantly higher order harmonics are generated. This phenomenon is called the contact acoustic nonlinearity (CAN). The purpose of this paper is to prove the applicability of CAN experimentally by detection of micro fatigue crack artificailly initiated in Aluminum specimen. For this, we prepared fatigue specimens of Al6061 material with V-notch to initiate the crack, and the amplitude of second order harmonic was measured by scanning along the crack direction. From the results, we could see that the harmonic amplitude had good correlation with COD and it can be used to detect the crack depth in more accurately than the common 6 dB drop echo method.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.403-408
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• 2013

In this paper, we propose to develop an inspection system that recognizes surface cracks on the brake pad and the types of brake pads of each car during the production process, on a conveyor belt. The brake pad is made from a mixture of materials, using high-heat and pressure. Therefore, the brake pad can be cracked and damaged on the surface during production. Our goal is to develop an effective detection system and application software to detect substandard product. A shadow is generated when the artificial light shines on the damaged of the surface of pad. Using the computer vision algorithm that is proposed we can detect the substandard product. Results from experiments confrim the performance of the proposed algorithm.

• Composites Research
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.25-30
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• 2011

The studies on the non-destructive testing methods of the composite materials are very important for improving their reliability and safety. AE(Acoustic Emission) can evaluate the defects by detecting the emitting strain energy when elastic waves are generated by the generation and growth of a crack, plastic deformation, fiber breakage, matrix cleavage or delamination. In this paper, the AE signals of the filament wound composite cylinder and sandwich cylinder during the pressure test were measured and analyzed. The signal characteristics of PVDF sensors were measured, and an AE signal analyzer which had the band-pass filter and L-C resonance filter were designed and fabricated. Also, the crack detection capability of the fabricated AE signal analyzer wes evaluated during the pressure tests of the filament wound composite cylinder and the sandwich cylinder.

• Journal of the Architectural Institute of Korea Structure & Construction
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• v.35 no.11
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• pp.163-170
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• 2019

Most of the current crack investigation work consists of visual inspection using simple measuring equipment such as crack scale. These methods involve the subjection of the inspector, which may lead to differences in the inspection results prepared by the inspector, and may lead to a large number of measurement errors. So, this study proposes an image-based crack detection method to enhance objectivity and efficiency of concrete crack investigation. In this study, YOLOv2 was used to determine the presence of cracks in the image information to ensure the speed and accuracy of detection for real-time analysis. In addition, we extracted shapes of cracks and calculated quantitatively, such as width and length using various image processing techniques. The results of this study will be used as a basis for the development of image-based facility defect diagnosis automation system.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.5-12
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• 1993

볼트와 너트에 대한 초음파비파괴검사는 종파와 사각 횡파 기술을 사용하고 있는데 작은 결함신호는 자사산의 신호와 크기가 비슷해 구분이 되지 않는다. 본 논문에서는 나사산의 다중반사신호로부터 결함신호를 구분할 수 있는 방법을 제시한다. 종파를 사용하였을 경우 균열의 선단신호와 코너에서 반사되는 신호는 진행시간이 거의 같아 중첩되어 나타나지만 균열로 인한 Rayleigh파는 균열의 선단신호와 코너에서 반사되는 신호다음에 결함길이에 따른 미세한 진행시간을 가지고 나타난다. 이와는 다르게 횡파를 사용하였을때의 균열의 선단신호는 코너에서 반사되는 신호보다 앞에 나타난다. 이러한 나사산에 존재하는 결함의 선단신호를 기준으로 순방향 또는 역방향으로 반사되는 신호로부터 작은 결함신호도 구분할 수 있고 그 크기를 정량적으로 계산할 수 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Surface Engineering Conference
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• 2016.11a
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• pp.202-202
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• 2016

API X-80강재의 수소유기균열(HIC)현상을 비파괴적으로 평가하는 장치를 구축하고 금상학적 평가를 수행하였다. 시편은 열간 압연된 API X-80강재이며 평균입도는 약 $1.76-1.99{\mu}m$ 이었다. 압연재의 금상학적 집합조직은 (110)극점은 ND방향에 평행, (100)극점은 TD방향으로 약 $30^{\circ}$, TD방향으로부터 RD방향으로 약 $45^{\circ}$ 기울어져 있으며, (211)면은 RD방향에 수직인 면으로부터 TD방향으로 약 $35^{\circ}$ 기울어져서 있었다. Pin-on-disk형 마모시험기를 이용한 상온 평균 마찰계수는 0.745였으며 마모손실은 0.0196 mm/min 이었다. 3축 제어 초음파 비파괴 검사 장비는 표면으로부터 약 3mm 깊이의 1 mm 크기의 모의 균열을 탐촉자가 10 mm 접근하면 검출이 가능하였다. HIC시험분위기(NACE-standard TM 0248)에 1일 이상 장입하면 초음파비파괴검사장비로 측정될 수 있는 마이크로미터크기의 균열을 측정할 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Industrial Safety Conference
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• 2001.11a
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• pp.124-129
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• 2001

점 용접부는 응력상태가 복잡하고, 피로균열은 판 두께, 너겟 직경, 용접 타점수, 부하 방식 등의 역학적인 인자와 재질, 화학성분, 표면 상태 등의 재료적인 인자, 그리고 용접전류, 가압력, 통전 시간등의 용접적인 인자의 영향을 동시에 받으며 3차원적으로 성장하므로 균열 성장 모드는 항상 혼합보드이고 균열이 박판 내면에서 발생. 성장하므로 검출이 곤란하여 균열 성장의 해석 및 예측이 어렵다/sup 1)/. 따라서 비접촉, 실시간, Whole-field, 레이저 파장 단위까지 측정이 가능하여 기존의 방법들의 문제점을 극복할 수 있고, 반도체와 같은 소형의 제품뿐만 아니라 기존에 측정하지 못했던 초고온, 대형 구조물의 변형도 정확하게 측정을 할 수 있는 ESPI법을 이용하여 일반가전 제품, 자동차 건축용에 많이 사용되고 있는 아연도금강판(SGCC)을 선택하여 단일 용접조건으로 점용접의 피치를 변화시켜 시험편을 제작하고 면외변위를 다각도로 측정하여 그 가능성을 검증하고자 한다.(중략)

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.98-103
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• 2009

The nuclear power plants have been safely operated by plugging the steam generator tubes which have the crack indications. Tube rupture events can occur if analysts fail to detect crack indications during in-service inspection. There are various types of crack indication in steam generator tubes and they have been detected by the eddy current test. The integrity assessment should be performed using the crack-sizing results from eddy current data when the crack indication is detected. However, it is not easy to evaluate the crack-depth precisely and consistently due to the complexity of the methods. The current crack-sizing methods were reviewed in this paper and the suitable ones were selected through the laboratory tests. The retired steam generators of Kori Unit 1 were used for this study. The round robin tests by the domestic qualified analysts were carried out and the statistical models were introduced to establish the appropriate depth-sizing techniques. It is expected that the proposed techniques in this study can be utilized in the Steam Generator Management Program.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.24-30
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• 1993

The necessity of ultrasonic inspection to detect the cracks in turbine blade is being increased as the forced outage of nuclear power plants have been occurred due to blade failure in turbine components. However, the complex blade root geometry causes the ultrasonic inspection technique not to be established yet and much effort is required to set up a more reliable inspection. In this paper, the ultrasonic inspection technique for flaw detectability, skew angle effect, identification of flaw and geometric signal have been investigated with a test block and discussed the interpretation of ultrasonic signal through the acquisition and analysis of RF waveform. The experimental results show that the proper examination procedure can be established. It is required that the skew angle is essential to decrease the effect of signals from the complex blade geometry. The present results of this study can be applied to the site inspection without blade disassembly.