• Composites Research
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.1-7
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• 2005

In-situ structural health monitoring of filament wound pressure tanks were conducted during water-pressurizing test using embedded fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors. We need to monitor inner strains during working in order to verify the health condition of pressure tanks more accurately because finite element analyses on filament wound pressure tanks usually show large differences between inner and outer strains. Fiber optic sensors, especially FBG sensors can be easily embedded into the composite structures contrary to conventional electric strain gages (ESGs). In addition, many FBG sensors can be multiplexed in single optical fiber using wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) techniques. We fabricated a standard testing and evaluation bottle (STEB) with embedded FBG sensors and performed a water-pressurizing test. In order to increase the survivability of embedded FBG sensors, we suggested a revised fabrication process for embedding FBG sensors into a filament wound pressure tank, which includes a new protecting technique of sensor heads, the grating parts. From the experimental results, it was demonstrated that FBG sensors can be successfully adapted to filament wound pressure tanks for their structural health monitoring by embedding.

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.25-34
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• 2014

The aim of this study is to analyze the mechanical characteristics and settlement feature of the composite ground with structural form changes. The laboratory model test is a soil tanker to be contained with clay and grid form improved soil, which is conducted in total 9 case with the uniaxial compressive strength of improved soil and replacement ratio of improved soil. The numerical analysis for variation of stress distribution ratio with depth was performed in the same conditions which are the laboratory model test. As a result, stress distribution ratios in mid and high replacement ratio are increasing and settlement is decreasing, except low replacement ratio. This study is presented for form effect ratio and settlement reduction factor with change of structure form, which is able to be helpful in further research and reference for change of structural forms at composite ground.

• Composites Research
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.17-23
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• 2010

The stealth technology can increase the survivability of aircrafts or warships and enhance the capability of mission completion in hostile territory. The purpose of this paper is to present the low observable structure with curved surfaces made by fiber-reinforced composites and to show the possibility of developing omnidirectional stealth platforms for military applications. In this study, we developed a radar absorbing structures(RAS) based on a circuit analog absorber to reduce the radar cross section(RCS) of an object with curved surfaces. Firstly, the RAS with a periodic square patterned conducting polymer layer was designed and simulated using a commercial 3-D electromagnetic field analysis program. Secondly, the designed semi-cylindrical structure with low RCS was fabricated using fiber-reinforced composites and conducting polymer. To make the periodic pattern layer, acts as resistive sheet, the intrinsic conducting polymer paste containing PEDOT with a polyurethane binder was used. Finally, the radar cross section was measured to evaluate the radar absorbing performances of the fabricated RAS by the compact range facility in POSTECH.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.355-355
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• 2007

• Proceedings of the Korean Society For Composite Materials Conference
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.155-160
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• 2002

A new fabrication method of FBG sensor with gage length shorter than 10 mm is introduced using the reflection prism with special coating on the surface. It is verified that the bandwidth of FBG sensor increases exponentially as the gage length of it decreases. The transverse stress and strain gradient induced by local stress concentration which occurs during curing has an influence on the FBG sensor with gage length of 2 mm less than that of 10 mm.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.26 no.3B
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• pp.302-314
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• 2001

많은 비전 응용에서 카메라의 광축은 영상 평면과 직교한다는 가정을 한다. 그러나 가정아래 전통적인 왜곡 영상 보정 방법은 렌즈의 방사(radial) 왜곡과 이탈(decentering) 왜곡만을 고려하고 있다. 그러나 렌즈의 광축(optical axis)과 영상 켈리브레이션 평면이 직교하지 않을 경우는 평면 투명 변환과 카메라 자체의 렌즈 왜곡이 복합되어 나타나게 되므로 기존 방법만으로는 이러한 복합왜곡을 보정할 수 없다. 본 논문에서는 일방 방사왜곡 뿐만 나이라 평면 투명변환과 렌즈왜곡이 동시 존재하는 영상 시스템에서도 적용 가능한 왜곡 영상 자동 보정 방법을 제한한다. 제안한 복합 왜곡 모델은 평면 투명 변환 모델과 렌즈의 방사 왜곡 모델로부터 유도하고, 계수 추출 알고리듬은 비 선형 최소화 기법인 Levenberg-Marquart 방법에 기반을 둔다. 실험은 이상형 격자 영상에 임의 왜곡 계수를 적용한 영상과 WebCam 카메라의 실제 왜곡 영상을 가지고 실시하였고, 기존 방법과 제안한 방법의 보정율을 비교 평가하였다. 실험결과 제안한 방법은 렌즈 왜곡만 있는 경우에도 기존 방법보다 우수하였으며, 복합왜곡 환경에서도 97% 이상의 보정율로 아주 견고하게 적용 가능한 것으로 나타났다.

• Proceedings of the SAREK Conference
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• 2005.06a
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• pp.133-133
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• 2005

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.495-503
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• 2001

In a functionally graded materials(FGM), two constituent material particles are mixed up according to a specific volume fraction distribution so that its thermoelastic behavior is definitely characterized by such a material composition distribution. Therefore, the designer should determine the most suitable volume fraction distribution in order to design a FGM that optimally meets the desired performance against the given constraints. In this paper, we address a numerical optimization procedure, with employing interior penalty function method(IPFM) and FDM, for optimizing 2D volume fractions of heat-resisting FGMs composed of metal and ceramic. We discretize a FGM domain into finite number of homogenized rectangular cells of single design variable in order for the optimization efficiency. However, after the optimization process, we interpolate the discontinuous volume fraction with globally continuous bilinear function in order to enforce the continuity of volume fraction distributions.

• Composites Research
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.32-37
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• 2001

It is known that recoating or protection with glass-tube can prevent FBG sensor from being affected by birefringence. However, the effect on the strain transfer of such treatment has not been verified yet. Three types (uncoated, recoated and glass-tube protection) of FBG sensors are fabricated to verify the effect on the strain transfer of each treatment. The strain from each sensor embedded into a graphite/epoxy composite specimen was compared with that of ESG attached on the surface through the tensile test. And the signal characteristics of each sensor were also compared using the tensile test of a tapered aluminum specimen which was under the state of strain gradient.

• Journal of the Korea Computer Industry Society
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• v.6 no.5
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• pp.767-774
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• 2005

In this paper, we propose an efficient coding method of digital hologram using standard compression tools for video images. At first, we convert fringe patterns into video data using a principle of CGH(Computer Generated Hologram), and then encode it. In this research, we propose a compression algorithm is made up of various method such as pre-processing for transform, local segmentation with global information of object image, frequency transform for coding, scanning to make fringe to video stream, classification of coefficients, and hybrid video coding. The proposed algorithm illustrated that it have better properties for reconstruction and compression rate than the previous methods.