• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2003.10b
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• pp.51-53
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• 2003

본 논문에서는 압전 트랜스듀서의 임피던스 해석을 유한 요소법을 통해 실험적으로 검증하였고 이러한 유한 요소법을 이용하여 압전 변압기의 동작 주파수 및 등가회로 정수를 도출하였다. 또한, 등가 회로법을 이용하여 부하 변동에 따른 압전 변압기의 공진 주파수와 효율 변화를 분석하고 이를 실험적으로 검증하였다. 한편, 유한 요소법과 자동 요소 분할 프로그램(Auto-Mesh Generator), 최적화 알고리즘을 이용하여 일정 부하에서 최대 효율과 승압비를 갖는 압전 변압기의 형상 최적화를 수행하였는데, 최적화 기법으로는 sinc함수의 수렴 결과를 통해 타당성이 입증된 진화 알고리즘(Evolution Strategy)을 적용하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2003.07b
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• pp.819-821
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• 2003

본 논문에서는 압전 트랜스듀서의 임피던스 해석을 유한 요소법을 통해 실험적으로 검증하였고, 이러한 유한 요소법을 이용하여 압전 변압기의 동작 주파수 및 등가회로 정수를 도출하였다. 또한, 등가 회로법을 이용하여 부하 변동에 따른 압전 변압기의 공진 주파수와 효율 변화를 분석하고 이를 실험적으로 검증하였다. 한편, 유한 요소법과 자동 요소 분할 프로그램(Auto-Mesh Generator), 최적화 알고리즘을 이용하여 일정 부하에서 최대 효율을 갖는 압전 변압기의 형상 최적화를 수행하였는데, 최적화 기법으로는 sinc 함수의 수렴 결과를 통해 타당성이 입증된 진화 알고리즘 (Evolution Strategy)을 적용하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 1999.05a
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• pp.307-312
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• 1999

A piezoelectric flextentional sonar transducer has been simulated using a coupled FE-BEM. The dynamics of the sonar transducer is modelled in three dimensions and is analyzed with external electrical excitation conditions. Different results are available such as steady-state displacement modes, underwater directivity patterns. It is shown that the present barrel-stave sonar transducer of the piezoelectric material produces flextentional displacements which could be related with higher output power, lower quality factor and more omnidirectional beam pattern than other types of sonar transducers.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.36-43
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• 2002

Thermopiezoelastic snap-through phenomena of piezolaminated plates are investigated by applying an are-length scheme to Newton-Raphson method. Based on the layerwise displacement theory and von Karman strain-displacement relationships, nonlinear finite element formulations are derived for the thermopiezoelastic composite plates. From the static and dynamic viewpoint, nonlinear thermopierzoelastic behavior and vibration characteristicx are stuied for symmetric and eccentric structural models with various piezoelestric actuation modes. Present results show the possibility to enhance the performance, namely thermopiezoelastic snapping, induced by the excessive piezoelectric actuation in the active suppression of thermally buckled large deflection piezolaminated paltes.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.32 no.11
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• pp.918-923
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• 2008

Since crack detection for laminated composites in-service is effective to improve the structural reliability of laminated composites, it have been tried to detect cracks of laminated composites by various nondestructive methods. An electric potential method is one of the widely used approaches for detection of cracks for carbon fiber composites, since the electric potential method adopts the electric conductive carbon fibers as reinforcements and sensors and the adoption of carbon fibers as sensors does not bring strength reduction induced by embedding sensors into the structures such as optical fibers. However, the application of the electric method is limited only to electrically conductive composite materials. Recently, a piezoelectric method using piezoelectric characteristics of epoxy adhesives has been successfully developed for the adhesive joints because it can monitor continuously the damage of adhesively bonded structures without producing any defects. Polymeric materials for the matrix of composite materials have piezoelectric characteristics similarly to adhesive materials, and the fracture of composite materials should lead to the fracture of polymeric matrix. Therefore, it seems to be valid that the piezoelectric method can be applied to monitoring the damage of composite materials. In this research, therefore, the feasibility study of the damage monitoring for composite materials by piezoelectric method was conducted. Using carbon fiber epoxy composite and glass fiber composite, charge output signals were measured and analyzed during the static and fatigue tests, and the effect of fiber materials on the damage monitoring of composite materials by the piezoelectric method was investigated.

• Journal of KSNVE
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.65-70
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• 1996

The sensor response of a piezoelectric transducer embedded in a fluid loaded structure is modeled using a hybrid numerical approach. The structure is excited by an obliquely incident acoustic wave. Finite element modeling in the structure and fluid surrounding the transducer region, is used and a plane wave representation is exploited to match the displacement field at the mathematical boundary. On this boundary, continuity of field derivatives is enforced by using a penalty factor and to further achieve transparency at the mathematical boundary, drilling degrees of freedom (d.o.f.) are introduced to ensure continuity of all derivatives. Numerical results are presented for the sensor response and it is found that the sensor at that location is not only non-intrusive but also sensitive to the characteristic of the structure.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2011.04a
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• pp.311-314
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• 2011

최근 콘크리트 구조물의 안전성강화를 위해 탄소섬유 강화 플라스틱(CFRP) 보강 공법이 널리 사용되고 있지만 잘 알려진 바와 같이 CFRP 보강재와 콘크리트 표면사이의 부착면 탈락은 보강재 자체의 손상보다 발생할 확률이 높고 이러한 부착면 탈락은 보강의 효과를 무의미하게 만들기 때문에 구조물 전체의 파괴로 직결될 수 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 CFRP 부착면 탈락손상을 실시간으로 검색하기 위해 압전센서를 사용하는 구조물 건전성 평가 기술을 적용하였다. 이의 검증을 위해 CFRP로 보강된 콘크리트 보를 제작하였고 3단계로 증가하는 부착면 탈락 손상을 발생시켰다. 손상 증가 단계마다 CFRP 표면에 배열된 압전센서로부터 임피던스와 유도초음파 신호를 계측하였고 손상에 따른 신호변화를 정량화하기 위해 손상지수인 RMSD를 계산하였다. 더 구체적인 부착면 탈락 손상위치 탐색을 위해서 두 가지 계측 기법으로부터 구해진 RMSD 값를 중첩시키는 Superposed RMSD 가 제안되었다. 구해진 Superposed RMSD 값을 사용하여 커브 피팅이 수행되었고 도출된 커브의 최고값에 해당하는 위치값을 찾아 실제 손상위치와 비교함으로써 제안된 기법의 가능성을 검증해 보았다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.34 no.5
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• pp.369-376
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• 2014

This paper presents a method that integrates passive and active-sensing techniques for the structural health monitoring of plate-like structures. Three piezoelectric transducers are deployed in a L-shape to detect and locate an impact event by measuring and processing the acoustic emission data. The same sensor arrays are used to estimate the subsequent structural damage using guided waves. Because this method does not require a prior knowledge of the structural parameters, such as the wave velocity profile in various directions, accurate results could be achieved even on anisotropic or curved plates. A series of experiments was performed on plates, including a spar-wing structure, to demonstrate the capability of the proposed method. The performance was also compared to that of traditional approaches and the superior capability of the proposed method was experimentally demonstrated.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.37 no.1
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• pp.217-229
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• 2017

The high-frequency electro-mechanical signatures, which are excited and received by piezoelectric wafers mounted on a beam, are sensitive to incipient defect in a beam. Predicting the sensing range of the piezoelectric wafers is needed to effectively conduct damage assessment of a beam through utilizing their advantage. Damping of a beam plays the most important role in determining the sensing range among other features. This paper has proposed a scheme for estimating high-frequency damping of a beam through electro-mechanical signatures of piezoelectric wafers mounted on the beam. Considering damping effect while resonance of a beam evolves, wave perspective is adopted to formulate the electro-mechanical signatures of piezoelectric wafers. The damping of a beam is estimated through the least squares method minimizing the difference between the calculated and the measured damping ratio function values which are obtained from formulated and measured electro-mechanical signatures, respectively. The validity of the proposed scheme has been demonstrated through numerical and experimental examples using an aluminum beam with collocated piezoelectric wafers.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2016.07a
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• pp.227-228
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• 2016

본 논문에서는 압전소자를 이용한 에너지 하베스터의 전기적 모델링을 제안하였고 이를 시뮬레이션 및 실험을 통해 비교 분석하였다. 에너지 하베스터는 압전소자를 이용한 발전기, 풀브리지 정류기, 평활용 콘덴서, 부하로 구성된다. 본 논문에서는 에너지 하베스팅 방법으로 Standard AC 방법과 이에 풀브리지 정류기를 추가한 Standard DC 방법을 사용하였고 전기적 모델링, 시뮬레이션, 실험의 분석을 위해 압전 발전기를 RLC 등가모델로 구성하였다. 에너지 하베스터 실험장치를 구성하였으며, 두 가지의 전력변환 기법 각각 $73.7{\mu}W$, $69.3{\mu}W$를 하베스팅 하는 것을 확인하였다.