• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.32 no.6
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• pp.532-540
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• 2013

In this paper, we propose the modified SED (Subband Energy Detection) which can assign weights adapting to the receiving signal level for the broadband energy detection in the passive SONARs. SED which is one of the broadband processing mainly employed by passive SONARs to detect a target is more robust against interference like multi signals or a clutter than CED (Conventional Energy Detection), but it degrades detection performance to assign weights independent of extracted extrema level of the receiving signal. Therefore, in this paper, the weighting method which can efficiently assigns rewards or penalties adapting to extracted extrema level of the receiving signal is proposed. In order to evaluate the performance of proposed method, we conducted experiments by using simulation and real ocean acoustic signal which is acquired from Yellow Sea. From the experiments, our proposed method has shown better performance than conventional SED.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.9-15
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• 2012

In this paper, the bearing strengths and fracture behaviors of the pin-jointed carbon fiber/epoxy composites were investigated through pin loading test with acoustic emission technique. The composites were fabricated by a filament winding process, and three types of laminated patterns were considered. Type 1 was fabricated with stitch, Type 2 was fabricated without stitich and Type 3 was fabricated with prepregs. According to the results, bearing strength of Type 1 was 3.3% lower than that of Type 2 and that of Type 3 was highest. Type 1 and Type 2 revealed a net-tension failure mode, respectively, whereas Type 3 pattern exhibited a bearing failure mode. Also, acoustic emission energy of the Type 3 was higher than that of the Type 1 and Type 2. Therefore, the Type 3 was found to be structurally safer than the Type 1 and Type 2.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.138-145
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• 2015

Although it is well-known that environmental noise can lead to hearing loss in individuals, the true extent of subway noise effects in the general population remains poorly understood. The purpose of the present study is to see changes of acoustic reflex thresholds and speech perception scores when passengers listen to music presented from their personal listening device in the subway. Forty subjects with normal hearing participated being divided into two groups, experimental and control groups. As a baseline, all subjects were measured by acoustic reflex thresholds in five test frequencies and Korean speech perception in noise (KSPIN) test at 0 and -5 dB SNR. In the experiment, the control group read newspaper or magazine in the subway noise, whereas the experimental group listened to music presented from their smartphone under the subway noise through speakers at 73.45 dBA for 60 min. After completing the experiment, two groups also conducted both acoustic reflex thresholds and KSPIN tests in the same condition as the baseline. The results showed that there was a significant difference of correct percent in speech-in-noise test between experimental and control groups and of that between two signal-to-noise ratios, which means the double noise exposure of 60 min might cause some degradation of speech perception when noise increases compared to only subway noise condition that was not statistically significant difference. We concluded that a risk of some degraded speech perception ability would be expected when passengers have a habit of listening to music in the subway noisy situation for a long duration.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.31 no.5
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• pp.529-535
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• 2011

In this study, evaluation of acoustic emission signals characteristics for the post weld heat treated (PWHT) multi-pass weldment and weldment was dealt. Charpy standard specimens were taken from the lowest, middle and highest regions of the weld block. Pre-crack was made using the repeated load. Four point bend and AE tests were conducted simultaneously. Regardless of the specimens, AE signals were absent within elastic region and produced in the process of plastic deformation. AE signals for all specimens were not emitted after the maximum load. Value of signal strength for the all PWHT specimens was lower than that of the weldment. Besides, relations of plastic deformation zone size and accumulated AE counts for the PWHT specimens were more simple compared with the weldment. In case of the PWHT specimen, particles on the fractured surface decreased prominently compared with the weldment due.to PWHT. From these results, it can be concluded that PWHT was effective in reducing the AE sources for the weldment.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.39 no.1
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• pp.16-23
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• 2020

In High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) treatment, effective localization of HIFU focus is important for developing a safe treatment plan. While Magnetic Resonance Imaging guided HIFU (MRIgHIFU) can visualize the ultrasound path during the treatment for localizing HIFU focus, it is challenging in ultrasound imaging guided HIFU (USIgHIFU). In the present study, a real-time ultrasound beam visualization technique capable of localizing HIFU focus is presented for USIgHIFU. In the proposed method, a short pulse, with the same center frequency of an imaging ultrasound transducer below the regulated acoustic intensity (i.e., Ispta < 720 mW/㎠), was transmitted through a HIFU transducer whereupon backscattered signals were received by the imaging transducer. To visualize the HIFU beam path, the backscattered signals underwent dynamic receive focusing and subsequent echo processing. From in vitro experiments with bovine serum albumin gel phantoms, the HIFU beam path was clearly depicted with low acoustic intensity (i.e., Ispta of 94.8 mW/㎠) and the HIFU focus was successfully localized before any damages were produced. This result indicates that the proposed ultrasound beam path visualization method can be used for localizing the HIFU focus in real time while minimizing unwanted tissue damage in USIgHIFU treatment.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.520-522
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• 2011

In this paper, the bearing strengths and fracture behaviors of the pin-jointed carbon fiber/epoxy composites were investigated through pin loading test. The composites were fabricated by a filament winding process, and two types of laminated patterns were considered. According to the results, type 1 pattern revealed a net-tension failure mode, whereas type 2 pattern exhibited a bearing failure mode. Also, acoustic emission energy of the type 2 pattern was higher than that of the type 1 pattern. Therefore, the type 2 pattern was found to be structurally safer than the type 1 pattern.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.78-87
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• 2003

High-frequency (126-㎑) bottom backscattering measurements with various bottom types were conducted at the water tank in Ocean Acoustic Laboratory, Hanyang University. For the purpose of investigating the energy distribution of bottom scattering with various bottom types, the sediment was varied with gravel, sand, sandy mud and mixed bottoms. To examine the anisotropic nature of the scattering due to the orientations of bottom ripple, the footprints were made transverse and longitudinal to the direction of incident wave. The total scattering characteristics are that the larger grazing angles the larger backscattering strengths become and backscattering strengths for a transverse ripple case are higher than those of longitudinal ripple case. finally, the variations of scattering strength depend mainly on the ripple's orientation.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.511-519
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• 1996

The purposes of this study are 1) to develop optimum FRW technique of SNCM220, SCM435, SACM645 and SCM415 bar-to-bar similar friction welding, 2) to develop in-process real-time weld quality nondestructive evaluation technique by acoustic emission method, and 3) to certify of weld quality by inspection of tensile fracture surface on friction welded joints.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• autumn
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• pp.245-250
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• 1999

일반적으로 초음파현미경에서 획득한 초음파 영상은 단일 동작주파수를 사용하여 획득하였으며, 분해능은 동작주파수와 초음파변환기에 의해 결정되는 공간주파수 대역에 의하여 제한되어 졌다. 본 연구에서는 초음파현미경에서 동작주파수를 변화시키면서 획득한 영상들을 합성하여 공간주파수의 축 방향 대역을 확장시킨 개선된 고체 내부의 진폭영상을 얻는 방법에 대하여 연구하였다. 실험에서는 동작주파수가 5MHz이고 비대역폭이 $35\%$인 초음파변환기를 사용하여 초음파현미경 시스템을 구성하였고, 이러한 처리를 위해서는 진폭과 위상영상 데이터가 필요하기 때문에 진폭과 위상을 동시에 획득할 수 있도록 검출기로서 쿼드러춰 검출기를 사용하였다. 시편으로는 알루미늄을 선택하였고, 시료의 표면으로부터 깊이를 다르게 하여 내부에 4개의 원형결함을 제작하였다. 실험결과 단일 주파수를 사용한 경우에는 결함의 형태는 나타났으나, 고체 내부 결함의 깊이와 영상 강도의 변화가 비례하여 나타나지 않는 반면에, 개선된 영상에서는 깊이 변화에 대해서 영상 강도의 변화가 비례하여 출력되었다.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• spring
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• pp.213-216
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• 2004

본 연구에서는 복잡한 형상을 가진 음원으로부터 방사하는 음장을 등가음원법 (equivalent source method)을 이용하여 재구성한다. 일반적인 등가음원법의 기본 원리는 진동하는 물체의 표면 또는 내부에 등가음원을 분포시켜서 등가음원의 강도를 계산하는 방법이다. 각 등가음원의 강도는 음원의 경계 조건이나 측정된 음장 음압을 통해서 구할 수가 있으며 사용된 등가음원의 차수, 개수 그리고 위치 등은 고려되어야 할 중요한 변수들이다. 기존의 HELS (Helmholtz equation least square) 방법은 한 곳의 위치에 다양한 차수로 이루어진 등가음원을 사용하여 각 차수의 계수를 구하는 방법으로써 구형에 가까운 음원에 대해서 좋은 결과를 보이나 음장의 결과가 최대 차수의 선택에 따라서 큰 오차를 유발하는 문제점이 있다. 따라서 정규화 기법을 사용하여 음장을 재구성하기 위해 필요한 등가음원의 최적 차수를 구하고, 음원 내부에 최적 차수로 이루어진 등가음원을 여러 개의 점에 위치시켜서 재구성 정확도를 향상시켰다. 정규화된 등가음원법의 타당성 검증을 위하여 표면 일부가 진동하는 구에 대한 수치 해석 및 청소기 모델에 대한 음장 재구성 실험 을 수행하였다.