• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.384-389
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• 2004

As the increase of the operation year of nuclear power plants, the probabilities of the degradation of the major facilities and materials in the nuclear power plants are increased. The integrity of those facilities shall be monitored and verified by the non-destructive examination methods with the regulation codes, so called inservice inspection(ISI). The ISI of Yonggwang unit 6 was performed in four different parts, 1) non-destructive examinations for the components, piping weldments and structures, 2) automated ultrasonic examinations for pressure vessels, 3) visual examinations for the interior structures of the reactor, 4) eddy current examinations for the steam generator tubes. As the results, there was no severe indication and all detected indications were evaluated as non-relavent. Especially for the examinations of the piping weldments, PD(Performance Demonstration) was applied as a W examination method defined in the 1995 edition of ASME Code Sec. XI. The implementation of the PD for the piping weld results in an improvement of the reliability of the UT examinations.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.500-504
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• 2006

하천 수위 측정을 위해서 우물통을 기본으로 하는 부자식, 초음파식, 기포식, 압력식, 레이다식 등 다양한 장비가 사용되고 있다. 이와 같은 장비는 모두 간접적인 방법으로 수위를 측정하기 때문에 기준값을 바탕으로 보정이 필요하며, 장비의 특성에 따라 여러 가지 장단점을 지니고 있다. 부자식의 경우 오래 전부터 사용되어 안정적으로 수위를 측정할 수 있는 것으로 평가되고는 있으나 우물통 막힘 등으로 인해 오측 혹은 결측이 발생하는 경우가 있다. 최근에 많이 사용되고 있는 센서식 장비의 경우에는 센서에 대한 정기적인 보정이 필요하며, 일부 장비의 경우 온도에 따라 측정값이 변화하는 단점이 있다. 수위 측정 방식은 접촉식과 비접촉식으로 나누어 볼 수 있다. 접촉식의 경우 물속에 센서가 위치하고 있기 때문에 홍수시 센서 유실 및 고장의 우려가 있으며, 잦은 고장의 원인이 되기도 한다. 비접촉 방식인 초음파나 레이다 수위계의 경우 온도에 따라 보정이 필요하거나 수면과의 거리에 커지면 오차가 커지는 경향을 지니고 있다. 또한 이와 같은 간접방식에 의한 수위측정 방법은 수위가 많이 변화하는 경우 실제 수위와 측정되는 수위가 일치하는지를 확인하는 것이 불가능한 단점도 있다. 본 연구에서는 최근에 많이 일반화되고 있는 영상처리기술을 이용하여 자동적으로 수위를 측정하는 장비인 영상수위계를 개발하였다. 또한 개발한 영상수위계를 하천 현장에 적용하여 정확성을 평가하고 그 특징을 분석하였다. 영상수위계는 카메라에 의해서 수위표를 촬영하여 직접 수위값으로 변환하는 원리를 사용하고 있어서 기존 수위측정 시설과는 달리 수위표를 직접 눈으로 확인할 수 있는 장점이 있다. 이로 인해 수위표를 육안으로 확인할 수 있기 때문에 측정된 수위를 검증할 수 있어 수위측정의 정확성을 한층 높일 수 있다. 그리고 수위표 영상과 더불어 수위표 주변의 전체 영상을 동시에 촬영하여 실시간으로 전송하기 때문에 홍수시 하천 상황에 대한 모니터링 목적으로 사용될 수 있다. 영상수위계는 우물통 등을 이용하는 기존 방법과 비교하여 구조물이 필요 없어 설치 비용이 저렴하고, 영상에 의한 하천 모니터링 기능을 자체적으로 가지고 있기 때문에 효율적이라고 할 수 있다.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.21 no.7
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• pp.1441-1446
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• 2017

In recent, the studies on the systems have been progressing that count the number of people passing through passageway or count people who exist in specific space. The existing people counting systems count the number of people using ultrared sensors, ultrasonic sensors or camera sensors, which can be installed only on pillar or around wall. Though ultrared sensors and ultrasonic sensors is low cost, they are inadequate to detect incoming/outgoing when several pedestrians pass through passageway concurrently. In this paper, we designed a sensor mat using piezoelectric sensors to complement the above-mentioned disadvantage. Also, we implemented the system that detects direction of progress and counts the number of people. The sensor mat detects direction of progress using pressure given on sensors and timing information and counts the number of people when pedestrians pass through on a sensor mat.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.514-517
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• 2003

Oxygen supply is one of the most basic things in human body. Breathing is controlled by the lungs' stationary function and the respiratory center which is in the mesulla oblongata. Nothing but, the external breathing that air movement between the lungs and atmosphere and the internal breathing that cellular air movement between the hemoglobin and a single cell. The adult's number of times of the respirations is about 15∼20 per 1 minute, but it depends ages, exercise, temperature, disease, etc. The important thing in detecting the respiration is that doing it in object person's resting time. Detecting the respiration have to be done without attracting any attention of object person. In present using method is detecting the pulse with catching an object person's wrist and observing the object person's movement. In this paper, we propose the mobile respiration detection diagnostic system using ultrasound sensing method that does not be influenced by the inertia error and the pressure error.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.21-29
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• 1996

Industrial equipment, such as power plant, is required to operate reliably, continuously and economically under rather severe conditions of temperature, stress, and enbironment. To test structural integrity and fitness, ultrasonic nondestructive testing is used because of effectiveness and simplicity. In this paper, wavelet transform based least mean square(LMS) algorithm is applied to reduce the influence of the interference occurring between randomly positioned small scatters. The RUN test is performed to check the nonstationarity of the speckle noise signal. The performance of this new approach is compared with that of the time domain LMS algorithm by means of condition numbers, signal-to-noise ratio and 3-D image. As a result, the wavelet transform based LMS algorithm shows better performance than the time domain LMS algorithm in this experiment.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.560-564
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• 2007

하천 수위 측정을 위해서 우물통을 기본으로 하는 부자식, 초음파식, 기포식, 압력식, 레이다식 등 다양한 장비가 사용되고 있다. 이와 같은 장비는 모두 간접적인 방법으로 수위를 측정하기 때문에 기준값을 바탕으로 보정이 필요하며, 장비의 특성에 따라 여러 가지 장단점을 지니고 있다. 부자식의 경우 오래 전부터 사용되어 안정적으로 수위를 측정할 수 있는 것으로 평가되고는 있으나 우물통 막힘 등으로 인해 오측 혹은 결측이 발생하는 경우가 있다. 최근에 많이 사용되고 있는 센서식 장비의 경우에는 센서에 대한 정기적인 보정이 필요하며, 일부 장비의 경우 온도에 따라 측정값이 변화하는 단점이 있다. 수위 측정 방식은 접촉식과 비접촉식으로 나누어 볼 수 있다. 접촉식의 경우 물속에 센서가 위치하고 있기 때문에 홍수시 센서 유실 및 고장의 우려가 있으며, 잦은 고장의 원인이 되기도 한다. 비접촉 방식인 초음파나 레이다 수위계의 경우 온도에 따라 보정이 필요하거나 수면과의 거리에 커지면 오차가 커지는 경향을 지니고 있다. 또한 이와 같은 간접방식에 의한 수위측정 방법은 수위가 많이 변화하는 경우 실제 수위와 측정되는 수위가 일치하는지를 확인하는 것이 불가능한 단점도 있다. 본 연구에서는 최근에 많이 일반화되고 있는 영상처리 기술을 이용하여 자동적으로 수위를 측정하는 장비인 영상수위계를 개발하였다. 영상수위계는 카메라(CCTV 포함)에 의해서 수위표를 촬영하여 직접 수위값으로 변환하는 원리를 사용하고 있어서 기존 수위측정 시설과는 달리 수위표를 직접 눈으로 확인할 수 있는 장점이 있다. 이로 인해 수위표를 육안으로 확인할 수 있기 때문에 측정된 수위를 검증할 수 있어 수위측정의 정확성을 한층 높일 수 있다. 그리고 수위표 영상과 더불어 수위표 주변의 전체 영상을 동시에 촬영하여 실시간으로 전송하기 때문에 홍수시 하천 상황에 대한 모니터링 목적으로 사용될 수 있다. 본 연구에서 개발한 영상수위계는 한강홍수통제소 관할의 전류, 청담대교 등 4개소 낙동강 홍수통제소 2개소, 지자체 등에 적용되었으며, 적용 결과 비교적 안정적이면서 정확하게 수위를 측정하는 것으로 나타났다. 한편 기존 CCD 카메라 이외에 CCTV를 이용한 영상수위계를 개발하여 영상의 화질 개선뿐 아니라 하천화상 감시 기능을 강화하였다.

• Clean Technology
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.300-305
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• 2011

A mixture of supercritical carbon dioxide and a co-solvent was employed to strip a high-dose ion-implanted photoresist (HDIPR) from the surface of semiconductor wafers. The stripping efficiency was highly improved by the physical force generated from a ultrasonication tip inside the reactor. In addition, helium gas was injected in the reactor as a barrier gas before the introduction of pure supercritical $CO_2$ ($scCO_2$), which reduced the rinsing time significantly. The effect of co-solvents on the stripping efficiency was investigated. The wafer surfaces were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy and by an energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer.

• The Journal of Korea Institute of Information, Electronics, and Communication Technology
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.187-193
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• 2015

In this study, regressive models were employed to predict the blood velocity by using independent variables which measured by 3 sensors, such as electrocardiogram (ECG), photo-plethysmogram (PPG), pulse diagnosis sensor, without ultrasound device at high cost. In experiment, the high predictable model was induced to estimate the blood velocity correctly by comparing correlation values and significance probabilities between independent variables and blood velocities. Results showed that the model induced by two or three independent variables had a higher predictability than those by a single independent variable.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.659-666
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• 2021

This study aimed to investigate the effect of changes in pressure levels and gaze directions on deep neck flexor muscle thickness. Twenty-seven subjects participated in this study. Ultrasound imaging of the longus colli (LC) and sternocleidomastoid (SCM) were measured in four gaze directions (0°, 20°, 40°, 60°) and five pressure levels (20 mmHg, 22 mmHg, 24 mmHg, 26 mmHg, 28 mmHg) during cranial-cervical flexor (CCF) exercises. Repeated ANOVA was performed for analysis of muscle thickness difference according to gaze direction and pressure levels in LC and SCM. Results: LC showed a significant difference between 0° and 20°, 0° and 40°, and 0° and 60° at pressures of 20 mmHg and 22 mmHg (p<.05). SCM displayed a significant difference between 0° and 20°, 20° and 40°, and 40° and 60° at 28 mmHg (p<.05). In this study, it was found that setting the gaze direction to 20° for the CCF exercise can increase the activation of LC and lower the activity of SCM to obtain the effect of exercise. Based on the results of this study, it is hoped that the beneficial effects of the CCF exercise can be increased by setting an optimal gaze direction in a clinical environment.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.103-109
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• 2016

Polyethylene pipes has useful benefits which are anti-corrosive and flexible material, so it is used to gas pipes but also class 3 water pipes of nuclear power plant, process pipes of petrochemical plant and chemical plant. So the usage of polyethylene pipes is widely increased. But it has been limited for the usage of polyethylene, because it can not be directly detected to fusion joints by using non destructive evaluation. Polyethylene pipes are connected by two methods, one is butt fusion and the other is electrofusion. Butt fusion is widely used to connecting the pipes. It is proposed to method for determining the reliability of joints in this study that is detection of the melt flow zone at fusion joints. In this study, middle density polyethylene is used, outside diameter of the test specimen is 225mm and thickness is 20.5mm. Speed of ultrasonic of this test specimen is 2,200m/s. Test specimens were fabricated by varying the heating time which means from 0% to 130% applying time through heating plate to polyethylene for detecting melt flow zone. Also 4 additional test specimens were made, one was made that not scrapping attached surface of pipes but applying 100% of the proper heating time and the others were made to include of soil, gravel and vinly tape paper at fusion joints, that were also applied 100% of proper heating time. Ultrasonic testing to measure the melt flow zone of 20 test specimens was conducted by using 3.5MHz and 5.0MHz ultrasonic probes and melt flow zone measuring was conducted to three times at different point to one specimen. To differentiate the melt flow zone signal, post image processing was equally conducted to all test results and image levels, contrast, sharpen, threshold were adopted to all teat results and the test results were displayed gray scale. From the results, for the shorter heating times the reflection area of multiple echo have been increased, so the data was obtained from the position where it can be eliminated as much as possible. At 80% of proper heating time(168 sec.), the signal of melt flow zone was obtained clearly, so measuring could be conducted. From 7% of proper heating time(15 sec.) to shorter heating times. we could not obtain the signal because test specimen was not fused. From the result, we can verify that measuring of melt flow zone by using phased array ultrasonic imaging method is possible. And we can verify to complete and incomplete butt fusion by measuring the melt flow zone.