• Transactions of the KSME C: Technology and Education
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.115-121
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• 2013

It is greatly expected that the technologies of durability enhancement and evaluation for the core structures of plant facilities, marine plant and bridge constructures will be greatly expanded in the plant industry fields. In this study, the actively ongoing applied cases were tried to be analyzed in the present domestic industry fields through the Ultrasonic Nanocrystalline Surface Modification (UNSM) and Ultrasonic Fatigue Test (UFT) technologies using ultrasonic elastic vibrational energy, and the new application technology to improve the durability of plant industry field, especially plant facilities, marine plant and core weld components of bridge constructures will be presented.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.1039-1042
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• 2008

Dredged fills have been widely used to secure a land for the engineering activities. Before the useful application of the area, the soils should be consolidated to acquire the aquate shear strength. Several research projects have attempted to develop a method fur accelerating the consolidation of soft clay. Our study examined the effect of ultrasonic energy on the consolidation of soft clay, Tests were conducted using specially designed and fabricated equipment that was capable of directly applying ultrasonic energy to soil samples during consolidation tests. The specimens were prepared from slurry using a centrifuge facility, and tests were conducted at various levels of ultrasonic power and treatment time. The study showed that ultrasonic energy had a considerable effect on consolidation time, suggesting that ultrasound can be used to reduce the consolidation time of soft clay.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.11 no.12
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• pp.1259-1264
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• 2016

Ultrasonic therapy has received great attention in the field of cosmetics related to the treatment of skin thickening because of its fast recovery and safety. In this study, an output circuit of a high intensity focused ultrasound system was developed for the treatment of beauty. To verify the applicability of the high intensity focused ultrasound system to the cosmetic treatment field, we measured and analyzed the 3D ultrasound intensity energy using a hydrophone. And high-intensity focused ultrasound devices were found to be useful for cosmetic treatment.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.42 no.1
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• pp.50-56
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• 2023

The hydroxyl radical (·OH) and superoxide anion radical (·O₂^- ) generated by the shock wave generated during ultrasonic cavitation collapse in TiO₂ suspension are highly useful because they can sterilize and disinfect. For practical use as a sterilization method without any chemicals, in this study, we proposed a method for evaluating the generation of radicals generated by high-intensity ultrasound emitted to titanium dioxide suspension. In the proposed method, the sonoluminescence phenomenon, which emits light by ultrasonic cavitation decay energy, was utilized, and the degree of radical generation was evaluated through the amount of light energy by sonoluminescence. As a result, even at a low concentration of titanium dioxide of 0.02 wt%, light energy 5 times higher than in the absence of titanium dioxide was received. After that, as the concentration increased by 0.1 wt%, the luminous intensity of sonoluminescence increased linearly by about 14.8 × 10^-12 lm. Therefore, it was confirmed that the radicals generated by radiating high-intensity ultrasound to the titanium dioxide suspension increased linearly as the concentration of titanium dioxide increased within a given concentration range.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.37 no.1
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• pp.37-43
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• 2017

Ultrasonic transducers with high resolution and resonant frequency are required to detect small defects (less than hundreds of ${\mu}m$) by ultrasonic testing. The resonance frequency and resolution of an ultrasonic transducer are closely related to the thickness of piezo-electric materials, backing materials, and the electric impedance matching technique. Among these factors, electrical impedance matching plays an important role because it can reduce the loss and reflection of ultrasonic energy differences in electrical impedance between an ultrasonic transducer and an ultrasonic defects detecting system. An LC matching circuit is the most frequently used electric matching method. It is necessary for the electrical impedance of an ultrasonic transducer to correspond to approximately $50{\Omega}$ to compensate the difference in electrical impedance between both connections. In this study, a 15 MHz immersion ultrasonic transducer was fabricated and an LC electrical impedance circuit was applied to that for having broad-band frequency characteristic.

• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.95-101
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• 2003

Ultrasonic transmitter used for scale prevention in boiler or heat exchanger is composed of the magnetostrictive material which transforms electric energy into ultrasonic wave and the horn which amplifies generated ultrasonic wave and transfers it into medium loaded. In this paper, we have performed the shape design for magnetostrictive material and analyzed a few type of horns which amplify generated ultrasonic wave and found each solution theoretically. Final length of the horn has been determined by measuring the sound pressure in medium between theoretical value and experience data. At last we have given the results of our study for the effects of ultrasonic wave irradiated by manufactured ultrasonic transmitter on preventing scale deposition on test pipe under the similar condition to boiler.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2013.02a
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• pp.454-454
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• 2013

태양전지는 화석연료의 고갈로 인해 새로운 대체 에너지원으로 관심을 받고 있다. 유기태양전지는 무기물 태양전지와 비교하여 제작 단가가 낮은 경제성과 다양한 기판을 사용할 수 있는 다양한 응용성을 가지고 있기 때문에 많은 관심을 받고 있다. 실리콘 기반의 태양전지에 비해서 유기태양전지의 효율이 낮은 단점을 가지고 있기 때문에 효율을 높이기 위한 다양한 연구가 진행되고 있다. 광활성층에서 생성되는 전자-홀 쌍을 효율적으로 분리하여 손실되는 전하를 줄여서 효율을 높이는 방법이 활발히 연구되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 초음파 처리 시간에 따라 나노구조를 가지는 고분자 광활성층의 표면거칠기가 변화하여 유기 태양전지의 전력변환 효율에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 전자주게 물질인 P3HT를 용매에 녹여서 스핀코팅 한 후 초음파 처리를 하여 나노 구조를 형성하였고, 초음파 처리 시간에 따라서 형성한 나노 구조의 구조적 및 광학적 특성 변화를 광류미네센스와 원자힘 현미경 측정으로 관찰하였다. 전류밀도-전압 측정 결과는 초음파 처리 시간을 최적화하면 P3HT 나노 입자의 크기가 가장 작게 형성되어 계면 면적을 가장 크게 증가시켜 전자-홀 쌍을 효율적으로 분리하여 전력변환 효율이 증가하는 것을 확인 하였다.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2011.12b
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• pp.398-401
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• 2011

초음파의 응용분야에는 음파 성질을 이용한 정보 측정분야와 에너지를 이용한 용접 및 가공 등을 들수 있다. 초음파 용접의 경우 저항용접이나 용융 용접을 적용할 수 없는 재료의 접합에 이용되는데 이는 모재를 음극간에 놓고 압입하면서 초음파를 발신하여 그 진동을 이용하는 용접방법이다. 압전소자의 경우 피에조 물질을 사용하는데 일반적으로 $150^{\circ}C$이상에서 분자구조의 변형을 일으켜 제 역할을 못하게 된다. 본 연구에서는 압전소자와 공구혼의 온도를 최적으로 유지하기 위하여 추가적인 공기 유로와 방열핀을 설계하여 이것이 방열성능에 미치는 영향에 대해 고찰하였다.

• KSBB Journal
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.358-363
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• 1993

The effect of ultrasound on the acid hydrolysis of inulin was studied under significantly mild reaction conditions, at which sugar degradation products were not detected. Reaction conditions were i the range of 50~$60^{\circ}C$ and 0.1~0.3%(w/w) of HCl concentrations. The effects of reactor position inside water bath and mechanical agitation under ultrasound were investigated. The production rates of fructose with/without ultrasound irradiation were compared. The activation energies for both control and ultrasound reaction were the same, i. e., 25kca1/mo1, and ultrasound enhancement was average 22%.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.39 no.1
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• pp.71-77
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• 2015

Ultrasonic imprinting is a micropattern replication technology for a thermoplastic polymer surface that uses ultrasonic vibration energy; it has the advantages of a short cycle time and low energy consumption. Recently, ultrasonic imprinting has been further developed to extend its functionality: (i) selective ultrasonic imprinting using mask films and (ii) repetitive ultrasonic imprinting for composite pattern development. In this study, selective ultrasonic imprinting was combined with repetitive imprinting in order to replicate versatile micropatterns. For this purpose, a repetitive imprinting technology was further extended to utilize mask films, which enabled versatile micropatterns to be replicated using a single mold with micro-prism patterns. The replicated hybrid micropatterns were optically evaluated through laser light images, which showed that versatile optical diffusion characteristics can be obtained from the hybrid micropatterns.