• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.38 no.3
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• pp.378-385
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• 2014

Multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were modified with a water soluble polymer, poly(vinyl alcohol), PVA, using a simple ultrasonic wave in water. Under the irradiation of ultrasound, PVA chains were severed as macroradicals and instantly grafted onto the surface of MWCNTs due to the radical scavenging effect of MWCNTs. To control the grafting PVA onto MWCNTs, the ultrasonication power and irradiation time were changed from 300 to 500 W and from 10 to 50 min, respectively. The grafted PVA onto MWCNTs was confirmed by FTIR, TGA, SEM, and TEM. Dispersion stability of the modified MWCNTs was monitored by Turbiscan. The amount of grafted PVA on MWCNTs increased with the increase in the sonication power and irradiation time. The grafted PVA on MWCNTs induced the improved dispersion stability of the modified MWCNTs in water. These findings exhibit that ultrasound can be readily used for the grafting polymer chains on MWCNTs.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.31 no.3
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• pp.151-160
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• 2012

In medical ultrasound imaging, elasticity imaging helps to diagnose tumors such as cancer. This paper is concerned with the application of acoustic radiation force to soft tissue of interest to implement elasticity imaging. In order to reduce the data acquisition time, instead of relying on transmit focusing, a plane wave of burst type is transmitted to apply the acoustic radiation force simultaneously to an entire imaging region to be observed. A homogeneous phantom experiment confirms that increasing the transmit excitation duration instead of employing transmit focusing generates a high enough acoustic radiation force to obtain elasticity images. It is found, however, that a different displacement versus time characteristic is observed unlike the case of using a conventional focused acoustic radiation force. Experimental results obtained through the use of an ultrasound phantom and a bovine liver show that lesions can be correctly differentiated.

• Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.141-149
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• 2003

This paper proposes a method of measuring and imaging the stiffness of human soft tissue to diagnose cancers or tumors which have been difficult to detect in ultrasound B-mode imaging systems. To measure the soft tissue stiffness, sinusoidal vibrations are applied to it, and the magnitude of its mechanical vibration is determined by estimating the temporal variation of speckle pattern brightness in ultrasound B-mode images. It is verified by simulation and experiment that the proposed method can estimate the relative tissue stiffness from B-mode images with a relatively small amount of computation.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.73-81
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• 1999

Measurements of ultrasonic signals caused by partial discharges were perlonnrl by using an ultrasonic measurement technique to diagnose the electrical treeing deterioration in an epoxy mold-type power transformer. We also examined the characteristics of tree growth, partial discharge magnitude and ultrasonic pulse number with the increase of the deterioration time. From these results, it was found that the shape of the tree was a branch-type, and the rates of the tree growth were examined when ac voltages of 16[kV] and 20[kV] were applied Ultrasonic pulse number and discharge magnitude were rapidly increased as the length of the tree grows after the middle stage of the deterioration time, and it appeared that ultrasonic pulse number was proportional to discharge magnitude. Attenuation, time-delaying and directivity characteristics of ultrasonic signals propagated into epoxy resin by using ultrasonic oscillation and receiving systems are also re[prted as a basic data of ultrasonic mesasurements in mold-type power transformer.former.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.48-56
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• 1998

This study was performed to find the best bonding conditions by comparing mechanical properties in thermoplastic resin of polyethylene (PE) and polyamide (PA) adhesion. Following results were obtained from the tests with varying welding time and welding pressure. Satisfactory adhesion was executed in ultrasonic welding for the same materials of PE and PA. The best welding conditions were found to be welding time of 1 second, welding pressure of 250kPa for PE-PE weding, 2 second and 350kPa for PA-PA welding. Welding time and welding pressure end to increase with the increase of materials strength. Dissimilar materials were adhered when adhesion and ultrasonc welding were performed simultaneously. The observation of the structure of ultrasonic welding area with microscope showed differenticated structures between well adhered region and badly adhered region.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.371-372
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• 2008

본 논문은 새롭게 초음파 분산기법을 이용하여 제조된 나노콤포지트 와 원형에폭시 수지에 대한 전기적 특성인 트리현상의 여러특성을 연구하였다. 나노필러인 Layered Silicate Particles가 에폭시수지 중에 Power Ultrasonic으로 분산된 나노콤포지트를 제조하였다. 충진된 혼합물에서 나노입자의 영향을 조사하기위해 열적, 구조적 특성을 연구하였고, 장시간 절연파괴 특성을 조사하기위해 침대평판 전극으로 원형에폭시수지와 나노콤포지트와 비교 측정하였다. 연구는 에폭시원형수지에 대한 인가전압레벌(교류 10, 15, 20kV)의 변화와 온도변화에 대한 (30,90,$130^{\circ}C$)의 트리특성을 연구하였다. 모든 전압레벨에서는 일정전압까지 1kV/s 로 승압 후 일정하게 인가되었고, 파괴에 이를 때까지 측정한 결과 10kV, 15Kv, 20KV의 경우 1042,75,488분후에 파괴에 이르렀다. 그러나 트리진행속도는 인가전압이 높을수록 빠르게 진행하였다. 온도 변화에 대한 트리특성으로서 15kV인가 후 파괴에 이르는 시간은 30,90,$130^{\circ}C$의 경우 75.3, 970, 226분으로 $90^{\circ}C$의 경우 절연성능이 가장 우수하였고, 트리진전속도는 $30^{\circ}C,130^{\circ}C,90^{\circ}C$ 순으로 나타났다. 이는 트리진전으로 파괴에 이르는 시간과 속도는 트리형태에 지배적으로 영향을 맡고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 또한 나노콤포지트 트리의 경우 15kV인가시 10902에 파괴에 이르렀고, 트리진전속도는 0.000729mm/min으로 원형에 비하여 53.36배의 트리진전시간이 느리고, 파괴시간은 145배 오래 견디는 절연내력을 측정할 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• autumn
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• pp.193-196
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• 2001

본 연구에서는 원활한 정재파 생성과 양방향 구동이 가능한 새로운 형태의 초음파 리니어 모터를 제작하고, 그 특성을 평가하였다 본 연구에서 제안한 모터는 $\lambda/4$ 간격으로 이빨 구조를 가지는 스테이터의 상, 하부에 압전소자를 $90^\circ$ 의 위치 위상차를 갖도록 부착한 형태의, 상, 하부 압전소자에 각각 동위상, 180도의 시간 위상차를 가지는 교류 전압을 인가함으로써 양방향 구동이 가능하도록 하였다. 또한 원활한 정재파를 생성할 수 있는 최적의 구조를 결정하기 위해, 여러 가지 형태의 경계조건들에 대해 유한요소해석법을 이용하여 모델링하여 각 이빨들의 변위를 관찰함으로써 각각의 구조에 대해 타당성을 검증하였다. 위 결과를 바탕으로 세 종류의 초음파 리니어 모터를 제작하여 구동실험을 하였고, 실험 결과에 따라 속도와 추력 및 양방항성이 가장 우수한 최적의 구조를 결정하였다. 본 연구에서 제작한 모터는 최대 82.4cm/s의 속도와 0.46N의 추력을 가졌다.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.38-46
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• 1999

Measurerments of ultrasonic signals caused by corona discharges were perforrred by using an ultrasonic meeasurerment technique to analyze the deve1qxrent states of coronas in a high-voltage power apparatus. We also examined the relationship between discharge magnitude and ultrasonic pulse number to diagnose the deterioration of electrical insulation by corona discharges. From these results, it was found that ultrasonic signals due to corona discharges can be firstly detected at the peak value of positive polarities prior to the breakdown voltages, and the magnitude of ultrasonic signals was closely related to the current pulses by the corona discharges when ac voltages were gradually raised, and it appeared that ultrasonic pulse number was proportional to discharge magnitude. Attenuation, tirre-delaying and directivity charocteristics of ultrasonic signals propagated to air by using ultrasonic oscillation and receiving systems are feJXlrt.ed as a basic data of ultrasonic measurements in out-door HV apparatus.aratus.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.41 no.5
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• pp.525-533
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• 2022

We propose an effective method for suppressing both side and grating lobes by applying 2-dimensional Fourier Transform to the received channel data during the receive focusing process of an ultrasound imaging system. When the signal from the image point is focused, the channel signals have the same DC value across the channels. However, even after echoes from outside an imaging point are focused, they are manifested as having different spatial frequencies depending on their incident angles. Therefore, after the receive focusing delay time is applied, 2-D Fourier Transform is performed on the time-channel data to separate the DC component and other frequency components in the spectral domain, and the weighting value is defined using the ratio of the two values. The side lobe and grating lobe were suppressed by multiplying the ultrasound image by a weighting value. Ultrasound images with a frequency of 5 MHz were simulated in a 64-channel linear array. The grating lobe appearing in the ultrasound image was completely removed by applying the proposed method. In addition, the side lobe was reduced and the lateral resolution was greatly increased. Results of computer simulation on a human organ mimicking image show that the proposed method can aid in better lesion diagnosis by increasing the image contrast.

• Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.59-66
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• 1986

A prototype ultrasound sector B-scanner has been developed where the front-end hardware refers to all the necessary circuits for transmitting the ultrasound pulses into the human body and receiving the reflected echo signals from it. The front-end hardware can generally be divided into three parts, i.e., a pulse generator for insonification, a receiver which is responsible for processing of low-level analog signals, and a steering controller for driving the mechanical sector probe whose functions and design concepts are described in this paper. The front-end hardware is implemented which incorporates the following features: improvement of the axial resolution using a circuit which reduces the ring-down time, flexibility of generating time-gain compensation curve, and adoption of a one-chip microcomputer for generating the rate pulses based on the sensor output waveforms.