• Composites Research
• /
• v.28 no.4
• /
• pp.143-147
• /
• 2015

This paper proposes laser ultrasonic technique for the impact damage inspection of hydrogen fuel tank and proves that the impact damage can be visualized using an ultrasonic wave propagation imager with an easy detachable sensor head as an impact damage inspection tool for hydrogen fuel tanks. Also the performances of the proposed ultrasonic propagation imager support it can be implemented in real-world technology when the hydrogen car becomes popular.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
• /
• v.22 no.4
• /
• pp.411-421
• /
• 2002

The accurate analysis of ultrasonic wave propagation and scattering plays an important role in many aspects of nondestructive evaluation. A numerical analysis makes it possible to perform parametric studies, and in this way the probability of detection and reliability of test results can be improved. In this study, a finite element method was developed for the analysis of ultrasonic fields, the accuracy of results was checked by solving several representative problems. The size of element and the integral time step, which are the critical components for the convergence of numerical results, were determined in a commercial finite element code. Several propagation and scattering problems in 2-D isotropic and anisotropic materials were solved and their results were compared with known analytical or experimental results.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
• /
• v.29 no.1
• /
• pp.22-30
• /
• 2001

Composites with various layer constructions involving the ratio of S/P were produced from wood strands(S) and particles(P) (Cryptomeria japonica D.Don) to measure various Young's moduli and anisotropy by ultrasonics. As a result, static Young's moduli of composites were almost same as dynamic Young's moduli obtained from natural frequency. However, these were smaller than those evaluated from ultrasonic wave propagation velocity. The differences between propagation velocity of the parallel(${\parallel}$) and perpendicular(${\bot}$) in-plane direction resulted in a tendency of anisotropy. The tendency of anisotropy was larger in three-layer constructions than in seven-layer constructions. The differences of strand surface layers showed larger values than those of particle surface layers. Also, composites with higher weight ratio of strand had a tendency to propagate rapidly in each direction. In contrast to these results, the propagation velocity in the thickness direction had a tendency to propagate rapidly in composites with particle surface layers and the lower weight ratio of strand.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
• /
• v.19 no.4
• /
• pp.37-44
• /
• 2015

An experimental study was performed for the analysis of frequency-equivalence ratio correlation in the methane-air premixed flame influenced by ultrasonic standing wave. Evolutionary features of the propagating flame were caught by high-speed camera, and the variation of flame-behavior including local velocities was investigated in detail using a post-processing analysis of the high-speed images. It was found that propagation-velocity augmentation of the methane-air premixed flame by the intervention of ultrasonic standing wave was made in leaner mixture, but the velocity diminished when the strength of chemical reaction was saturated around the slightly fuel-rich side of stoichiometry.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
• /
• autumn
• /
• pp.515-518
• /
• 2004

파라메트릭 라우드스피커(parametric loudspeaker)는 초음파의 지향성 발생 특성과 발생된 초음파의 비선형 전파 현상을 이용하여 간접적으로 가청음을 발생시키는 기술을 이용한다. 이를 이용하면 소리를 직진 형태로 전파 시킬 수 있기 때문에 원하는 영역에만 음향 신호를 전달할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 파라메트릭 라우드스피커의 연구 진행 상황을 간략히 살펴보고, 현재 이 분야에서 가장 실용적인 초음파 발생기 방식으로 알려진 압전 필름형 초음파 발생기의 디자인 기술과 이를 적용한 파라메트릭 라우드스피커에 관하여 논한다. 그리고 이러한 스피커 시스템이 실용화되기 위해 해결해야 하는 문제점을 살펴본다.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
• /
• v.18 no.6
• /
• pp.17-24
• /
• 2002

The objective of the present research is to evaluate the wave propagation velocity and attenuation characteristics of kaolin clay specimens using ultrasonic testing. Test specimens with known initial micro-fabric were prepared using a two-stage slurry consolidation technique. For a known state of stress conditions, initial void ratio, and micro-fabric, a series of experiments were conducted to evaluate the longitudinal wave propagation velocity and associated damping behavior. The effects of major variables involved in ultrasonic testing of cohesive soil were considered in this study. Ultrasonic velocity was not correlated to the microfabric structure under the given consolidated pressure whereas ultrasonic attenuation was affected by the microstructural properties of the specimen.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
• /
• 2017.05a
• /
• pp.628-631
• /
• 2017

An experimental study of the combustion characteristics according to the equivalence ratio of hydrocarbon fuel/air premixture excited by ultrasonic standing wave are presented. The image of the propagating flame was acquired using a high-speed camera, and the combustion characteristics of each fuel were closely observed through image processing. it was conformed that ultrasonic standing wave has been found to stimulate the combustion reaction in the stoichiometric ratio.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
• /
• v.20 no.2
• /
• pp.138-149
• /
• 2000

Various modeling techniques for ultrasonic wave propagation and scattering problems in finite solid media are presented. Elastodynamic boundary value problems in inhomogeneous multi-layered plate-like structures are set up for modal analysis of guided wave propagation and numerically solved to obtain dispersion curves which show propagation characteristics of guided waves. As a powerful modeling tool to overcome such numerical difficulties in wave scattering problems as the geometrical complexity and mode conversion, the Boundary Element Method(BEM) is introduced and is combined with the normal mode expansion technique to develop the hybrid BEM, an efficient technique for modeling multi mode conversion of guided wave scattering problems. Time dependent wave forms are obtained through the inverse Fourier transformation of the numerical solutions in the frequency domain. 3D BEM program development is underway to model more practical ultrasonic wave signals. Some encouraging numerical results have recently been obtained in comparison with the analytical solutions for wave propagation in a bar subjected to time harmonic longitudinal excitation. It is expected that the presented modeling techniques for elastic wave propagation and scattering can be applied to establish quantitative nondestructive evaluation techniques in various ways.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
• /
• v.32 no.2
• /
• pp.214-219
• /
• 2012

초음파전파영상화(UPI) 시스템은 2007년에 첫 논문 발표를 통해 시스템 개발이 보고된 이후 소프트웨어 및 하드웨어적 측면에서 다양한 형태로 발전된 시스템의 개발이 이루어졌다. 본 기고에서는 기본 UPI 시스템, 섬유파트랜스듀서 UPI 시스템, 순수광학시스템으로서 광섬유 센서 UPI 시스템, 완전비접촉 시스템으로서의 공기정압압전센서 UPI 시스템 및 레이저도플러진동계 UPI 시스템, 장거리 UPI 시스템, 옥외 적용성에 필수적인 저온환경 UPI 시스템 등을 소개한다.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
• /
• 1998.06c
• /
• pp.445-448
• /
• 1998

고유음향 임피던스가 다른 물질이 층상구조를 이루고 있는 매질내에서 임의의 한 층에 형성된 이차원 초음파 음장이 다른 매질로 전파될 때에의 특성을 각스펙트럼법에 의해 해석하였다. 음원으로서는 baffle된 원형 트랜스듀서를, 층상구조를 매질로서는 물과 생체조직(지방)의 경계를 각각 고려하였다. 해석에 있어서는 먼저 각스펙트럼 분해요소, 즉, 음원의 크기 및 거리에 의존하는 기준음장의 최적 크기와 샘플링 간격을 균질매질을 이용하여 결정한 다음, 그 요소를 층상매질에 적용하였다. 그 결과, 경계면에서의 입사각(공간주파수)의 의존하는 투과계수에 입사음장의 곱으로 나타내어지는 투과음장은 각스펙트럼법에 의해 짧은 시간내에 정도 높게 산출될 수 있음을 보인다.