• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.36 no.12
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• pp.1511-1519
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• 2012

Pipe structures contain many welded zones, and ultrasonic tests are increasingly being performed by using automated testing devices in order to evaluate the weld integrity. An electromagnetic acoustic transducer (EMAT) is a noncontact transducer that can transmit or receive ultrasonic waves without a couplant. Furthermore, it can easily generate specific guided waves such as SH (shear horizontal) or Lamb waves by altering the design of the coil and magnet. Therefore, an EMAT should be useful for application to an automated ultrasonic inspection system. In this study, SH waves generated using an EMAT were applied to inspect the pipe-weld zone. To analyze the specific SH mode (SH0) from the SH wave signals, wavelet transform was applied. It was found that flaws could be detected precisely because the intensity of the $SH_0$ mode-frequency, which is analyzed by using wavelet transform, is proportional to the length of the flaw.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.36-41
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• 2002

This study was carried out develope a ultrasonic transducer displacement generator through 26KHz and 38KHz of the frequency phase modulation on the ultrasonic transducer. This system was producted a power output generation such as 100W, 300W, 400W and 600W. Ultrasonic power output had a change of time. We made use of a Thiram hydration and detected it measurement by the ACAO method. It was to decide the result of ultrasonic power supply for time duration and the result of comparison in the 26KHz & 38KHz by UV/VIS spectrophotometer.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.12-22
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• 1990

우리나라와 선진 각국에서는 구체적인 부분까지 상당량을 규격(standard)으로 제정해 놓고 있다. 규격의 내용을 전반적으로 언급하기는 어렵기 때문에, 여기서는 범위를 좁혀 한 분야의 계통을 선택하여 설명하고자 한다. 즉, 강재의 맞대기 용접부에대하여, 사각탐촉자에 의한 탐상법을 예시적으로 선택하고 KS B 0896 규격을 중심으로 설명하는 내용이다. 이와 관련한 내용들은, 탐상장치의 성능시험, 거리진폭 특성곡선, 결함 및 탐상에 관한 사전준지, 결함의 탐상방법 등이며, 참고로 한국 일본 미국의 초음파 탐상시험에 관련된 규격명을 열거한다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.1-6
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• 2005

In this study, on automatic ultrasonic testing system is used to detect defects of flawtest specimen. We study the effects of the difference of ultrasonic damped rate of the different materials on the judgment of defects. The results indicate that the difference of sensitivity compensating quantity is 2dB, and the judgment is correct over $90\%$ when a specimen is judged as a defect when it exceeds third grade.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• 1998.06d
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• pp.1-4
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• 1998

본 논문에서는순수 압전세라믹에 비해 동등이상의 압적특성을 가지면서도 음향임피던스가 월등히 낮은 1-3형 압적복합체를 이용한 탐촉자의 개발에 관해 연구하였다. 압전 복합재료 탐촉자는 그 자체만으로 측정대상체와의 음향임피던스 차를 최소화하여 별도의 정합층을 필요로 하지 않는 특징을 가진다. 이를 위하여 본 연구에서는 복합재료에 사용되는 고분자재료의 물성값 설계와, 압전세라믹과의 적절한 배합구조와 형상의 결정에 주안점을 두었다. 그 결과를 바탕으로 압전 복합체 초음파 트랜스듀서 시작품을 제작하고 그성능을 분석하였으며, 이론적인 시뮬레이션 결과과의 비교를 통해 설계이론의 타당성을 검증하였다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Pressure Vessels and Piping
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.29-36
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• 2010

Ultrasonic inspection of heavy walled cast austenitic stainless steel(CASS)welds is very difficult due to complex and coarse grained structure of CASS material. The large size of anisotropic grain strongly affects the propagation of ultrasound by severe attenuation, change in velocity, and scattering of ultrasonic energy. therefore, the signal patterns originated from flaws can be difficult to distinguish from scattered signals. To improve detection and sizing capability of ID connected defect for heavy walled CASS piping welds, the low frequency segmented TRL Pulse Echo and Phased Array probe has been developed. The experimental studies have been performed using CASS pipe mock-up block containing artificial reflectors(ID connected EDM notch). The automatic pulse echo and phase array technique is applied the detection and the length sizing of the ID connected artificial reflectors and the results for detection and sizing has been compared respectively. The goal of this study is to assess a newly developed ultrasonic probe to improve the detection ability and the sizing of the crack in coarse-grained CASS components.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Pressure Vessels and Piping
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.8-14
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• 2013

Steam turbine blades and discs of nuclear power plants are one of the most highly stressed areas of turbine rotor, and periodic inspection of the blade roots is essential for monitoring integrity and preventing turbine failure. Ultrasonic technique is applied for volumetric inspection of blade root. However, the complexity of blade root geometry imposes challenges to inspection of blades and discs. Recently, phased array ultrasonic inspection technology is being applied to numerous power generation inspection applications including turbine rotor. The phased array ultrasonic technique requires customized inspection wedges which are generally necessary to generate effectively higher incident angle. But the usage of this wedge can cause access limitation for the lower stage blades of turbine because of the wedge front length. Therefore, the shear wave phased array probe which can generate high inspection angle without wedge is essentially necessary. In this study, feasibility study is conducted for the shear wave phased array ultrasonic probe application to blade and disc inspection. As results, the experimental results show that the shear wave phased array probe can detect the flaw and measure its size with reliable accuracy. Therefore if this shear wave phased array probe is applied to field inspection of blade and disc, more reliable inspection is expected for turbine having access limitation.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.22 no.8 s.173
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• pp.182-191
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• 2005

It is very important to obtain a high quality of bone image for an accurate ultrasonic measurement of bone mineral density. In this study, we suggested a technique to acquire an optimal image by adapting an acoustic lens and a properly selected ultrasonic probe. Also, we have applied an image processing algorithm with which automatically makes a decision of brightness and contrast of image by generating threshold level, a composition of ultrasonic data, an elimination of noise using modified median filter, and a real time interpolation. We could confirm much improved resolution of bone image with acoustic lens attached to the ultrasonic probe and with the image processing algorithm suggested in this study. Therefore, it became possible to precisely diagnose the osteoprosis using ultrasonic imaging technique.

• The Journal of Korean Orthopaedic Ultrasound Society
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.132-137
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• 2014

We can test for small structures located at the surface layer as high resolution ultrasonic techniques and small probes were developed. Accordingly ultrasound became a useful tool in the diagnosis and treatment of wrist diseases. It is important to understand the anatomical structures and apply clinical features as well as these technical aspects when using ultrasound. The purpose of this article is to evaluate the usefulness and approach of ultrasound about typical diseases according to the area of the wrist pain.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.1-8
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• 2002

The high frequency ultrasonic transducers using polyvinyliden fluoride(PVDF) and polyvinylidene fluoride trifluorethyylene(P(VDF-TrFE)) were developed. The characteristics of fabricated high frequency ultrasonic transducer such as beam diameter, high frequency ultrasonic detection field and amplitude of the first pulse echo signal from the test target in the water were analyzed. The high frequency ultrasonic detection field was affected by the length of coaxial cable between high frequency transducer and ultrasonic pulser/receiver. As the size of the test target increased, the high frequency detection field decreased and the amplitude of a reflection signal increased. The peak amplitude of the first pulse echo signal of P(VDF-TrFE) transducer was higher than that of PVDF transducer. The high frequency ultrasonic detection field of PVDF transducer was wider than that of P(VDF-TrFE) transducer. With C-scan testing, the developed high frequency ultrasonic transducer could detect the 30 to $100{\mu}m$ of hydrogen induced crack of steel specimen by C-scan testing.