• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.23 no.5
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• pp.445-454
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• 2003

Health monitoring is a major concern not only in the design and manufacturing but also in service stages for composite laminated structures. Excessive loads or low velocity impact can cause matrix cracks and delaminations that may severely degrade the load carrying capability of the composite laminated structures. To develop the health monitoring techniques providing on-line diagnostics of smart composite structures can be helpful in keeping the composite structures sound during their service. In this study, we discuss the signal processing techniques and some applications for health monitoring of composite structures using piezoceramic sensors and fiber optic sensors.

• Composites Research
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• v.25 no.5
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• pp.147-153
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• 2012

In this paper, static perforation tests are conducted to predict the penetration energy for the composite laminates subjected to high velocity impact. Three methods are used to analyze the perforation energy accurately. The first method is to select the perforation point using the AE sensor signal energy, the second method is to retest the tested specimen and use the difference between initial and retested perforation energy, and the third method is to select the perforation point based on the maximum loading point in the retested load-displacement curve of the tested specimen. The predicted perforation energy results are presented and verified by comparing with those by the high velocity tests.

• Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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• v.24 no.6 s.81
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• pp.501-507
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• 2003

Medical devices for helping the rehabilitation of the patients such as orthoses and prostheses should be designed to be strong enough. For the strength design, operational load should be identified first. Furthermore. medical devices are susceptible to dynamic load or shock frequently due to its characteristics. These type of the load may be identified by installing the sensors directly. However, it can modify the natural properties of the structures. Therefore, operational load should be identified indirectly from the system characteristics and responses such as vibrations. In this paper, the basic formulation of the indirect load identification is reviewed and the problems of conventional approach are checked. Then, the new approach based upon the principal component analysis is proposed and the validity of the proposed method is demonstrated using experiments.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.55-62
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• 2015

An importance of infrastructures' protection against crash or blast loading has been an emerging issue as structures are becoming much bigger and population densities in downtown are growing up. However, there exists no such a standard to evaluate the protection performance of construction material itself. Prior to building standards for protection assessment techniques, this study performed gas-gun propelled projectile impact tests with series of contact-type monitoring systems to investigate the applicability of each sensing type. Through the impact tests, failure modes and protection performances of both normal concrete and UHPC (Ultra High Performance Concrete) reinforced by steel fibers were also evaluated. The results showed that LVDT could be applicable for the impact test among contact-type sensors and UHPC with fibers had a remarkable potential to improve protection against impact loading.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.311-312
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• 2012

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2013.10a
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• pp.451-454
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• 2013

자동차의 타이어는 자체의 하중을 지지하고 구동력과 제동력을 노면에 전달 한 뿐만 아니라 노면으로부터 받는 충격을 완화하며 자동차의 진행 반행을 전환, 유지하는 등 자동차에 아주 중요한 역할을 담당하는 부품이다. 하지만 이러한 타이어에 약간의 이상이 발생을 하더라도 운전자 및 동승자의 안전을 영향이 있는 중요한 부품 중의 하나이다. 타이어의 문제는 여러 가지가 있을 수 있지만 일반적으로는 일반 마모와 이상마모로 두가지로 나뉠 것이다. 일반적인 마모는 자동차 주행 중의 마모로 적당한 주행거리에 교체 하면된다 하지만 이상마모는 일반적인 마모와 달리 각 타이어가 따로 마모가 되거나 타이어 일부분이 마모가 되는 것이다. 현재까지 이상마모를 점검하는 방법으로는 정비사가 타이어를 눈과 손으로 점검하여 편마모인지 아닌지를 판단을 하고 있기 때문에, 하지만 편마모인지 아닌지를 점검하는 기준이 다르고 타이어 마다 틀려 운전자는 애매모호한 기준에 당황 할 수밖에 없다. 그래서 본 논문에서는 이러한 단점을 보완 하고자 복 수개의 레이저 센서를 이용하여 각 타이어 마다 인지 아닌지를 체크 하는 시스템을 설계하여 주관적인 판단을 극복하고 객관적이고 정확한 판단을 내릴 것이다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2014.10a
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• pp.501-504
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• 2014

자동차의 하중을 지탱하고 자동차의 방향 전환 유지와 노면 충격을 흡수 완화하며, 엔진의 구동력과 브레이크 작동 시 제동력을 노면에 전달하는 등의 기능을 수행하는 타이어의 상태는 안전과 직결되어 있다고 볼 수 있다. 주행 중 타이어의 불량으로 인한 사고는 무시할 수 없는 부분을 차지한다. 타이어의 편마모는 주행 안전성을 위한 타이어의 문제 중 하나로 운전자의 운전습관과 휠얼라이먼트의 이상 등으로 타이어의 특정 부위가 마모되는 증상을 말하는데, 객관적으로 정확하게 검증할 수 있는 측정방법이 없는 것이 현실이다. 본 논문에서는 현실의 주관적인 검증기준의 단점을 보완하고 키넥트 센서를 이용하여 각 타이어의 마모 정도를 체크하여 편마모를 객관적으로 검증할 수 있는 시스템을 설계하고자 한다.

• Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.57-65
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• 2010

To determine the static buckling loads and evaluate the structural performance of slender steel pipe-arches such as for greenhouse structures, a series of modal tests using a fixed hammer and roving sensors was carried out, by providing no load, then a range of vertical loads, on an arch rib in several steps. More attention was given to an internal arch where vertical and horizontal auxiliary members are not placed, unlike an end arch. Modal parameters such as natural frequencies, mode shapes and damping ratios were extracted using more advanced system identification methods such as PolyMAX (Polyreference Least-Squares Complex Frequency Domain), and compared with those predicted by commercial FEA (Finite Element Analysis) software ANSYS for various conditions. A good correlation between them was achieved in an overall sense, however the reduction of natural frequencies due to the existence of preaxial loads was not apparent when the vertical load level was about up to 38% of its resistance. Some difficulties related to the field testing and parameter extraction for a very slender arch, as might arise from the influences of neighboring members, are carefully discussed.

• Composites Research
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.28-33
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• 2004

Failure detection in a cross-ply laminated composite beam under tensile loading were performed using a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensor. A Passive Mach-Zehnder interferometric demodulator was proposed to enhance sensitivity and bandwidth. The proposed FBG sensor system without active device such as a phase modulator is very simple in configuration, easy to implement and enables the measurement of high-frequency vibration with low strain amplitude such as impact or failure signal. Failure signals detected by a FBG sensor had offset value corresponding to the strain shift with vibration at a maximum frequency of several hundreds of kilohertz. at the instant of transverse crack propagation in the 90 degree layer of composite beam.

• Journal of Satellite, Information and Communications
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.8-13
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• 2010

Satellite structure should be designed to accommodate and support safely the payload and equipments necessary for its own missions and to secure satellite and payloads from severe launch environments. The launch environments imposed on satellites are quasi-static accelerations, aerodynamic loads, acoustic loads and shock loads. Especially when optical payload is accommodated, satellite structure usually adopts the optical bench consisting of composite material not only to support and secure but also to guarantee good pointing stability against extreme thermal environments. This paper deals with optical bench and support structure which shall be designed to minimize the loads transferred to optical payloads from satellite.