• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.195-202
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• 2017

The aim of this paper is to develop a novel method to determine the severity of a damage in a thin plate. This paper presents a novel fault detection and diagnosis approach employing a new electromagnetic acoustic transducer, called EMAT, together with a complex signal processing method. The method consists in the recognition of a fault that exists within the structure, the fault location, i.e. the identification of the geometric position of damage, and the determining the significance of the damage, which indicates the importance or severity of the defect. The main scientific novelties presented in this paper is: to develop of a new type of electromagnetic acoustic transducer; to incorporate wavelet transforms for signal representation enhancements; to investigate multi-parametric analysis for noise identification and defect classification; to study attenuation curves properties for defect localization improvement; flaw sizing and location algorithm development.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제46권5호
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• pp.615-627
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• 2013

One of the most common defects in reinforced concrete bridge decks is corrosion of steel reinforcing bars. This invisible defect reduces the deck stiffness and affects the bridge's serviceability. Regular monitoring of the bridge is required to detect and control this type of damage and in turn, minimize repair costs. Because the corrosion is hidden within the deck, this type of damage cannot be easily detected by visual inspection and therefore, an alternative damage detection technique is required. This research develops a non-destructive method for detecting reinforcing bar corrosion. Experimental modal analysis, as a non-destructive testing technique, and finite element (FE) model updating are used in this method. The location and size of corrosion in the reinforcing bars is predicted by creating a finite element model of bridge deck and updating the model characteristics to match the experimental results. The practicality and applicability of the proposed method were evaluated by applying the new technique to a two spans bridge for monitoring steel bar corrosion. It was shown that the proposed method can predict the location and size of reinforcing bars corrosion with reasonable accuracy.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2008년도 추계학술대회A
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• pp.362-367
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• 2008

In the present work, we address electric fatigue behavior in bending piezoelectric actuators using an acoustic emission technique. Electric cyclic fatigue tests have been performed up to ten million cycles on the fabricated specimens. To confirm the fatigue damage onset and its pathway, the source location and distributions of the AE behavior in terms of count rate are analyzed over the fatigue range. It is concluded that electric cyclic loading leads to fatigue damages such as transgranular damages and intergranular cracking in the surface of the PZT ceramic layer, and intergranular cracking even develops into the PZT inner layer, thereby degrading the displacement performance. The electric-induced fatigue behavior seems to show not a continuous process but a step-by-step process because of the brittleness of PZT ceramic. Nevertheless, this fatigue damage and cracking do not cause the final failure of the bending piezoelectric actuator loaded up to 107 cycles. Investigations of the AE behavior and the linear AE source location reveal that the onset time of the fatigue damage varies considerably depending on the existence of a glass-epoxy protecting layer.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.358-362
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• 2011

The National Emergency Management Agency of South Korea has established a Disaster Victims Psychology Support Center. The Disaster Victims Psychology Support Center can enable victims who got psychological damage from disasters to return to their daily lives through healing activity, field visits and advice of experts. The previous Psychology Support Center System managed the information of disaster victims through an independent database. However, this paper proposes a system that is developed to identify medical institutions and mental health centers within a distance of radius, based on the potential Hot-Spot areas of disaster victims using the GIS Systems. The proposed system can efficiently support selection of appropriate institutions for disaster victims using their location and age, classification of damage, and damaged parts of the body. Also, this spatial analysis can assist to decide on a policy based on the location of disaster victims and the extent of damage. Therefore, this paper can provide the required information to support decision making based on the concentrated areas for disaster victims.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.272-279
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• 2009

위치기반 서비스에서 활용되는 위치정보는 사용자에게 편의성을 제공한다는 취지와는 다르게 서비스 제공자의 의지에 따라 얼마든지 악용될 수 있다는 위험성을 가지고 있다. 위치정보가 악용될 경우에는 개인의 위치추적이 가능하기 때문에 개인의 프라이버시를 침해할 수 있으며 위치정보의 오용으로 인해 사용자에게 큰 피해를 가져올 수도 있다. 본 논문에서는 위치정보가 수집되고 활용되는 과정을 위치정보의 수집, 이용, 제공, 보관, 파기 등과 같이 생명주기별로 분류하고, 이에 따른 프라이버시 침해 요인을 분석한다. 그리고 위치정보 프라이버시 보호를 위한 정보보호 기술을 운영기술과 정책 및 관리 기술로 분류하여 분석하고, 분석 결과를 바탕으로 생명주기별 침해 요인에 따른 프라이버시 보호 방안을 제시하고자 한다.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.31-38
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• 2003

본 연구는 최적설계에 사용되는 역섭동법을 구조물의 손상탐지에 적용하였다. 이 방법은 손상의 위치를 정확하게 탐지하기 위하여 미지수보다 많은 수의 구속조건이 필요하므로, 최적설계와는 달리 비선형 회소자승법을 수치기법에 사용한다. 한편 손상탐지의 경우, 모든 자유도의 응답이 측정가능한 것은 아니며 제한된 수의 센서에서 부분적인 진동모드만 측정할 수 있다. 이처럼 부분적인 정보를 사용하여, 손상진단을 성공적으로 수행하기 위해서는 사용될 센서의 수와 위치를 결정하는 연구가 매우 중요한다. 본 논문에서는 센서의 개수가 결정되었을 때, 손상탐지에 적합한 센서 위치의 선정방법에 관하여 연구하였다. 이러한 연구의 결과로 순차적 소거법이 역섭동법을 이용한 손상탐지에 가장 적합한 센서위치의 선정방법임을 수치 예에서 확인하였다.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.15-21
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• 2006

The railroad bogie's components experience repeated loading during service. Especially, oil damper bush has been fatigue fractured on the plane between rubber and steel stem during service, and which results in inferior of performance of the bogie. In this study, in order to offer a proper maintenance method of the bush, bubber bush used for the oil damper was fatigue tested and its damage fraction during service was estimated. Also, FEM analysis on the bush was conducted. When 1400, 1200, and 1000kgf of repeated loads were applied to the oil damper bush, final damage fraction exhibited 63.7%, 50% and 40%. From the results of FEM analysis, deformation energy density was found to be $0.5452kgf/mm^{2}$ at an applied load of 1400kgf and the location with maximum value coincided with the fractured location of the bush. Finally, it will be desirable to adopt the normalized damage fraction rather than absolute damage fraction in estimating remaining service lifetime of the bush.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제85권2호
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• pp.197-206
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• 2023

The deterioration caused by chloride penetration and carbonation plays a significant role in a concrete structure in a marine environment. The chloride corrosion in some marine concrete structures is invisible but can be dangerous in a sudden collapse. Therefore, as a novelty, this research investigates the ability of a non-destructive damage detection method named the Power Spectral Density (PSD) to diagnose damages caused only by chloride ions in concrete structures. Furthermore, the accuracy of this method in estimating the amount of annual damage caused by chloride in various parts and positions exposed to seawater was investigated. For this purpose, the RC Arosa bridge in Spain, which connects the island to the mainland via seawater, was numerically modeled and analyzed. As the first step, each element's bridge position was calculated, along with the chloride corrosion percentage in the reinforcements. The next step predicted the existence, location, and timing of damage to the entire concrete part of the bridge based on the amount of rebar corrosion each year. The PSD method was used to monitor the annual loss of reinforcement cross-section area, changes in dynamic characteristics such as stiffness and mass, and each year of the bridge structure's life using sensitivity equations and the linear least squares algorithm. This study showed that using different approaches to the PSD method based on rebar chloride corrosion and assuming 10% errors in software analysis can help predict the location and almost exact amount of damage zones over time.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.144-151
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• 2008

An experimental study has been conducted to investigate the effects of circular damage hole on the characteristics of airfoil performance. The damage on a wing created from a hit by anti-air artillery was modeled as a circular hole. Force balance measurements and static pressure measurements on the wing surface were carried out for the cases of having damage holes of 10% chord size at quarter chord and/or half chord positions. All experiments were conducted at Reynolds number of $2.85\times10^5$ based on the chord length. The surface pressure data show big pressure alterations near the circular damage holes. This abnormal surface pressure distribution produces shear stress that could lead to the acceleration of the structural degradation of the wing around the circular damage hole. However, in spite of the existence of circular damage holes, the measured force data indicated the only a slight decrease in lift accompanied by increase in drag compared to the results of undamaged one. The influence of damage hole on the aerodynamic performance was increased as the location of damage moved to the leading edge. The effect on the control force was insignificant when the damaged size was not large.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.144-153
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• 1994

본 연구에서는, 소수의 모드형상의 진동반응만이 측정된 자켓형 해양구조물에 존재하는 손상의 위치와 그 크기를 결정할 수 있는 알고리듬이 제시된다. 먼저, 모드형상의 변화로 부터 직접 손상위치와 크기를 결정하는 이론이 제시된다. 다음으로, 세개의 진동모드형상이 측정된 자켓형 해양구조물의 수치예를 이용하여 알고리듬의 적합성이 예증된다. 본 연구의 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째로, 자켓형 해양구조물에 존재하는 손상의 위치가 정확하게 예측 되었다. 둘째로, 예측된 손상의 크기가 비교적 정확하게 예측되었다.