• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.795-817
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• 2016

A non-contact, in-situ and non-invasive technique for health monitoring of submerged fiber reinforced polymers (FRP) laminates has been developed using ultrasonic guided waves. A pair of mobile transducers at specific angles of incidence to the submerged FRP specimen was used to excite Lamb wave modes. Lamb wave modes were used for comprehensive inspection of various types of manufacturing defects like air gaps and missing epoxy, introduced during manufacturing of FRP using Vacuum Assisted Resin Infusion Molding (VARIM). Further service induced damages like notches and surface defects were also studied and evaluated using guided waves. Quantitative evaluation of transmitted ultrasonic signal in defect ridden FRPs $vis-{\grave{a}}-vis$ healthy signal has been used to relate the extent of damage in FRPs. The developed technique has the potential to develop into a quick, real time health monitoring tool for judging the service worthiness of FRPs.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2011년도 정기총회 및 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.637-642
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• 2011

Rails are subjected to damage from rolling contact fatigue, which leads to defects such as cracks. Rolling contact fatigue damages on the surface of rail such as head check, squats are one of growing problems. Another form of rail surface damage, known as "Ballast imprint" has become apparent. This form of damage is associated with ballast particles becoming trapped between the wheel and the surface of rail. These defects are still one of the key reasons for rail maintenance and replacement. In this study, we have investigated whether the ballast imprint is an initiator of head check type cracks and effect of defect size using Finite element analysis. The FE analysis were used to investigate stresses and strains in subsurface of defects according to variation of defect size. Based on loading cycles obtained from FE analysis, fatigue analysis for each point was carried out.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제52권7호
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• pp.1537-1544
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• 2020

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were conducted to investigate the temperature effects on the primary damage in gallium nitride (GaN) material. Five temperatures ranging from 300 K to 900 K were studied for 10 keV Ga primary knock-on atom (PKA) with inject direction of [0001]. The results of MD simulations showed that threshold displacement energy (E_d) was affected by temperatures and at higher temperature, it was larger. The evolutions of defects under various temperatures were similar. However, the higher temperature was found to increase the peak number, peak time, final time and recombination efficiency while decreasing the final number. With regard to clusters, isolated point defects and little clusters were common clusters and the fraction of point defects increased with temperature for vacancy clusters, whereas it did not appear in the interstitial clusters. Finally, at each temperature, the number of Ga interstitial atoms was larger than that of N and besides that, there were other different results of specific types of split interstitial atoms.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.613-620
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• 2012

Rails are subjected to damage from rolling contact fatigue, which leads to defects such as cracks. Rolling contact fatigue damages on the surface of rail such as head check, squats are one of growing problems. Another form of rail surface damage, known as "Ballast imprint" has become apparent. This form of damage is associated with ballast particles becoming trapped between the wheel and the surface of rail. These defects are still one of the key reasons for rail maintenance and replacement. In this study, we have investigated whether the ballast imprint is an initiator of head check type cracks and effect of defect size using Finite element analysis. The FE analysis were used to investigate stresses and strains in subsurface of defects according to variation of defect size. Based on loading cycles obtained from FE analysis, fatigue analysis for each point was carried out.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.239-247
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• 2018

A magnetic flux leakage (MFL) method was applied to detect and quantify defects in a steel bar. A multi-channel MFL sensor head was fabricated using Hall sensors and magnetization yokes with permanent magnets. The MFL sensor head scanned a damaged specimen with five levels of defects to measure the magnetic flux density. A series of signal processing procedures, including an enveloping process based on the Hilbert transform, was performed to clarify the flux leakage signal. The objective damage detection of the enveloped signals was then analyzed by comparing them to a threshold value. To quantitatively analyze the MFL signal according to the damage level, five kinds of damage indices based on the relationship between the enveloped MFL signal and the threshold value were applied. Using the proposed damage indices and the general damage index for the MFL method, the detected MFL signals were quantified and analyzed relative to the magnitude of the damage increase.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.401-406
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• 1998

LiNbO_3$ 단결정의 광학소자 광도파관 등의 응용을 위하여는 빛의 조사에 따라 굴절률이 변하는 광손상을 극복하여야 한다. 이러한 광손상 극복은 LiNbO_3$ 에 MgO를 첨가한 단결정의 성장과 산처리를 통하여 가능하다. 본 연구에서는 LiNbO_3$ 의 광손상 극복 기구를 이해하기 위하여, FT-IR을 이용하여 LiNbO_3$ 단결정에 MgO 첨가와 산처리가 발생시키는 격자결함의 변화를 OH- 흡수밴드를 통하여 간접적으로 관찰하였다. 또한 액체 헬륨을 이용한 온도강하시 생기는 격자결함의 관찰과 산처리한 시편의 광택연마와 열처리에 따른 격자결함으 조사하였다. MgO 첨가는 LiNbO_3$ 격자내 $Mg_{Nb}^{2+}$ 결함을 발생시켜 광손상 저항을 증가시키며, 산처리는 결정표면의 산소층에 $H^+$이온이 침입하여 격자결함을 발생시키며, 이 격자결함은 $400^{\circ}C$이상에서 열처리하면 $H^+$가 결정내부로 확산하여 들어감을 확인하였다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.443-457
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• 2011

The loss of strength in a structure as a result of cyclic loads over a period of life time is an important phenomenon for the life-cycle analysis. Service loads are accentuated at the areas of stress concentration, mainly at the connection of components. Structural components unavoidably are affected by defects such as surface scratches, surface roughness and weld defects of random sizes, which usually occur during the manufacturing and handling process. These defects are shown to have an important effect on the fatigue life of the structural components by promoting crack initiation sites. The value of equivalent initial flaw size (EIFS) is calculated by using the back extrapolation technique and the Paris law of fatigue crack growth from results of fatigue tests. We try to analyze the effect of EIFS distribution in a multiple site damage (MSD) specimen by using the extended finite element method (XFEM). For the analysis, fatigue tests were conducted on the centrally-cracked specimens and MSD specimens.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 1999년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.501-504
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• 1999

In the shallow trench isolation(STI) chemical mechanical polishing(CMP) process, the key issues are the optimized thickness control within- wafer-non-uniformity, and the possible defects such as nitride residue and pad oxide damage. These defects after STI CMP process were discussed to accomplish its optimum process condition. To understand its optimum process condition, overall STI related processes including reverse moat etch, trench etch, STI filling and STI CMP were discussed. It is represented that the nitride residue can be occurred in the condition of high post CMP thickness and low trench depth. In addition there are remaining oxide on the moat surface after reverse moat etch. It means that reverse moat etching process can be the main source of nitride residue. Pad oxide damage can be caused by over-polishing and high trench depth.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.165-173
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• 2023

교량에 발생하는 손상에 대한 관리 및 평가는 정기적인 점검으로 작성된 보고서와 외관조사망도 및 손상물량표를 포함한 점검 및 진단자료에 기초한다. 이러한 자료 대부분은 2D 기반의 문서형식으로 작성되어 있고, 표준화된 방식으로 디지털화하기 어려워 정해진 목적 외의 활용이 쉽지 않다. 이에 본 연구에서는 점검자료를 기반으로 손상을 포함한 BIM 기반 교량모델을 구축하는 방법을 제시하고, BIM 표준을 준용하는 유지관리용 건설정보교환표준인 COBie (Construction Operations Building Information Exchange)를 사용하여 모델로부터 도출한 스프레드시트 데이터 형식의 손상정보들을 교량모델과 연계하여 관리하고 활용하는 방법을 제시하였다. 또한 전술한 방법들을 이용해 손상이 발생한 교량 상부구조 각 부위별 상태등급을 디지털 데이터 기반으로 자동화된 방법으로 평가하는 방법을 제안하였다. 본 연구에서 제안된 방법들은 PSC I형 콘크리트 교량의 상부구조를 대상으로 검증이 이루어졌으며 그 실효성이 검증되었다.

• 무역학회지
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.67-86
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• 2020

This study analyzes the buyer's remedies for defects in title under DCFR, and it is compared with those of CISG. DCFR adopts a unitary concept of 'non-performance' which is any failure and includes delayed performance and any other performance which is not conformed with the contract. In terms of defects in title, any remedies for non-performance are available under DCFR. Thus. under DCFR, the buyer is entitled to enforce specific performance of obligations, to withhold performance, to terminate for fundamental non-performance, to reduce price, to damage for loss, to require repair, or to deliver a replacement. But under CISG, whether or not defects in title constitute 'non-conformity' is not clear and the majority understands 'non-conformity' does not include title defects. Therefore, the buyer may not has rights to require repair and delivery of replacement unlike DCFR.