• 한국압력기기공학회 논문집
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.21-25
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• 2011

Although many defects in PZR heater sleeve have been reported continually from operating experiences in oversea nuclear power plant, utilities get into difficulties in finding appropriate methods for diagnostics of the components due to the limited access or high radiation problems. Recently, as an alternative, diagnostics using Guided Wave Testing(GWT) are proposed and the attention of the methods has been growing gradually because of their long range inspection capability. This study is to investigate the effectiveness of GWT to detect PWSCC in welding points of PZR heater sleeve. Moreover, mode sensitivity analysis of GWT and optimal frequency for the diagnostics of PWSCC are presented by testing the mock-ups specimens that contain artificial flaws.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 2002년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.415-429
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• 2002

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.

• 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지구물리탐사학회 2006년도 공동학술대회 논문집
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• pp.25-30
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• 2006

지표수의 토양층 침투에서와 같이 천부 토양층이 하부에 비하여 수분 함유량이 높은 조건하에서 레이다파는 감쇄되지 않고 습윤 토양층을 통하여 가이드 되는 현상을 보이는 경우가 발생한다. 이는 레이다파의 분산성 가이드 현상으로 천부 층의 두께가 레이다파의 파장보다 비슷하거나 작은 경우에 발생한다. 이 연구에서는 FDTD에 의한 수치 모델링을 수행하고 F-K 분석을 통하여 속도분산곡선을 획득함으로써 레이다파의 분산성 가이드 현상을 확인하였다.이와 같은 가이드 현상은 모드 전파이론으로 설명되며,이 연구에서는 이를 이용하여 2층 층서구조의 두 층의 유전율과 층의 두께를 정확히 계산할 수 있는 알고리듬을 개발하였다. 이론 모델링 자료에 대한 실험 결과 두층의 유전율과 두께를 정확하게 계산할 수 있었으며, 특히 고차 모드를 포함함으로써 그 정확도를 향상 시킬 수 있었다. 향후 비슷한 조건을 가지는 현장에 적용하여 정량적인 전기적 물성을 획득할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.126-131
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 유도초음파를 이용하여 다양한 온도에서 사용되어지는 항공기 복합재료의 건전성에 대하여 평가하였다. 항공기가 지상과 비행고도에서 운행할 때의 온도편차나, 반복되어지는 열주기 횟수와 같이, 항공기가 운행되어지는 온도와 관련하여 복합재료의 건전성에 결정적인 영향을 미치는 요소에 관한 연구는 항공기 안전에 있어서 매우 중요한 요소가 되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 유도초음파를 이용하여 항공기의 운행환경과 유사한 환경 하에서 열피로가 가해진 항공기의 복합재료 시편을 평가하였다. 유도초음파의 분산선도 곡선은 서로 다른 열피로가 가해진 시편에 대한 민감성을 나타내기 위해 최적의 모드를 선택하는데 사용되었다. 현재 제시된 접근법 또한 항공기의 건전성을 평가하는데 있어서 하나의 도구로 구현될 수 있다.

• 한국압력기기공학회 논문집
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.40-45
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• 2019

Unlike the welded pipes in the primary system of light water nuclear power plants being periodically inspected with in-Service inspection program, relatively small pipes with the outer diameter less than 2 inch have not been regularly inspected to date. However, after several failure reports on the occurrence of critical crack-like defects in small pipes, inspection for the small pipes has been more demanded because it could cause the provisional outage of nuclear power plants. Nevertheless, there's no particular method to examine the small pipes having access limitations for inspection due to various reasons; inaccessible area, excessive radiation exposure, hazardous surrounding, and etc. This study is to develop a reliable inspection technique using torsional and flexural modes of guided wave to detect defects that could occur in inaccessible area. The attribute of guided wave that can travel a long distance enables to inspect even isolated range of the pipe from accessible location. This paper presents a case study of the evaluation test on 3/4" small-bore pipes with guide wave method. The test result demonstrates the crack signal behavior and assures possibility to detect the crack signal in a flexural mode, which is clearly distinguishable from the symmetric structure signal in a torsional mode.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.42-47
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• 2010

Recently, many techniques have been developed for the inspection of pipelines using guided waves. However, few researches have been made on the application of those techniques for buried underground pipes. Guided wave motions in the buried pipes are somewhat different from those of on-ground pipes which have traction-free (air) boundary condition on outer pipe walls and thus are strongly affected by the mechanical property of the surrounding soils. Therefore, it should be investigated the effect of soil properties on the guided wave behavior in buried pipe. On the other hand, the mechanical property of soil is largely depending on its moisture conditions nevertheless of other influential factors such as void ratio. In this study, the effect of moisture conditions in soils on mode attenuation of guided waves in the buried pipe is investigated. To this end, numerical study is performed to characterize mode attenuation behavior in buried pipes and the effective mode which is suitable for long range inspection is identified.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.461-472
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• 2012

This study proposes an optics-based active sensing system for continuous monitoring of underground pipelines in nuclear power plants (NPPs). The proposed system generates and measures guided waves using a single laser source and optical cables. First, a tunable laser is used as a common power source for guided wave generation and sensing. This source laser beam is transmitted through an optical fiber, and the fiber is split into two. One of them is used to actuate macro fiber composite (MFC) transducers for guided wave generation, and the other optical fiber is used with fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors to measure guided wave responses. The MFC transducers placed along a circumferential direction of a pipe at one end generate longitudinal and flexural modes, and the corresponding responses are measured using FBG sensors instrumented in the same configuration at the other end. The generated guided waves interact with a defect, and this interaction causes changes in response signals. Then, a damage-sensitive feature is extracted from the response signals using the axi-symmetry nature of the measured pitch-catch signals. The feasibility of the proposed system has been examined through a laboratory experiment.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제6권7호
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• pp.835-849
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• 2010

This study investigated propagation characteristics of piezo-activated guided waves in an aluminium rectangular-section tube for the purpose of damage identification. Changes in propagating velocity and amplitude of the first wave packet in acquired signals were observed in the frequency range from 50 to 250 kHz. The difference in guided wave propagation between rectangular- and circular-section tubes was examined using finite element simulation, demonstrating a great challenge in interpretation of guided wave signals in rectangular-section tubes. An active sensor network, consisting of nine PZT elements bonded on different surfaces of the tube, was configured to collect the wave signals scattered from through-thickness holes of different diameters. It was found that guided waves were capable of propagating across the sharp tube curvatures while retaining sensitivity to damage, even that not located on the surfaces where actuators/sensors were attached. Signal correlation between the intact and damaged structures was evaluated with the assistance of a concept of digital damage fingerprints (DDFs). The probability of the presence of damage on the unfolded tube surface was thus obtained, by which means the position of damage was identified with good accuracy.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.341-347
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• 2004

발전설비의 중요한 요소인 배관의 효율적인 비파괴검사를 위해, 배관내에 유도초음파를 comb 트랜스듀서를 이용하여 발생시켰으며, 유도초음파를 비접촉 방식으로 수신하기 위해 An(air-coupled transducer)를 적용하였다. comb 트랜스듀서의 요소간격과 이론적인 분산선도로부터 발생가능 한 유도초음파 모드가 예측되었다. 또한 예측된 모드를 수신하기 위해 각 모드의 이론적인 위상속도를 이용하여 ACT의 수신 각도를 결정하였다. 수신모드의 특성을 규명하기 위해 웨이블릿 변환과 2D-FFT를 이용한 시간-주파수해석을 수행하여 이론적인 분산선도와 비교한 결과, 수신된 보드는 이론적으로 예측된 모드와 일치하는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.32-37
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• 2010

This study presents the attenuation characteristics of the first guided longitudinal wave mode propagating in water-filled, buried steel pipes in order to investigate the effects of soil saturation and compaction on the attenuation patterns. For numerical calculation of attenuation, 10 different combinations of S-wave velocity, P-wave velocity, and soil densities were considered. From the attenuation dispersion curves, which were obtained using Disperse software, we determined that the attenuation decreases as saturation increases, whereas it increases as compaction increases. Over the frequency range from 0.2 to 0.4 MHz, the first longitudinal wave mode has attenuations that are relatively lower than for other ranges, is faster than the first flexural wave mode, and is sensitive to defects aligned in the axial direction. Hence, the first longitudinal wave mode over the mentioned frequency range would be the proper choice for long-range buried pipelines that transport water.