• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.453-476
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• 2013

DuraMote is a remote sensing system developed for the "NIST TIP project: next generation SCADA for prevention and mitigation of water system infrastructure disaster". It is designed for supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) of ruptures in water pipes. Micro-electro mechanical (MEMS) accelerometers, which record the vibration of the pipe wall, are used detect the ruptures. However, the performance of Duramote cannot be verified directly on a water distribution system because it lacks an acceptable recordable level of ambient vibration. Instead, a long-span cable-stayed bridge is an ideal test-bed to validate the accuracy, the reliability, and the robustness of DuraMote because the bridge has an acceptable level of ambient vibration. The acceleration data recorded on the bridge were used to identify the modal properties of the structure and to verify the performance of DuraMote. During the test period, the bridge was subjected to heavy rain, wind, and a typhoon but the system demonstrates its robustness and durability.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2003년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.1458-1462
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• 2003

High temperature and high pressure heavy water flows through the pipes in atomic power plants. The curved parts of pipes are critical parts in that they change the direction of steam flow, and these parts are especially affected by severe wear. Therefore, most pipes in atomic power plants are tested by non-destructive examination by workers who use ultrasonic sensors to measure the wall thickness of pipes. But not only are these pipes located in a very dangerous environment, but the space is also very limited. For the safety of workers, it is necessary to design a device that uses a mobile robot that can inspect curved pipes. This paper presents the design and construction of a small device that can generate the necessary contact forces between ultrasonic sensors and pipe walls in a limited space. And a mobile robot is used in place ortho worker for successful non-destructive examination.

• 한국분무공학회지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.134-142
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• 2008

In the case of heavy duty diesel engines, the Urea-SCR system is currently considered to reduce the NOx emission as a proved technology, and it is widely studied to get the high performance and durability. However, the nozzles to inject the urea-water solution into the exhaust pipe occur some problems, including the nozzle clogging, deposition of urea-water solution on the inner wall of the exhaust pipe, resulting in the production of urea salt. In this study, a swirl-type twin-fluid nozzle to produce more fine droplets was used as a method to solve the problems. The effect of the nozzle cap geometry, including the length to diameter ratio ($l_o/d_o$) and chamfer, on the spray characteristics were investigated experimentally. The length to diameter ratio of nozzle cap were varied from 0.25 to 1.125. The chamfer angle of the nozzle cap was constant at 90o. The mean velocity and droplet size distributions of the spray were measured using a 2-D PDA (phase Doppler analyzer) system, and the spray half-width, AMD (arithmetic mean diameter) and SMD (Sauter mean diameter) were analyzed. At result, The larger length to diameter ratio of nozzle cap were more small SMD and AMD. The effect of the chamfer did increase the radial velocity, while it did not affect the atomization effect.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.199-206
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• 2015

Regular high-strength carbon steel is currently the most commonly used pipe material for onshore and offshore pipelines. The corrosion of offshore pipelines is a major problem as they age. The collapse of these structures as a result of corrosion may have a heavy cost is lives and assets. Therefore, their monitoring and screening is a high priority for maintenance, which may ensure the integrity and safety of a structure. Monitoring risers and subsea pipelines effectively can be accomplished using eddy current inspection to detect the average remaining wall thickness of corroded low-alloy carbon steel pipelines through corrosion scaling, paint, coating, and concrete. A test specimen for simulating the offshore pipeline is prepared as a standard specimen for an analysis and experiment with differential bobbin eddy current sensors. Using encircling coils, the signals for the defect in the simulated specimen are analyzed and evaluated in experiments. Differential bobbin eddy current sensors can diagnose the defects in a specimen, and experiments have been carried out using the developed bobbin eddy current sensor. As a result, the most optimum coil parameters were selected for designing differential bobbin eddy current sensors.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.1-19
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• 2004

국내 금속광상의 성인적 유형은 주로 열수충진형 광상, 스카른형 광상, 열수교대형 광상 및 변성퇴적형 광상으로 배태되고 이외에 일부는 정마그마형 광상, 반암형 광상, 알라스카이트형 광상 등으로 부존되고 있다. 이러한 폐광산으로부터 발생되는 수질 및 토양의 환경문제는 개발규모 및 수반금속, 주변암상과 관련된 부존특성과 함께 열수변질작용과 관련된 광물조합, 광석-맥석 광물의 조직, 유형 및 양적관계, 풍화의 진행단계와 관련된 이차-삼차광물의 존재형태 등의 광물-지화학적 특성에 좌우되고 있다. 1970년대 초반부터 1990년대 후반에 걸쳐 광산개발이 종료된 국내금속광상은 폐광 이후의 경과기간에 따라 황화-황염광물과 같은 일차광물로부터 용해되어 수산화광물, 황산염광물, 탄산염광물로 변화하는 과정에서 산화-용출-침전-재용출-이동에 의한 다단계의 복잡한 지화학적 반응관계를 보이고 있다. 금속광상의 산성 배수 및 중금속오염은 다금속 광화작용과 관련된 비철금속 광상과 동시에 맥상광상 및 각력파이프형 광상과 백악기금광상에서 가장 높은 용출가능성을 보이는 반면, 스카른형 광상, 열수교대형 광상, 정마그마형 광상, 맥상 금-은광상, 맥상 동광상 및 변성퇴적형 광상에서 오염가능성은 매우 낮은 경향을 보이고 있다. 이와 같이 광상 유형과 관련된 지질부존 특성은 폐석 및 광미를 구성하는 황화광물 및 탄산염광물의 유형 및 양비와 밀접한 연관성을 갖고 있으며, 산성 배수에 함유된 금속원소종의 유형 및 용출량과 같은 지화학적 특성에 직접적으로 영향을 미치고 있다.