• 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.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권5호
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• pp.1626-1633
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• 2021

In an industrial field, non-destructive testing (NDT) is commonly used to inspect industrial products. Among NDT methods using radiation sources, X-ray laminography has several advantages, such as high depth resolution and low computational costs. Moreover, an X-ray laminography system with stationary source array and compact detector is able to reduce mechanical motion artifacts and improve inspection efficiency. However, this system, called stationary inverse-geometry X-ray laminography (s-IGXL), causes truncation artifacts in reconstructed images due to limited fields-of-view (FOVs). In this study, we proposed a projection data correction (PDC) method to reduce the truncation artifacts arisen in s-IGXL images, and the performance of the proposed method was evaluated with the different number of focal spots in terms of quantitative accuracy. Comparing with conventional techniques, the PDC method showed superior performance in reducing truncation artifacts and improved the quantitative accuracy of s-IGXL images for all the number of focal spots. In conclusion, the PDC method can improve the accuracy of s-IGXL images and allow precise NDT measurements.

• 대한용접접합학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한용접접합학회 2004년도 춘계 학술발표대회 개요집
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• pp.118-120
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• 2004

The non-destructive examinations for Yonggwang unit 6 was conducted in four different fields, these are 1)all non-destructive inspections for components, piping weldments and structures, 2)automated ultrasonic inspection for pressure vessels weldments. As the results, there were no big indications, and all indications detected during inspection were evaluated as the metallurgical and geometrical non-reinvent indications form weldments. Especially for the weldment of pipes, PD(Performance Demonstration) was applied as a UT inspection method according to 1995 edition of ASME code Sex. XI, this resulted in improvement of the reliability of UT inspection.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.33-40
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• 2021

콘크리트 구조물의 안전성 검토에서 콘크리트 압축강도 측정은 매우 중요한 요소이다. 콘크리트 압축강도 측정법에는 파괴방법과 비파괴방법이 있다. 파괴방법은 일축압축파괴방법이 있으며, 비파괴방법에는 반발경도법과 탄성파 측정법이 있다. 본 연구에는 측정법의 종류와 콘크리트 내부의 철근영향에 따른 콘크리트의의 압축강도 영향을 분석하였다. 공시체의 종류와 상관없이 3가지 실험 방법 중 탄성파 측정법에 의한 평균 압축강도가 다른 방법에 의한 평균 압축강도보다 크게 나타났다. 공시체 종류가 같을 경우 탄성파 측정법이 다른 측정법들에 비해 측정값들의 표준편차가 작게 나타났으므로 탄성파 측정법이 다른 두 측정법에 비해 측정값의 변동이 크지 않음을 알 수 있다. 각 공시체별 실험 방법에 따른 평균압축강도를 압축파괴 실험법의 평균압축 강도를 기준으로 비교하면 탄성파 측정법, 압축파괴실험, 반발경도법 순으로 평균압축강도가 높게 측정되었다. 콘크리트의 압축강도 측정방법과 콘크리트 내부 철근 유무에 따라 콘크리트 압축강도 측정값이 상이하므로 추후 피복두께의 영향 등을 고려한 연구가 필요할 것이다.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.111-116
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• 2012

Nondestructive evaluation of seed viability is one of the highly demanding technologies for seed production industry. Conventional seed sorting technologies, such as tetrazolium and standard germination test are destructive, time consuming, and labor intensive methods. Near infrared spectroscopy technique has shown good potential for nondestructive quality measurements for food and agricultural products. In this study, FT-NIR spectroscopy was used to classify normal and artificially aged lettuce seeds. The spectra with the range of 1100~2500 nm were scanned for lettuce seeds and analyzed using the principal component analysis(PCA) method. To classify viable seeds from nonviable seeds, a calibration modeling set was developed with a partial least square(PLS) method. The calibration model developed from PLS resulted in 98% classification accuracy with the Savitzky-Golay $1^{st}$ derivative preprocessing method. The prediction accuracy for the test data set was 93% with the MSC(Multiplicative Scatter Correction) preprocessing method. The results show that FT-NIR has good potential for discriminating non-viable lettuce seeds from viable ones.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제74권3호
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• pp.313-323
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• 2020

Non-destructive tests are commonly used in construction industry to access the quality and strength of concrete. However, till date there is no non-destructive testing method that can be adopted to evaluate the bond condition of reinforced concrete beams. In this regard, the presented research work details the use of ultra-sonic pulse velocity test method to evaluate the bond condition of reinforced concrete beam. A detailed experimental research was conducted by testing four identical reinforced concrete beam samples. The samples were loaded in equal increments till failure and ultra-sonic pulse velocity readings were recorded along the length of the beam element. It was observed from experimentation that as the cracks developed in the sample, the ultra-sonic wave velocity reduced for the same path length. This reduction in wave velocity was used to identify the initiation, development and propagation of internal micro-cracks along the length of reinforcement. Using the developed experimental methodology, researchers were able to identify weak spots in bond along the length of the specimen. The proposed method can be adopted by engineers to access the quality of bond for steel reinforcement in beam members. This allows engineers to carryout localized repairs thereby resulting in reduction of time, cost and labor needed for strengthening. Furthermore, the methodology to apply the proposed technique in real-world along with various challenges associated with its application have also been highlighted.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제12권9호
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• pp.52-58
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• 1995

Conventional measurement methods for non-destructive testing(NDT) in nuclear power plants and other industrial plants have been performed as the methods of contact with objects to be inspect, but those methods have been taken relatively much time to be inspected. Holographic interferometry which is a non-contact optical measurement method using a coherent light can overcome these demerit, and also has an advantage that the quantitative measurement of small deformation for large areas can be accomplished at a time with high precision. In this paper the comparisons of the experimental results form holographic interferometry with those from the finite element method(FEM) and the analytical solutions of the elastic equation are discussed.

• 한국건설순환자원학회논문집
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.506-513
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• 2021

철근콘크리트 구조물의 내구성 및 안전성은 콘크리트의 균열 및 강도와 더불어 철근의 배근상태나 콘크리트 피복 두께에 크게 의존한다. 콘크리트 내에 매립되어 있는 철근 정보를 정확히 파악하는 방법엔 국부 파괴법과 비파괴 철근 탐사 시험이 있다. 일반적으로 부재 손상을 최소화하기 위해 비파괴 철근 탐사 시험을 통해 파악하며, 비파괴 철근 탐사 시험에는 전자파레이더법, 전자기유도법, 방사선법 등이 있다. 콘크리트의 함수율과 온도는 콘크리트의 전기적 특성인 유전율에 영향을 미쳐 비파괴 철근 탐사 시험 결과에 간섭을 방생시킨다. 따라서 본연구에서는 콘크리트의 표면수율과 온도에 따라 전자파레이더법과 전자기유도법이 받는 영향을 분석하였다. 장비와 기술의 발달로 원리와 상관없이 24℃ 시험체에서는 평균 오차율이 5% 이하로 나타났으며 특히 전자기유도법의 경우 매우 높은 정확성을 갖는 것을 확인하였다. 전자파레이더법은 습윤상태보다 건조상태에서 상대적으로 오차율이 작은 특성을 나타내었으며, 고온에서는 다소 높은 오차율이 나타났다. 탐사 대상의 온도가 낮고 건조한 경우 전자파레이더법을 적용하고, 탐사 대상이 습윤상태이거나 고온에서는 전자기유도법을 사용하여 오차를 감소시킬 수 있음이 확인되었다.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.100-107
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• 1999

In this paper, we deal with the speckle noise reduction and parameter estimation of ultrasonic NDT(non-destructive test) signals obtained during weld inspection of piping. The overall approach consists of three major steps, namely, speckle noise analysis, proposition of wavelet domain AR(autoregressive) model and flaw detection by proposed model parameter. The data are first processed whereby signals obtained using vertical and angle beam transducer. Correlation properties of speckle noise are then analyzed using multiresolution analysis in wavelet domain. The parameter estimation curve obtained using the proposed model is classified a flaw in weld region where is contaminated by severe speckle noise and also clear flaw signal is obtained through CA-CFAR threshold estimator that is a nonlinear post-processing method for removing the noise from reconstructed ultrasonic signal.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2006년도 추계 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.933-936
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• 2006

Many non-destructive inspection methods have recently been developed for concrete structures. However, these methods can obtain only physical information of concrete, such as crack depth, delamination or position of reinforcement etc. near its surface. If chemical information is required, sampling and componential analyses may be earned out. Non-destructive method that can detect deterioration factors such as carbonation, chloride content or sulfate attack would be an outstanding innovation in inspection methodologies. In this research, near-infrared spectroscopy and X-ray fluorescence analysis were applied for componential analysis for concrete. These methods are very effective compared to traditional methods, therefore, working efficiency and maintenance cost will be improved.