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A Study on the Optimized Test Condition of Lock-in IR Thermography by Image Processing

  • Cho, Yong-Jin
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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    • v.32 no.3
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    • pp.276-283
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    • 2012
  • In this study, it was studies the utilization of LIT(lock-in infrared thermography) which can detect defects in welded parts of ship and offshore structures. Quantitative analysis was used through methods of filtering and texture measurement of image processing techniques to find the optimized experimental condition. We verified reliability in our methods by applying image processing techniques in order to normalize evaluations of comparative images that show phase difference. In addition, low to mid exposure showed good results whereas high exposure did not provide significant results in regards to intensity of light exposure on surface. Lock-in frequency was satisfactory around 0.1 Hz regardless of intensity of light source we had. In addition, having the integration time of thermography camera inversely proportional to intensity of exposed light source during the experiment allowed good outcome of results.

Nondestructive Sugar Content Measurement in Apple by Nir Spectrum Analysis using Neural Network

  • Lee, S.H.;Noh, S.H.;Kim, W.G.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery Conference
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    • 1996.06c
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    • pp.325-333
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    • 1996
  • This study was conducted to develop neural networks of predicting the sugar content of fruits based on the optical densities obtained from a spectrophotometer. Pear, apple and peach were used in investigating the feasbility of the developed neural networks as a nondestructive measurement. A spectrophotometer was used to measure the optical densities of test fruits. The neural networks suggested in this study consisted of multi-layers having one hidden layer and one output layer. The correlation coefficients between the predicted and the measured sugar content for most fruits were high. The neural networks using 2nd derivatives of optical density spectrum produced a better results in predicting the sugar content of fruits. This study contributed to develop a method for nondestructively predicting the sugar content of fruits.

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Fabrication and Evaluation of Piezoelectric Torsional Transducers (압전 비틀림 파동 변환기 제작 및 평가)

  • Kwon, Oh-Soo;Kim, Jin-Oh
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.434-438
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    • 2001
  • Piezoelectric torsional transducers have been fabricated to generate torsional waves in a rod. The principle of generating torsional wane is based on the use of the circumferential shear motion derived by axial voltage exerted on the piezoelectric disk poled in the circumferential direction. The natural frequency or the piezoelctric torsional dish has been reduced by fabricating Langevin-type torsional transducers. The natural frequecies of the fabricated transducers have been measured and have shown good agreement with the characteristics predicted by analysis.

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The Measurement of the Resonance Frequency of Transducer by Ultrasonic Visualization (초음파의 가시화에 의한 진동자의 공진주파수 측정에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, B.S.;Han, E.K.;Song, C.S.
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.14-23
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    • 1993
  • A method to measure the resonance frequency of the ultrasonic transducer which is adhered to the specimen by the ultrasonic visualization is tried. The result shows that the resonance frequency of the transducer adhered to the specimen is lower than the nominal resonance frequency of the transducer in itself and the greater the degree of deviation. It is verified that its cause is the resonance of Al-plate for protecting the transducer by the theoretical analysis.

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A Treatment for Truncated Boundary in a Half-Space with 2-D Rayleigh Wave BEM

  • Ju, Tae-Ho;Cho, Youn-Ho;Phan, Haidang;Achenbach, Jan D.
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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    • v.31 no.6
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    • pp.650-655
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    • 2011
  • Analysis of two-dimensional Rayleigh wave scattering pattern by a surface defect is studied through modified boundary element method. BEM proposed in this paper has special treatment at each end of boundary which should have the Rayleigh wave go away without any generation of virtual reflections. It is shown that treatment for truncated boundary which is used to model two-dimensional Rayleigh waves' behavior in an elastic half-space is successfully implemented. To check numerical results' accuracy, time domain IFFT signal of the displacements is presented. Improvement on getting rid of unwanted influence of truncated boundary induced by 2-D Rayleigh waves on a flat surface of an elastic half-infinite medium is shown. As a final goal, the numerical results of Rayleigh wave scattering trend are plotted and they are compared with theoretical curves to prove its accuracy.

Third Harmonic Generation of Shear Horizontal Guided Waves Propagation in Plate-like Structures

  • Li, Weibin;Xu, Chunguang;Cho, Younho
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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    • v.36 no.2
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    • pp.149-154
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    • 2016
  • The use of nonlinear ultrasonics wave has been accepted as a promising tool for monitoring material states related to microstructural changes, as it has improved sensitivity compared to conventional non-destructive testing approaches. In this paper, third harmonic generation of shear horizontal guided waves propagating in an isotropic plate is investigated using the perturbation method and modal analysis approach. An experimental procedure is proposed to detect the third harmonics of shear horizontal guided waves by electromagnetic transducers. The strongly nonlinear response of shear horizontal guided waves is measured. The accumulative growth of relative acoustic nonlinear response with an increase of propagation distance is detected in this investigation. The experimental results agree with the theoretical prediction, and thus providing another indication of the feasibility of using higher harmonic generation of electromagnetic shear horizontal guided waves for material characterization.

Development of Inspection Technology for the Depth Sizing on Surface Flaw of Pump Diffuser Vane (펌프 Diffuser Vane 표면결함 깊이측정 기법 개발)

  • Park, Cher-Young;Kim, Jin-Hoi
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Pressure Vessels and Piping
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.46-49
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    • 2008
  • NDE(Nondestructive examination) detects a flaw or discontinuity in materials. Flaws detected by the pre-service or in-service examinations shall be sized for the purpose of analysis and repair. A flaw that is initiated from the surface is difficult to determine its depth by NDE. The depth of the surface flaw can be measured using an ultrasonic diffracted wave. To find the optimum standard for ultrasonic parameter(For example, frequency & size of transducer), a mock-up test and simulation were established and studied. This inspection technology may show the depth sizing possibility of the flaw down to nearly two(2) mm.

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Nondestructive Classification between Normal and Artificially Aged Corn (Zea mays L.) Seeds Using Near Infrared Spectroscopy

  • Min, Tai-Gi;Kang, Woo-Sik
    • KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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    • v.53 no.3
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    • pp.314-319
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    • 2008
  • Near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy was used to classify normal and artificially aged nonviable corn (Zea mays L., cv. 'Suwon19') seeds. The spectra at 1100-2500nm were scanned with normal and artificially aged single seeds and analyzed by principle component analysis (PCA). To discriminate normal seeds from artificially aged seeds, a calibration modeling set was developed with a discriminant partial least square 2 (PLS 2) method. The calibration model derived from PLS 2 resulted in 100% classification accuracy of normal and artificially aged (aged) seeds from the raw, the 1st and 2nd derivative spectra. The prediction accuracy of the unknown normal seeds was 88, 100 and 97% from the raw, the $1^{st}$ and $2^{nd}$ derivative spectra, and that of the unknown aged seeds was 100% from all the raw, the $1^{st}$ and $2^{nd}$ derivative spectra, respectively. The results showed a possibility to separate corn seeds into viable and non-viable using NIR spectroscopy.

Experimental Verification of Nondestructive Crack Detection Model Using a Few Natural Frequencies (소수의 고유진동수를 사용하는 비파괴 균열발견모델의 유도 및 검증)

  • 김정태
    • Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.149-159
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    • 1999
  • 본 연구에서는 고유진동수를 사용하여 균열의 위치와 크기를 발견하는 비파괴 균열발견모델을 유도하고 Euler-Bernoulli 보를 대상으로 이 모델의 적합성을 검증하였다. 먼저, 균열위치예측모델과 균열크기예측모델로 이루어진 균열발견체계를 제시하였는데, 균열위치예측모델은 모드민감도와 고유진동수 사이의 선형적인 관계로부터 간접적으로 유도되었으며 균열크기예측모델은 균열발생에 의한 변형에너지의 손실을 진동특성치의 변화와 비교하는 동적 파괴역학적 방법으로부터 유도되었다. 다음으로, 기존에 발표된 양단-자유보에 대한 진동모드 실험결과를 사용하여 균열위치와 균열크기를 예측하고 평가하므로 균열발견모델의 적합성과 적용성을 실험적으로 검토하였다. 대부분의 손상시나리오에서 균열위치와 균열크기 예측치는 실제값과 근사하게 일치하였다.

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A Study on The Compressive Strength Correlation by Various Nondestructive Test Method (각종 비파괴 검사법에 의한 압축강도 상관연구)

  • 최원호;신도철;이대우
    • Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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    • 1998.10b
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    • pp.767-772
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    • 1998
  • schumidt hammer and ultra-sonic method are commonly used for concrete compressive strength test in a construction field. At present, various kinds of equations for estimation of strength are present, which have been used in a construction field. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the correlation between estimation strength by presentation equations and destructive strength to test specimen, and find out which is a suitable equation for this construction site. In this study, a strength test was carried out destructive test by means of core sampling. Non destructive test was conducted Schumidt hammer and ultra-sonic method, the experimental parameter were concrete age, test method and strength level. It is demonstrated that the correlation behavior of concrete strength in this study good due to the performs analysis of correlation between core strength and nondestructive strength.

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