• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.335-346
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• 1987

The principal reason for the backscattering in an optical fiber is the Rayleigh scattering which is caused by non-uniform density of structure material of an optical fiber and diameter variations of the optical fiber-core along an optical fiber axis. The backscattering signal which is detected by the optical time domain reflectometer system(O.T.D.R) conatains information about both tha actual decay of power and the diameter variation along the optical fiber. In this paper, the O.T.D.R. system with 2x2 fiber directional coupler, timing control unit and gated integrator is used to measure diameter variations of an optical fiber.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.40 no.11
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• pp.19-28
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• 2003

The limitation on the dynamic range improvement of the complementary correlation optical time domain reflectometer(CCOTDR) is presented. In CCOTDR, the improvement of dynamic range is function of both the averaging number of measurement cycles and the length of codes. The trade off between the averaging number and the code length restricts the improvement of the dynamic range and a very long code is not effective to improve the dynamic range. In this paper, the improvement limitation on dynamic range caused by the trade off between the averaging number and the code length is presented. For derivation of the trade off, the number of one measurement cycles employing a conventional single pulse method and employing a complementary code method are presented and compared. And the effective maximum code length is presented in addition.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartD
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• v.11D no.6
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• pp.1311-1318
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• 2004

Demand of water is increased according to city centralism phenomenon in population and development. In this progress, guarantee of enough water is important factor for water supply policy. For the detection of exact water leakage point, an epochal sensing technique using computer and internet is required, so, the water pipe having sensing wire and sensing technology using TDR(Time Domain Reflectometer), is proposed in this paper. For the prove of effectiveness of this system, pilot system using 300mm 3-layer coated steel pipe is made and tested.

• Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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• v.38 no.1
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• pp.32-37
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• 2005

The procedure of soil sampling for on-farm quick test of soil nitrate is very important to improve practical application without weighing or drying soil. To improve application of test strip reflectometer as a quick on-farm analytical procedure for the estimation of soil nitrate concentration, three sampling methods such as gravimetric sampling (GS), particle density sampling (PDS) and bulk density sampling (BDS) for on-farm analytical procedure were investigated with twelve soils of 45 to $281mg\;kg^{-1}$ nitrate nitrogen concentration. The nitrate nitrogen concentrations measured from different soils were compared with two analytical methods, ion electrode method as a standard laboratory analysis (SLA) and test strip reflectometer at three moisture conditions, viz. air dried soil, 20 and 40% of maximum water holding capacity (MWHC). Nitrate nitrogen concentration measured by test strip reflectometer was significantly correlated with that of SLA, and the coefficients of variation (CV) were in the range of 3.5 to 10.9%. These CV values less than 10.9% were thought to be acceptable for the measurement of soil nitrate as an on-farm real time analytical procedure. The nitrate nitrogen concentration by BDS for test strip reflectometer as well as ion electrode method was more similar to that of SLA compared with those by GS and PDS especially in case of moist soils. This result suggests that the BDS is more useful than GS and PDS in case of on-farm analytical procedure of soil nitrate for moist soils. Further the practical measurement by BDS could be improved by substituting the bottle cap with a larger container.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 2005.10a
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• pp.828-829
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• 2005

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 2005.10a
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• pp.787-788
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• 2005

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.11 no.6
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• pp.1-8
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• 2007

The objective of the present work is to characterize design parameters of solid propellant ignitor for composite, double base, and nitramine propellants using arc image furnace. Arc image furnace and fiber optics surface reflectometer were used to measure ignition delay time and reflected optical energy of several compositions of composite, double base and nitramine base rocket propellant at different pressure levels each other. The order of ignitability was double base > composite> nitramine propellants at initial pressure of over 75 psia. The highest ignition energy was needed to ignite nitramine propellant, however, the ignition delay time decreased abruptly as the pressure increased up to the range of $75{\sim}400$ psia. The absorbtion of radiation energy could be increased by the addition of small amount of opacifiers as carbon black, ZrC, WC and burning catalyst.

• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.205-211
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• 2020

Wiring defect is a major concern for safe aircraft operations. However, troubleshooting process of a wiring defect is very difficult due to extensive and complex wiring system and installed location. Recently, time domain reflectometer (TDR) equipment that enables effective defected wiring troubleshooting has been introduced. Unfortunately, TDRs have not practically adopted by most of airlines' maintenance departments because the effectiveness and usefulness of TDRs have not been verified. This study was conducted to verify if TDRs can identify the location and type of defected aircraft wiring, and whether they can be applied for troubleshooting purposes. Experimental plan was established by using various wires and connections applied to actual aircraft and the observed results were compared with the TDR operation guide. The usability of the TDR in actual aircraft wiring defect detection may be acceptable as the experimental results showed similar results to the TDR operation guide.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.415-422
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• 2004

We propose and present a new multiplexed bend loss type single-mode fiber-optic sensor system for displacement measurement in order to measure the displacement of several mm of civil engineering structures such as bridges and buildings. We make a bend loss type fiber-optic sensor for measuring displacements using the signal difference between two reflection signals due to various bend losses generating at a pair of optical connectors by using the optical time domain reflectometer. And we fabricate a multiplexed bend loss type fiber-optic sensor detecting linear displacements of 4 measuring positions of an object by setting these new 4 fiber-optic sensors on a single mode fiber simultaneously. We find that the multiplexed fiber-optics displacement sensor has linearity of 0.9942, maximum displacement of 6 mm, and accuracy of 6% for 4 measuring points.

• Polymer(Korea)
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• v.33 no.3
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• pp.263-267
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• 2009

In order to improve the hydrophilic property on the surface of d-PMMA(deuterated poly-(methyl methacrylate)) film, it was exposed to oxygen plasma, All experimental conditions were same except to plasma exposure time that was varied from 0 to 180 s, The effects according to the exposure time were identified using contact angles, X-ray reflectometer(XRR), neutron reflectometer(NR), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS). By confirming that as the exposure time increases, water contact angle decreases while the composition of oxygen increases, it was confirmed that the composition of oxygen has a huge influence on improving the hydrophilic property. The physical characters as a function of the exposure time were investigated by the XRR. By analyzing complementally the results of the XRR, NR, and XPS, more detailed chemical bonding conditions were studied by obtaining not only composition of the carbon and oxygen but that of the hydrogen.