• 음성과학
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.167-179
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• 1999

The hearing mechanism is a complicated system. Sound is generated by a source that sends out air pressure or power. The pressure or power makes the sound waves. These waves reach the eardrum, or tympanic membrane, which vibrates at a rate and magnitude proportional to the nature of the sound waves. The tympanic membrane transforms this vibration into the mechanical energy in the middle ear, which in turn converts it to the hydraulic energy in the fluid of the inner ear. The hydraulic energy stimulates the sensory cells of the inner ear which send neuroelectrical impulses to the central auditory nervous system. The passive perception of auditory information starts just here. The listener gives attention to the speech sound, differentiates the sound from background noise, and integrates his experience with similar sounds. The listener then puts all of these aspects of audition into the context of the moment to identify the nature of sound. This has a major role in human communication. This paper provides an overview of the nature and characteristics of sound, the structure and function of the auditory system, and the way in which sound is processed by the auditory system.

• 소음진동
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.57-67
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• 2001

Proposed in this paper is a method of measurement of the flow rate in a pipe. The sound waves which are propagated within a pipe are characterized by that the wavenumber in the axial direction is changed according to the flow rate, and these characteristics are used in the present method of measurement of the flow rate. The amount of change in wavenumber of sound waves according to the flow rate can be obtained from the relationship among acoustic pressure signals within a pipe, which are measured by using a microphone array. The flow rate can be obtained by using the amount of change in wavenumber of sound waves and the relational equation of the flow rate. With respect to errors that can occur during the measurement of the flow rate, the types of errors and the method of correction of those errors are presented. This method of measurement of the flow rate has application limitation conditions due to the sensor interval, assumption of sound waves as plane waves, etc. The numerical simulation and experiments for measuring the flow rate of air in a pipe are performed in order to verify the applicability of this method of measurement of the flow rate. The experimental results are shown to be similar to those of the numerical simulation. And the flow rate measured is shown to be consistent with the actual value within 5% error bound.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.413-419
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• 2002

Noise barriers are widely used to reduce the sound level propagating from highways, railways or factories to residential areas. The reduced noise level at a receiver point is then determined by the diffracted waves around the edge of the barrier as well as by the transmitted waves through the barrier. 1'or proper usage, many studies either theoretical or experimental have been made with the objective of precisely Predicting the acoustic field and improving the noise attenuating properties of barriers. In this study. a simple scattering model. a line acoustic source scattered by an infinite cylinder, is introduced to simply Investigate the sound attenuation efficiency of a sound-resonating barrier. From this model study, it is observed that the sound-resonating harrier can be used as a good sound-shielding element especially for the pure-tone noise generated from the transformer. Large sound-attenuation is achieved by applying the sound-resonating barrier to the large transformers in a substation.

• 대한한의정보학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2008

With the booming complementary medicine as a social trend of well-being, treatment by the sound waves of six kinds of syllables is believed to restore that healthy balance to the body. Sound therapy refers to a range of therapies in which sound is used to treat physical and mental conditions. Healing is done by transmitting beneficial sound to the affected area related to five viscera and six bowels. The healing sound may be produced by a voice. sound wave vibrations are to treat physical and mental conditions. In general, this therapy is based on the theory that all of life vibrates, including people's bodies. When a person's healthy resonant frequency is out of balance, physical and emotional health is affected. When a person's healthy resonant frequency is out of balance, physical and emotional health is affected. This paper focuses on the sound therapy by six syllables of 'hyu', 'huo', 'ho', 'sa', 'chi' and 'hui'.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2001년도 추계학술대회논문집 II
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• pp.659-664
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• 2001

Noise barriers are widely used to reduce the sound level propagating from highways, railways or factories to residential areas. The reduced noise level at a receiver point is then determined by the diffracted waves around the edge of the barrier as well as by the transmitted waves through the barrier. For proper usage, many studies either theoretical or experimental have been made with the objective of precisely predicting the acoustic field and improving the noise attenuating properties of barriers. In this study, a simple scattering model, a line acoustic source scattered by an infinite cylinder, is introduced to simply investigate the sound attenuation efficiency of a sound-resonating barrier. From this model study, it is observed that the sound-resonating barrier can be used as a good sound-shielding element especially for the pure-tone noise generated from the transformer. Large sound-attenuation is achieved by applying the sound-resonating barrier to the large transformers in a substation.

• 센서학회지
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.323-328
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• 2019

Recently, a sound wave phase meter (SWPM) that can directly measure the pressure waveform of sound waves in free space has been reported, and the development of educational experimental equipment using this meter is in progress. One of the main advantages of using this meter is that wavelengths can be obtained directly from the crests and troughs of the measured pressure waveforms in space without expensive equipment. However, there are times when the measurement wavelength does not exactly match the actual wavelength value, and the pressure waveform differs from the actual shape. This study was conducted to identify and analyze the causes of such errors occurring in SWPM. As a result, it was found that wavelength errors occur when the propagation direction of sound waves and the measurement direction of SWPM do not coincide. It has also been found that an error in the pressure waveform is generated when the induction and sound wave signal outputs from the SWPM interfere with each other to produce a composite signal. We have shown that we can develop educational experimental equipment by suggesting ways to reduce such errors.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.10-17
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• 2004

In this research, a numerical simulation for the acoustic sounds around a two-dimensional circular cylinder in a uniform flaw was developed, using the finite difference lattice Boltzmann model. We examine the boundary condition, which is determined by the distribution function concerning density, velocity, and internal energy at the boundary node. Pressure variation, due to the emission of the acoustic waves, is very small, but we can detect this periodic variation in the region far from the cylinder. Daple-like emission of acoustic waves is seen, and these waves travel with the speed of sound, and are synchronized with the frequency of the lift on the cylinder, due to the Karman vortex street. It is also apparent that the size of the sound pressure is proportional to the central distance to the circular cylinder. The lattice BGK model for compressible fluids is shown to be a powerful tool for the simulation of gas flaws.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2003년도 ICCAS
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• pp.1036-1041
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• 2003

Non-destruction examinations are required in medical sciences and various engineering now. We wish to emulate the examinations in very simplified experiments. It is an educational program. We show a neural network analysis to predict the locations of a sound-source or a body irradiated by sound-waves in audio-region. The sound is an interest flux, and it enables to clear local-structures in a non-transparent space. However, the sound-propagation equations are not solved easily, therefore, we consider to adopt multi-layer neural-networks instead of the direct solutions. We used detected intensities and coordinates for input data and teaching data. A neural network learned them. The neural-network analysis decomposed the distance of 50cm. The resolution is rather rough; however, it is caused by the limitation of our equipments. Since there is no problem in the neural network processing, if we could revise experiments, then, progress of the resolution would be got. Thus, the proposed method functioned as an educational and simplified non-destruction examination.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.187-197
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• 2009

해양에서는 파도, 빗방울 등 해수면에 일어나는 많은 물과 물의 충돌, 해양에서 운행되는 선박, 여러 해양 생물들의 생명활동 그리고 여러 발생 원들에 의해 많은 기포들이 생성될 수 있다. 이렇게 생성된 기포들은 해양에서 사용되는 음파의 세기와 음속에 영향을 미치게 된다. 본 연구에서는 2007년 9월 19일 04:00 부터 17:00 까지 남해 남형제도 해역에서 Acoustic Bubble Spectrometer (ABS)와 CTD를 사용하여 해양 기포생성과 생성기포가 음파에 미치는 영향을 관측하였다. 관측자료를 통하여 풍속과 기포생성의 연관성, 기포의 반경에 따른 기포량, 주파수별 음속비를 분석하였다. 최종적으로 분석자료를 통해 기포가 음파전달에 미치는 영향을 모의하였다.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.356-362
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• 2009

현대 사회에서는 세계 인구의 대부분이 도시에 몰려 있기 때문에, 도심의 소리는 중요한 의미를 가진다. 그 중 교통음은 가장 대표적인 도심소리 중에 하나이다. 일반적으로 도심 교통음은 환경소음으로, 대표적인 자연의 소리인 숲, 폭포소리등은 사람에게 긍정적인 효과를 주는 소리로 분류한다. 본 연구에서는 자연의 소리가 포함하는 백색잡음에 다양한 형태의 FFT보정 필터를 적용시켜, 사람이 가장 선호하는 형태의 백색잡음 주파수 특성을 발견하고 자연 소리와의 상관관계를 확인하였다. 그리고 여러 형태의 도심 교통음과 숲소리의 파형, 스펙트럼 비교를 통한 분석을 진행하였다. 분석 결과 도심 교통음이 숲소리에 비해 특정 주파수대역과 시점에 집중된 소리 에너지 특징이 있음을 발견하였으며, 이러한 특징이 사람에게 미칠 수 있는 부정적인 요소들을 확인하였다. 마지막으로 전극법 뇌파 실험을 통하여, 도심 교통음과 자연의 숲, 폭포소리를 직접 피실험자들에게 들려주어, 알파파와 베타파의 에너지 분포를 측정하였다. 측정결과 도심 교통음은 자연의 소리보다 현저하게 많은 양의 베타파를 발생 시켰으며, 반대로 자연의 소리는 많은 양의 알파파를 발생 시켰다. 이러한 결과를 통해 도심 교통음이 사람에게 미치는 부정적인 영향과 자연 소리의 긍정적인 영향을 직접적으로 확인하였다.