• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2011.04a
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• pp.693-696
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 레벨셋 방법을 이용하여, 소음을 차단하기 위한 음향 구조물의 형상 최적 설계를 수행하였다. 음향 결정 구조에서는 음향이 흩어져 있는 결정 구조에 의해서 굴절되기 때문에 결정 모양을 조정함으로써, 음향 거동을 제어 할 수 있다. 형상 최적 설계의 목적은 특정한 각도와 각속도로 입사되는 입사파에 대해서 음향 투과율(acoustic transmittance)이 최소가 되도록 음향 결정의 형상(inclusion shape)을 결정하는 것이다. 음향 압력(acoustic pressure)은 주기성을 갖는 음향 결정에 대해서 헬몰츠(Helmoltz)형태의 지배 방정식을 풀어서 얻을 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 음향 구조물로 결정이 수평 방향으로는 주기적으로 무한히 분포하고 수직방향으로는 유한한 층간 구조를 가지고 있는 소음 방어벽 (Noise barrier)을 고려한다. 결정의 위치는 고정되어 있고, 결정의 형상을 설계 변수로서 음파의 거동을 제어할 수 있도록 하였다. 주기적 구조물을 고려하기 때문에 결정의 좌와 우에 Bloch 이론을 적용해 주기적 경계조건을 부과하였고, 소음 방어벽 위와 아래에는 임피던스 행렬(impedance matrix)를 이용하여, 무한 균질 영역과 소음 방어벽사이의 음파 투과를 모사하였다. 복잡한 형상 변화를 표현하기 위해 임시적 경계를 이용한 레벨셋 방법을 사용하였다. 설계 민감도 해석을 통해 목적함수가 감소하는 방향으로 경계에서의 수직 벡터를 계산하고, 이를 헤밀턴-자코비(Hamilton-Jacob) 방정식에 대입하여, 최적의 형상을 나타내는 레벨셋 함수를 구하였다.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2010.04a
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• pp.339-342
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 유/무선 임피던스 계측을 통하여 현장 타설 콘크리트의 강도 발현 모니터링 기법을 개발하였다. 최근 많이 사용되고 있는 고강도 콘크리트의 경우 강도 발현이 제대로 되지 않으면 건설 중 취성 파괴가 일어날 우려가 있으므로 현장에서의 강도 발현 모니터링이 중요시 되고 있다. 하지만 기존의 콘크리트 강도 평가 방법은 고가의 장비가 필요하거나 복잡한 수학식을 통하여 이루어 졌기에 현장에서는 효율적으로 사용되기 힘들었다. 이에 압전 센서 기반 임피던스 측정을 통하여 콘크리트의 강도 발현을 모니터링하는 기법을 제안하였다. 구조물의 임피던스는 구조물 손상이나 강도 변화와 같은 구조물의 물성 변화 발생 시 공진주파수가 이동하는 특징이 있다. 이를 기반으로 콘크리트 구조물의 공진주파수 변화를 관찰하여 대상 구조물의 강도를 모니터링하는 기법을 개발하였으며 유/무선 임피던스 계측을 동시에 실시하여 무선 임피던스 측정의 유효성을 평가하였다. 그리고 고강도 콘크리트에서의 적용을 평가하기 위하여 설계 강도 30MPa, 100MPa의 콘크리트에 대하여 유/무선 임피던스 측정을 실시하였다. 이를 통해 본 논문에서는 무선 임피던스 계측을 이용하여 접근하기 어려운 곳이나 케이블 연결이 어려운 곳에서도 실시간으로 구조물의 강도 발현 모니터링이 가능한 시스템을 제안하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2013.10a
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• pp.799-804
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• 2013

The sensor/actuator active sensor diagnostics procedure, where the sensors/actuators are confirmed to be functioning properly during operation, is a critical component to successfully complete the structural health monitoring (SHM) process with large numbers of active sensors typically installed in a structure. The basis of this process is to track the changes in the capacitive value of piezoelectric materials, which shows up in measured admittance. Due to the temperature dependent nature of piezoelectric materials, we investigated the effects of temperature variations on sensor diagnostic process. The effect of temperature variations found to be remarkable, modifying the measured capacitive values significantly. In addition we analyzed the effect of bonding agents between a PZT patch and a host structure. This paper summarizes considerations needed to develop such sensor diagnostic processes, experimental procedures and results, and additional issues that can be used as guidelines for future investigations.

• Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
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• v.68
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• pp.124-128
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• 2018

Titanium doping is employed to enhance the structural strength of a high-Ni layered cathode material in lithium ion batteries during high temperature cycling. After Ti-doping, the external morphology remains similar, but the lattice parameters of the layered structure are slightly shifted toward larger values. With application of the prepared materials as cathodes in lithium-ion batteries, the initial capacities are similar but the cycling performance at $25^{\circ}C$ is enhanced by Ti-doping. During high temperature cycling at $60^{\circ}C$, furthermore, highly improved capacity retention is achieved with the Ti-doped material (95% of initial capacity at 50th cycles), while cycle fading is accelerated with the bare electrode. This enhancement is attributed to better retention of the compressive strength of the particles and retarded crack formation within the particles. In addition, impedance increase is reduced in the Ti-doped electrode, which is attributed to an improvement in the structural strength of the high-Ni cathode material with Ti-doping.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.272-278
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• 2021

In this study, high nickel layered LiNi_0.8Co_0.1Mn_0.1O₂ cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries were modified by yttrium doping and poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) coating. The effects of yttrium doping and PEDOT:PSS coating on the structural and electrochemical properties of the LiNi_0.8Co_0.1Mn_0.1O₂ cathode material were investigated and compared. The substitution of nickel with an electrochemically inert yttrium was confirmed to be successful in stabilizing the layered structure framework. Moreover, coating the surfaces of the LiNi_0.8Co_0.1Mn_0.1O₂ particles with a conductive polymer, PEDOT:PSS, improved the capacity retention, thermal stability, and impedance of the cathode material by increasing its ionic and electric conductivities.

• Composites Research
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.27-31
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• 2007

"Structural surface becomes an antenna." This term, CAS, indicates antenna embedding in structural surfaces. The CAS is composed of several composite laminates and Nomex honeycombs, and microstrip antenna elements are inserted between layers with designed configurations. Constituent materials are selected considering electrical contributions as well as mechanical performances. Antenna design with adhesive films are impossible because of their thin and rough distributions between honeycomb and substrate. Therefore, adhesive effects on antenna performances in CAS are experimentally investigated, CAS with targeted impedance and radiation characteristics are designed considering adhesive effects. multilayer

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.55 no.3
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• pp.230-238
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• 2018

Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) have been prepared without using surfactants to assess their stability at different time intervals. The synthesized particles were characterized by X-ray diffraction, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, ultraviolet-visible-near infrared spectroscopy, and energy dispersive spectroscopy. Field emission scanning electron microscopy and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy images of the samples were also investigated. The average particle size was measured to be 12.7 nm even in the polydispersed form. The magnetic and dielectric characteristics of the $Fe_3O_4$ nanoparticles have also been studied and discussed in detail.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2015.08a
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• pp.243.2-243.2
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• 2015

We report a high-performing nanoscale NiO thin film grown by thermal oxidation of sputtered Ni film. The structural, physical, optical and electrical properties of nanoscale NiO were comprehensively investigated. A quality transparent heterojunction (NiO/ZnO) was formed by large-area applicable sputtering deposition method that has an extremely low saturation current of 0.1 nA. Considerable large rectification ratio of more than 1000 was obtained for transparent heterojunction device. Mott-Schottky analyses were applied to develop the interface of NiO and ZnO by establishing energy diagrams. Nanoscale NiO has the accepter carrier concentration of the order of 1018 cm-3. Nanoscale NiO Schottky junction device properties were comprehensively studied using room temperature impedance spectroscopy.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.23 no.6
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• pp.622-634
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• 2003

This paper is concerned with a computational method for recovering a crack shape of steam generator tubes of nuclear plants. Problems on the shape identification are discussed arising in the characterization of a structural defect in a conductor using data of eddy current inspection. A surface defect on the generator tube ran be detected as a probe impedance trajectory by scanning a pancake type coil. First, a mathematical model of the inspection process is derived from the Maxwell's equation. Second, the input and output relation is given by the approximate model by virtue of the hybrid use of the finite element and boundary element method. In that model, the crack shape is characterized by the unknown coefficients of the B-spline function which approximates the crack shape geometry. Finally, a parameter estimation technique is proposed for recovering the crack shape using data from the probe coil. The computational experiments were successfully tested with the laboratory data.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2013.02a
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• pp.160-160
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• 2013

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have attracted much attention because of their moderate light-to-electricity conversion efficiency, easy fabrication, and low cost. At present, platinum (Pt) is used as a counter electrode in DSSCs. However, it is found that Pt dissolves in iodide electrolyte solutions and creates chemical compound such as PtI4 and H2PtI6. Carbon based materials are one of candidates for a counter electrode of DSSCs. We prepare two types of graphite oxides by different chemical treatments; original graphite oxide, hydrazine treated graphite oxide. Each graphite oxide and magnesium nitrate dispersed in deionized water are prepared as solutions for electrophoretic deposition (EPD). Each graphite oxide electrode is deposited on fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) substrate by EPD method. Structural and electrochemical properties of each electrode are investigated by field-emission scanning electron microscopy and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, respectively.