• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.29-38
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• 2018

Background: Radon contributing about 42% of annual average dose, mainly comes from soil. In this paper, standard measurement procedures for soil radon exhalation rate are suggested and their measurement uncertainties are analyzed. Materials and Methods: We used accumulation method for estimating surface exhalation rate. The closed-loop measurement system was made up with a RAD7 detector and a surface chamber. Radon activity concentrations in the system were observed as a function of time, with data collection of 5 and 15-minute and the measurement time of 4 hours. Linear and exponential fittings were used to obtain radon exhalation rates from observed data. Standard deviations of measurement uncertainties for two approaches were estimated using usual propagation rules. Results and Discussion: The exhalation rates (E) from linear approach, with 30 minutes measurement time were $44.8-48.6mBq{\cdot}m^{-2} {\cdot}s^{-1}$ or $2.14-2.32atom{\cdot}cm^{-2}{\cdot}s^{-1}$ with relative measurement uncertainty of about 10%. The contributions of fitting parameter A, volume (V) and surface (S) to the estimated measurement uncertainty of E were 59.8%, 30.1% and 10.1%, in average respectively. In exponential fitting, at 3-hour measurement we had E ranged of $51.6-69.2mBq{\cdot}m^{-2} {\cdot}s^{-1}$ or $2.46-3.30atom{\cdot}cm^{-2}{\cdot}s^{-1}$ with about 15% relative uncertainty. Fitting with 4-hour measurement resulted E about $51.3-68.2mBq{\cdot}m^{-2} {\cdot}s^{-1}$ or $2.45-3.25atom{\cdot}cm^{-2}{\cdot}s^{-1}$ with 10% relative uncertainty. The uncertainty contributions in exponential approach were 75.1%, 13.4%, 8.7%, and 2.9% for total decay constant k, fitting parameter B, V, and S, respectively. Conclusion: In obtaining exhalation rates, the linear approach is easy to apply, but by saturation feature of radon concentrations, the slope tends to decrease away from the expected slope for extended measurement time. For linear approach, measurement time of 1-hour or less was suggested. For exponential approach, the obtained exhalation rates showed similar values for any measurement time, but measurement time of 3-hour or more was suggested for about 10% relative uncertainty.

• 한국안광학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.417-421
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• 2004

안경렌즈 면 위에 반사되는 상을 관찰하연 한 물체에 대해 두 개의 상이 나타나 있다. 이것은 렌즈 전면에서 반사되는 상과 렌즈 후면에서 반사되는 상이다. 이 상들은 렌즈 전, 후면의 굴절력에 의해 렌즈 면에서 반사되는 상이며, 렌즈 전체의 굴절력은 렌즈 전, 후면의 굴절력을 이용하면 얻을 수가 있다. 그러므로 렌즈 면 위에서 나타나는 상 크기 측정은 렌즈의 굴절력을 측정하는 기기의 도움 없이 렌즈의 굴절력을 측정하는 방법이 될 수 있다. 렌즈 면 위에서 측정된 두 개 반사상의 비와 굴절력을 측정하여 계산한 값과 비교하였다.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제54권4호
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• pp.171-177
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• 2021

This paper is concerned with the surface hardness measurement of NiP-coated AA7050 using different loads from 10 to 100 g. The surface hardness was observed to increase from 180 to 600 H_v with increasing NiP layer thickness, depending on the load applied for indentation. When NiP coating thickness is thinner than 2 ㎛, the surface hardness of NiP-coated AA7050 was mainly determined by AA7050 substrate, while it was significantly increased by NiP coating layer when NiP coating thickness is thicker than 2 ㎛. Hardness of AA7050 substrate itself was not dependent on the applied load but the hardness of NiP-coated AA7050 was largely influenced by the load applied for indentation. The largest difference of hardness between 10 g and 100g of applied loads, was obtained at the NiP thickness of about 8 ㎛ above which the measured hardness at 10 g reached a maximum value of about 600 H_v. It was also observed that indentation-induced plastic deformation next to the indented zone occurs when NiP layer is 5.64 times thicker than the depth of impression formed by indentation.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.229-237
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• 2013

We measured two-dimensional (2-D) oxygen distribution in the surface sediment layer of intertidal sediment using a simple and inexpensive planar oxygen optode, which is based on a color ratiometric image approach. The recorded emission intensity of red color luminophore light significantly changed with oxygen concentration by $O_2$ quenching of platinum(II)octaethylporphyrin (PtOEP). The ratios between the intensity of red and green emissions with oxygen concentration variation demonstrated the Stern-Volmer relationship. The 2-D oxygen distribution image showed microtopographic structure, diffusivity boundary layer and burrow in surface sediment layer. The oxygen penetration depth (OPD) was about 2 mm and the one-dimensional vertical diffusive oxygen uptake (DOU) was 12.6 mmol $m^{-2}d^{-1}$ in the undisturbed surface sediment layer. However, those were enhanced near burrow by benthic fauna, and the OPD was two times deeper and DOU was increased by 34%. The simple and inexpensive oxygen planar optode has great application potential in the study of oxygen dynamics with high spatiotemporal resolution, in benthic boundary layers.

• 한국윤활학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국윤활학회 2004년도 학술대회지
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• pp.283-288
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• 2004

The measurement of ultra low aspect ratio fluid film thickness is very crucial technique both for the verification of lubrication media characteristics and for the clearance design in many precision components such as MEMS, precision bearings and other slideways. Many technologies are applied to the measurement of ultra low aspect ratio fluid film thickness (i.e. elastohydrodynamic lubrication film thickness). In particular, in-situ optical interferometric method has many advantages in making the actual contact behaviors realized with the experimental apparatus. This measurement method also does the monitoring of the surface defects and fractures happening during the contact behavior, which are delicately influenced by the surface conditions such as load, velocity, lubricant media as well as surface roughness. Careful selection of incident lights greatly enhances the fringe resolutions up to $\~1.0$ nanometer scale with digital image processing technology. In this work, it is found that coaxial aligning trichromatic incident light filtering system developed by the author can provide much finer resolution of ultra low aspect ratio fluid film thickness than monochromatic or dichromatic incident lights, because it has much more spectrums of color components to be discriminated according the variations of film thickness. For the measured interferometric images of ultra low aspect ratio fluid film thickness it is shown how the film thickness is finely digitalized and measured in nanometer scale with digital image processing technology and space layer method. The developed measurement system can make it possible to visualize the contact deformations and possible fractures of contacting surface under the repeated loading condition.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.7-13
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• 2013

철강 생산 제품 중 강선 (steel wire rod)은 제조 과정 중 종방향으로 미세한 표면 결함이 매우 빈번하게 발생하는데 이중 깊이가 수 십 마이크로미터 이상인 결함들은 최종 생산품의 불량을 유발하는 심각한 원인이 되고 있다. 이와 같은 이유로 강선의 제조 단계에서 표면의 미세 결함의 깊이를 평가하는 방법의 개발이 절실히 요구된다. 표면 미세 결함을 평가할 수 있는 여러 가지 방법 중에서, 본 연구에서는, 전자기 음향공진법의 적용 가능성을 고찰하고자 한다. 전자기 음향 공진 (electromagnetic acoustic resonance, EMAR)은 전자기 음향 트랜스듀서 (electromagnetic acoustic transducer, EMAT)을 이용하여 시편의 공진 특성을 측정하는 방법으로서, 대상의 작은 변화에도 민감하게 반응하고 비접촉 측정이 가능하여 현장 적용에 용이하다는 장점이 있다. 전자기 음향 공진 실험을 통하여 표면 미세결함과 잔향특성의 변화를 관찰하여 깊이 약 100 마이크로미터 내외의 결함은 탐상 가능함을 확인하였다.

• 물과 미래
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.183-191
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• 1995

하천의 홍수유속을 측정하기 위하여, 전자파를 이용한 물 표면 유속 측정체계를 개발하였다. 현재의 개발단계는 실험용 유속측정체계 수준이다. 전자파 표면유속계는 초고주파(micro-wave) 전자파의 도플러 효과를 이용한다. 이는 전자파의 발진과 안테나를 통한 반사파 수신, 차주파수 신호의 추출로 이루어지는 RF부분과, 차주파수 신호의 A/D변환 및 고속 후리에 변환 등으로 이루어지는 신호처리부로 구성된다. 구성된 유속측정 체계로 교량 아래 유속, 대청 조정지댐 방수로 등에서 측정 실험하였고 선박해양공학 연구센터의 선박 실험용 선형수조에서 검증 실험을 수행하였다. 검증결과 A/D 변환기 제작오류에서 발생된 4% 오차 이외에 측정환경의 문제에서 비롯된 몇 %의 오차가 혼재되어 있음이 분석되었다. 그러나 0.5~3.5 m/s 유속을 측정한 결과, 기준속도와 측정속도간 선형성이 우수하고 홍수 유속 측정에 매우 유용한 장비임이 입증되었다. 향후 소형화, 경량화를 수행하고 바람, 물 표면의 불규칙 유동에 의한 영향을 분석하여 신호처리 방안을 마련하는 재제작 (re-engineering) 과정이 요구된다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.133-140
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• 2011

In this paper, a deformation measurement technology for nuclear fuel rods is proposed. The deformation measurement system includes a high-definition CMOS image sensor, a lens, a semiconductor laser line beam marker, and optical and mechanical accessories. The basic idea of the proposed deformation measurement system is to illuminate the outer surface of a fuel rod with a collimated laser line beam at an angle of 45 degrees or higher. For this method, it is assumed that a nuclear fuel rod and the optical axis of the image sensor for observing the rod are vertically composed. The relative motion of the fuel rod in the horizontal direction causes the illuminated laser line beam to move vertically along the surface of the fuel rod. The resulting change of the laser line beam position on the surface of the fuel rod is imaged as a parabolic beam in the high-definition CMOS image sensor. An ellipse model is then extracted from the parabolic beam pattern. The center coordinates of the ellipse model are taken as the feature of the deformed fuel rod. The vertical offset of the feature point of the nuclear fuel rod is derived based on the displacement of the offset in the horizontal direction. Based on the experimental results for a nuclear fuel rod sample with a formation of surface crud, an inspection resolution of 50 ${\mu}m$ is achieved using the proposed method. In terms of the degree of precision, this inspection resolution is an improvement of more than 300% from a 150 ${\mu}m$ resolution, which is the conventional measurement criteria required for the deformation of neutron irradiated fuel rods.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2009년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.376-380
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• 2009

Surface acoustic wave (SAW) device is widely used as a bandpass filter, a chemical or physical sensor, and an actuator. In this paper, we propose the capacitive gap measurement system with high precision through the signal processing using SAW device. The research process is mainly composed of theoretical part and experimental part. In theoretical part, equivalent circuit model was used to simulate the SAW response by the change of capacitance. In experimental part, commercialized capacitor was used to see the SAW response by the change of load capacitance. After that, gap adjustment system was made physically and the SAW response by the change of gap which caused the capacitance change was measured. And resolution and stroke was decided comparing the signal change and basic measurement noise level.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제31권7호
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• pp.605-613
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• 2014

Scanning white-light interferometry is an important measurement option for many surfaces. However, serious profile measurement errors can be present when measuring free-form surfaces being highly curved or tilted. When the object surface slope is not zero, the object and reference rays are no longer common path and optical aberrations impact the measurement. Aberrations mainly occur at the beam splitter in the interference objective and from misalignment in the optical system. Both effects distort the white-light interference signal when the surface slope is not zero. In this paper, we describe a modified version of white-light interferometry for eliminating these measurement errors and improving the accuracy of white-light interferometry. Moreover, we report systematic errors that are caused by optical aberrations when the object is not flat, and compare our proposed method with the conventional processing algorithm using the random ball test.