• International Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.105-113
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• 2003

This study developed a practical two-microphone impedance tube method to measure the sound transmission loss of sound isolation materials without the use of an expensive reverberation room or an acoustic intensity probe. In order to evaluate the validation and applicability of the two-microphone impedance tube method, sound transmission losses for several sound isolation materials with different surface density and bending stiffness were measured, and the measured values were compared with the results from the reverberation room method and the theory. From the experimental results, it was found that the accuracy of sound transmission loss obtained by the impedance tube method depends upon the diameter size of the impedance tube (i.e., tested sample size). For sound isolation materials having relatively large bending stiffness such as acryl, wood, and aluminum plates, it was found that the impedance tube method proposed by this study was not valid to measure the sound transmission loss. On the other hand, for sound isolation materials having relatively small bending stiffness such as rubber, polyvinyl, and asphalt sheets, the comparisons of transmission loss between the results from the impedance tube method and the theory showed a good agreement within the range of the frequencies satisfying the normal incidence mass law. Therefore, the two-microphone impedance tube method proposed by this study can be an effective measurement method to evaluate the sound transmission loss for soft sound isolation sheets having relatively small bending stiffness.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.247-252
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• 2008

By using the transmission anode x-ray tube developed to apply to the hand-held XRF equipment, we carried out XRF experiment and evaluated the influences of the x-ray tube on XRF spectra. XRF data, which is measured using the W-target and Rh-target tube, were good agreements with the known results. FWHM of Fe $K_{\alpha}$-line measured by W-target tube with the 35 kV-tube voltage and the $40{\mu}A$-tube current was 180 eV. This result reveals that our XRF equipment using the transmission anode x-ray tube is enough for a qualitative analysis of materials. By comparison XRF data with the integrated intensity of x-ray tube, it was confirmed that Rh-target tube is better than W-target tube for application to the hand-held XRF equipment.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.883-888
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• 2002

This study describes the limit and application of the two-microphone impedance tube method to the sound transmission loss measurement of several sound isolation materials with different physical properties. For the sound isolation materials having small flexural rigidity, it is shown that the two-microphone impedance tube method is validated to practically measure the sound transmission loss. For the sound isolation materials having large flexural rigidity, on the other hand, it is found that the two-microphone impedance tube method is no longer valid to measure the sound transmission loss because the regions of resonance and mass law are moved into the higher frequencies. In addition, in order to accurately measure the sound transmission loss of sound isolation materials, their size should be decided based on the consideration of the effect of acoustic excitation on their vibration response.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.240-246
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• 2008

The x-ray transmission anode Ag-target tube was developed to apply for the thickness measurement of film in the thickness range of several tens$\sim$several hundreds ${\mu}m$ and its characteristics were evaluated. The energy distribution and dose of x-ray from Ag-target tube was investigated at the tube voltage near 10 kV, and discussed in comparition with that from W-target tube. The energy distribution and dose of x-rays passing through film were measured with various thickness of Ny and PP film. From these results, it was confirmed that our x-ray tube can be applied for the thickness measurement of film.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.409-414
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• 2000

A new impedance tube method is presented for the measurement of transmission loss of sound isolation sheets. The two-microphone method based on the sound decomposition theory proposed by Seybert and Ross is reviewed in this impedance tube method, which has been used for the determination of absorption coefficient of absorptive materials as well as transmission loss of automotive mufflers. Sound transmission losses for rubber, polyvinyl and asphalt sheets are measured in an impedance tube and reverberation room facility, respectively. By comparing two measurement methods, the reliability of impedance tube method used in this study is validated. From the experimental results, it is shown that the accuracy of sound isolation capability obtained by the impedance tube method depends upon the microphone spacing and the distance of the first microphone from the test sample surface.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.305-310
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• 2007

The x-ray transmission W-target tube was developed and its characteristics were evaluated. The continuous x-ray was emitted at the tube voltage less than 12kV, and the characteristic x-ray was emitted more than 12kV. From the measurement of the energy distribution and dose of x-ray, it was confirmed that our results are a good agreement with the blown ones. Moreover, in comparison with commercial x-ray tube, it was also found that the characteristics of our x-ray tube is better than the commercial one. Therefore we confirmed that the x-ray tube developed in this study is so good that it can be commercialized.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.234-239
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• 2008

Tungsten and rhodium target tube for a 40 kV x-ray transmission anode was developed to apply to the hand-held XRF(X-Ray Fluorescence) apparatus and its characteristics were evaluated. From the measurement of the energy distribution and dose of x-ray, it was confirmed that our results were good agreements with the known ones. The optimum thickness of metal film deposited on Be window to extract the maximum dose were $2.6{\mu}m$ and $2.7{\mu}m$ in case of W-target tube and Rh-target tube, respectively. When it was continuously worked during 30 min. at 40 kV in tube voltage and at $60{\mu}A$ in tube current, the temperature at target did not exceed $50^{\circ}C$. Our results reveals that the 40 kV x-ray transmission anode tube can be applied to the hand-held XRF apparatus.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.192-199
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• 2015

There is a gap between the inner wall of a pulse tube and an underwater acoustic material when the measurement for transmission loss by the pulse tube is carried out. In this paper, the effect, which is caused by the gap, for the measurement of transmission loss is analyzed. Transmission coefficient is derived from the ratio of the pressures between front and rear of the gap. Then, transmission loss for specimen with a gap is obtained by combining the transmission coefficients of the gap and specimen. The results of experiment and simulation for a specimen of stainless steel with 10 mm thickness are compared in order to evaluate the simulation model. Finally, simulations with respect to the gap size and transmission loss of a specimen are performed to analyze and evaluate the effect of the gap in measurement of transmission loss.

• Journal of Korean Vacuum Science & Technology
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.1-8
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• 1998

The uniform distributed pumping model is used to derive analytic expressions of the pressure profile for the molecular flow regime in linearly tapered or flared(conical or pyramidal) tubes with wall sorption. The concept of transmission conductance for sticky tubes of arbitrary shape is newly introduced to calculate the transmission probability using the pressure profile. The transmission probability obtained analytically for a conical sticky tube is compared with that from the Monte Carlo simulation.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.1-6
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• 2000

An unexpected error is produced in calculating the transmission probability of a multipartite duct because of beam and shadow effects, if using a simple summation rule like the Oatley's equation. Particles moving in a tube are directed more or less towards the axis of the tube by the beam effect, and the length of a compound tube shortens virtually by the shadow effect originated from a reduction in the number of particles reaching the corner between two tubes of different cross-sections. Both effects make the transmission probability of the tube connected behind and consequently of the whole duct increase slightly. In this paper sources of the error in the calculation of the transmission probability are analyzed quantitatively and variations in the error depending on the dimensions of cylindrical tubes are calculated.