• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제16권7호
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• pp.927-934
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• 2002

The HANARO ( High-flux Advanced Neutron Application Reactor) has been operated since 1995. The Cold Neutron (CN) hole was implanted in the reflector tank from the design stage. Before a vacuum chamber and a moderator cell for the cold neutron source are installed into the CN hole, it is necessary to measure exactly the size of the inside diameter and thickness of the CN hole to prevent the interference problem. Due to inaccessibility and high radiation field in the CN hole, a mechanical measurement method is not permitted. The immersed ultrasonic technique is considered as the best way to measure the thickness and the diameter of the CN hole. The 4-Axis manipulator was designed and fabricated for locating the ultrasonic sensors. The transducer of an ultrasonic sensor having 10 MHz frequency leads to high resolution as much as 0.03mm. The inside diameter and thickness of 550 points of the CN hole were measured using 2 channel ultrasonic sensors. The results show that the thickness and inside diameter of the CN hole is in the range of 3.3∼6.7mm and 156∼ 165mm, respectively. This data will be a good reference for the design of the cold neutron source facility.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제37권5호
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• pp.164-171
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• 2021

Ultrasonic sensors show various reception characteristics based on the density of the measurement medium; hence, they are used in various fields to benefit from the characteristics of ultrasonic signals. In this study, the reception characteristics according to the thickness of the first matching layer are compared and analyzed for application to gas tank microleak detection. Accordingly, three types of sensors are manufactured with varying thicknesses of the first matching layer, namely 4.8 mm, 5.1 mm, and 5.5 mm; further, a direct measurement method is used wherein the sensor is attached to the inside of the chamber. Experiments are conducted to observe the phase change due to microleakage, which is the most linear in the sensor with the 4.8 mm thick first matching layer. This is assumed to be the result of stable signal transmission and reception with little phase deviations over time because the first matching layer is closest to the ultrasonic wavelength. The other sensors show nonlinear results with increasing thickness of the first matching layer. Through this study, it is found that appropriately selecting the thickness of the first matching layer of the ultrasonic sensor can greatly influence sensor reliability.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.25-33
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• 1985

경수형 원자로의 운전과 안전성 해석을 위해 열수력학적 모형을 개발하는 것이 하나의 중요한 과제이다. 특히, 2상류의 열수력학적 모형을 개발하기 위해서는 기포율, 액체막 두께, 유동 영역과 같은 중요한 변수들을 실제로 측정한 값이 필요하다. 본 연구의 목적은 초음파 Pulse-echo 방법을 이용하여 액체 두께를 실험적으로 측정하고, 이론치와 비교 분석하여 (1) 관벽의 두께, (2) 초음파의 주파수, (3) 관벽의 재질 등이 액체막 두께 측정에 미치는 영향을 분석하는 데에 있다. 평판협 (Plate-type)과 관(Tube-type)으로 된 시험관을 이용하여 수평으로 놓인 물-공기의 층류계 (a horizontal airwater stratified system)를 만들어 일련의 액체막 두께 측정 실험을 수행하였다. 시험관의 벽 두께와 초음파 Pulse-echo 의 주파수를 변화시키면서 액체막 두께 측정을 반복하였다. 또한, 관벽의 acoustic impedance가 초음파 Pulse-echo 방법으로 액체막 두께를 측정할 때, 어떠한 영향을 주는가도 아울러 파악하기 위해서 스텐레스 강과 폴리아크릴 (Polyacrylate) 등 재질이 다른 두 개의 격리봉 (Standonff rod) 을 사용하여 액체막 두께를 측정하였다. 이렇게 하여 얻은 실험 결과를 제시하고 실제로 측정한 액체막 두께와 비교 분석하였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.820-830
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• 2016

Pipe wall thinning by flow-accelerated corrosion and various types of erosion is a significant and costly damage phenomenon in secondary piping systems of nuclear power plants (NPPs). Most NPPs have management programs to ensure pipe integrity due to wall thinning that includes periodic measurements for pipe wall thicknesses using nondestructive evaluation techniques. Numerous measurements using ultrasonic tests (UTs; one of the nondestructive evaluation technologies) have been performed during scheduled outages in NPPs. Using the thickness measurement data, wall thinning rates of each component are determined conservatively according to several evaluation methods developed by the United States Electric Power Research Institute. However, little is known about the conservativeness or reliability of the evaluation methods because of a lack of understanding of the measurement error. In this study, quantitative models for UT thickness measurement deviations of nuclear pipes and fittings were developed as the first step for establishing an optimized thinning evaluation procedure considering measurement error. In order to understand the characteristics of UT thickness measurement errors of nuclear pipes and fittings, round robin test results, which were obtained by previous researchers under laboratory conditions, were analyzed. Then, based on a large dataset of actual plant data from four NPPs, a quantitative model for UT thickness measurement deviation is proposed for plant conditions.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 1992년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.190-199
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• 1992

Ultrasonic Spectroscopy technique, covering a wide frequency range, is one of the powerful Nondestructive Evaluation method for detection of microdefects and thickness measurement of thin film below the linit of ultrasonic distance resolution in various types of masterials and composites, provides a useful information that connot be obtained by a conventional measuring system using a single frequency. Results of computer simulation of multiple reflection wave were applied for particular cases : measurements of thickness and Ultrasonic wave velocities propagating normal to the surface in Acryle thin films can be evaluted by using the interference phenomenon, even dimensions of interest are smaller than the ultrasonic wavelength. The repeatability of the thickness measurement in 0.28 mm thin film was 10$\^$-3/.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.263-267
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• 1990

The fat thicknesses of twenty-eight Japanese Black beef steers were measured with an ultrasonic device at eleven points on the cattle prior to slaughter and side dissection. The relation between live fat thickness and both weight and percentage of fat and lean in the carcass was examined. Fat thickness obtained from nine points of the chest, flank and rump regions was found to relate significantly (P<0.01) to both weight and percentage of fat. However, shoulder fat thickness measurements were not significantly related to the weight or percentage of fat or lean in the carcass. Addition of live fat thickness to animal age or live weight as an independent variable markedly improved the precision of multiple regression equations for predicting weight of fat and lean, and percentage of fat. In predicting the percentage of lean, both animal age and body weight were not employed in the multiple regression equation. The residual standard deviation for predicting percentage of fat and lean were 1.93 and 1.87, respectively. The ultrasonic measurement of fat thickness if supposed to be useful to the prediction of carcass composition of beef cattle.

• 전자공학회논문지
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• 제54권1호
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• pp.152-156
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• 2017

지금까지의 초음파센서와 관련된 연구 중 대부분은 대기 중에서 사용하거나 수중에서 사용하는 연구가 대부분이었다. 본 연구는 원유나 석유 등의 유종에서 사용하는 경우에 관한 것으로 초음파 소자에 고전압을 인가해야 하는 초음파의 특성 상 폭발의 위험이 있어 폭발에 대한 우려 없이 유종에서 초음파를 효과적으로 발생시키기 위한 초전도 셀의 특성에 대해 연구하였다. 본 연구를 통해 폭발의 위험이 없으면서 원유 등 유종에서 초음파를 투과하여 원유의 깊이를 측정하거나 원유 바닦의 슬러지를 측정할 수 있는 가장 적합한 초전도셀의 면적, 두께, 발사 주파수 등을 도출하였으며 초음파센서에 24V의 전압을 인가하여 200kHz 주파수를 발생시킬 경우, 초전도셀의 최적 직경은 26~28mm, 두께는 9mm로 하는 것이 최적임을 확인하였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제49권7호
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• pp.1463-1471
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• 2017

In order to monitor the pipe thinning caused by flow-accelerated corrosion (FAC) that occurs in coolant piping systems, a shear horizontal ultrasonic pitch-catch waveguide technique was developed for accurate pipe wall thickness monitoring. A clamping device for dry coupling contact between the end of the waveguide and pipe surface was designed and fabricated. A computer program for multi-channel on-line monitoring of the pipe thickness at high temperature was also developed. Both a four-channel buffer rod pulse-echo type and a shear horizontal ultrasonic waveguide type for high-temperature thickness monitoring system were successfully installed to the test section of the FAC proof test facility. The overall measurement error can be estimated as ${\pm}10{\mu}m$ during a cycle from room temperature to $200^{\circ}C$.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.290-298
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• 2014

초음파 두께 측정 방법은 초음파가 표면에서 되돌아오는 시간을 측정하여 두께를 측정하는 비파괴검사 방법이다. 이때 초음파 진행 시간은 펄스의 최대값을 이용하여 측정하기 때문에, 물체의 두께가 얇을 경우 펄스 신호가 서로 중첩이 되어 기존의 초음파 방법으로 측정하기 어렵다는 단점이 있다. 이러한 단점을 보완하기 위해 본 논문에서는 파워켑스트럼과 최소분산켑스트럼을 사용하여 두께를 측정하는 방법을 제안하고자 한다. 켑스트럼 신호 처리는 초음파 신호를 임펄스 트레인과 전달함수(초음파 펄스 신호)로 분리하기 때문에 표면에서 돌아오는 초음파 신호의 시간을 임펄스 트레인의 주기로 정확하게 측정할 수 있다. 제안된 방법을 검증하기 위하여 다양한 두께를 가진 철, 아크릴 시편에 대해 실험을 수행하였다. 두께가 얇은 시편에 대해서는 펄스가 중첩이 되기 때문에 기존방법으로 측정이 어려움을 알 수 있었다. 하지만 제안된 방법인 켑스트럼 초음파 신호 처리를 적용한 결과 임펄스 신호로 분리하기 때문에 두께를 정확히 측정함을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 1997년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.123-127
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• 1997

Recently, it is gradually raised necessity that interface is measured accurately and managed in industrial circles and medical world, An Ultrasonic wave transmitted from a focused beam transducer is being expected as a powerful tool for NDE of micro-defect. The ultrasonic NDE of the defect is based on the form of the wave reflected form the interface In this study, regarding to the thickness of film which is in opaque object and thickness measurement was done by MEM-cepstrum analysis of received ultrasonic wave. In measument results, film thickness which is beyond distance resolution capacity was measured accurately. Also, automatically repeated discrimination analysis method can be decided in the category of all kinds of defects on semiconductor package.