• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.287-293
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• 2005

유도초음파는 박판이나 봉재와 같은 구조를 효율적으로 검사할 수 있는 초음파로 주목받고 있으며, 더불어 시험체를 비접촉으로 검사할 수 있는 기법이 개발되면서 다양한 분야에 응용하기 위해 연구되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 비접촉식 초음파기법과 유도초음파의 장점을 결합하여 기존의 검사기법에 비해 효율적인 검사기법을 제안하고자 하였으며, 실험적인 검증을 위해 알루미늄 박판에 모의 부식결함을 가공하여 두께감육을 검출하고 평가하였다. 제안된 비접촉식 초음파기법으로는 EMAT을 이용하여 유도초음파를 발생 및 수신하였다. 선택된 유도초음파 모드의 분산거동특성에서 모드 컷-오프는 두께 감육을 검출할 수 있는 정성적인 파라미터이며, 군속도 변화는 두께 감육의 깊이를 정량적으로 평가할 수 있는 파라미터로 나타났다.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.264-269
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• 2013

Since MFC(macro-fiber composite) transducer has been developed, many researchers have tried to apply this transducer on SHM(structural health monitoring), because it is so flexible and durable that it can be easily embedded to various kinds of structures. The objective of this paper is to figure out the benefits and feasibility of applying MFC transducers to guided wave technique. For this, we have experimentally tested the performance of MFC patches as transmitter and sensors for excitation and reception of guided waves on the thin aluminum alloy plate. In order to enhance the signal accuracy, we applied the FIR filter for noise reduction as well as used STFT(short-time Fourier transform) algorithm to image the guided wave characteristics clearly. From the results, the guided wave generated based on MFC showed good agreement with its theoretical dispersion curves. Moreover, the ultrasonic Lamb wave techniques based on MFC patches in pitch-catch manner was tested for detection of surface notch defects of which depths are 10%, 20%, 30% and 40% of the aluminum plate thickness. Results showed that the notch was detectable well when the notch depth was 10% of the thickness or greater.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.41-53
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• 2024

Grouting sleeves are an essential connecting component of prefabricated components, and the quality of grouting has a significant influence on structural integrity and seismic performance. The embedded grouting sleeve (EGS)'s grouting defects are highly undetectable and random, and no effective monitoring method exists. This paper proposes an ultrasonic guided wave method and provides a set of guidelines for selecting the optimal frequency and suitable period for the EGS. The optimal frequency was determined by considering the group velocity, wave structure, and wave attenuation of the selected mode. Guided waves are prone to multi-modality, modal conversion, energy leakage, and dispersion in the EGS, which is a multi-layer structure. Therefore, a time-reversal (TR)-based multi-mode focusing and dispersion automatic compensation technology is introduced to eliminate the multi-mode phase difference in the EGS. First, the influence of defects on guided waves is analyzed according to the TR coefficient. Second, two major types of damage indicators, namely, the time domain and the wavelet packet energy, are constructed according to the influence method. The constructed wavelet packet energy indicator is more sensitive to the changes of defecting than the conventional time-domain similarity indicator. Both numerical and experimental results show that the proposed method is feasible and beneficial for the detection and quantitative estimation of the grouting defects of the EGS.

• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 2005년도 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.823-824
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• 2005

• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 2005년도 추계학술발표회
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• pp.717-718
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• 2005

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.587-592
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• 2021

노화 및 골다공증으로 인해 긴 뼈에서 발생하는 피질골의 두께 변화는 골절의 위험인자로 알려져 있다. 본 연구는 200 kHz의 중심주파수 및 12.7 mm의 직경을 갖는 한 쌍의 트랜스듀서와 함께 축방향 전파법을 이용하여 윗면이 2 mm 두께의 실리콘 고무층으로 덮인(1 mm부터 4 mm까지의 두께를 갖는) 아크릴판으로 제작된 7개의 연조직-골 모사 팬텀에서 피질골 두께에 대한 유도초음파 위상속도의 의존성을 고찰하였다. 모든 연조직-골 모사 팬텀에서 서로 다른 속도를 갖는 First Arriving Signal(FAS) 및 Slow Guided Wave(SGW)가 전파하는 것으로 일관되게 관찰되었다. FAS의 위상속도는 피질골 두께가 증가함에 따라 약간 감소하는 반면 SGW의 위상속도는 피질골 두께가 증가함에 따라 크게 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. FAS 및 SGW의 위상속도는 각각 실리콘 고무층을 갖지 않는 아크릴판에서 전파하는 S0 및 A0 램 모드의 위상속도와 거의 일치하는 것으로 나타났으며, 이는 아크릴판의 윗면을 덮고 있는 연조직 모사 물질(2 mm 두께의 실리콘 고무층)의 존재가 위상속도 측정에 큰 영향을 미치지 않는다는 것을 의미한다.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2013

Ultrasonic guided wave techniques have been widely used for long range nondestructive detection in tube-like structures. The present paper investigates the ultrasonic linear and nonlinear parameters for evaluating the thermal damage in aluminum pipe. Specimens were subjected to thermal loading. Flexible polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) comb transducers were used to generate and receive the ultrasonic waves. The second harmonic wave generation technique was used to check the material nonlinearity change after different heat loadings. The conventional linear ultrasonic approach based on attenuation was also used to evaluate the thermal damages in specimens. The results show that the proposed experimental setup is viable to assess the thermal damage in an aluminum pipe. The ultrasonic nonlinear parameter is a promising candidate for the prediction of micro-damages in a tube-like structure.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.496-503
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• 2008

We propose rectangular type spiral coils with folded comers for the applications to low frequency guided wave magnetostrictive transducers and describe a method for making the proposed coils from insulated electrical wire such as enameled copper wire. Expressions for the electrical properties of the coils are also presented and compared with experimental measurements. An overlapped-2-channel folded-comer spiral-coil array is fabricated and applied to a magnetostrictive strip transducer generating and detecting fundamental torsional mode guided waves. From the results we conclude that the design and fabrication method make it possible to use the magnetostrictive transducers optimized for various guided wave applications and also will greatly help engineers gain easy access to the optimized transducers.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.371-382
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• 2001

The recognition of such natural wave guides as plates, rods, hollow cylinders, multi-layer structures or simply an interface between two materials combined with an increased understanding of the physics and wave mechanics of guided wave propagation has led to a significant increase in the number of guided wave inspection applications being developed each year. Of primary attention Is the ability to inspect partially hidden structures, hard to access areas, and teated or insulated structures. An introduction to some physical consideration of guided waves followed by some sample problem descriptions in pipe, ice detection, fouling detection in the foods industry, aircraft, tar coated structures and acoustic microscopy is presented in this paper. A sample problem in Boundary Element Modeling is also presented to illustrate the move in guided wave analysis beyond detection and location analysis to quantification.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.229-251
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• 2012

Guided waves have shown a great potential for structural health monitoring (SHM) applications. In contrast to traditional non-destructive testing (NDT) methodologies, a key element of SHM approaches is the high process of automation. The monitoring system should decide autonomously whether the host structure is intact or not. A basic requirement for the realization of such a system is that the sensors are permanently installed on the host structure. Thus, baseline measurements become available that can be used for diagnostic purposes, i.e., damage detection, localization, etc. This paper contributes to guided wave-based inspection in anisotropic materials for SHM purposes. Therefore, computational strategies are described for both, the solution of the complex equations for wave propagation analysis in composite materials based on exact elasticity theory and the popular global matrix method, as well as the underlying equations of two active damage localization algorithms for anisotropic structures. The result of the global matrix method is an angular and frequency dependent wave velocity characteristic that is used subsequently in the localization procedures. Numerical simulations and experimental investigations through time-delay measurements are carried out in order to validate the proposed theoretical model. An exemplary case study including the calculation of dispersion curves and damage localization is conducted on an exemplary unidirectional composite structure where the ultrasonic signals processed in the localization step are simulated with the spectral element method. The proposed study demonstrates the capabilities of the proposed algorithms for accurate damage localization in anisotropic structures.