• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.115-121
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• 2017

The nonlinear ultrasonic technique is a potential nondestructive method to evaluate material degradation, in which the ultrasonic nonlinearity parameter is usually measured. The ultrasonic nonlinearity parameter is defined by the elastic nonlinearity coefficients of the nonlinear Hooke's equation. Therefore, even though the ultrasonic nonlinearity parameter is not equal to the elastic nonlinearity parameter, they have a close relationship. However, there has been no experimental verification of the relationship between the ultrasonic and elastic nonlinearity parameters. In this study, the relationship is experimentally verified for a heat-treated aluminum alloy. Specimens of the aluminum alloy were heat-treated at $300^{\circ}C$ for different periods of time (0, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, and 50 h). The relative ultrasonic nonlinearity parameter of each specimen was then measured, and the elastic nonlinearity parameter was determined by fitting the stress-strain curve obtained from a tensile test to the 5th-order-polynomial nonlinear Hooke's equation. The results showed that the variations in these parameters were in good agreement with each other.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.487-495
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• 2005

Mechanical properties of in-service facilities are required to evaluate the integrity of power plants and chemical plants. Non-destructive technique can be used to evaluate the mechanical properties. To investigate the mechanical properties using ultrasonic technique, the four classes of thermally aged specimens were prepared using an artificially accelerated aging method. Ultrasonic tests, tensile tests, fracture toughness tests, and hardness tests were performed for the specimens. Then the mechanical properties were compared with ultrasonic parameters such as attenuation and non-linear parameter. From the investigation, we confirm that the ultrasonic parameter can be used to evaluate the mechanical properties.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.576-581
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• 2007

Ultrasonic nonlinearity has been considered as a promising method to evaluate the micro damage of material; however, its magnitude is so small that its measurement is not easy. Especially, when we use contact PZT transducer, if the contacting pressure is not kept in constant during the measurement then there exists extraneous fluctuation in the measured nonlinearity caused by the unstable contact condition, In this paper, we developed a pneumatic control system to keep the contacting pressure of transducer in constant during the measurement and analyzed the effect of contacting pressure to the ultrasonic nonlinearity measurement As a result, we found that the pressure of transducer in our measurement system should be greater than 170 kPa to measure the ultrasonic nonlinear parameter in stable with no dependency on the contacting pressure.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.121-129
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• 2016

As the lifespan of concrete structures increases, their load carrying capacity decreases owing to cyclic loads and long-term effects such as creep and shrinkage. For these reasons, there is a necessity for stress state monitoring of concrete members. Particularly, it is necessary to evaluate the concrete structures for behavioral changes by using a technique that can overcome the measuring limitations of usual ultrasonic nondestructive evaluation methods. This paper proposes the use of a nonlinear ultrasonic method, namely, nonlinear resonant ultrasonic spectroscopy (NRUS) for the measurement of nonlinearity parameters for stress monitoring. An experiment compared the use of NRUS method and a linear ultrasonic method, namely, ultrasonic pulse velocity (UPV) to study the effects of continuously increasing loads and cyclic loads on the nonlinearity parameter. Both NRUS and UPV methods found a similar direct relationship between load level and that parameter. The NRUS method showed a higher sensitivity to micro-structural changes of concrete than UPV method. Thus, the experiment confirms the possibility of using the nonlinear ultrasonic method for stress state monitoring of concrete members.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제38권10호
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• pp.1133-1137
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• 2014

초음파 비선형 파라미터 ${\beta}$는 재료의 미세한 변질을 평가하는데 효과적인 인자로 알려져있다. 그런데 지금까지 대부분의 연구는 접촉식 방법을 이용하여 측정하는 연구가 수행되어왔다. 그러나, 접촉식 방법은 탐촉자와 시편사이의 접촉상태가 측정결과에 큰 영향을 미치기 때문에 측정의 재현성을 보장하기 위해 탐촉자의 접촉상태를 일정하게 유지시키기 위한 부수적인 장치가 필요하다. 이러한 불편함을 해소할 목적으로 본 연구에서는 비접촉식 기법을 도입하였다. 다만 초음파의 송신은 접촉식으로 하고 수신만 비접촉식을 적용함으로써 동일한 조건에서 접촉식으로 수신한 경우와 비접촉식으로 수신한 경우를 비교하고자 하였다. 시편은 시효 처리된 알루미늄 합금을 사용하였고, 두 방식의 측정결과 비선형 파라미터 ${\beta}$의 변화는 유사하게 나타났다. 이로부터 초음파 비선형 특성의 변화를 비접촉식 수신방법으로 용이하게 평가할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2001년도 춘계학술대회논문집A
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• pp.78-83
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• 2001

It's required mechanical properties of in-service facilities to maintain safety operation in power plants as well as chemical plants. In this study the four classes of the thermally aged 1Cr-1Mo-0.25V specimens were prepared using an artificially accelerated aging method at $630^{\circ}C$. Ultrasonic tests, tensile tests, $K_{IC}$ tests and hardness tests were performed in order to evaluate the degree of degradation of the material. The mechanical properties were decreased as degraded, but the attenuation coefficient and the harmonic generation level of a ultrasonic signal were increased. Expecially the nonlinear parameter of the signal is sensitive and will be a good parameter to evaluate the material degradation.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.220-225
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• 2014

초음파 비선형 특성은 일반적으로 재료 내부를 전파한 초음파의 기본주파수 및 2차 고조파 성분 크기에 의해 결정되는 비선형 파라미터 ${\beta}$로 측정되며, 재료의 미세한 변질을 평가하는데 효과적인 인자로 알려져 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 인공시효된 Al6061-T6의 열처리 시간에 따른 초음파 비선형 특성을 평가하였다. 초음파가 시편을 투과하여 수신되는 신호를 분석하여 비선형 파라미터 ${\beta}$를 구하였고, 비선형 파라미터 측정 후 마이크로 비커스 경도를 측정하였다. 비선형 파라미터 측정 결과로부터 열처리 시간에 따른 재료 내 미세 구조적인 변화를 추정하였으며, 경도 측정 결과로부터 이러한 추정이 합당함을 증명하였다. 측정 결과 비선형 파라미터는 석출거동 메커니즘에 의한 재료 미세조직 변화와 매우 밀접한 상관관계를 나타냈다. 이로부터 초음파 비선형 파라미터를 이용하여 인공시효에 의한 재료 내 미세구조 및 상태 변화를 초음파 비선형 파라미터로 평가할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• 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.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제52권3호
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• pp.621-625
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• 2020

Cast austenitic stainless steel (CASS) is used for fabricating different components of the primary reactor coolant system of pressurized water reactors. However, the thermal embrittlement of CASS resulting from long-term operation causes structural safety problems. Ultrasonic testing for flaw detection has been used to assess the thermal embrittlement of CASS; however, the high scattering and attenuation of the ultrasonic wave propagating through CASS make it difficult to accurately quantify the flaw size. In this paper, we present a different approach for evaluating the thermal embrittlement of CASS by assessing changes in the material properties of CASS using a nonlinear ultrasonic technique, which is a potential nondestructive method. For the evaluation, we prepared CF8M specimens that were thermally aged under four different heating conditions. Nonlinear ultrasonic measurements were performed using a contact piezoelectric method to obtain the relative ultrasonic nonlinearity parameter, and a mini-sized tensile test was performed to investigate the correlation of the parameter with material properties. Experimental results showed that the ultrasonic nonlinearity parameter had a correlation with tensile properties such as the tensile strength and elongation. Consequently, we could confirm the applicability of the nonlinear ultrasonic technique to the evaluation of the thermal embrittlement of CASS.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.358-363
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• 2008

재료의 미세열화를 측정하는 비파괴검사법으로 초음파의 비선형파라미터 측정기법이 최근 주목받고 있다. 하지만 그 크기가 매우 작기 때문에 여러 측정 인자들로부터 영향을 받아 일관성 있는 측정이 어렵다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 접촉식 탐촉자를 이용한 초음파 비선형파라미터의 측정에서 측정시스템에 의존하는 인자들의 영향을 연구하였다. 그 결과 탐촉자 접촉압력과 인가전압이 충분히 클수록 시스템 비선형성의 영향을 줄일 수 있음을 알 수 있었다. 이 연구의 결과는 정확한 비선형파라미터의 측정을 위한 실험조건을 설정하는 방법으로서 유용하게 사용될 것이 기대된다.