• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.467-475
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• 2016

Ultrasonic propagation imaging (UPI) has shown great potential for detection of impairments in complex structures and can be used in wide range of non-destructive evaluation and structural health monitoring applications. The software implementation of such algorithms showed a tendency in time-consumption with increment in scan area because the processor shares its resources with a number of programs running at the same time. This issue was addressed by using field programmable gate arrays (FPGA) that is a dedicated processing solution and used for high speed signal processing algorithms. For this purpose, we need an independent and flexible block of logic which can be used with continuously evolvable hardware based on FPGA. In this paper, we developed an FPGA-based ultrasonic propagation imaging system, where FPGA functions for both data acquisition system and real-time ultrasonic signal processing. The developed UPI system using FPGA board provides better cost-effectiveness and resolution than digitizers, and much faster signal processing time than CPU which was tested using basic ultrasonic propagation algorithms such as ultrasonic wave propagation imaging and multi-directional adjacent wave subtraction. Finally, a comparison of results for processing time between a CPU-based UPI system and the novel FPGA-based system were presented to justify the objective of this research.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.1753-1761
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• 2014

Due to the inherent inhomogeneous and anisotropy nature of the composite materials, the detection of internal defects in these materials with non-destructive techniques is an important requirement both for quality checks during the production phase and in service inspection during maintenance operations. The estimation of the time-of-arrival (TOA) and/or time-of-flight (TOF) of the ultrasonic echoes is essential in ultrasonic non-destructive testing (NDT). In this paper, we used split-spectrum processing (SSP) combined with matching pursuit signal decomposition (MPSD) to develop a dedicated ultrasonic detection system. SSP algorithm is used for Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) enhancement, and the MPSD algorithm is used to decompose backscattered signals into a linear expansion of chirplet echoes and estimate the chirplet parameters. Therefore, the combination of SSP and MPSD (SSP-MPSD) presents a powerful technique for ultrasonic NDT. The SSP algorithm is achieved by using Gaussian band pass filters. Then, MPSD algorithm uses the Maximum Likelihood Estimation. The good performance of the proposed method is experimentally verified using ultrasonic traces acquired from three specimens of carbon fibre reinforced polymer multi-layered composite materials (CFRP).

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제20권10호
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• pp.1662-1670
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• 2017

A-Scan NDT equipment is widely used in the industrial field because it is inexpensive and easy to carry but it is necessary to have a skilled inspection specialist who is trained to analyze the waveform of ultrasonic signal. Since the welding quality is judged subjectively by the specialist, there is a problem in the reliability of the quality. In the C-Scan NDT which overcomes the shortcomings of the A-Scan, welding part can be represented in the form of two dimensional image by combining one dimensional ultrasonic waveform so that the quality of welding can be grasped without the help of specialist. In order to develop C-Scan NDT, it is necessary to develop an array type two dimensional transducer and an algorithm to composing image by combining ultrasonic signals generated from a two dimensional transducer. In addition, the noise component must be minimized in the ultrasonic signal in order to display the quality of welding in the form of images. Therefore we propose a method to remove noise component from the ultrasonic wave and construct a two dimensional ultrasonic image.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2012년도 제38회 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.230-237
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• 2012

확대부 내열재의 스틸과 FRP 사이에 존재하는 미접착 결함과 미충전 결함을 검출하기 위해 초음파 공진법을 적용하였다. 초음파 공진법은 초음파 신호가 증폭되기 때문에 펄스에코법으로 검출하기 어려운 미접착 결함 및 에폭시 미충전 결함을 쉽게 검출할 수 있다. 공진 주파수는 삼중 매질의 음압 반사계수를 이용하여 예측하였고, 시험편의 초음파 신호에 대해 고속푸리에변환을 실시하여 측정하였다. 예측한 공진 주파수는 측정한 공진 주파수와 일치하므로 초음파 공진을 입증하였다.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.47-52
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 주행 중 타이어와 노면이 마찰하면서 발생하는 초음파 신호에서 이물질로 인해 야기되는 우성주기를 검출하여 타이어 손상 유무를 판별하는 알고리즘에 대해 연구하였다. 손상된 타이어에서 획득한 초음파 신호의 포락선에 대해 전력스펙트럼을 산출하고 통계적 처리에 의한 임계값을 설정함으로써 우성주기를 판별하는 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 모의실험 결과, 시속 80km/h로 주행 시 초음파 신호의 포락선에 대해 전력스펙트럼의 피크주기 97.6ms에 비해 제안된 알고리즘의 우성주기는 100ms로서 포락선 피크의 평균주기 101.24ms를 기준으로 하였을 때 더 정확한 주기 측정 결과를 보였다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.293-299
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• 2010

The multiple block localization method in a wide area for multiple robots using iGS is proposed in this paper. The iGS is developed for the indoor global localization using ultrasonic and RF sensors. To measure the distance between a mobile robot and a beacon, the tag on the mobile robot wakes up one beacon to send out the ultrasonic signal and measures the traveling time from the beacon to the mobile robot. As the number of robots is increased, the sampling time of localization also becomes longer. Note that only one robot can localize its own position calling beacons one by one during each of the sampling interval. This is a severe constraint for the localization of multiple robots in a wide area. This paper proposes an efficient localization algorithm for the multiple robots in a wide area which can be divided into multiple blocks. For a given block, a master beacon is designated to synchronize robots. By the access of the synchronization signal, each beacon in the selected group sends out an ultrasonic signal. When the robots in the block receive the ultrasonic signal, they can calculate their own locations based on the distances to the beacons, which are obtained by the multiplication of flight time and velocity of the ultrasonic signal. The efficiency of the algorithm is verified through the real experiments.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1999년도 하계학술대회 논문집 D
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• pp.1599-1601
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• 1999

The characteristics of ultrasonic signal in insulation oil were investigated by optical fiber sensor(OFS) utilizing Mach-Zehnder interferometer. For checking the response properties of OFS ultrasonic signal was generated by function generator in various kinds of insulation oil. The attenuation of ultrasonic signal linearly increased with the increase of viscosity of insulation oil in log scale. Discharging signal was produced by neele-sphere electrode system. Intensity of discharging signal was plotted in terms of cumulative $y^2$ and the intensity of discharging signal in new oil was little bigger than that in serviced one.

• 융합신호처리학회논문지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.172-177
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• 2023

본 논문에서는 초음파 신호의 2차원 역추적 방법을 제안한다. 초음파 센서는 송수신 장치를 서로 쌍으로 이용하여 거리 측정 및 실내 위치 추적에 많은 연구가 되어 산업 분야에 쓰이고 있는 보편적인 기술이다. 본 논문에서는 초음파 신호를 수신기만 활용하여 임의의 초음파 송신 장치들의 신호원을 2차원 평면상으로 추적하는 방법을 제안한다. 초음파 신호를 추적하기 위해 수신기는 최소 3개를 이루어 신호를 수신한다. 3개의 수신기는 각각의 초음파 수신음의 도달 시간차를(Time Difference of Arrival, TDOA) 이용하여 방향 및 거리를 연산할 수 있다. 기존 초음파를 이용한 신호원 추적 방법은 송수신기가 쌍으로 이루어지거나 센서마다 독립적으로 설치가 되어야 하기 때문에 장치들의 시간 동기화가 문제가 있다. 이 문제를 해결하기 위해 초음파 수신기의 거리를 최소화하여 설치고 하나의 장치로 구성한다. 하나의 장치로 설치된 센서는 하나의 연산기로 처리하기에 시간 동기화 문제를 해결할 수 있다. 시간차 정확도를 올리기 위해 시간 분해능이 높은 고속 32비트 타이머를 사용하여 거리 및 방향을 빠르게 연산 및 추적할 수 있다.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2001년도 하계학술대회 논문집 A
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• pp.467-469
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• 2001

This paper presents an efficient location estimation methodology for a partial discharge(PD) source in the power transformer. The methodology previously proposed is not suitable for locating a PD source because the ultrasonic signal with medium attenuated through the inner structure. In general, the propagation characteristic of ultrasonic signal with medium is different. Therefore, using this propagation characteristic, we can detect the location of PD source. In this paper, the proposal algorithm finds the PD source using three sensors attached to one side of the transformer without attenuation of the ultrasonic signal and applying the neural network based geometrical method. The proposed methodology demonstrates the effectiveness and validity on an experimental transformer.

• 한국조명전기설비학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국조명전기설비학회 2004년도 학술대회 논문집
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• pp.359-364
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• 2004

This paper deals with the comparison of signal processing techniques of ultrasonic data. The goal of signal processing is the ultrasonic speckle suppression and the visibility enhancement of flaw-reflected ultrasonic echo. The performance of conventional SSP(split spectrum processing) method and the wavelet denoising method are compared and discussed for tested ultrasonic data. Tested ultrasonic data obtained from the weld area of centrifugal-casted stainless steel material and safe-ending material with holes and notch of variable depths are presented. In experimental results, the outputs of wavelet-based denoising method show the clear and sharp peaks at the positions of flaw-reflected echos comparing with those of SSP method.