• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.200-206
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• 2010

In ultrasound-excited thermography, the injected ultrasound to an object is transformed to heat and the appearance of defects can be visualized by thermography camera. The advantage of this technology is selectively sensitive to thermally active defects. Despite the apparent simplicity of the scheme, there are a number of experimental considerations that can complicate the implementation of ultrasound excitation thermography inspection. Factors including acoustic horn location, horn-crack proximity, horn-sample coupling, and effective detection range all significantly affect the detect ability of this technology. As conclusions, the influence of coupling pressures between ultrasound exciter and specimen was analyzed, which was dominant factor in frictional heating model.

• 대한용접접합학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한용접접합학회 2006년도 춘계 학술대회 개요집
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• pp.148-150
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• 2006

In this paper, the applicability of an UET(ultrasound excited thermography) for a defect detection of the welded receptacle is described. An UET(ultrasound excited thermography) is a defect-selective and fast imaging tool for damage detection. A high power ultrasound-excited vibration energy with pulse durations of 280ms is injected into the outer surface of the welded receptacle made of Al material. An ultrasound vibration energy sent into the welded receptacle propagate inside the sample until they are converted into the heat in the vicinity of the defect. The injection of the ultrasound excited vibration energy results in heat generation so that the defect is turned into a local thermal wave transmitter. Its local heat emission is monitored by the thermal infrared camera. And they are processed by the image recording system. Measurement was performed on aluminum receptacle welded by using Nd:YAG laser. The observed thermal image revealed two area of defects along the welded seam.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.284-290
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• 2012

Infrared thermography uses infrared energy radiated from any objects above absolute zero temperature, and the range of its application has been constantly broadened. As one of the active test techniques detecting radiant energy generated when energy is applied to an object, ultrasound infrared thermography is a method of detecting defects through hot spots occurring at a defect area when 15~100 kHz of ultrasound is excited to an object. This technique is effective in detecting a wide range affected by ultrasound and vibration in real time. Especially, it is really effective when a defect area is minute. Therefore, this study conducted thermography through lock-in signal processing when an actual defect exists inside the austenite STS304 seamless pipe, which simulates thermal fatigue cracks in a nuclear power plant pipe. With ultrasound excited, this study could detect defects on the rear of a pipe by using an aluminium reflector. Besides, by regulating the angle of the aluminium reflector, this study could detect both front and rear defects as a single infrared thermography image.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제39권5호
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• pp.637-646
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• 2007

An UET (ultrasound excited thermography) has been used for several years for a remote non-destructive testing in the automotive and aircraft industry. It provides a thermo sonic image for a defect detection. A thermograhy is based On a propagation and a reflection of a thermal wave, which is launched from the surface into the inspected sample by an absorption of a modulated radiation. For an energy deposition to a sample, the UET uses an ultrasound excited vibration energy as an internal heat source. In this paper the applicability of the UET for a realtime defect detection is described. Measurements were performed on two kinds of pipes made from a copper and a CFRP material. In the interior of the CFRP pipe (70mm diameter), a groove (width - 6mm, depth - 2.7mm, and length - 70mm) was engraved by a milling. In the case of the copper pipe, a defect was made with a groove (width - 2mm, depth - 1mm, and length - 110 mm) by the same method. An ultrasonic vibration energy of a pulsed type is injected into the exterior side of the pipe. A hot spot, which is a small area around the defect was considerably heated up when compared to the other intact areas, was observed. A test On a damaged copper pipe produced a thermo sonic image, which was an excellent image contrast when compared to a CFRP pipe. Test on a CFRP pipe with a subsurface defect revealed a thermo sonic image at the groove position which was a relatively weak contrast.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.259-263
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• 2006

The applicability of UPT (Ultrasound Pulse Thermography) for real-time defect detection of the ceramic heating plate is described. The ceramic heating plate with superior insulation and high radiation is used to control the water temperature in underwater environment. The underwater temperature control system can be damaged owing to the short circuit, which resulted from the defect of the ceramic heating plate. A high power ultrasonic energy with pulse duration of 280 ms was injected into the ceramic heating plate in the vertical direction. The ultrasound excited vibration energy sent into the component propagate inside the sample until they were converted to the heat in the vicinity of the defect. Therefore, an injection of the ultrasound pulse wave which results in heat generation, turns the defect into a local thermal wave transmitter. Its local emission is monitored and recorded via the thermal infrared camera at the surface which is processed by image recording system. Measurements were Performed on 4 kinds of samples, composed of 3 intact plates and the defect plate. The observed thermal image revealed two area of crack in the defective ceramic heating plate.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.211-219
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• 2006

초음파 서모그라피는 초음파 진동 에너지 여기에 의한 물체의 표면 및 표면 아래에 존재하는 결함부위의 선택적 발열 특성을 적외선 열영상 카메라로 관측하는 것이다. 결함(균열, 박리, 공극 등) 이 존재하는 구조물에 초음파 진동 에너지를 입사시킬 경우 결함 부근에서의 국부적인 발열로 인해 건전 부위와의 급격한 온도차를 드러내는 핫 스폿이 관측된다. 초음파 진동 에너지 여기에 의한 핫 스폿 관측 및 분석을 통해 결함을 진단하는 것이 초음파 서모그라피를 이용한 비파괴 결함 진단 방법이다. 이를 이용한 결함 검출을 위해서는 초음파의 진동에너지를 검사 구조물에 효율적으로 전달하는 것이 중요하다 본 논문에서는 초음파 서모그라피를 이용한 실시간 결함검출에 대해 기술한다. 초음파 진동에너지의 입사 방향에 따른 결함 검출 특성을 평가하기 위해 진동에너지의 전달 방향을 시편과 수직 또는 수평방향으로 각각 입사시켰다. 각각의 입사 방향에 따른 초음파 트랜스듀서 양단에 인가되는 전압을 디지털 오실로스코우프로 계측 비교하였다. 결함 검출에 사용한 시편은 14 mm 두께의 SUS 균열(crack) 시편, PCB 기판(1.8 mm), 인코넬 600 판(1.0 mm) 및 CFRP 판(3.0 mm)의 4종류이다. 4종류의 시편에 대해 280ms 펄스폭의 초음파에너지를 수직 수평으로 각각 입사시켰다. 4종류 모두 수직방향으로 초음파 진동에너지를 입사시켰을 때 수평방향에 비해 전달 손실이 적었다. 복합재료인 PCB, CFRP 판은 수직방향으로 초음파 진동에너지를 입사시켰을 때 수평방향에 비해 결함 위치에서 열이 크게 발생하였으며 선택적 발열 현상도 3배 이상 지속되었다. 금속재료인 인코넬 600판과 SUS 시편은 수평방향이 수직방향보다 핫 스폿이 빨리 관측되었다.