• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 2007년도 정기 학술대회 논문집
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• pp.645-650
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• 2007

According to most studies, assessment of aging structure is trend to detect flaw size by sensor than using existing subjective evaluation by expert for objective evaluation. But Uncertainties existing in the sensor make difference between measured flaw size and actual flaw size, In this paper, Probability of Detection(POD) have been used to quantify the uncertainties and POD is updated by relationship measured flaw size and actual flaw size (Heasler, 1990), also we proposed probabilistic updating approach method to improve measurement accuracy(the difference of measured PDF and actual PDF) by using updated POD.

• 한국자기학회지
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.174-178
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• 2002

미소결함을 가진 금속체에 교류자기장을 인가하면 결함부근에는 와전류의 분포가 달라져 이에 의해 금속체를 관통하는 교류자기장은 결함부근에서 차이를 가진다. 이 교류자기장을 비정질 와이어로 된 센서헤드로 측정하여 센서헤드의 유기전압 크기로부터 결함 유무를 검출하는 방법에 대해 검토하였다. 비정질 와이어는 Co-based재료로 자왜가 거의 0이며 고투자율 자성체이고 비정질 와이어는 길이가 15mm, 직경이 100$\mu\textrm{m}$인 원주형 자성체이다. 실험대상 금속체로 0.5mm의 단일 직선 갭을 가진 두께 1mm의 동판과 0.1mm의 갭이 규칙적으로 배열된 두께 25$\mu\textrm{m}$의 Al 판를 이용하였다. 스파이럴 코일에 인가하는 교류자기장의 주파수는 100KHz~600KHz였다. 본 실험의 결과에서 동판에서는 유기전압의 최대치와 최소치의 차가 약 2.5㎷ 얻어졌고, Al판에서는 500KHz에서 0.4㎷가 얻어져 직선 갭의 유무를 유기전압의 크기만으로 확인할 수 있었다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.513-521
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• 2017

The purpose of this paper is to study the capabilities of the impulse response method in length and flaw detecting for concrete piles and provide a suggested method to find small-size flaws in piles. In this work, wavelet transform is used to decompose the recorded time domain signal into a series of levels. These levels are narrowband, so the mix of different dominant bandwidths can be avoided. In this study, the impulse response method is used to analyze the signal obtained from the wavelet transform to improve the judgment of the flaw signal so as to detect the flaw location. This study provides a new way of thinking in non-destructive testing detection. The results show that the length of a pile is easy to be detected in the traditional reflection time or frequency domain method. However, the small flaws within pile are difficult to be found using these methods. The proposed approach in this paper is able to greatly improve the results of small-size flaw detection within piles by reducing the effects of any noise and clarifying the signal in the frequency domains.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.270-279
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• 2003

Parametric studies have been conducted into the variability of the factors affecting the ultrasonic testing applied to weldments. The influence of ultrasonic equipment, transducer parameters, test technique, job parameters, defect type and characteristics on reliability far defect detection and sizing was investigated by experimentation. The investigation was able to build up substantial bank of information on the reliability of manual ultrasonic method for testing weldments. The major findings of the study separate into two parts, one dealing with correlation between ultrasonic techniques, equipment and defect parameters and inspection performance effectiveness and other with human factors. Defect detection abilities are dependent on the training, experience and proficiency of the UT operators, the equipment used, the effectiveness of procedures and techniques.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.211-223
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• 2020

The external corrosion of buried piping can be controlled using both coating and cathodic protection. Several factors are involved in the damage and deterioration of the coating on pipes. There are many detection methods for coating defects on pipes and the direct current voltage gradient (DCVG) method is one of the most powerful methods. However, the detection reliability of DCVG can be affected by interferences such as stray current, metal objects connected to rectifiers, and copper grids. Therefore, this study focused on the interference effects of rectifiers and a copper grid on the reliability of coating flaw detection. As the length of the interference pipe connected to the rectifier increased, the reliability decreased. In contrast, as the distance between the pipe and the copper grid increased, the reliability of the coating flaw detection increased. The detection results produced by the DCVG method were discussed using current and potential simulations for a pipe with a rectifier and copper grid interference in the soil.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.52-60
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• 1991

The importance and role of preservice and inservice inspection(PSI/ISI) for nuclear power plant components are intimately related to plant design, safety, reliability and operation etc.. The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute(KAERI) has been performing PSI/ISI in Korea since the PSI of Kori nuclear power plant, unit 1 had been performed in 1977. KAERI has localized PSI/ISI technology and has done much experience in ultrasonic flaw detection, evaluation and its excavation on the weldments of large pressure vessels. The results of flaw estimation using ultrasonic examination are compared with the actual flaw sizes revealed by field excavation. KAERI's experience regarding PSI/ISI was described and some discussions were added.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.536-542
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• 2011

원자력발전소의 이종금속 용접부는 PWSCC 결함에 민감한 것으로 알려져 있으며 기량검증된 검사자가 기량검증된 절차서를 사용하여 가동중검사 기간 중에 주기적인 검사를 수행하고 있다. 국내 원자력발전소 이종금속 용접부의 형상 조사 결과에 따르면 대부분의 이종금속 용접부가 경사진 노즐부나 인접부에 위치하는 것으로 나타났다. 일반적인 초음파 탐촉자를 사용하여 경사부위에 위치한 이종금속 용접부의 검사를 수행할 경우 초음파 탐촉자의 접근성이 제한되어 검사체적을 모두 검사하기가 어렵다. 특히 축방향 결함 검출을 위한 원주방향 주사에서는 초음파 탐촉자가 경사면에 위치하게 되면 반사체로부터 결함 신호를 얻기 가 어려우며 이에 따라 결함 검출이 어렵게 된다. 이러한 문제점을 극복하기 위해서는 경사면을 고려하여 비틀림 각도를 적용한 초음파 탐촉자를 사용하는 것이 필요하다. 모델링을 통하여 비틀림 굴절 종파탐촉자 를 설계하고 축방향 결함 검사용 비틀림 굴절 종파탐촉자를 제작하여 실험을 통하여 결함으로부터 신호를 취득하였다. 일반 탐촉자와 비틀림 각도가 적용된 탐촉자의 초음파 응답신호를 비교한 결과 비틀림 각도가 적용된 탐촉자의 초음파 응답신호가 훨씬 뛰어난 것으로 나타났다.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.11-22
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• 1984

In the straight beam inspection of ultrasonic wave, the method for evaluating flaw size by AVG diagram is useful as a method for the quantitative evaluation of results of ultrasonic flaw detection. This study was carried out the measure the size of circular flat flaw with the inclination by straight beam inspection and could be decreased the error of application due to the inclination of flaw by AVG diagram in consideration of correction coefficient. From the result of the experiment, the error by means of the application of experimental values to AVG diagram was increased as the inclination angle grows. Also, it n s increased the error of application as the detecting frequency and diameter of flaw grows in the same inclination angle. In case of diameter of flaw 6mm, AVG diagram could be applied to the inclination angle $3^{\circ}$ for 5 MHz, $7^{\circ}$ for 2.25 MHz, $15^{\circ}C$ for 1 MHz in the range of 20% error and the theory was concided with the experiment to $5^{\circ}C$ for 5 MHz, $10^{\circ}C$ for 2.25 MHz, $15^{\circ}C$ for 1 MHz in the range of 10% error by correction eq. (45) due to the inclination angle. Therefore, it is considered that the results obtained from this study will be somewhat helpful informations for the size evaluation of circular flat flaw with the inclination.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.42-48
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• 2006

The strategies of maintenance and operation are usually established based on the number of flaws and their size distribution obtained from nondestructive inspection in order to preserve safety of the plant. But non destructive inspection results are different from the physical flaws which really exist in the equipments. In case of a single inspection, it is easy to estimate the number of physical flaws using the POD curve. However, we may be faced with some difficulties in obtaining the number of physical flaws from the periodic in-service non destructive inspection data. In this study a simple method for estimating the number of physical flaws from periodic in-service nondestructive inspection data was proposed. In order to obtain the flaw growth history, the flaw growth was simulated using the Monte Carlo method and the flaw size and the corresponding POD value were obtained for each flaw at each periodic inspection time. The flaw growth rate used in the simulation was statistically calculated from the in-service inspection data. By repeating the simulation numerous flaw growth data could be generated and the effective POD curve was obtained as a function of flaw size. From the effective POD curve the number of physical flaws was obtained. The usefulness and convenience of the proposed method was evaluated from several applications and satisfactory results were obtained.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.1729-1734
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• 2016

The surface inspection of a steel billet is a common practice in the steel manufacturing process prior to hot rolling to produce steel wire for tire cord. This billet surface inspection is an important process because flaws on the surface may cause major failures during the product manufacturing phase. This paper presents a computer simulation based on a finite element method for a magnetic flaw detector with a function of the current intensity, the number of coil turns, and the billet proceeding speed during the production phase based on the typical condition of conventional apparatus. Based on the simulation result, the magnitude of the electromagnetic field on the surface diminished with distance from the electromagnet. In addition, the increased current intensity and the increased number of coil turns actually induced a stronger electromagnetic field on the billet surface. On the other hand, the proceeding speed of a billet in its production line had no significant effects. The result in this study may assist to reduce trial and error and to minimize the opportunity costs during the optimization process by applying the findings of this study into the operation condition in the steel billet production line.