• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제54권2호
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• pp.199-219
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• 2015

This paper presents the non-destructive evaluation of a high-speed railway bridge using train-induced strain responses. Based on the train-track-bridge interaction analysis, the strain responses of a high-speed railway bridge under moving trains with different operation status could be calculated. The train induced strain responses could be divided into two parts: the force vibration stage and the free vibration stage. The strain-displacement relationship is analysed and used for deriving critical displacements from theoretical stain measurements at a forced vibration stage. The derived displacements would be suitable for the condition assessment of the bridge through design specifications defined indexes and would show certain limits to the practical application. Thus, the damage identification of high-speed railways, such as the stiffness degradation location, needs to be done by comparing the measured strain response under moving trains in different states because the vehicle types of high-speed railway are relatively clear and definite. The monitored strain responses at the free vibration stage, after trains pass through the bridge, would be used for identifying the strain modes. The relationship between and the degradation degree and the strain mode shapes shows certain rules for the widely used simply supported beam bridges. The numerical simulation proves simple and effective for the proposed method to locate and quantify the stiffness degradation.

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.57-60
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• 2016

Non Destructive Testing (NDT) methods that are capable of detecting the wall thinning and defects through insulation and cladding sheets are necessary. In this study we developed a Pulsed Eddy Current (PEC) system to detect wall thinning of ferro magnetic steel pipes covered with 95 mm thick fiber glass thermal insulator and shielded with aluminum plate of thickness 0.4 mm. In order to confirm the thickness change due to wall thinning, two different sensors, a hall sensor and a search coil sensor were used as a detecting element. In both the cases, the experimental data indicates a considerable change in the detected pulse corresponding to the change in sample thickness. The thickness of the tube was made to change such as 2.5 mm, 5 mm and 8 mm from the inner surface to simulate wall thinning. Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) was calculated using window approach and the results were summarized which shows a clear identification of thickness change in the test specimen by comparing the magnitude spectra.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.265-277
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• 2020

Recently, the concept of "drive-by" bridge monitoring system using indirect measurements from a passing vehicle to extract key parameters of a bridge has been rapidly developed. As one of the most key parameters of a bridge, the natural frequency has been successfully extracted theoretically and in practice using indirect measurements. The frequency of bridge is generally calculated applying Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) directly. However, it has been demonstrated that with the increase in vehicle velocity, the estimated frequency resolution of FFT will be very low causing a great extracted error. Moreover, because of the low frequency resolution, it is hard to detect the frequency drop caused by any damages or degradation of the bridge structural integrity. This paper will introduce a new technique of bridge frequency extraction based on Hilbert Transform (HT) that is not restricted to frequency resolution and can, therefore, improve identification accuracy. In this paper, deriving from the vehicle response, the closed-form solution associated with bridge frequency removing the effect of vehicle velocity is discussed in the analytical study. Then a numerical Vehicle-Bridge Interaction (VBI) model with a quarter car model is adopted to demonstrate the proposed approach. Finally, factors that affect the proposed approach are studied, including vehicle velocity, signal noise, and road roughness profile.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.8-14
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• 2022

In this study reports experiments were conducted to determine the quality of weld beads of different materials, Al and Cu. Among the lasers used to make battery cells for electric vehicles, non-destructive testing was performed using deep learning to determine the quality of beads welded with the ARM laser. Deep learning was performed using AlexNet algorithm with a convolutional neural network structure. The results of quality identification were divided into good and bad, and the result value was derived that all the results were in agreement with 94% or more. Overall, the best welding quality was obtained in the experiment for the fixed ring beam output/variable center beam output, in the case of the fixed beam (ring beam) 500W and variable beam (center beam) 1,050W; weld bead failure was seldom observed. The tensile force test to confirm the reliability of welding reported an average tensile force of 2.5kgf/mm or more in all sections.

• Composites Research
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.31-36
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• 2007

본 연구는 압전 변환기를 이용하여 탄소/에폭시 복합재료 보의 초기 균열 길이에 대한 정량적인 예측방법을 제시하였다. 구조물의 손상에 대한 비파괴평가기술에 대한 관심은 증가하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 시간-주파수 영역에서 웨이블렛 변환에 기초한 신호처리기술로 손상 유무와 손상평가를 위한 방법을 제시하였다. 한 쌍의 피에조 재료를 이용하여 탄소/에폭시 복합재료 보의 동적응답을 제안한 신호처리 기술로 협대역 가진하에서 연구하였다.

• 한국건축시공학회지
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.519-526
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• 2023

본 연구는 겉보기 비저항 측정에 포함되는 주변 철근의 영향을 파악하기 위해 단근과 복근을 매립한 콘크리트 실험체를 제작하였다. 실험체는 중심에서부터 0.03m, 0.04m, 0.05m의 위치에 단근 또는 복근을 배근하고, 겉보기 비저항 측정은 실험체별 정해진 위치까지 0.01m의 간격으로 실시하였다. 모든 실험체는 철근의 상부위치에서 겉보기 비저항이 최저치를 보였고 복근 실험체는 단근에 비해 배근 중심위치에서 낮은 측정치를 나타내며 주변 철근의 영향이 측정 결과에 반영되었음을 보였다. 또한 배근 간격이 넓을수록 철근의 위치가 명확하게 구분되는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국광물학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.287-301
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• 2019

문화재의 보존·관리 및 활용은 원형유지를 기본원칙으로 하므로 비파괴적인 분석법을 통한 무기질 문화재 및 그 원료물질의 광물조성을 연구하는 것은 중요한 분야이다. 본 연구는 비파괴 표면 X-선 회절분석법(ND-XRD)을 석재, 채색된 안료, 토제, 금속 등 유형별 무기질 문화재 및 시편들을 대상으로 적용하여 문화재의 비파괴 분석법 중 하나로써 활용가능성을 검토하였다. 그 결과, 기기 내에 거치가 가능하며, 구성입자의 크기나 배열 및 굴곡 등 분석대상면의 특성이 스캔에 적합한 시료일 경우 모든 유형에서 광물조성 해석에 활용 가능한 회절패턴이 획득되는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 시료의 기질부에 비하여 표면의 회절정보가 우세하게 획득되므로 수평적 또는 수직적으로 다른 물질로 구성된 대상에 적용할 경우 각 부위별 광물조성정보와 함께 이들의 선후관계 파악을 통한 제작기법 및 변질양상 등의 해석에도 활용 가능할 것으로 사료된다. 반면 시료채취 및 분말화 과정을 생략한 채 문화재시료 자체를 스캔하는 분석방법의 특성으로 인하여 특정 결정면의 정보가 강하게 중첩되는 경우가 일부 발생되었다. 이와 같은 회절패턴은 점토광물의 편향성효과와 같이 광물동정에 유리하게 활용되는 경우도 있으며, 단결정에 가까운 크기와 배열을 갖는 입자로 인하여 불규칙한 회절강도 비가 획득되어 컴퓨터 프로그램을 통한 광물동정이 어려운 경우가 있으므로 해석에 주의가 필요하다.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.391-398
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• 2016

음향방출기법은 구조물에 존재하는 손상 및 손상 메커니즘을 규명하는 가장 유효한 비파괴검사 수단으로 널리 이용되고 있다. 그러나 기존의 손상위치표정 기법은 탄성파 전파 속도에 크게 의존하는 기법의 한계에 의하여 복합재료 또는 이종의 재료로 구성된 구조물에서의 손상을 탐지하기 어려운 한계점을 가지고 있다. 최근 다양한 분야에서 사용되고 있는 압축천연가스(CNG) 저장용기는 무게와 강성의 효율을 위하여 복합재료를 사용하여 외부를 보강하는 새로운 형태의 구조를 사용하고 있다. 이러한 다층 복합소재의 사용으로 기존의 손상탐지기법으로는 저장용기의 외부에서 가해지는 충격 혹은 결함에 의한 저장탱크에 발생한 손상의 측정이 매우 어렵게 되었다. 이러한 한계를 극복하기 위하여 본 연구에서는 선행연구를 통하여 개발된 에너지 기반 contour D/B map 기법을 이용하여 4 가지 형식의 CNG 저장탱크에 발생한 외부 충격 신호의 손상 위치를 측정하였다. 각각의 형식의 저장탱크에서 측정된 손상 위치 결과를 비교 분석하여 새로운 기법의 측정 성능을 알아보았다.

• 한국근적외분광분석학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국근적외분광분석학회 2001년도 NIR-2001
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• pp.1272-1272
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• 2001

Eutrophication processes of aquatic environment are strictly correlated with the concentration levels of nitrogen, phosphorous, organic matter and biological parameters such as phytoplankton and chlorophylla (Tremel, 1996; Burns et al., 1997; Young et al. 1999; Wei et al.,2000). Accordingly, the monitoring and evaluation of these factors will provide useful information about the health of aquatic ecosystem. However, the traditional types of auqatic chemistry analysis and ecological monitoring of phytoplankton are time-consuming, costly, and further resulting in secondary pollution due to the use of reagents. NIR (near-infrared) spectroscopy, as a rapid, non-destructive, little sample preparation and reagents-free technology (Hildrum et al., 1992), has been extensively applied to the characterization of food (Osborne and Fearn, 1988), pharmaceutical (Morisseau and Rhodes, 1995) and textile materials (Clove et al.,2000). Currently, NIR technology has been used indirectly in inferring lake water chemistry by two approaches, suspended (Malley et al., 1996) or seston (Dabakk et al., 1999), and sediments (Korsman et al., 1992; Malley et al., 1999). In addition, the evaluation of trophic state and the identification of the key factors contributed to the trophication are the key step to restore the damaged aquatic environment. Moreover, an understanding of the factors, which regulate the algal proliferation, is crucial to the successful management of aquatic ecosystem. In the paper, NIR technology will be used to study the environmental factors affecting the algal proliferation in combination with the trophic state index and diversity index. This novel developed system can be applied in monitoring and evaluating allopathic water environment and provide real time information services for the aquatic environment management.

• 한국압력기기공학회 논문집
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.90-95
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• 2014

Local wall thinning is a point of concern in almost all steel structures such as pipe lines covered with a thermal insulator made up of materials with low thermal conductivity(fiberglass or mineral wool); hence, Non Destructive Technique(NDT) methods that are capable of detecting the wall thinning and defects without removing the insulation are necessary. In this study we developed a Pulsed Eddy Current(PEC) system to detect the wall thinning of Ferro magnetic steel pipes covered with fiber glass thermal insulator and shielded with Aluminum plate. The developed system is capable of detecting the wall thickness change through an insulation of thickness 10cm and 0.4mm aluminum shielding. In order to confirm the thickness change due to wall thinning, two different sensors, a hall sensor and coil sensor were used as a detecting element. In both cases, the results show a very good change corresponding to the thickness change of the test specimen. During these experiments a carbon steel tube of diameter 210mm and a length of 620mm, which is covered with insulator of 95mm thickness was used. To simulate the wall thinning, the thickness of the tube is changed for a specified length such as 2.5mm, 5mm and 8 mm from the inner surface of the tube. A 0.4mm thick Aluminum plate was covered on the Test specimen to simulate the shielding of the insulated pipelines. For both hall sensor and coil detection methods Fast Fourier transform(FFT) was calculated using window approach and the results for the test specimen without Aluminum shielding were summarized which shows a clear identification of thickness change in the test specimen by comparing the magnitude spectra. The PEC system can detect the wall thinning under the 95 mm thickness insulation and 0.4 mm Al shielding, and the output signal showed linear relation with tube wall thickness.