• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.642-649
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• 2011

The long-term aging of ferritic 2.25CrMo steel was characterized using the acoustic nonlinear effect in order to apply to diagnose the degradation behavior of structural materials. We measured the acoustic nonlinearity parameter for each thermally aged specimen by the higher harmonic-generation technique. The acoustic nonlinearity parameter increased with aging time due to equilibrium M6C carbide precipitation, and has a favorable linear relation with Rockwell hardness. This study suggests that acoustic nonlinearity testing may be applicable to diagnostics on strength degradation in rotor steels.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.635-641
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• 2011

In ultrasonic testing of dissimilar metal welds, application of phased array technique in terms of incident beam focusing is not easy because of complicated material structures formed during the multi-pass welding process. Time reversal(TR) techniques can overcome some limitations of phased array since they are self-focusing that does not depend on the geometrical and physical properties of testing components. In this paper, we test the possibility of TR focusing on a defect within anisotropic, heterogeneous austenitic welds. A commercial simulation software is employed for TR focusing and imaging of a side-drilled hole. The performance of time reversed adaptive focal law is compared with those of calculated focal laws for both anisotropic and isotropic welds.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.389-397
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• 2015

Recently, wave propagation imaging based on laser scanning-generated elastic waves has been intensively used for nondestructive inspection. However, the proficiency of the conventional software based system reduces when the scan area is large since the processing time increases significantly due to unavoidable processor multitasking, where computing resources are shared with multiple processes. Hence, the field programmable gate array (FPGA) was introduced for a wave propagation imaging method in order to obtain extreme processing time reduction. An FPGA board was used for the design, implementing post-processing ultrasonic wave propagation imaging (UWPI). The results were compared with the conventional system and considerable improvement was observed, with at least 78% (scanning of $100{\times}100mm^2$ with 0.5 mm interval) to 87.5% (scanning of $200{\times}200mm^2$ with 0.5 mm interval) less processing time, strengthening the claim for the research. This new concept to implement FPGA technology into the UPI system will act as a break-through technology for full-scale automatic inspection.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.293-298
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 나노 표면층의 특성 평가를 위해 원자현미경에 초음파 특성을 결합하여 초음파 원자 현미경을 개발하였다. 초음파 원자 현미경은 기존의 나노 표면층에 대한 토포그래프 이미지뿐만 아니라 국부적인 이종부분으로 이루어진 표면에서의 물리적 특성차이에 의한 표면의 탄성 특성 이미지를 얻을 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 프로토타입의 UAFM 장치를 구성하고 이를 몇몇 응용분야에 적용하였다. 구축한 프로토타입의 UAFM 시스템을 이용하여 증착 실리콘 박막층과 냉간 압조용 강의 구상화 그리고 탄소 섬유 강화 복합재료의 표면에 대한 탄성 이미지를 성공적으로 얻을 수 있었다.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.15-20
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• 1993

This study describes ultrasonic reflection at a water/fiber reinforced polymer composite/water interface. Theoretical predictions of reflected beam amplitudes are also presented. Four different polymer composite laminates are investigated : T300/5208 graphite/epoxy $[0]_{31T},\;[45/90/-45/0]_{3S},\;[45/-45]_{2S}$, and S-2 glass/epoxy $[0/90]_{4S}$. The analytical leaky plate wave dispersion curves for the unidirectional laminate and other three laminates can be obtained by searching for the minimum magnitude of the reflection coefficient.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.244-256
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• 2010

Radio frequency identification(RFID) combined with wireless technology has good potential for structural health monitoring(SHM). We describe several advantages of RFID and wireless technologies for SHM, and review SHM examples with working principles, design and technical details for damage detection, heat exposure monitoring, force/strain sensing, and corrosion detection in concrete, steel, carbon fiber reinforced polymer(CFRP), and other materials. Various sensors combined with wireless communication are also discussed. These methodologies can be readily developed, implemented, and customized. There are some technical difficulties, but solutions are being addressed. Lastly, a surface acoustic wave-based RFID system is presented, and possible future trends of SHM based on RFID and wireless technology are presented.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.534-549
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• 2009

As the thin film technology has emerged in various fields, adhesion of the film interface becomes an important issue in terms of the longevity and durability of thin film devices. Diverse nondestructive methods utilizing acoustic techniques have been developed to assess the interfacial integrity. As an effective technique based on the ultrasonic wave focusing and the surface acoustic wave(SAW) generation, scanning acoustic microscopy(SAM) has been investigated for adhesion evaluation. Visualization of film microstructures and quantification of adhesion weakness levels by SAW dispersion are the recent achievements of SAM. To overcome the limitations in the theoretical dispersion model only suitable for perfectly elastic and isotropic materials, a new model has been more recently developed in consideration of film anisotropy and viscoelasticity and applied to the adhesion evaluation of polymeric films fabricated on semiconductive wafers.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.209-214
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• 2005

Spot welding is the most widely used in automotive and aerospace industries. The quality of weld depends upon the size of nugget between the overlapped steel plates. Recently, the thickness of the steel plates is much thinner and hence, it introduces the smaller size of nugget. Therefore, it is necessary not only to develop the criterion to evaluate the quality of weld but also to obtain the optimal welding conditions for the better performance. In this paper, the steel plates, 0.5 mm through 1.5 mm thickness, have been spot welded at different welding conditions and the nugget sizes are examined by ultrasonic technique (C-scan type). The relationships between the nugget sizes and the weldability have been investigated. The result of ultrasonic technique shows the good agreement with that of the tensile test.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.215-221
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• 2005

It is required to evaluate nondestructively depth of surface-breaking cracks in structures. In this paper, the self-compensated technique by laser-based ultrasound is used to measure the depth of surface-breaking defect. Optical generation of ultrasound produces a well defined pulse with reliable frequency content. It is broad banded and suitable for measurement of attenuation and scattering over a wide frequency range. The self-calibrated signal transmission data of surface wave shows good sensitivity as a practical tool far assessment of surface-breaking defect depth. It is suggested that the relationship between the signal transmission and crack depth can be used to predict the surface-breaking crack depths in structures.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.174-180
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 초음파원자현미경을 이용하여 비파괴적인 표면탄성이미지 분석과 나노표면에서의 기계적 물성 평가를 연구하였다. 이를 위해 접촉역학 특성에 따른 캔틸레버의 공진주파수 변화를 이론적으로 해석하고 실험적으로 측정하였다. 스프링-질량 모델과 Herzian 이론을 이용하여 계산한 이론적인 접촉공천주파수는 초음파원자현미경 캔틸레버의 실험적인 접촉 공진주파수의 변화와 매우 유사하였다. 결과적으로, 초음파원자현미경의 표면 높이 이미지와 진폭이미지를 성공적으로 얻을 수 있었고 진폭신호를 통하여 시료표면에서의 탄성특성을 정성적으로 평가하였다.