• 전기학회논문지
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• 제67권3호
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• pp.383-390
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• 2018

Piezoelectric micro-machined ultrasonic transducers for highly directional speaker need DC bias voltage. Most existing power amplifiers are not suitable for use in highly directional transducers because they are based on AC. In addition, since the piezoelectric micro-machined ultrasonic transducer has a large capacitive reactance, the power efficiency of the power amplifier is very low. Thus this paper proposes a new high efficiency power amplifier with DC bias voltage. In addition, by designing a matching circuit to compensate the capacitive reactance of the micro-machined ultrasonic transducer, the power efficiency of the power amplifier increases. The operating characteristics of the proposed power amplifier was verified by an experimental prototype. The proposed power amplifier is expected to be widely used in designing and implementing other related power amplifiers.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.56-61
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• 2002

초음파 진단용으로 널리 사용되는 1차원 배열 압전형 초음파 변환기는 변환기내의 인접한 소자들간의 간섭에 의해 그 특성에 많은 영향을 받는다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 유한 요소 해석법을 이용하여 압전형 1차원 배열 의료용 초음파 변환기에서 커프의 충진재와 형상의 변화에 의한 음향간섭 레벨의 경향을 분석하였다. 분석결과는 향후 진단용 초음파 변환기의 최적 설계를 위해 중요한 자료가 될 것이며, 더 나아가 치료용, 비파괴 검사용, 그리고 수중 초음파 변환기에도 적용이 가능할 것이다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.111-124
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• 1996

New active "intelligent" structural systems with integrated self-sensing, diagnosis, and control capabilities can lead to a new design dimension for the next generation high-performance structures and mechanical systems. However, temperature effects to the piezoelectric transducers are not fully understood. This paper is concerned with a mathematical modeling and analysis of a laminated piezothermoelastic cylindrical shell composite exposed to mechanical, electric, and thermal fields. Generic shell equations and solution procedures are derived. Contributions of spatial and time components in the mechanical, electric, and temperature excitations are discussed, and their analytical solutions derived. A laminated cylindrical shell composite with fully distributed piezoelectric layers is used in a case study; its multi-field step and impulse responses are investigated. Analyses suggest that the fully distributed actuators are insensitive to even modes due to load averaging and cancellation. Accordingly, these even modes are filtered from the total response and only the modes that are combinations of m = 1, 3, 5, ${\cdots}$ and n = 1, 3, 5, ${\cdots}$ participating in dynamic response of the shell.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제15권12호
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• pp.1416-1421
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• 2005

This paper presents an analytical approach for the vibration characteristics of a piezoelectric disc for torsional vibration transducers. The characteristic equation of the piezoelectric annular disc has been derived from Gibbs' free energy equations and mechanical and electrical equilibrium. With an anisotropic material properties of the disc, the characteristic equation has yielded resonance frequencies. Numerically-calculated results have been compared with the results obtained by the finite element analysis and experiments and have confirmed the validity of the theoretical analysis.

• 전자공학회논문지 IE
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• 제48권2호
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• pp.40-46
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 테입-케스팅 방법을 이용하여 제작한 PZT-5A의 소결온도 변화에 따른 압전특성을 조사한 후 유한요소 해석법을 이용하여 2-2형 압전복합재료를 초음파 트랜스듀서를 설계하고 압전특성을 해석하였다. 2-2형 압전복합재료의 음향임피던스와 압전전하상수($d_{33}$)는 PZT 부피분율이 감소함에 따라 밀도의 감소로 감소하여 0.6~0.2의 범위에서 14~3 MRayl로 초음파 트랜스듀서로 사용가능한 특성을 나타내었다. 공진특성과 전기기계결합계수는 PZT부피분율이 0.6일 때 가장 우수한 특성을 나타내었으며, PZT의 부피분율이 0.2~0.6에서는 $k_t$ 값이 0.64~0.68로 거의 일정한 값을 유지하였지만 그 이상에서는 급격하게 감소하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 이상의 실험결과로부터 2-2형 압전복합재료는 초음파 트랜스듀서 재료로 응용 가능성을 확인 할 수 있었다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.97-119
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• 2013

This paper presents numerical and experimental results on the use of guided waves for structural health monitoring (SHM) of crack growth during a fatigue test in a thick steel plate used for civil engineering application. Numerical simulation, analytical modeling, and experimental tests are used to prove that piezoelectric wafer active sensor (PWAS) can perform active SHM using guided wave pitch-catch method and passive SHM using acoustic emission (AE). AE simulation was performed with the multi-physic FEM (MP-FEM) approach. The MP-FEM approach permits that the output variables to be expressed directly in electric terms while the two-ways electromechanical conversion is done internally in the MP-FEM formulation. The AE event was simulated as a pulse of defined duration and amplitude. The electrical signal measured at a PWAS receiver was simulated. Experimental tests were performed with PWAS transducers acting as passive receivers of AE signals. An AE source was simulated using 0.5-mm pencil lead breaks. The PWAS transducers were able to pick up AE signal with good strength. Subsequently, PWAS transducers and traditional AE transducer were applied to a 12.7-mm CT specimen subjected to accelerated fatigue testing. Active sensing in pitch catch mode on the CT specimen was applied between the PWAS transducers pairs. Damage indexes were calculated and correlated with actual crack growth. The paper finishes with conclusions and suggestions for further work.

• 지질공학
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.53-58
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• 1996

암석 시료의 파괴시에 발생하는 AE신호를 측정하여 파괴와 관련된 미세균열의 발생원에 대한 연구를 위하여서는 탐촉자에서 기록장치까지 전과정에 대한 검증이 필요하다. 특히 탐촉자는 기계적인 진동을 전기신호로 전환하는 기능을 가진 예민한 장치로서 다양한 인자에 의하여 예민도가 달라질 수 있기 때문에 보정시험을 실리하여야 한다. 압전 압력형 PAC 탐촉자를 NBS나 DG의 변위형 탐촉자에 의하여 보정하는 시험을 실시하였다. NBS 및 PAC탐촉자는 파의 입사방위각에는 무관하나 입사각에는 예민하게 반응한다. 즉, 입사각이 $90^{\circ}$ 일 때에는 입사각 $15^{\circ}$ 이하 일 때보다 약 10배의 큰 출력을 나타내었다. 또한, 시험에 사용된 PAC 탐촉자가의 경우 강도에 대한 개별 예민도의 차이가 최대 약 40%이었다. 압력형 PAC 탐촉자는 변위형 표준탐촉자로 절대치 보정시험을 실시한 결과 보정계수는 평균 77mv/pm이었다.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.1-19
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• 2014

Attaching a piezoelectric transducer to a vibrating structure, and shunting it with an electric circuit, gives rise to different passive, semi-passive, and semi-active control techniques. This paper attempts to review the research related to structural vibration control, via passive, semi-passive, and semi-active control methods. First, the existing electromechanical modeling is reviewed, along with the modeling methods. These range from lumped parameters, to distributed parameters modeling of piezostructural systems shunted by electrical networks. Vibration control laws are then discussed, covering passive, semi-passive, and semi-active control techniques, which are classified according to whether external power is supplied to the piezoelectric transducers, or not. Emphasis is placed on recent articles covering semi-passive and semi-active control techniques, based upon switched shunt circuits. This review provides the necessary background material for researchers interested in the growing field of vibration damping and control, via shunted piezostructural systems.

• 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.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.595-603
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• 2017

Piezoceramic transducers have been widely used in the health monitoring of civil structures. However, in most cases, they are used as sensors either to measure strain or receive stress waves. This paper proposes a method of using piezoelectric transducers as strain gauges and acoustic emission (AE) sensors simultaneously. The signals received by piezoceramic transducers are decomposed into different frequency components for various analysis purposes. The low-frequency signals are used to measure strain, whereas the high-frequency signals are used as acoustic emission signal associated with local damage. The b-value theory is used to process the AE signal in piezoceramic transducers. The proposed method was applied in the bending failure experiments of two reinforced concrete beams to verify its feasibility. The results showed that the extracted low-frequency signals from the piezoceramic transducers had good agreement with that from the strain gauge, and the processed high-frequency signal from piezoceramic transducers as AE could indicate the local damage to concrete. The experimental results verified the feasibly of structural health monitoring using piezoceramic transducers as strain gauges and AE sensors simultaneously, which can advance their application in civil engineering.