• 센서학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.100-105
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• 2008

The objectives of this study are to measure and to remove Cerenkov lights generated in a fiber-optic radiation sensor by a charge-coupled device. we have fabricated a fiber-optic radiation sensor which comprises an organic scintillator, a plastic optical fiber and a charge-coupled device. Charge-coupled device as a light measuring tool has many advantages which are easy in multi-dimensional measurements, high spatial resolution and relatively low cost.

• 센서학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.287-292
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• 2012

A fiber-optic radiation sensor was fabricated using a sensing probe, a plastic optical fiber, a photomultiplier tube, and a multichannel analyzer for gamma-ray spectroscopy. As an inorganic scintillator of the sensing probe, a LYSO crystal was used. In this study, we obtained the relationship between the photon counts of the fiber-optic radiation sensor and the activity of the radioactive isotope. In addition, the gamma-ray energy spectra were also measured using a fiber-optic radiation sensor to discriminate species of gamma-ray emitters.

• 센서학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.173-178
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• 2009

In this study, we have fabricated a fiber-optic dosimeter using an organic scintillator and a plastic optical fiber for measuring percentage depth dose with high energy X-ray beam. The scintillating light generated in organic sensor probe embedded in a solid water are guided by 20 m plastic optical fiber to the light-measuring device such as a photodiode- amplifier system. Using a fiber-optic dosimeter and an ion chamber, percentage depth dose curves are measured with 6 and 15 MV energies of X-ray beam whose field sizes are $2\;cm\;{\times}\;2\;cm$ and $10\;cm\;{\times}\;10\;cm$.

• Composites Research
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.15-24
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• 2004

유리 섬유 강화 플라스틱 직교적층판의 내부층과 표피층의 길이방향 변형률을 삽입된 절대변형 외부 페브리 페로 간섭 센서를 이용하여 측정하였다. 투과식 광학현미경을 이용하여 삽입된 A-EFPI 센서 주위의 파손거동을 관찰하였다. 시험편 표면부의 변형률 측정을 위해 포일 형식의 스트레인 게이지를 시험편 아래 위 표면부에 부착하였다. 또한 삽입된 A-EFPI 센서로 측정한 내부층과 표피층의 길이방향 변형률 값은 스트레인 게이지로 측정한 시험편 표면의 변형률 값 보다 다소 크게 나타났다. 균일 응력 모델을 기초로 한 3차원 유한요소해석을 통해 실험 결과의 타당성을 확인하였으며 내부층의 큰 변형률은 많은 횡단형 균열의 발생을 야기시켰는데 이로 인해 내부층에 삽입된 광섬유센서의 고장시 변형률이 급격히 낮아졌다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제52권8호
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• pp.1689-1696
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• 2020

In this study, we developed a fiber-optic humidity sensor (FOHS) system for the monitoring and detection of coolant leakage in nuclear power plants. The FOHS system includes an FOHS, a spectrometer, a halogen white-light source, and a Y-coupler. The FOHS is composed of a humidity-sensing material, a metal tube, a multi-mode plastic optical fiber, and a subminiature version A (SMA) fiber-optic connector. The humidity-sensing material is synthesized from a mixture of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC) in distilled water. We measured the optical intensity of the light signals reflected from the FOHS placed inside the humidity chamber with relative humidity (RH) variation from 40 to 95%. We found that the optical intensity of the sensing probe increased linearly with the RH. The reversibility and reproducibility of the FOHS were also evaluated.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권9호
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• pp.3206-3212
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• 2023

We developed a miniaturized multi-dimensional radiation sensor system consisting of an inorganic scintillator array and plastic optical fibers. This system can be applied to remotely obtain the radioactivity distribution and identify the radionuclides in radioactive waste by utilizing a scanning method. Variation in scintillation light was measured in two-dimensional regions of interest and then converted into radioactivity distribution images. Outliers present in the images were removed by using a digital filter to make the hot spot location more accurate and cubic interpolation was applied to make the images smoother and clearer. Next, gamma-ray spectroscopy was performed to identify the radionuclides, and three-dimensional volume scanning was also performed to effectively find the hot spot using the proposed array sensor.

• 센서학회지
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.462-469
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• 2008

In this study, we have fabricated a fiber-optic radiation sensor using an organic scintillator and plastic optical fiber for brachytherapy dosimetry. Also, we have measured relative depth dose rates of Ir-192 source using a fiber-optic sensor and compared them with the results obtained using a conventional EBT film. Cerenkov lights which can be a noise in measuring scintillating light with a fiber-optic sensor are measured and eliminated by using of a background optical fiber. It is expected that a fiber-optic radiation sensor can be used in brachytherapy dosimetry due to its advantages such as a low cost, simple usage and a small volume.

• 센서학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.266-271
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• 2011

A reflection-type fiber-optic pH sensor, which is composed of a pH sol-gel film, plastic optical fibers, a mirror, a light source and a spectrometer, is developed in this study. As pH indicators, a bromthymol blue, a cresol red and a thymol blue are used, and they are immobilized in the sol-gel films. The emitted light from a light source is guided by a fiber-optic Y-coupler and plastic optical fibers to the pH sol-gel film in a pH sensing probe. The pH change in the sensing probe gives rise to a change in the color of the pH sol-gel film, and the optical characteristic of reflected light through the pH sol-gel film is also changed. Therefore, we have measured the spectra of reflected lights, which are changed according to the color variations of the pH sol-gel films with different pH values, by using of a spectrometer. Also, the relationships between the pH values and the intensities of reflected lights are obtained on the basis of the color variations of the pH sol-gel films.

• 센서학회지
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.365-372
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• 2000

소산장 흡수를 이용한 다채널 광섬유형 미각센서를 제작하여 인간이 느끼는 다섯 가지의 기본 맛 및 혼합 맛에 대한 센서의 특성을 평가하고 그에 대한 패턴을 분석하였다. 센서소자는 광섬유의 클래드 층을 제거하고 그 대신 실리콘 폴리머내에 6가지의 색소를 고정화한 감지막을 각각 코팅하여 다채널로 제작하였으며, 측정하고자 하는 미물질의 농도변화에 따른 감지막내로의 소산장의 흡수량 변화를 측정하는 방법을 이용하였다. 제작된 센서로부터 얻어진 출력값에 대한 응답패턴을 제작한 결과, 5가지의 기본 맛 즉, 단맛, 짠맛, 신맛, 쓴맛 및 우마미를 내는 대표 물질들에 대해 각기 다른 패턴을 얻을 수 있었으며 센서의 감도는 인간이 느낄 수 있는 역가 이상의 넓은 범위에서 선형적인 측정이 가능하였다.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.709-715
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• 2011

Chattering in cutting operations are usually a cumbersome part of the manufacturing process in mechanical. Particular, machining performance such as that of the boring process is limited by cutting condition at the movable components. Among various sources of chatter vibration, detrimental point in cutting condition is found a mechanical condition on overhang. It limits cutting speed, depth, surface roughness and tool wear failure as result because the all properties are varying with the metal removal process. In this case, we have to observe the resonance frequencies of a boring bar for continuous cutting. In the established research, boring bar vibration of cutting system has been measured with the aid of accelerometer. However, the inherent parameters of internal turning operations are severely limit for the real time monitoring on accelerometers. At this point, this paper is proposed other method for real time monitoring during continuous cutting with optical fiber at the inside of boring bar. This method has been used a plastic fiber in the special jig on boring bar by based on experimental modal analysis. In this study, improvement of monitoring system on continuous internal cutting was attempted using optical fiber sensor of inside type because usually chattering is investigated experimentally measuring the variation in chip thickness. It is demonstrated that the optical fiber sensor is possibility to measure of chattering with real time in boring process.