• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.419-427
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• 2014

Nonlinear features of ultrasonic waves are more sensitive to the presence of a fatigue crack than their linear counterparts are. For this reason, the use of nonlinear ultrasonic techniques to detect a fatigue crack at its early stage has been widely investigated. Of the different proposed techniques, laser nonlinear wave modulation spectroscopy (LNWMS) is unique because a pulse laser is used to exert a single broadband input and a noncontact measurement can be performed. Broadband excitation causes a nonlinear source to exhibit modulation at multiple spectral peaks owing to interactions among various input frequency components. A feature called maximum sideband peak count difference (MSPCD), which is extracted from the spectral plot, measures the degree of crack-induced material nonlinearity. First, the ratios of spectral peaks whose amplitudes are above a moving threshold to the total number of peaks are computed for spectral signals obtained from the pristine and the current state of a target structure. Then, the difference of these ratios are computed as a function of the moving threshold. Finally, the MSPCD is defined as the maximum difference between these ratios. The basic premise is that the MSPCD will increase as the nonlinearity of the material increases. This technique has been used successfully for localizing fatigue cracks in metallic plates.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.18-24
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• 2006

액체금속로 원자로 노심과 내부구조물 들은 불투명한 소듐 내에 잠겨 있어 육안검사를 수행할 수 없다. 액체금속로 내부구조물의 육안검사를 수행하기 위해서는 초음파를 이용한 소듐내부 가시화가 적용되어야 한다. 본 연구에서는 소듐내부 가시화에 적용하기 위한 판형 초음파 웨이브가이드 센서를 개발하였다. 웨이브가이드 센서에서의 판파 전파특성을 분석하고 판파 적용모드로 제0차 반대칭 $A_0$ 모드를 선정하였다 웨이브가이드 센서에 액체 웨지를 적용하여 $A_0$ 모드의 저주파수 분산 영역에서 판파가 발진되도록 하였으며 입사펄스의 주파수 변조에 의하여 초음파 빔 방사각을 변환시킬 수 있는 새로운 방법을 제안하였다 본 방법은 웨이브가이드 센서를 기계적으로 구동하지 않고 빔 방사각을 조정할 수 있어 기존 웨이브가이드 센서의 구동 제한성을 극복할 수 있게 해 준다. 웨이브가이드 센서의 빔 방사각 변환 특성을 실험적으로 검증하였으며, 수중 C-스캔 시험을 수행하여 웨이브가이드 센서의 소듐내부 가시화 적용 가능성을 확인하였다.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2001년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.167-174
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• 2001

Reflection method using ultrasonic source has been attempted to obtain the information about tunnel lining structures composed of lining, shotcrete, water barrier and voids at the back of lining. In this work, two different types of sources, i.e. single-pulse source and sweep source, can be used. Single-pulse source with short time duration has the frequency content whose amplitudes tend to be concentrated around the dominant frequency, whereas sweep source with long time duration denotes a flat distribution of relatively larger amplitude over a broad frequency band, although the peak to peak amplitude of single-pulse source wavelet is equivalent to that of sweep source one. In traditional seismic application, a single-pulse source(weight drop, dynamite) is typically used. However, to investigate the fine structure, as it is the case in the tunnel lining structure, the sweep wavelet can be also a desirable source waveform primarily due to the higher energy over a broad frequency band. For the investigation purposes of sweep source, a physical modeling is a useful tool, especially to study problems of wave propagation in the fine layered media. The main purpose of this work was using a physical modeling technique to explore the applicability of sweep source to the delineation of inner layer boundaries. To this end, a two-dimensional physical model analogous to the lining structure was built and a special ultrasonic sweep source was devised. The measurements were carried out in the sweep frequency range 10 ∼ 60 KHz, as peformed in the regular reflection survey(e.g. roll-along technique). The measured data were further rearranged with a proper software (cross-correlation). The resulting seismograms(raw data) showed quitely similar features to those from a single-pulse source, in which high frequency content of reflection events could be considerably emphasized, as expected. The data were further processed by using a regular data processing system "FOCUS" and the results(stack section) were well associated with the known model structure. In this context, it is worthy to note that in view of measuring condition the sweep source would be applied to benefit the penetration of high frequency energy into the media and to enhance the resolution of reflection events.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.972-981
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• 2000

The phased array transducer has two distinct advantages. One is rapid scanning comparing with the conventional mechanical or manual scanning system. Therefore, output image is represented in real-time. The other is the dynamic focusing and the dynamic steering of ultrasonic beam. Only the delay times that are controlled electrically are used to focus and to steer beam without any lenses or wedges. In this study, the profile of the ultrasonic beam for the phased array transducer has been simulated in the Huygens principle with varying the inter-element spacing of the linear phased array transducer. From the result of this study, it was found that the ultrasonic beam spread wider as the inter-element spacing was decreased. However, the focusing effect was improved, even when the number of the element was not big. In addition, there was grating lobes that are constructed when the inter-element spacing is more than half wavelength. However, this grating lobe has lower amplitude than the main lobe.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.77-83
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• 2006

초음파 비선형성은 적층 구조물 내부의 미세크랙이나 계면 들뜸을 검출하기 위한 수단으로 주목받고 있다. 비선형 초음파의 특징적인 현상은 전파 과정중에 고조파가 발생되는 것이다. 그러므로 비선형성의 정량화를 위해서는 수신된 초음파 신호에 포함된 고조파 성분의 검출이 중요하며, 일반적으로 2차 조화 성분과 기본 주파수 성분의 진폭비가 비선형 파라미터로 이용되고 있다. 그러나 이 비선형 파라미터를 정확하게 추정할 수 있는 방법이 확립되어 있지 않기 때문에 현재까지는 현장적용에 어려움을 겪고 있다. 본 연구에서는 초음파 비선형 파라미터의 정밀 추정을 위한 신호 처리 기술을 제안하고자 한다 이 기술은 파워 스펙트럼과 바이스펙트럼 분석에 기초하며, 특히 본 연구에서는 초음파 현미경(SAM, scanning acoustic microscope)에 사용되는 펄스형 신호로부터 고조파를 검출하는데 주목하였다. 제안된 기법의 유효성은 틈새의 크기가 접촉 중심에서 반경 방향으로 일정하게 증가하는 뉴턴링(Newton-ring)과 칩의 윗면에 국부적인 들뜸을 가진 반도체 샘플에 대한 실험을 통해 검증되었다. 결과적으로 제안된 신호처리기법에 의해 획득된 비선형 파라미터는 계면 들뜸과 좋은 상관성을 보였다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제51권6호
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• pp.1047-1065
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• 2014

The article presents the methodology for finding material damping capacity at higher frequency and at relatively lower amplitudes. The Lamb wave dispersion theory and loss less finite element model is used to find the damping capacity of composite materials. The research has been focused on high frequency applications materials. The method was implemented on carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) and glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) plates. The Lamb waves were generated using ultrasonic pulse generator setup. The hybrid method has been explored in this article and the results have been compared with bandwidth methods available in the literature.

• 대한전자공학회논문지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.65-71
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• 1984

초음파 B스캔너의 경우 광대역 펄스를 사용하기 때문에 광학에서 사용되는 집속 계산식으로는 초음파 집속 시스템을 정확하게 설계할 수 없다. 본 연구에서는 초음파 다중소자에 광대역 펄스가 여기될 때 초음파의 전파모양을 정확하게 계산할 수 있늘 방법이 연구되었다. 계간된 초음차의 전파 모양을 이용하여 고해상력을 갖는 다이나믹 집속(dynamic focusing)시스템의 구동소자수, 집속치로 지연값 및 집속점 위치등을 설계하도록 하였다. 저잡음 스튀칭 특성을 갖는 다이나믹 집속 시스템을 구성하여 실험에 의해 3.5MHz선형소자로써 18cm의 깊이까지 2∼3mm의 해상도가 얻어짐을 확인하였다.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• 제17권1E호
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• pp.44-53
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• 1998

Bolt degradation has become a major issue in the nuclear industry since the 1980's due to failure during operation. If small cracks in stud bolt are not detected early enough, they grow rapidly and cause catastrophic disasters. Their detection, despite its importance, is known to be a very difficult problem due to the complicated structures of the stud bolts. This paper presents a method of detecting and sizing a small crack in the root between two adjacent crests in threads. The key idea is from the fact that the Rayleigh wave propagates slowly along a crack from the tip to the opening and is reflected from the opening mouth. When there exists a crack, a small delayed pulse due to the Rayleigh wave is detected between large regularly spaced pulses from the thread. The delay time is the same as the propagation delay time of the slow Rayleigh wave and is proportional to the size of the crack. To efficiently detect the slow Rayleigh wave, three methods based on digital signal processing are proposed : modified wave shaping, dynamic predictive deconvolution, and dynamic predictive deconvolution combined with wave shaping.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.259-263
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• 2006

The applicability of UPT (Ultrasound Pulse Thermography) for real-time defect detection of the ceramic heating plate is described. The ceramic heating plate with superior insulation and high radiation is used to control the water temperature in underwater environment. The underwater temperature control system can be damaged owing to the short circuit, which resulted from the defect of the ceramic heating plate. A high power ultrasonic energy with pulse duration of 280 ms was injected into the ceramic heating plate in the vertical direction. The ultrasound excited vibration energy sent into the component propagate inside the sample until they were converted to the heat in the vicinity of the defect. Therefore, an injection of the ultrasound pulse wave which results in heat generation, turns the defect into a local thermal wave transmitter. Its local emission is monitored and recorded via the thermal infrared camera at the surface which is processed by image recording system. Measurements were Performed on 4 kinds of samples, composed of 3 intact plates and the defect plate. The observed thermal image revealed two area of crack in the defective ceramic heating plate.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.525-532
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• 1995

이 연구는 다음 두가지 사실에 기초를 두고 있다. 첫째, 혈관의 맥동은 전통적으로 동양의 한방에서 오랫동안 인체진단을 위해 사용되어져 왔다는 것이고, 둘째는 신체조직에서 파동의 비선형전파특성이 의용진단에 유용한 정보를 준다는 것이다. 따라서, 혈관의 벽을 전파하는 맥동파의 비선형전파특성은 의용진단을 위하여 효과적으로 이용될 수 있다는 것을 예측할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는, 혈관을 따른 두 지점에서 변위파형을 초음파 도플러 신호에 대한 직교검파에 의해 구하고, 여기에 바이스펙트럼해석과 볼테라모델전개를 적용하여 두지점 사이의 비선형 전달함수를 추정하며, 이것이 의용진단에 적용가능한지 모의샘플에 대하여 고찰하는 것을 목적으로 한다.