• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.3-9
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• 2010

Micro particles in fluid can be manipulated by using ultrasonic standing wave since the ultrasound makes particles move by means of its acoustic radiation force. This work concerns the micro particle manipulation system using ultrasonic standing wave which consists of a microchannel, a reflector, and an ultrasonic transduer. In the present system, the effects of the structural elements should be carefully considered to comprehend the system and find the optimal operational condition. In this investigation, finite element analysis was employed to analyze the system. Some interesting characteristics on the reflector thickness, the channel width, and the operational frequency were observed. Several experimental results were compared with the analytic results. Consequently, this work solidifies the importance of those system parameters and reveals the possibility of various applications of the particle manipulation using ultrasonic standing wave.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2009년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.565-570
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• 2009

Micro particles in fluid can be manipulated by using ultrasonic standing wave since the ultrasound makes particles move by means of its acoustic radiation force. This work concerns the micro particle manipulation system using ultrasonic standing wave which consists of a microchannel, an adaptive layer, a reflector, and an ultrasonic transduer. In the present system, the effects of the structural elements should be carefully considered to comprehend the system and find the optimal operational condition. In this investigation, finite element analysis was employed to analyze the system. Some interesting characteristics on the reflector thickness, the channel width, and the operational frequency were observed. Several experimental results were compared with the analytic results. Consequently, this work solidifies the importance of those system parameters and reveals the possibility of various applications of the particle manipulation using ultrasonic standing wave.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.160-170
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• 1997

The objective of this study is to investigate the atomization characteristics and the performance characteristics of a C. I. engine by using the changes of the injection nozzle type and the ultrasonic-energy-added system. In order to evaluate the effect of ultrasonic energy and of change of injection nozzle type in the performance characte- ristics of a diesel engine, measurements of droplet size of diesel fuel were carried out by using Malvern system. In all types of injection nozzles, SMD of the ultrasonic- energy -added diesel fuel was smaller than that of the conventional diesel fuel and the more injection pressure increased, the more SMD decreased. There was a small increase in SMD with the distance from injection nozzle under all conditions of the injection nozzle types. The minimum SMD was found in the injection nozzle of B type. In the diesel engine test, there were three results about the engine performance. Compared with the injection nozzle of A type, B type had excellent effects in the engine performance. The most excellent effects about the engine performance were obtained in the case of ultrasonic-energy-added diesel fuel. In addition, the torque diagram in the case of ultrasonic-energy-added diesel fuel was more stable and periodical than others.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제52권4호
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• pp.776-783
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• 2020

As the refueling of a sodium-cooled fast reactor is conducted by rotating part of the reactor head without opening it, the monitoring of existing obstacles that can disturb the rotation of the reactor head is one of the most important issues. This paper deals with the ultrasonic ranging technique that directly monitors the existence of possible obstacles located in a lateral gap between the upper internal structure and the reactor core in a prototype generation IV sodium-cooled fast reactor (PGSFR). A 10 m long plate-type ultrasonic waveguide sensor, whose feasibility has been successfully demonstrated through preliminary tests, was employed for the ultrasonic ranging technique. The design of the sensor's wave radiating section was modified to improve the radiation performance, and the radiated field was investigated through beam profile measurements. A test facility simulating the lower part of the upper internal structure and the upper part of the reactor core with the same shapes and sizes as those in the PGSFR was newly constructed. Several under-water performance tests were then carried out at room temperature to investigate the applicability of the developed ranging technique using the plate-type ultrasonic waveguide sensor with the actual geometry of the PGSFR's internal structures.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.384-391
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• 2008

For use in the guide system for the people who are visually impaired, an obstacle searching device using synchronous ultrasonic wave emission was proposed and developed. Generally, the conventional obstacle detection methods use the ultrasonic distance measuring device with successive scan method. However, the scan method causes a theoretical error and it couldn't estimate accurate obstacle distances. The proposed synchronous firing method use the plural number of ultrasonic sensors which emit ultrasonic wave simultaneously and estimate the distance to the closest obstacle relatively accurately. We analytically analyzed the errors of the conventional and proposed methods and compared the quantitative differences of the errors. The differences verified by obstacle search experiments. Using the proposed ultrasonic wave synchronous firing method, 3 dimensional obstacle location estimating device was designed and implemented. The results of the 3 dimensional obstacle detecting experiments showed the proposed method had good performances and it would be sufficiently use in the guide system for the people who are visually impaired.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.353-361
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• 2011

A precise embedded ultrasonic localization system is developed for autonomous mobile robots in indoor environments, which is essential for autonomous navigation of mobile robots with various tasks. Although ultrasonic sensors are more cost-effective than other sensors such as LRF (Laser Range Finder) and vision, they suffer inaccuracy and directional ambiguity. First, we apply the matched filter to measure the distance precisely. For resolving the computational complexity of the matched filter for embedded systems, we propose a new matched filter algorithm with fast computation in three points of view. Second, we propose an accurate ultrasonic localization system which consists of three ultrasonic receivers on the mobile robot and two or more transmitters on the ceiling. Last, we add an extended Kalman filter to estimate position and orientation. Various simulations and experimental results show the effectiveness of the proposed system.

• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.77-83
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• 2020

The Linear system analysis for physical system is very powerful tool for system diagnostic utilizing relationship between the input signal and output signal. This method utilized generally to investigate physical properties of system and the nondestructive test by ultrasonic signals. This method can be explained by linear system theory. In this paper the Continuous Wavelets Transform is utilized to search the relation between the linear system and continuous wavelets transform.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제31권7B호
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• pp.595-601
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• 2006

이 연구는 유비쿼터스 컴퓨팅 환경에서 절대 위치 좌표를 제공할 수 있는 초음파 위치인식 시스템에 관한 것이다. 무선(RF: Radio Frequency) 신호에 의해 동기화된 다수의 고정된 발신기가 순차적으로 초음파를 발신하며, 초음파 신호들을 수신한 수신기에서 TOF를 파악하여 이를 거리로 환산한 다음 위치정보를 계산한다. 초음파의 전파시간(TOF: Time of Flight)은 주기인식 방법을 통해 파악한다. 또한 유비쿼터스 컴퓨팅을 위한 인식 영역의 확장을 위해 셀 매칭 기법과 부호화된 초음파 기법을 제안한다. 초음파 위치인식 시스템인 U-SAT을 사용하여 주기인식 기법의 유용성을 입증하기 위하여 다양한 거리에서 실험을 수행하였다. 또한 셀 매칭 기법에 의한 영역 확장에서도 위치 측정의 정확도를 검증하였으며 부호화된 초음파 기법의 분석으로 그 유용성도 입증하였다. 그 결과로 인해 저가격, 높은 갱신율, 그리고 상대적으로 뛰어난 정밀도의 입장에서 GPS가 적용될 수 없는 환경에서의 유비쿼터스 컴퓨팅의 위치인식 시스템으로서의 가능성을 입증하였다.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.64-73
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• 1998

This paper is concerned with defects detection and evaluation of heat affected zone (HAZ) in austenitic stainless steel type 304 by ultrasonic wave and neural network. In experiment, the reflected ultrasonic defect signals from artificial defects (side hole, vertical hole, notch) of HAZ appears as beam distance of prove-defect, distance of probe-surface, depth of defect-surface on CRT. For defect classification simulation, neural network system was organized using total results of ultrasonic experiment. The organized neural network system was learned with the accuracy of 99%. Also it could be classified with the accuracy of 80% in side hole, and 100% in vertical hole, 90% in notch about ultrasonic pattern recognition. Simulation results of neural network agree fairly well with results of ultrasonic experiment. Thus were think that the constructed system (ultrasonic wave - neural network) in this work is useful for defects dection and classification such as holes and notches in HAZ of austenitic stainless steel 304.

• 전자공학회논문지SC
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.41-50
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 30cm 이하의 단거리의 물체를 인식하기 어려운 초음파 센서의 특성을 개선하기 위하여 2개의 커패시터 초음파 트랜스듀서를 사용하여 송신과 수신을 분리함으로써 단거리 측정과 무선에 의한 원거리 정밀 측정이 가능한 시스템을 제안한다. 이 시스템은 무선으로 송수신 하도록 설계되었으며 무선으로 연결된 송신, 수신의 동기를 일치시켜야 한다. 트리거 펄스는 10Hz이며, 이 주파수는 무선 모듈에서 데이터를 전송하기에 매우 낮은 주파수이므로 캐리어 신호와 트리거 신호를 합성 및 분리하는 방법을 제안한다. 개발한 시스템은 범용 마이크로프로세서인 8051을 이용하여 구현하였으며, 그 유용성을 입증하기 위한 실험 결과 송신 센서와 수신 센서를 마주보게 배치하여 송신 초음파가 수신 초음파 센서로 직접 보낼 때 센서간의 거리가 0mm부터 측정이 가능하며 송신 센서에서 초음파가 송신되고 물체에 반사한 후 수신 센서로 수신되었을 때 7cm부터 물체를 감지하였다.