• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제18권9호
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• pp.37-44
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• 2001

Ultrasonic testing has a characteristics such as excellent permeability, high-sensitivity to find defect and an almost exact measurement for position. size and direction of inner defect, which differ from other non-destructive testing. In the study, we developed program into optimal testing condition, to distinguish obstacle echo and defect position. This program shows generation and processing of ultrasonic pulse. We compared simulation with ultrasonic test in 45$^\circ$, 60$^\circ$and 70$^\circ$transducer. Test results were in accordance with simulation within 0.1~7.2%.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.18-24
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• 1989

Computer-aided high frequency ultrasonic is applied to aluminum oxide(85w%, 94w%, 96w%, and 99w%) MOR(modulus of rupture) samples to evaluate mechanical properties such as density variation, pore content, elastic modulus, shear modulus, and poisson's ratio. Ultrasonic wave velocity and attenuation measurement techniques were used as an evaluator of such properties. Pulse-echo C-Scan images with different fate setting method using 50MHz center frequency 1 inch focal length transducer allows evaluation of density variation and pore content. Elastic modulus calculated with the relation of density and ultrasonic velocity. It shows good reliability as compared with resonance method. Sintered density variation of $0.025g/cm^{3}$, that is 0.6% of theoretical density in $Al_{2}O_{3}$ samples can be observed by ultrasonic velocity measurement. Attenuation measurement method qualitatively agree with 4-point fracture testing result concerning of porosity content.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.30-39
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• 2006

Feasibility is studied for an application of the mass-spring lattice model (MSLM), a numerical model previously developed for unidirectional composites, to the numerical simulation of ultrasonic inspection of austenitic welds modeled as transversely isotropic. Fundamental wave processes, such as propagation, reflection, refraction, and diffraction of ultrasonic waves in such an inspection are simulated using the MSLM. All numerical results show excellent agreement with the analytical results. Further, a simplified model of austenitic weld inspection has been successfully simulated using the MSLM. In conclusion, a great potential of the MSLM in numerically simulating ultrasonic inspections of austenitic welds has been manifested in this work, though significant further efforts will be required to develop a model with field practicality.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.116-129
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• 2000

초음파검사에서 발생하는 물리적 현상의 복잡성을 고려할 때, 이를 이론적으로 모델링하기 위해 수치적인 기법을 이용하는 것이 효과적인 경우가 많다. 본 논문에서는 초음파검사를 수치적으로 모델링하는 기법들에 대하여 개괄적으로 살펴보고, 특히 유한차분법과 유한요소법에 대하여 상세히 알아본다. 즉, 유한차분법과 유한요소법을 이용한 해석의 개요를 설명하고, 이들의 적용시 고려사항 및 문제점에 대해 알아 본 후, 기존의 연구결과 중 중요한 것들을 참고문헌으로 열거하고 몇 가지 예를 소개한다. 계속되는 컴퓨터의 기술적 발전으로 인하여 초음파검사에 대한 수치적 모델링 기법의 신뢰성과 편의성이 지속적으로 증대될 것으로 기대된다.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.39-47
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• 1989

As the necessity of the safety diagnosis of the concrete structure, more reliable ultrasonic technique to qualify the concrete is required. In this study, the artificial surface crack depth is measured using several types of the ultrasonic probes. As results, the horizontal shear wave probe is most useful to determine the crack depth compared to the other probes. For the surface wave probe, the ultrasonic wave path is changed with the surface crack depth.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.64-69
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• 2008

압력용기 및 구조물 용접부의 내부결함을 검출하기 위해서는 방사선투과시험과 초음파탐상시험을 시행한다. 그러나 방사선투과시험은 방사선 노출 위험성과 필름 현상처리 소요 등으로 결과의 확인에 상대적으로 긴 시간이 소요되어 제작 공정에 영향을 준다. 일반적인 수동 초음파탐상시험은 결과의 재현이 용이하지 않으며 검사자의 기량에 대한 의존도가 높다는 문제점을 가지고 있다. 이에 대한 대안으로 자동 초음파탐상시험 기법의 하나인 TOFD의 적용이 확산되고 있다. 본 연구는 결함을 포함한 시험편에 대하여 방사선투과 시험과 TOFD 기법을 적용하고 비교한 결과를 기술하였다. TOFD 기법은 초음파 시험기법의 객관적 신뢰도 향상에 기여하게 될 것으로 판단된다.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.436-442
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• 2008

최근 VHTR(very high temperature reactor)에 대한 연구에서 흑연이 노심내 구조재, 반사재, 감속재로서 가장 적절한 재료로 인식되고 있다. 운전온도는 약 $900^{\circ}C$로 원자로 내부에 유입되는 소량의 불순물에도 흑연은 산화되기 쉬우며 산화된 흑연은 공극률이 증가하며 구조재료로서 가져야 할 파괴인성이 낮아진다. 본 연구에서는 산화 전후의 흑연에 대하여 초음파특성을 측정하고, 이를 기반으로 흑연에 대한 초음파탐상검사의 유효성을 타진하였다. 흑연의 초음파특성 측정 결과 초음파속도는 탄소강의 약 1/2, 음파 감쇠는 5배 이상, 신호대잡음비는 약 1/3로 측정되었다. 산화 후, 초음파속도는 as-received 상태에 비하여 미소하게 감소되었으나 초음파감쇠는 200% 이상으로 그 차이가 두드러지게 나타났다. 신호대잡음비에 기반하여 POD (probability of detection)을 산출한 결과, 100 mm 미만의 깊이를 가지는 측면공(SDH; side drilled hole)는 산화 전후에 큰 차이를 나타내지 않으므로 해당 깊이를 가지는 결함에 대해서 초음파탐상검사는 비교적 신뢰성 있는 검사를 수행할 수 있다고 판단된다. 상용 자동초음파탐상 장비에서의 테스트 결과 80 mm이하의 깊이에서는 인적오류가 크지 않을 것으로 예상할 수 있었으며, 위상배열 초음파 기법을 통한 검사를 수행한 결과 역시 양호한 신호대잡음비로 측면공들을 모두 검출할 수 있었다.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 2011년도 정기 학술대회
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• pp.415-418
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• 2011

Thermal fatigue is one of the life-limiting damage mechanisms in the nuclear power plant conditions. The turbulent mixing of fluids of different temperatures induces rapid temperature changes to the pipe wall. The successive thermal transients cause varying cyclic thermal stresses. These cyclic thermal stresses cause fatigue crack nucleation and growth similar to the cyclic mechanical stresses. The aim of this study was to fulfil the need by developing an real crack manufacturing method, which would produce realistic cracks. The test material was austenitic STS 304, which is used as pipelines in the reactor coolant system of a nuclear power plants. In order to fabricate thermal fatigue crack similar to realistic crack, successive thermal transients were applied to the specimen. Thermal transient cycles were combined with heating (60sec) and cooling cycle (30sec). And, In order to identify ultrasonic characteristic, it was performed the ultrasonic reflection measuring method for the fabricated specimen. From the results of ultrasonic reflection measuring testing, it was conformed that A-scan results(average 83% of real crack depth) for the TFC reference specimen was more enhanced NDT reliability than results(average 38% of real crack depth) for the EDM notch reference specimen.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제3권6호
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• pp.423-437
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• 2006

Stress wave propagation through concrete is simulated by finite element analysis. The concrete medium is modeled as a homogeneous material with smeared properties to investigate and establish the suitable finite element analysis method (explicit versus implicit) and analysis parameters (element size, and solution time increment) also suitable for rigorous investigation. In the next step, finite element analysis model of the medium is developed using a digital image processing technique, which distinguishes the mortar and aggregate phases of concrete. The mortar and aggregate phase topologies are, then, directly mapped to the finite element mesh to form a heterogeneous concrete model. The heterogeneous concrete model is then used to simulate wave propagation. The veracity of the model is demonstrated by evaluating the intrinsic parameters of nondestructive ultrasonic pulse velocity testing of concrete. Quantitative relationships between aggregate size and testing frequency for nondestructive testing are presented.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.163-170
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• 2005

A modular Gaussian beam model is developed to simulate some ultrasonic testing configurations where multiple interfaces are involved. A general formulation is given in a modular matrix form to represent the Gaussian beam propagation with multiple interfaces. The ultrasonic transducer fields are modeled by a multi-Gaussian beam model which is formed by superposing 10 single Gaussian beams. The proposed model, referred to as "MMGB" (modular multi-Gaussian beam) model, is then applied to a typical contact and angle beam testing configuration to predict the output signal reflected from the corner of a vertical crack. The resulting expressions given in a modular matrix form are implemented in a personal computer using the MATLAB program. Simulation results are presented and compared with available experimental results.