• Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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• 1999.10a
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• pp.783-786
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• 1999

The compressive strength of concrete is one of the most important properties in concrete structures. There are, two methods for the testing of concrete compressive strength in structure ; coring and nondestructive testing. The latter is more often used than the former in a view of time and expenses. The Nondestructive test methods used nowadays include Rebound Hammer test and Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity test. Carbonation through aging makes changes of the interior structure and the properties of concrete. It is well-known fact that the surface hardness of concrete is increased by its carbonation. This fact makes it difficult in estimating the compressive strength of concrete using Rebound Hammer test. This study aimed to quantitatively analyzed the effects of carbonation on results of the Rebound Hammer test.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.23 no.6
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• pp.605-615
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• 2003

In practice, it is common to manufacture reference blocks containing simple reflectors to obtain distance-amplitude correction (DAC) curves. However, the construction or DAC curves in this manner requires the use of a large number of specimens with appropriate curvatures and reference reflectors located at various depths. Therefore, less costly and quantitative procedures are strongly needed. To address such a need, in this study, we have developed model-based transfer curves to relate a DAC curve obtained in a particular reference configuration with that for a completely different configuration. An example of transferring DAC curves, using the proposed transfer curves, is given.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.23 no.6
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• pp.594-604
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• 2003

A State-of-art methodologies on implementing conventional piezoelectric and flexible PVDF elements for generating ultrasonic guided waves in a tubing are presented. Comb transducers with PVDF can be efficiently applied to selectively excite a guided wave mode by wrapping around any size pipe while a conventional immersion type piezo-elements can be also possibly used with a modification of transducer fabrication. Technical comparisons between the use of angle beam probe and comb one will be also discussed in detail. The presented technique can be easily applied to NDE for a long range inspection of tubular structures.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.21-28
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• 1993

If the infinitesimal delamination exists and the two waves can hardly be distinguished from each other on account of being much closer, we cannot measure the thickness of delamination by the time difference method. On this study, we calculated the thickness of infinitesimal delamination model by means of measuring echo height due to the deflection of material particles and utilized Newton Ring for optical measurement as a delamination model. From the result of Newton Ring expressed in the delamination model, we can calculate the infinitesimal delamination thickness up to $0.2{\sim}0.3{\mu}m$ due to the difference of acoustic impedance by the ratio of the echo height to the total reflection.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.48-60
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• 1993

1974년에 유럽에서 시작된 PISC(Program for the Inspection of Steel Components ; PISC-I, II, III) 수행결과나 1980년대초 실시된 미국의 BWR 원전 배관계통의 입계응력부식균열(IGSCC ; Intergranular Stress Corrosion Cracks)검사결과에서 나타난 바와 같이 기존의 규격 요건과 절차에 따른 원자력발전소 기기에 대한 초음파탐상검사는 그 실효성에 많은 문제점이 제기되었다. 따라서, 원전기기의 건전성 및 초음파탐상검사 결과의 신뢰도를 보증하기 위한 각종 연구가 진행되고 여러 방안이 모색되어 왔다. 그 결과, 원전 가동중검사 규격에 "초음파탐상검사자 자격인정 요건"과 "초음파탐상검사 시스템(검사자, 장비 및 절차서)에 대한 기량검증 요건"이 새로이 부가되었다. 본고에서는 초음파탐상검사 결과의 신뢰도 확보에 있어 필수불가결한 요건인 원전기기 초음파 탐상검사 시스템에 대한 기량검증 요건을 자세히 기술한다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.194-205
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• 1994

이종재료 접합재의 연구개발(R&D)이나 품질보증(QA)분야에서 최적 접합조건의 신속한 결정과 사용중 접합재의 접합강도에 결정적으로 영향을 미치는 접합계면의 박리 미접합부등의 비파괴진단 평가기법에 적극 활용되고 있는 초음파비파괴평가(UNDE)기법의 주된 특징과 적용한계, 향후 연구되어야할 과제등을 최근의 특징적인 연구경향과 적용예를 중심으로 소개하고자 한다. 본고(本稿)에서 기술하는 초음파비파괴평가기법은 부분적으로는 기술의 안정화단계에 까지 상당히 접근하여, 현재 국내 반도체산업의 품질보증분야에서는 접합재료 접합계면의 비파괴적해석에 그 유용성이 어느정도 확인되고 있으나 정량적비파괴평가(QNDE)와 검사시스템의 꽃이라 불리는 전문가시스템화에의 접근에는 아직 해결되어야할 문제가 많다. 따라서, 저자들은 앞으로 접합재료 접합계면의 비파괴적해석에 관련한 연구사례와 결과를 정량적비파괴평가의 중요성과 방향성에 초점을 두고 본학회지를 통하여 계속 연재할 계획이다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.31 no.3
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• pp.271-277
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• 2011

This study presents a nondestructive test for underwater PVC pipes. To use guided ultrasonic waves, specially denoted by cylindrical Lamb waves, a test setup was made in a water tank using the pitch and catch mode and specimens were made to give artificial cutouts located in the circumferential direction of the pipes. Total three states of damaged levels were considered to see how the guided waves interact with the defects. For the experimental adjustments, three different pipe diameters (60, 90, 114 mm) were tested, and two factors - incident angle (10 and $40^{\circ}$) and distance (50 and 200 mm) - were tried. From the results, regardless of the diameters and two experimental factors, it is shown that the degrees of defects were recognized through amplitude and arrived time of the very first part of the received cylindrical Lamb waves. Between amplitude and arrived time, it is found that the amplitude gives more sensitive results.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.46-51
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• 1996

원자로는 압력용기 및 내부 구조물로 구분되어 있다. 내부 구조물들의 경련 열화 현상에 따라 결함이 많이 발생하여 이에 대한 초음파검사가 요구되고 있다. 따라서 원자로 내부 구조물에 대한 초음파검사 현황 및 각각 구조물들의 검사 원리를 기술하였다. 특히 원자로 내부 구조물 중 CRDM, core baffle bolt, core barrel bolt, CRGT-support pin 및 fuel alignment pin에 대한 유럽 및 독일을 중심으로 한 검사 현황 및 검사방법을 간략하게 기술하였다. 이 기술에 대한 지침안(guideline)이 독일, 프랑스, 일본을 중심으로 하여 마련되고 있다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• v.4 no.3
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• pp.291-304
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• 2008

Piezoelectric materials have been widely used in ultrasonic nondestructive testing (NDT). PZT ceramics can be used to receive and generate surface acoustic waves. It is a common application to attach PZT transducers to the surface of structures for detecting cracks in nondestructive testing. However, not until recently have piezoelectric polymers attracted more and more attention to be the material for interdigitated (IDT) surface and guided-wave transducers. In this paper, an interdigitated gold-on-polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) transducer for actuating and sensing Lamb waves has been introduced. A specific etching technology is employed for making the surface electrodes into a certain finger pattern, the spacings of which yield different single mode responses of Lamb waves. Experiments have been performed on steel and carbon fiber composite plates. Results from PVDF IDT sensors have been compared with those from PZT transducers for verification.

• Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.401-406
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• 2000

Spilling of petroleum hydrocarbons such as gasoline, motor oils, and diesel fuel from underground storage tanks (USTs) is a major source of contamination to ground water and soils. In response to the need of developing an effective and economical cleanup technique, this study investigates the effectiveness of using sonication to enhance the soil flushing method. The study involves laboratory testing, and the testing was conducted using a specially designed and fabricated device to determine the effect of sonication on contaminant removal. The sonication was applied at 20 kHz frequency under different power levels. Test soil was Joomoonjin Sand, and diesel fuel was used as a contaminant of soil flushing test. The results of the investigation show that sonication enhanced the contaminant removal from soils significantly, and the degree of enhancement varied with power levels of sonication. Based on the results of the study, it is concluded that the flushing method with sonication has a great potential to become an effective method for removing petroleum hydrocarbons from the contaminated ground.