• 한국안전학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.39-44
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• 2002

This paper shows error in the polarization direction on ultrasonic transducers how sensitive the shear ultrasonic waves are to a little misoriented plies according to the angle variation of shear ultrasonic waves $0{\circ},\;45{\circ}$ and $90{\circ}$. Also, it is shown that shear waves, particularly the transmission mode with the transmitter and receiver perpendicular to cach other, have high sensitivity for detecting anomalies in fiber orientation and ply layup sequence that may occur in the manufacturing of composite laminates. Experimental results are agreed with a modeling solutions which was based on decomposition of shear wave polarization vector as it propagates through the composite laminates. This wave appeared considerably to be sensitive to CFRP composites to thickness direction along in-plane fibers.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제25권7호
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• pp.455-461
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• 2015

The paper deals with the accuracy comparison between two kinds of ultrasonic paths for flow rate measurement. In the Z-path, two transducers are installed on the opposite sides of each other on a pipe, and the ultrasonic waves generated at one transducer propagate to arrive at the other one only by refraction. In the V-path, two transducers are installed on one side of a pipe, and the ultrasonic waves reflected at the inner wall of the pipe are received. Transit times were confirmed to identify the propagation paths by comparing the theoretically calculated results and measured ones. The flow rate measurements with two kinds of ultrasonic paths appeared very similar. It would be possible to select either of the paths by considering the advantages and disadvantages.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제22권10호
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• pp.1010-1019
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• 2012

Non-contact detection of internal defects in a rail using ultrasonic waves is discussed in this paper. Cracks in a rail may be the cause of a serious railway accident such as derailment if left undetected. Concurrent rail inspection method based on ultrasonic testing using piezoelectric transducers has several limitations as it should keep physical contact with the rail. This work suggests a non-contact detection of internal defects in a rail using ElectroMagnetic Acoustic Transducers (EMAT) which can produce and measure ultrasonic waves in a rail without any couplant. The EMATs for rail inspection are designed and fabricated and their working performance is verified through a series of experiments on various types of internal defects in test rails. The effect of lift-off between the transducers and the rail on the generated signals is also discussed.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2014년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.736-738
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• 2014

The paper deals with the accuracy comparison between two kinds of ultrasonic paths for flow rate measurement. In the Z-path, two transducers are installed on the opposite side of each other on a pipe, and the ultrasonic waves generated of one transducer propagate and arrive at the other one only through refraction. In the V-path, two transducers are installed on one side of a pipe, and the ultrasonic waves reflected at the inner wall of the pipe are received. The backgrounds were established to select one path to fit the usage by considering the advantages and disadvantages.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제25권8호
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• pp.559-567
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• 2015

The paper deals with an ultrasonic transducer invented for measuring both flow velocity and pipe thickness. The structure of the transducer is based on the conventional transducers for measuring flow velocity by obliquely transmitting ultrasonic waves to the flow direction. The transducer additionally generates ultrasonic waves transmitting vertically to a pipe for measuring pipe thickness. By measuring flow velocity with the invented transducer and a conventional oblique-incidence transducer and comparing their results, the accuracy of the flow velocity measurement of the invented one was evaluated. By measuring specimen thickness with the invented transducer and a conventional normal-incidence transducer and comparing their results, the accuracy of the thickness measurement of the invented one was evaluated.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.82-89
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• 1996

초음파 탐촉자의 응용분야를 크게 고해상도 분야와 고출력 분야로 나누어 각각의 경우에 대하여 가장 우수한 탐촉자 성능을 구현케 하는 정합층의 물성을 결정하고자 하였다. 나아가 동일한 탐촉자에 대해 이 두 가지 특성이 모두 우수한 것을 요구하는 경우가 일반적이므로 각각의 분야에 대해 동시에 최선일 수는 없으나 두 분야에 공히 만족스러운 특성을 나타낼 수 있도록 하는 정합층의 물성을 최적화 하고자 하였다. 통상적인 등가회로 해석법과는 달리 탐촉자 구성매질들간의 경계면에서의 투과, 반사계수들을 반복 계산하는 방법을 통해 시간영역에서의 파형을 직접 구하고 이를 Fourier Transform하여 주파수 특성을 관찰하여 전형적인 탐촉자의 구조에 대하여 해석한 결과, 각 응용분야별로 가장 우수한 성능을 나타내는 정합층의 조합을 찾아내었다. 본 연구에서 찾은 정합층의 조합은 고출력용, 광대역용으로 각각 특화된 것으로 J. H. Goll과 C. S. Desilets의 방법들과 같은 기존의 연구결과들에 비해서 최대 57%까지 탐촉자 성능의 개선효과를 보았다. 나아가 고해상도와 고출력이 동시에 요구되는 응용분야에 대한 탐촉자의 성능평가를 위하여 새로운 평가지수를 개발하였으며, 적용결과 기존의 정합층 설계법들에 의한 것 보다 양 특성 모두에 걸쳐 더 우수한 탐촉자 성능을 구현할 수 있었다. 본 연구에서 수행한 정합층 설계방법은 다양한 형태의 탐촉자 개발에 있어 유용한 정합층 및 후면층 설계기술로 적용될 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.319-325
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• 2010

초음파 변환기의 기체 음향임피던스 변화를 이용해서 압력진공 측정기술을 연구하였다. 상용화된 한 쌍의 500 kHz 공중 초음파 변환기(air-coupled ultrasonic transducer)를 진공용기에 넣고 초음파 진폭을 측정하였다. 그 결과 6.66 kPa에서 202.65 kPa (약 2기압)까지 4회 반복 측정값으로부터 계산된 표준편차는 0.0093에서부터 0.3325 사이에 있었으며, 표준편차를 압력으로 나누어서 백분율로 나타낸 값은 133.32 kPa에서 0.018%이었고 202.65 kPa에서는 0.164%이었다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.1063-1083
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• 2015

The main purpose of this research is to utilize simple mathematical models to depict the vibration behavior and the resulted sound field of a piezoelectric disk for ultrasonic transducers. Instead of using 1-D vibration model, coupled effect between the thickness and the radial motions was considered to be close to the real vibration behavior. Moreover, Huygens-Fresnel principle was used in both incident and reflected waves to analyze the sound field under obstacles in finite distance. Results of the tested piezoelectric disk show that, discrepancies between the simulation and experiment are 2.5% for resonant frequency and 12% for resulted sound field. Therefore, the proposed method can be used to reduce the complexity in modeling vibration problems, and increase the reliability on analyzing piezoeletric transducers in the design stage.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제19권11호
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• pp.1177-1183
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• 2009

The effects of biasing magnetic fields on the performances of magnetostrictive ultrasonic transducers are investigated. The transducers are patch-type ones which are used for SHM of plate structures. Various kinds of configurations of biasing magnets are covered experimentally. It is experimentally verified that how the biasing magnetic field deploys is the most significant factors on maximizing the transducer output. From the magnetostriction curve of nickel, it is concluded qualitatively that it is not the absolute values of biasing magnetic field but the slope of magnetostriction curve to be taken account of.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.124-132
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• 2015

The paper deals with the energy transmission of the elastic waves obliquely transmitting and refracting through a plate and a pipe. By calculating the transmitting ratio depending on the incidence angle, the angle corresponding to the maximum transmission was determined theoretically and considered in the design of ultrasonic transducers for flow velocimetry. Experiments were carried out by using prototypes of the transducers. Experimentally-obtained transmission ratios were compared with and confirmed the theoretically-calculated results.