• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.369-377
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• 2003

Since Zr-2.5Nb pressure tubes have a high risk for the formation of blisters during their operation in pressurized heavy water reactors, there has been a strong incentive to develop a method for the non-destructive detection of blisters grown on the tube surfaces. However, because there is little mismatch in acoustic impedance between the hydride blisters and zirconium matrix, it is not easy to distinguish the boundary between the blister and zirconium matrix with conventional ultrasonic methods. This study has focused on the development of a special ultrasonic method, so called ultrasonic velocity ratio method for a reliable detection of blisters formed on Zr-2.5Nb pressure tubes. Hydride blisters were grown on the outer surface of the Zr-2.5Nb pressure tube using a cold finger attached to a steady state thermal diffusion equipment. To maximize a difference in the ultrasonic velocity in hydride blisters and the zirconium matrix, the ultrasonic velocity ratio of longitudinal wave to shear wave, $V_L/V_S$, has been determined based on the flight time of the longitudinal echo and reflected shear echo from the outer surface of the tubes. The feasibility of the ultrasonic velocity ratio method is confirmed by comparing the contour plots reproduced by this method with those of the blisters grown on the Zr-2.5Nb pressure tubes.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.297-302
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• 2008

We present an electrical particle velocity profiler using particle transit time across uneven inter-gap electrodes. We measure both the particle position and velocity from the voltage signals generated by the particles passing across sensing electrodes, thus obtaining the velocity profile of the particles in a microfluidic channel. In the experimental study, we use polystyrene microparticles to characterize the performance of the electrical particle velocity profiler. The particle velocity profile is measured with the uncertainty of 5.44%, which is equivalent to the uncertainty of 5% in the previous optical method. We also experimentally demonstrate the capability of the present method for in-channel clogging detection. Compared to the previous optical methods, the present electrical particle velocity profiler offers the simpler structure, the cheaper cost, and the higher integrability to micro-biofluidic systems.

• 한국건축시공학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.193-202
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• 2024

본 연구에서는 초음파 속도법을 콘크리트의 초기동해 피해를 진단하기 위한 방법으로서의 적용 가능성을 평가하기 위해 모르타르 시험체를 대상으로 각각 동결 깊이에 따른 압축강도와 초음파 펄스 속도를 측정하여 미세구조와 그 상관관계를 분석하였다. 그 결과, 동결 피해를 입은 모르타르 시험체와 피해를 입지 않은 시험체 간의 압축강도와 초음파 펄스 속도 값의 차이가 확연하게 나타났으며, 미세구조 분석을 통해 동결 깊이가 증가할수록 초기동해 피해를 더 많이 받아 압축강도와 초음파 펄스 속도가 감소하였다고 판단할 수 있었다. 회귀분석을 통해 상관관계를 분석한 결과, 추정식과 실험값과의 관계성을 나타내는 결정계수( R²)가 0.87로 얻어져 초기동해 피해 깊이에 따른 압축강도와 초음파 펄스 속도 사이의 상호 연관성이 존재하는 것으로 분석된다. 이에 따라 초음파 속도법을 통한 콘크리트의 초기동해 피해 진단이 가능하며, 그 피해 깊이를 정량적으로 진단하기 위해서는 향후 추가적인 연구가 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 1998년도 하계종합학술대회논문집
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• pp.235-238
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• 1998

This paper presents the detection of internal combustion engine's multiple misfire. The primary cause of air pollution by vehicles is imperfect conbustion of fuel. The CARB(California Air Resources Board) have imposed regulations for the detection of misfiring in automotive engines. The OBD-II regulations requir that misfire should be monitored by the diagnostic system, and that the goal of OBD-II is to alert the driver to the presence of a malfunction of the emission control system. Present invention based upon measurements of engine roughness as derived from crankshaft angular velocity measurements with special signal processing method. Crankshaft angular velocity signals are processed by walsh-fourier transform. Experimental work confims that it's possible to apply walsh-fourier transform for the detection of multiple misfires in no-load idle and road testing.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.605-610
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• 2014

Clouds play an important role in climate change, in the prediction of local weather, and also in aviation safety when instrument assisted flying is unavailable. Presently, various ground-based instruments used for the measurements of the cloud base height or velocity. Lidar techniques are powerful and have many applications in climate studies, including the clouds' temperature measurement, the aerosol particle properties, etc. Otherwise, it is very circumscribed in cloud velocity measurements because there is no Doppler effect if the clouds move in the perpendicular direction to the laser beam path of Doppler lidar. In this paper, we present a method for the measurement of cloud velocity using lidar's range detection and DIC (Digital Image Correlation) system to overcome the disadvantage of Doppler lidar. The lidar system acquires the distance to the cloud, and the cloud images are tracked using the developed fast correlation algorithm of DIC. We acquired the velocities of clouds using the calculated distance and DIC algorithm. The measurement values had a linear distribution.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1988년도 전기.전자공학 학술대회 논문집
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• pp.709-712
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• 1988

Ultrasonic Doppler Diagnostic System utilizes the Doppler effect for measurement of blood velocity. The sign of the Doppler frequency shift represents blood flow direction. CW(Continuous-Wave) Doppler System uses quadrature detection and phase rotation method to produce simultaneous independent audio and velocity signals for forward and reverse blood flow direction in the time-domain, had been fabricated. But time-domain analyzing such as audio evaluation and zero- crossing detection for instantaneous and mean frequnecy measurement do not provide both an accurate and quantitative result. Therefore, it is necessary to adopt frequency-domain technique to improve system performance. In this paper, we describe a unit which is composed of CW Doppler System and real-time spectrum analyzer (installed TMS 32010 DSP Chip). This unit shows time-dependent spectrum variation and mean velocity of Blood signal.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2005년도 ICCAS
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• pp.2526-2531
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• 2005

A practical pinch torque estimator based on the Kalman filter is proposed for low-cost anti-pinch window control systems. To obtain the accurate angular velocity from Hall-effect sensor measurements, the angular velocity calculation algorithm is executed with additional procedures for removing the measurement noises. Apart from the previous works using the angular velocity estimates and torque estimates for detecting the pinched condition, the torque rate is augmented to the system model and the proposed pinch estimator is derived by applying the steady-state Kalman filter recursion to the model. The motivation of this approach comes from the idea that the bias errors in torque estimates due to the motor parameter uncertainties can be almost eliminated by introducing the torque rate state. For detecting the pinched condition, a systematic way to determine the threshold level of the torque rate estimates is also suggested via the deterministic estimation error analysis. Simulation results are given to certify the pinch detection performance of the proposed algorithm and its robustness against the motor parameter uncertainties.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.111-116
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• 2014

Human-robot co-operation becomes increasingly frequent due to the widespread use of service robots. However, during such co-operation, robots have a high chance of colliding with humans, which may result in serious injury. Thus, many solutions were proposed to ensure collision safety, and among them, collision detection algorithms are regarded as one of the most practical solutions. They allow a robot to quickly detect a collision so that the robot can perform a proper reaction to minimize the impact. However, conventional collision detection algorithms required the precise model of a robot, which is difficult to obtain and is subjected to change. Also, expensive sensors, such as torque sensors, are often required. In this study, we propose a novel collision detection algorithm which only requires motor encoders. It detects collisions by monitoring the high-pass filtered version of the velocity error. The proposed algorithm can be easily implemented to any robots, and its performance was verified through various tests.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.47-58
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• 2011

MTI 필터는 대부분의 레이더 신호 처리에서 클러터로부터 표적을 분리하는데 이용된다. CFAR 검파 전 클러터를 제거됨으로써 탐지 성능이 개선될 수 있다. 레이더 시스템을 설계할 때, 일반적으로 설계자는 평균 SNR과 CNR을 고려하고 MTI 필터의 주파수 응답에 의한 영향은 포함되지 않는다. 실제의 경우, 클러터를 포함한 신호들이 필터를 통과할 때, SNR은 표적 속도에 따라 크게 변화하고, CNR 역시 클러터 중심 속도와 스펙트럼 퍼짐에 따라 변화하게 된다. 본 논문에서는 MTI 필터의 주파수 응답과 표적의 속도와 클러터의 스펙트럼 특성 간의관계를 유도하였다. 필터 출력의 SNR과 CNR의 변화에 의한 CFAR 탐지 성능을 시뮬레이션을 통해 분석하였고, 성능에 미치는 영향을 확인하였다.

• 한국화재소방학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국화재소방학회 1996년도 학술발표회
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• pp.72-75
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• 1996

The objectives of this paper investigate the effect of installed spacing on the activation of spot type heat detection devices. The flow of hot gases under a ceiling resulting from the impingement of a fire plume activates heat detectors and sprinklers. Local temperature and velocity in this ceiling jet are usually expressed with the function of a ceiling height, the distance from a fire location and the heat release rate of fire. And detectors having different. RTI respond in different ways to the same temperature and velocity of ceiling jet. Thus great care should be taken to decide installed spacing of heat detection devices by considering above effects.