• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.15-24
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• 2007

Two kinds of temperature monitoring technology have been introduced in this study, which can measure coincidently temperatures at many points along a single length of cable. One is to use a thermal sensor cable comprizing of addressable thermal sensors. The other is to use an optic fiber sensor with Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) system. The differences between two technologies can be summarized as follows: A thermal sensor cable has a concept of "point sensing" that can measure temperature only at a predefined position. The accuracy and resolution of temperature measurement are up to the capability of the individual thermal sensor. On the other hand, an optic fiber sensor has a concept of "distributed sensing" because temperature is measured practically at all points along the fiber optic cable by analysing the intensity of Raman back-scattering when a laser pulse travels along the fiber. Thus, the temperature resolution depends on the measuring distance, measuring time and spatial resolution. The purpose of this study is to investigate the applicability of two different temperature monitoring techniques in technical and economical sense. To this end, diverse experiments with two techniques were performed and two techniques are applied under the same condition. Considering the results, the thermal sensor cable will be well applicable to the assessment of groundwater flow, geothermal distribution and grouting efficiency within about loom distance, and the optic fiber sensor will be suitable for long distance such as pipe line inspection, tunnel fire detection and power line monitoring etc.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.379-384
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• 1995

In order to construct B-ISDN, it is inevitable to introduce optical fiber of low loss and wide bandwidth. Coincidently, high count optical fiber cable is solely important to form optical subscriber network. The best structure of high count optical fiber cable to achieve multi-splicing as well as high density at the same time is the one of taking optical ribbon as a unit of accomodation. However, since optical ribbon has its own width. optical loss due to length difference during the bending of ribbon cable unit occurs in relatively easy way. Therefore, care should be taken during its manufacturing and storage. In t\1::; paper, strain, bending radius and lateral pressure of each fiber in ribbon due to the bending of ribbon cable unit are caculated theoretically. Hence, we have measured optical loss of each fiber as function of unit bending radius, when we bent the ribbon cable unit on the various reel. We found that the result accords well with the theoretical analysis. The result shows the importance to determine proper radius of reel used in ribbon cable manufacturing and storage. orage.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2001.07c
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• pp.1844-1846
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• 2001

광섬유는 저손실, 광대역의 전송특성을 가지며 세경(細徑), 경량등 많은 장점을 가지고 있지만 동케이블과 같이 파단점, 불연속점등의 장해점 탐색에 대한 어려움이 있다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위하여 OTDR(Optical Time Domain Reflectometer)은 고감도, 고정도의 광센싱 기술, 극초단 광펄스 레이다 기술, 광다중화 센서 네트웍기술, 실시간 광신호처리 기술 등 정밀 광계측 및 신호처리기술을 적용하여 설치된 광섬유의 손실 정도를 측정하는 시스템으로 광섬유에 입사된 광의 산란 가운데 Rayleigh 산란에 의해서 생기는 후방산란광을 관측하여 광파이버의 파단점 탐색 및 손실측정이 가능하다. 최근 대부분의 유선통신망은 광섬유를 이용한 광통신방식으로 이루어지고 있으며 이러한 광섬유의 고장점을 찾기 위한 방법은 OTDR방식이 유일하다고 할 수 있다. 본 논문은 Rayleigh 후방산란에 의한 광학적 특성을 규명하고 이러한 특성을 이용하여 이용한 광섬유 유지보수용 계측시스템을 설계, 제작하고 실험한 결과에 대하여 설명하고 고찰하였다. 측정거리를 40Km까지 측정하도록 하였으며, 모니터상에서의 거리 분해능은 5m정도를 가지며 1310nm의 파장을 사용하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2001.11a
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• pp.201-204
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• 2001

본 논문에서는 전력케이블, 전력용 변압기 및 가스 절연차단기와 같은 전력설비의 열화로 인한 방전현상 검출을 위해서 간섭계형 광섬유 센서를 제작하고, 방전 현상을 측정하였다. 광섬유 센서는 아크릴과 알류미늄 광섬유를 수회 감은 맨드릴형으로 선택하였으며, 간섭계는 Sagnac 간섭계를 선택하여 실험하였다. 방전현상은 절연유내에 방전모의셀을 설치하여 방전현상을 일으켰고, 광섬유 센서로 방전신호를 검출하였다.

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.293-301
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• 2010

Optical fiber cable, as a sensor, was installed on the wall of KAERI(Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) Underground Research Tunnel(KURT) in order to monitor the physical stability of the tunnel, which was constructed for technical development and demonstration of radioactive waste disposal. This monitoring system has two simultaneous measurements of temperature and strain over time using Brillouin backscatter. According to the results of the monitoring from Jan. 2008 to Nov. 2009, there is no significant displacement or movement at the tunnel wall However, the cumulative volume of total strain increased slightly as time passes with the comparison of the reference observation, which was measured in Jan. 2008. The change in cumulative volume of total strain indicates that the strain level had been affected by saturation and de-saturation phenomena due to groundwater fluctuation at several points at KURT. This system is based on the distributed sensing technique concept, not point sensing. By using this system, a displacement can be detected with the range from $20{\mu}{\varepsilon}$ to $28,000{\mu}{\varepsilon}$ every 1m interval in minimum. A temperature variation can be monitored at every 0.5m interval with the resolution of 0.01 in minimum. Based on the study, this monitoring system is potentially applicable to long term monitoring systems for radioactive waste disposal project as well as other structures and underground openings.

• Journal of Korean Association for Spatial Structures
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• v.7 no.3 s.25
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• pp.49-55
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• 2007

In this paper, always monitoring system of fiber Bragg Crating(FBG)Sensor is described and FBGs are well suited for measuring the movement in the part of the spatial structure(for example, cable, membrane and so on)under the pressure conditions. In order to measure the movement of long span structure, we need the measurable equipment that takes in many spots to measure. In the result of experiment, the fiber sensors showed good response to the pressure conditions. Therefore, We could calculate the movement of spatial structure and be possible health monitoring of the spatial structure.

• 대한공업교육학회지
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• v.34 no.1
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• pp.274-286
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• 2009

Fiber optic sensor is widely used in measuring acoustic and vibration. Especially interferometric sensors are more suitable to measure the acoustic signal. In this paper, a Fabry-Perot interferometric fiber optic sensor was used to measure flow induced vibration. This vibration also measured using an accelerometer, and the data was compared to one other. The venture, nozzle, drop barrel, and rapid expansion in the pipeline are the measuring objects. The flow rate is changed from 50 L/min to 150 L/min and the average flow velocity was about 7 m/s. Based on the experimental results the suggested fiber optic sensor detects flow induced vibration effectively. Therefore, this kind of fiber optic sensor can be applied to the monitoring the flow induced noise and vibration such as pipelines, cables, buildings.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.63-70
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• 2009

The optical fiber cable acting as a sensor was embedded in the underground research tunnel and portal area in order to monitor their stability and the spatial temperature variation. This system includes two types of sensing function to monitor the distributed strain and temperature along the line, where sensor cable is installed, not a point sensing. According to the results of one year monitoring around the KURT, there is no significant displacement or movement at the tunnel wall and portal slope. However, it would be able to aware of some phenomena as an advance notice at the tunnel wall which indicates the fracturing in rockmass and shotcrete fragmentation before rock falls accidently as well as movement of earth slope. The measurement resolution for rock mass displacement is 1 mm per 1 m and it covers 30 km length with every 1m interval in minimum. In temperature, the cable measures the range of $-160{\sim}600^{\circ}C$ with $0.01^{\circ}C$ resolution according to the cable types. This means that it would be applicable to monitoring system for the safe operation of various kinds of facilities having static and/or dynamic characteristics, such as chemical plant, pipeline, rail, huge building, long and slim structures, bridge, subway and marine vessel. etc.

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2009.10a
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• pp.38-39
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• 2009

친환경, 신 재생에너지 중 하나인 태양광은 크게 발전용과 조명용으로 사용될 수 있다. 자연채광시스템에 주요부품인 태양광을 전달하는 자연채광용 유리광섬유를 국내최초로 개발하였다. 적용된 자연채광시스템에 대해 소개하고 광섬유와 광케이블의 기본구조, 광학적 특성, 벤딩조건에 따른 조도변화 및 스펙트럼을 분석하였다. 조명용 뿐 만 아니라 식물성장용으로도 사용가능하여 지하농원 등의 적용이 가능하다.

• 한국방재학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2010.02a
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• pp.90.2-90.2
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• 2010

흙막이 굴착 및 절취사면의 보강공법으로 많이 적용되고 있는 앵커의 장력을 측정하는 전기저항식 로드셀과 스트레인게이지, 바이브레이팅 와이어 (vibrating wire) 타입의 모니터링 방법은 안전관리를 위한 장기적인 모니터링에 한계를 가지고 있어 이를 개선할 수 있는 방안으로 광섬유 센서를 이용하여 강연선의 변형률을 측정할 수 있는 스마트 텐던이 개발되었다(김재민 등, 2007). 앵커를 구성하는 7연 강연선(텐던)의 중앙케이블에 삽입된 광섬유브래그격자(Fiber Bragg Grating ; FBG)센서는 기존 스트레인게이지 타입에 비해 크기가 작고 내구성이 우수하며 전자기파에 의한 노이즈 발생이 없고 하나의 리드선으로 다중점 측정(multiplexing)이 가능하여 장기모니터링에 효과적인 장점이 있다. 본 연구에서는 FBG센서를 내장한 스마트 텐던을 실대형(Prototype) 앵커(L=11.5m)에 적용하여 현장 인발실험에 의해 시공중 장력 모니터링을 수행하고 로드셀 측정결과와 비교하였고 정착부에 설치된 FBG 센서로부터 앵커의 하중전이 계측을 수행하였다.