• Journal of radiological science and technology
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• v.40 no.4
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• pp.575-580
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• 2017

Because moire artifacts overlap with fine lesions and frequency bands, image processing software that removes moire artifacts can lead to loss of micro lesions. In this study, microscopic lesions such as microcalcification and microfracture were randomly formed on SD (Sprague Dawley) rats and image and optimized grid images were compared and analyzed using reference image and grid suppression software. The images were read by two consecutive radiologists using a McNemar's test. Among the 73 microcalcifications, in the 13 cases after grid suppression, the image of the optimized grid shows the loss of image in 3 cases, and the image after grid suppression shows statistically significant image loss (p=0.021). In all 53 fracture lines, there were 19 cases of image loss after the grid suppression, and only one case of the optimized grid showed no image loss. Therefore, the use of grid suppression software to remove moire artifacts should be carefully considered in the diagnosis of micro lesions.

• The Journal of Engineering Research
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.125-135
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• 2002

The vertical distribution of pore water pressure in the highly saturated sand layer under the oscillating water pressure (water wave) is studied theoretically and experimentally. By experiments it is shown that the water pressure acting on the sand surface propagates into the sand layer with the damping in amplitude and the lag in phase, and that the liquefaction, the state that the effective stress becomes zero, occurs under certain conditions. These experimental results are explained fairly well by the same theoretical treatment as for the ground water problems in the elastic aquifer. The main characteristics of liquefaction clarified by the analysis are as follows: 1) The depth of the liquefied layer increases with the increase of the amplitude and the frequency of the oscillating water pressure. 2) The increase of the volume of the water and the air in the layer increases the liquefied depth. Especially the very small amount of the air affects the liquefaction significantly. 3) The liquefied depth decrease rapidly with the increase of the compressibility coefficient of the sand. 4) In the range beyond a certain value of the permeability coefficient the liquefied depth decrease with the increase of the coefficient.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2010.02a
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• pp.431-431
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• 2010

본 논문은 기존의 수은 형광 램프와 LED를 대체할 수 있는 무 수은 면광원의 방전 가스 조성 변화(He, Ne, Ar, Xe)에 따른 전기 광학 특성에 관한 연구이다.[1]~[4] 무 수은 면광원의 기본 구조는 그림 1과 같이 방전 공간 내에 유전체에 의해 방전 공간과 분리된 한 쌍의 평행한 전극으로 이루어져 있다. 그리고 방전 공간 내면에는 일정한 두께와 형상을 가지는 형광체가 도포되어 있고 주 전극의 반대 평판유리 외벽에 보조전극을 형성하였다. 방전을 발생시키기 위한 기본적인 구동 방법은 5~25kHz의 주파수와 $0.7{\sim}1.5{\mu}s$의 폭을 가지는 사각 펄스를 사용한다.[4] 그림 2는 Ne-Xe 가스를 기본으로 하여 He 첨가에 따른 전기 광학 특성을 보여준다. He 첨가량이 증가할수록 동작 전압이 높아지면서 방전 개시와 동시에 수축 방전으로 전이되는 형태를 보이며, 효율 또한 감소함을 보였다. 이것은 무 수은 면광원에서는 높은 He의 이차전자 방출 계수보다 He의 높은 이온화 에너지가 더 크게 작용하기 때문이라 생각된다. 그림 3은 Ne-Xe 가스를 기본으로 하여 Ar 첨가에 따른 특성을 보여준다. He과는 다르게 Ar 첨가량이 증가할수록 동작 전압 마진이 넓어진다. 그러나 동작 전압이 상승하고, 효율 역시 감소하는 단점이 있다. 이것은 Ar은 Ne에 비해 이온화 에너지가 낮지만 Ar-Xe 조합은 Penning 효과를 얻을 수 있는 혼합 가스가 아니며, Ar의 2차전자 방출 계수 역시 Ne에 비해 낮기 때문에 결과적으로 방전 전압은 상승하고 효율이 감소하는 결과를 보여준다. 그러므로 무 수은 면광원에서 낮은 구동 전압과 높은 휘도 효율을 얻기 위해서는 Ne-Xe 가스조건이 가장 적합한 가스 조건이다. 효율 개선을 위해서는 Ne-Xe 가스 조건에서 압력을 높이거나 높은 Xe 함량의 가스 조성비를 사용하여 자외선 발광원인 Xe 가스량을 높이는 방법이 가장 유리하다. 그림 4는 Ne-Xe 가스 조건에서 Xe 가스량을 높이면 효율이 증가하는 경향성을 보여준다. 가스 최적화 연구와 더불어 형광체 최적화 연구[5]를 통해서 Ne-Xe25% 100Torr 가스 조건에서 그림 5와 같은 19,000nit의 높은 휘도와 75lm/W의 고 효율 특성을 얻을 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2013.08a
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• pp.230-230
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• 2013

플라즈마를 활용한 미세 패턴의 건식 식각은 반도체 소자 공정에 있어서 가장 중요한 기술 중 하나이다. 한편, 매년 발행되는 ITRS Roadmap 에 따르면 DRAM 의 1/2 pitch 는 감소하는 동시에 Contact A/R (Aspect Ratio) 는 증가하고 있다. 이러한 추세 속에서 기존의 공정을 그대로 활용할 경우 식각물의 프로파일 왜곡 혹은 휨 현상이 발생하고 식각 속도가 저하되며 이러한 특성들이 결과적으로는 생산성의 저하로 이어질 수 있다. 이러한 현상을 최소화하기 위해서는 무엇보다 독립된 plasma parameter 들이 식각물의 프로파일 혹은 식각 속도 등에 어떠한 영향을 주는 지에 대한 학문적 이해가 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 최소 CD (Critical Dimenstion) 100nm, 최대 A/R 30 인 HARC (High Aspect Ration Contact hole) 의 식각 특성이 plasma parameter 에 따라 어떻게 변하는지 확인해 보고자 한다. 산화물의 식각은 대표적인 high density plasma source 중의 하나인 ICP에서 진행하였으며 기존에 알려진 plasma parameter 에 더하여 자장의 인가가 산화물의 식각 특성에 어떠한 영향을 주는지 살펴보고자 전자석을 ICP 에 추가로 설치하여 실험을 진행하였다. 결과적으로, plasma parameter 에 따른 혹은 자장의 세기 변화에 따른 산화물의 식각 실험을 플라즈마 진단 실험과 병행하여 진행함으로써 다양한 인자에 따른 산화물의 식각 메커니즘을 정확하게 이해하고자 하였다. 실험 내용을 요약하면 다음과 같다. 먼저, 전자석의 전류 인가 조건에 따라 축 방향 혹은 반경 방향으로의 자장의 분포가 달라질 수 있음을 확인하였고 플라즈마 진단 결과 축 방향 혹은 반경 방향으로의 자장이 증가하였을 때 고밀도의 플라즈마가 형성될 수 있음은 물론 반경 방향으로의 플라즈마 밀도의 균일도가 향상됨을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 ICP 조건에서 바이어스 주파수, 압력, 바이어스 파워, 소스 파워, 가스 유량 등의 plasma parameter 가 산화물의 식각 특성에 미치는 영향 및 메커니즘을 규명하였고 이 과정을 통해 최적화된 프로파일을 바탕으로 축 방향 혹은 반경 방향으로 증가하는 자장을 인가하였을 때 (M-ICP 혹은 자화 유도 결합 플라즈마) ICP 대비 산화물의 식각 속도가 증가함은 물론 PR-to-oxide 의 선택비가 개선될 수 있음을 확인할 수 있었다. 자장의 인가에 따른 산화물의 정확한 식각 메커니즘은 향후의 실험 진행을 통해 이해하고 이를 통해 궁극적으로는 산화물의 식각 공정이 나아가야 할 올바른 방향을 제시하고자 한다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.38 no.2
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• pp.205-210
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• 2014

Recently, pattern recognition methods have been widely used by researchers for fault diagnoses of mechanical systems. A pattern recognition method determines the soundness of a mechanical system by detecting variations in the system's vibration characteristics. Hidden Markov models (HMMs) and artificial neural networks (ANNs) have recently been used as pattern recognition methods in various fields. In this study, a HMM-ANN hybrid method for the fault diagnosis of a mechanical system is introduced, and a rotating wind turbine blade with a crack is selected for fault diagnosis. The existence, location, and depth of said crack are identified in this research. For improving the diagnostic accuracy of the method in spite of the presence of noise, a moment with a few specific frequencies is applied to the structure.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.54-61
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• 2001

A software package to classify acoustic emission (AE) signals using the wavelet transform and the neural network was developed Both of the continuous and the discrete wavelet transforms are considered, and the error back-propagation neural network is adopted as m artificial neural network algorithm. The signals acquired during the 3-point bending test of specimens which have artificial defects on weld zone are used for the classification of the defects. Features are extracted from the time-frequency plane which is the result of the wavelet transform of signals, and the neural network classifier is tamed using the extracted features to classify the signals. It has been shown that the developed software package is useful to classify AE signals. The difference between the classification results by the continuous and the discrete wavelet transforms is also discussed.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.18 no.6
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• pp.445-454
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• 1998

In order to establish a technical concept for the detection of defects in weldments in thin steel plate, an experimental and theoretical investigation was carried out for artificial defects in a steel plate having a thickness of 2.4mm by using the guided wave technique. In particular the goal was to find the most effective testing parameters paying attention to the relationship between the excitation frequency by a tone burst system and various incident angles. It was found that the test conditions that worked best was for a frequency of 840kHz and an incident angle of 30 or 85 degrees, most of the defects were detected with these conditions. Also, it was clear that a guided wave mode generated under an incident angle of 30 degrees was a symmetric mode, So, and that of 85 degrees corresponded to an antisymmetric mode, Ao. By using the two modes, most of all of the defects could be detected. Furthermore, it was shown that the antisymmetric mode was more sensitive to defects near the surface than the symmetric mode. Theoretical predictions confirmed this sensitivity improvement with Ao for surface defects because of wave structure variation and energy concentration near the surface.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.205-211
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• 2003

Acoustic emission (AE) technique has been applied to not only mechanical property testing but also on-line monitoring of the el)tire structure or a limit zone only. Although several AE devices have already been developed for the on-line monitoring, the price of these systems is very high and it is difficult for the field to apply yet. In this study, wc developed a specially designed PC-based source location system using the A/D board. The source location technique is very important to identify the source, such as crack, leak detection. However, since the AE waveforms obtained from transducers are very difficult to distinguish the defect signals, therefore, it is necessary to consider the signal analyses of the transient waveform. Wavelet Transform (WT) is a powerful tool for processing transient signals with temporally varying spectra that helps to resolve high and low frequency transients components effectively In this study, the analyses of the AE signals are presented by employing the WT analyses. AE results are compared the PC-based source location system using A/D board with the commercial AE system.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.32 no.5
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• pp.469-483
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• 2012

The propagation characteristics of a mechanical wave in human soft tissue depend on its elastic properties. Investigation of these propagation characteristics is of paramount importance because it may enable us to diagnose cancer or tumor from the vibration response of the tissue. This paper investigates and compares displacement patterns generated in soft tissue due to several forms of low-frequency vibration sources placed on a surface. Among vibration sources considered are a normal load, tangential load, and antiplane shear load. We derive analytical expressions for displacements in viscoelastic single layers, and calculate displacement patterns in half space and infinite plate type tissue. Also, we simulate the vibration response of a finite-sized tissue using finite element method. The effects of the type of stress, the size and frequency of vibration sources, and medium boundaries on displacement patterns are discussed.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.178-189
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• 1995

In this pater, authors derive the state - space equiation about the patallel - type inverted pendulum which is adopted as control object, and constitute the control system by $H_\infty$control theory. The modeling error is unavoidably existed by linearization error, and so on. We regard this modeling error which is determined from the identification through frequency response as unstructured model uncertainty. An augmented state - space equiation with frequency weighting function is constructed for application of the $H_\infty$theory, and the mixed sensitivity problem is considered. The weighting functions are determined in consideration of the model uncertainty and the response of system in frequency region. The $H_\infty$controller is designed by using software package for controller design. From results of response simulation, the control system designed with $H_\infty$theory guarantees low sensitivity for disturbance as well as robustness against the model uncertainties.