• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.140-148
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• 2002

Anisotropic elastic constants of Zr-2.5Nb pressure tube materials were determined by a high temperature resonant ultrasound spectroscopy (RUS). The resonant frequencies were measured using alumina wave-guides and wide band ultrasonic transducers in a small furnace. The rectangular parallelepiped specimens were fabricated along with the axial, radial and circumferential direction of the pressure tube. A nine elastic stiffness tensor for orthotropic symmetry was determined in the range of room temperature ${\sim}500^{\circ}C$. As the temperature increases, the elastic constant tensor, cij gradually decreases. Higher elastic constants along the transverse direction compared to those along the axial or radial direction are similar to the case of Young's modulus or shear modulus. A crossing of shear elastic constants along axial direction and radial direction was observed near $150^{\circ}C$. This fact corresponds to the crossing of c44 and c66 of single crystal zirconium.

• Korean Journal of Bronchoesophagology
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.19-22
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• 2011

Endoscopic ultrasound in the diagnosis of esophageal carcinoma is an indispensable procedure, not only to discuss the preoperative staging of the lesion, but also to evaluate the therapeutic effect of chemo-radiation therapy. The recent increase in the incidence of superficial esophageal cancer and promising developments in potentially curative endoscopic therapies have placed EUS to a central position in decision making. Recent data have called into question the staging accuracy of EUS to distinguish mucosal from submucosal lesions, particularly in patients with early disease. In those cases, diagnostic endoscopic resection may be useful for staging and curative in superficial lesions. Nonetheless, EUS has been regarded as the most accurate staging tool and should be performed to identify potential candidates for endoscopic resection.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.11b
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• pp.72-73
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• 2008

최근 자동차 제조업과 조선산업 등에서는 용접구조물의 정밀 용접분야에 레이저-아크 하이브리드(Laser-Arc Hybrid) 용접기술 개발이 활발히 진행되고 있다. 이는 고속용접, 고밀도, 저열입량 등의 특징을 갖는 레이저 빔 용접과 저가, 넓은 GaP 연결능력 등의 특징을 갖는 기존의 아크 용접법의 장점을 결합하여, 양산시간을 단축하고, 생산비를 절감하며, 품질을 향상시키는데 목적이 있다. 이와 더불어 레이저-아크 하이브리드 용접부에 대한 검사 평가 기술에 대한 수요가 증가하고 있으며, 특히 박판(Thin Plate) 용접부의 비파피 검사 기술이 요구되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 자동차용 차체 모듈 생산 공정에서의 레이저-아크 하이브리드 용접부에 대한 초음파 비파괴 검사를 수행하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.225-233
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• 1997

This study is performed to establish a non-destructive evaluation method for metal matrix composite using ultrasonic technique. The specimen is made of SiC/AC8A metal matrix composite by squeeze-casting method. Three kinds or reinforced particles are prepared as 4.86, 8.09 and $11.44{\mu}m$ to investigate the effect of size on the mechanical and ultrasonic properties of metal matrix composite. In addition, four different volume fractions (14, 22.5, 27.5, 35%) of reinforced particles are prepared per each size to examine the effect of volume fraction on the ultrasonic properties. From this specimen, the availability and precision of measurement of Young's modulus are examined and the evaluation method for microstructure of metar matrix composite using the speed of sound and attenuation factor is also reviewed. The results show that the Young's modulus measured by ultrasonic method is as effective as that measured by mechanical method. It is also known that the size and volume fraction of reinforced fiber are precisely evaluated using the speed of sound and attenuation factor.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.138-149
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• 2000

Various modeling techniques for ultrasonic wave propagation and scattering problems in finite solid media are presented. Elastodynamic boundary value problems in inhomogeneous multi-layered plate-like structures are set up for modal analysis of guided wave propagation and numerically solved to obtain dispersion curves which show propagation characteristics of guided waves. As a powerful modeling tool to overcome such numerical difficulties in wave scattering problems as the geometrical complexity and mode conversion, the Boundary Element Method(BEM) is introduced and is combined with the normal mode expansion technique to develop the hybrid BEM, an efficient technique for modeling multi mode conversion of guided wave scattering problems. Time dependent wave forms are obtained through the inverse Fourier transformation of the numerical solutions in the frequency domain. 3D BEM program development is underway to model more practical ultrasonic wave signals. Some encouraging numerical results have recently been obtained in comparison with the analytical solutions for wave propagation in a bar subjected to time harmonic longitudinal excitation. It is expected that the presented modeling techniques for elastic wave propagation and scattering can be applied to establish quantitative nondestructive evaluation techniques in various ways.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.36 no.4
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• pp.266-272
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• 2016

This paper presents the investigation of the propagation behavior of bulk longitudinal waves generated by an ultrafast laser system in thin films. A train of femtosecond laser pulses was focused onto the surface of a 150-nm thick metallic (chromium or aluminum) film on a silicon substrate to excite elastic waves, and the change in thermoreflectance at the spot was monitored to detect the arrival of echoes from the film/substrate interface. The experimental results show that the film material characteristics such as the wave velocity and Young's modulus can be evaluated through curve-fitting in numerical solutions. The material properties of nanoscale thin films are difficult to measure using conventional techniques. Therefore, this research provides an effective method for the nondestructive characterization of nanomaterials.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.425-433
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• 2001

A correlation between fatigue damage and acousto-ultrasonic (AU) parameters has been obtained from signals acquired during fatigue loading of the single-lap joints of a carbon-fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) laminates and A16061 plate. The correlation showed an analogy to those representing the stiffness reduction $(E/E_0)$ of polymer matrix composites by the accumulation of fatigue damage. This has been attributed to the transmission characteristics of acoustic wave energy through bonded joints with delamination-type defects and their influence on the change of spectral content of AU signals. Another correlation between fatigue cycles and the spectral magnitude of acoustic emission (AE) signals has also been found during the final stage of fatigue loading. Both AU and AE can be applied almost in real-time to monitor the evolution of damage during fatigue loading.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.32 no.5
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• pp.484-493
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• 2012

Since the 1980s, there have been many research activities devoted to quantitatively characterizing and imaging human tissues based on sound speed, attenuation coefficient, density, nonlinear B/A parameter, etc., but those efforts have not yet reached the stage of commercialization. However, a new imaging technology termed elastography, which was proposed in the early 1980s, has recently been implemented in commercial clinical ultrasound scanners, and is now being used to diagnose prostates, breasts, thyroids, livers, blood vessels, etc., more quantitatively as a complementary adjunct modality to the conventional B-mode imaging. The purpose of this article is to introduce and review various elastographic algorithms for use in quasistatic or static compression type elasticity imaging modes. Most of the algorithms are based on the crosscorrelation or autocorrelation function methods, and the fundamental difference is that the time shift is estimated by changing the lag variable in the former, while it is directly obtained from the phase shift at a fixed lag in the latter.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2003.06a
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• pp.1345-1348
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• 2003

The Ferrule for the Optical Communication Connector is the product to set the optical ares of an optical fiber very precisely. Therefore, it is required high expectations such as high dimensional precision and new including flaws. Up to new the optical instrument has been used for the defeat and shape inspection of the ferrule, but in the paper we examined the detectable defeat and expectation by using Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy(RUS). The RUS is the measurement which is to excite specimen and to inspect the difference at natural frequency pattern between acceptable specimen and specimen which has some defeats. We analyzed the difference of natural frequency pattern in the experiment using Spectrum Analyzer. And we compared the results in the experiment with those in the simulation from the explicit finite elements code, Nastran.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.14 no.8
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• pp.49-56
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• 1997

In recent years, ultrasonic technics has been widely applied to industrial fields and its application range has been expanded as a result of continuous research and development. This paper is concerned with development of post-processor program for ultrasonic test and two-axis automatic ultrasonic system for application of industrial fields. Test results of ultrasonic test post-processor program and two-axis auto- matic ultrasonic system have a good agreement with results of ultrasonic evaluation for defect detection in industrial fields. Therefore we think that the developed ultrasonic test post-processor program and two- axis automatic ultrasonic system in this work is very useful for application of industrial fields.