• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.130-137
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• 2000

Ultrasonic technique which is one of the most common and reliable nondestructive evaluation techniques has been applied to evaluate the integrity of structures by analyzing the characteristics of signal scattered from internal defects. Therefore, the numerical analysis of the ultrasonic scattered field is absolutely necessary for the accurate and quantitative estimation of internal defects. Various modeling techniques now play an important role in nondestructive evaluation and have been employed to solve elastic wave scattering problems. Because the elastodynamic boundary element method is useful to analyze the scattered field in infinite media. it has been used to calculate the ultrasonic wavefields scattered from internal defects. In this study, a review of the boundary element method used for elastic wave scattering problems is presented and, as examples of the boundary element method, the scattered fields due to a circular cavity subjected to incident SH-wave and due to a surface-breaking crack subjected to incident Rayleigh wave are illustrated.

• Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.227-234
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• 2010

Purpose: The cleaning effect of protein deposit and the change of contact lens parameters by ultrasonic cleaner for eye glasses on the soft contact lenses were investigated. Methods: Etafilcon A contact lenses contaminated with protein, was ultrasonicated by ultrasonic cleaner for eye glasses and for the control group, spoiled contact lenses were cleaned by multi-purpose solution. The remaining protein deposits on the contact lenses were determined after extraction and the changes of overall diameter, base curve, center thickness power, and water contents on contact lenses were measured and surfaces of contact lenses were observed by scanning electron microscope. Results: The cleaning efficacies of multi-purpose solution on protein deposited etafilcon A contact lenses were 6.08%, and 23.73~33.92% in the group of ultrasonic cleaner for eye glasses with multi-purpose solution and 0~12.99% in the group of ultrasonic clear for contact lens with multipurpose solution depending on the treatment time. The changes of parameters and surface on contact lenses by ultrasonication were not observed. Conclusions: Ultrasonic cleaner for eye glasses can be used to eliminate protein deposits for the diagnostic soft contact lens in the office since it was effective to eliminate protein deposits and not caused change of parameters on soft contact lenses.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.420-425
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• 1999

Time of flight diffraction(TOFD) method is used in nondestructive tests of piping and pressure vessels because of its advantages over a pulse echo technique: its speed, objectivity, repeatability and its insensitivity to specimen surface conditions and discontinuity orientation. But it is the one of weak points in TOFD method that it has the dead zone in sub-surface resolution induced by lateral waves. We solved the dead-zone problem near the sub-surface by using the deconvolution method and the developed ultrasonic testing system showed high performance.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.103-109
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• 2005

Fiber reinforced plastic material should be inspected in fabrication process in order to enhance quality by prevent defects such as delamination and void. Generally, ultrasonic technique is widely used to evaluate FRP. In conventional ultrasonic techniques, transducer should be contacted on FRP. However, conventional contacting method could not be applied in fabrication process and novel non-contact evaluating technique was required. Laser-based ultrasonic technique was tried to evaluate CFRP plate. Laser-based ultrasonic waves propagated on CFRP were received with various transducers such as accelerometer and AE sensor in order to evaluate the properties of waves due to the variation of frequency. Velocities of laser-based ultrasonic waves were evaluated for various fiber orientation. In addition, laser interferometry was used to receive ultrasonic wave in CFRP and frequency was analysed.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.26 no.5
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• pp.291-296
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• 2006

The residual stress in shot-peened Al 7075 alloy was evaluated using surface acoustic wave (SAW). Shot peening was conducted to produce a variation in the residual stress with the depth below the surface under a shot velocity of 30 m/s. The SAW velocity was measured from the V(z) curve using a scanning acoustic microscopy (SAM). The Vickers hardness profile from the surface showed a significant work hardening near the surface layer with a thickness of about 0.25 mm. As the residual stress became more compressive, the SAW velocity increased, whereas as the residual stress became more tensile, the SAW velocity decreased. The variation in the SAW velocity through the shot peened surface layer was in good agreement with the distribution of the residual stress measured by X-ray diffraction technique.

• Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.55-60
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• 2009

Porous silicon film is fabricated by electrochemical etching in a chemical mixture of HF and ethanol. Effects of Si type, Si resistivity, ultrasonic frequency, current density and etching time on surface morphology of PS film were studied. Electrochemical etching in ultrasonic bath promotes the uniformity of porous layer of Si. Frequency of ultrasonic was increased from 40 kHz to 130 kHz to obtain uniform pores on the Si surface. When current density was higher, the sizes of pores were larger. The new etching cell using back contact metal and current shield help to overcome nonhomogeneity and current crowding effect, and then leads to fabricate uniform pores on the Si surface. The distribution of pore size shows no notable tendency with etching time.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.30 no.5
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• pp.437-443
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• 2010

In recent years, as nano scale structured thin film technology has emerged in various fields such as the materials, biomedical and acoustic sciences, the quantitative nondestructive adhesion evaluation of thin film interfaces using ultra high frequency scanning acoustic microscopy(SAM) has become an important issue in terms of the longevity and durability of thin film devices. In this study, an effective technique for investigating the interfaces of nano scale structured thin film systems is described, based on the focusing of ultrasonic waves, the generation of leaky surface acoustic waves(LSAWs), V(z) curve simulation and ultra high frequency acoustical imaging_ Computer simulations of the V(z) curve were performed to estimate the sensitivity of detection of micro flaws(i.e., delamination) in a thin film system. Finally, experiments were conducted to confirm that a SAM system operating at a frequency of 1 GHz can be useful to visualize the micro flaws in nano structured thin film systems.

• Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT)
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• v.3 no.4
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• pp.293-300
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• 2005

Ultrasonic decontamination of the type 304 stainless steel specimen loosely contaminated with $Eu_2O_3$ powders was investigated. Decontamination factors (DFs) by the three kinds of ultrasonic media such as water, pure PFC (Pefluorocarbon, $C_7F_{16}$) and a mixed solution of $99.9\;vol\%\;PFC\;and\;0.1\;vol\%$ anionic surfactant were determined. The determined DF values were 20, 50 and 200, respectively. This significant difference in the decontamination factors for the different decontamination solution was well explained by the surface tension of the media as well as the interaction between the positively charged surface of $Eu_2O_3$ powders and the anionic surfactant. Ultrasonic decontamination behavior of the loosely contaminated metal specimens such as plate, pipe, welding specimen and crevice specimen in the mixed solution of PFC and anionic surfactant was also investigated. The contaminants were completely removed for the tested specimens except for the longest specimen. For 6-cm long pipe specimen, however, $98.5\%$ of the contaminants were removed.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.424-424
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• 2022

홍수기 유량측정시 안전성을 이유로 비접촉식인 전자파 표면유속계의 활용도가 증가하고 있다. 전자파 표면유속계는 기존의 수심에 따라 유속을 측정하는 방법과 달리 표면유속을 대표유속으로 측정하는 장비로 평균유속을 산정하기 위해서는 환산 보정계수를 산정하여 유속을 보정해야 한다. 국제표준화기구(ISO 748)에 따르면 표면유속 측정 시 보정계수는 0.84~0.90으로 권장하고 있으며 국내에서는 통상적으로 표면유속 측정시에는 0.85를 일괄 적용하고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 초음파 유속계인 ADCP(Acoustic Doppler Current Profile)로 측정된 평균유속 자료를 활용하여 전자파 표면유속계에서 측정된 표면유속 자료와 비교 검토하였고, 검토된 자료를 이용하여 대상지점의 수리특성을 반영한 보정계수를 산정하였다. 이러한 결과는 하천에서 전자파 표면유속계를 이용할 경우 평균유속 환산 보정계수를 산정하는데 큰 도움이 될 것으로 판단된다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1999.11c
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• pp.667-669
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• 1999

본 논문에서는 CREEP 알고리즘을 사용한 자율 이동 로봇의 경로계획과 이를 바탕으로 한 실제 하드웨어 구현에 관하여 다루었다. 로봇이 알지 못하는 지역을 진행하게 될 때 주변의 위치를 파악하기 위해서는 센서를 필요로 하는데 여기에는 초음파 센서를 사용하였다. 초음파 센서는 주변에 장애물과 로봇사이의 거리를 알아내는데 사용할 수 있다. 또한 다른 종류의 센서들보다 간단히 설치하여 사용할 수 있다. 초음파 센서는 장애물의 형태와 표면상태에 따라서 또는 장애물과 센서와의 거리와 각도에 따른 오차가 생기는 데 이를 보정하고 이 값을 이용하여 로봇의 운행을 위한 지도를 작성하였다. 작성된 지도에 의해서 컴퓨터에서 경로를 결정하여 로봇에 전달함으로서 실제 로봇이 목표를 향해 진행하게 하였다.