• International Journal of Railway
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• 제1권4호
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• pp.149-156
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• 2008

During maintenance or construction works in or at the tracks of railways, high risks for passengers and railway staff, especially for the workers on the construction site exist. The high risks result out of the movement of rail vehicles, like trains or construction vehicles, which must be faced by using any available technical and operational technologies for securing them against the environment. Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate the level of protection continuously and to identify new and innovative methods and technologies for the protection of the gang (construction worker, machines and material). Especially on construction sites at line sections with two or more parallel tracks but also with single tracks, there are still a lot of incidents and accidents mostly with seriously injured persons or fatalities. These were mainly gang members that breach the railway-loading gage. By using proper warning or protection systems, the avoidance of such accidents must be achieved. The latest developments. in gang protection systems concern on the one hand fixed barriers in the middle between the construction site and the operated track and on the other hand construction vehicles equipped with automatic warning systems. The disadvantage of such protection methods is that the gang can be warned against an approaching train but a monitoring of the gang members cannot be performed. Only one part of a potential dangerous situation will be detected. If the gang members will overhear the acoustic warning signal of the security staff and the workers will not leave the danger zone in the track, the driver of the approaching train had no chance to react to the dangerous situation. An accident is often inevitable. While the detection of acoustic warning signals by the gang members working on a construction site is very difficult, the acoustical planning of an automatic warning system has to be designed for an acoustic short range level of one meter besides the construction vehicle. The decision about the use of today's technical warning system (fixed systems, automatic warning systems, etc.) must be geared to the technical feasibility and the level of safety which is needed. Criteria for decision guidance to block a track should be developed by danger estimation and economical variables. To realize the actual jurisdiction and to minimize the hazards of railway operations by the use of construction vehicles near the tracks further developments are needed. This means, that the warning systems have to be enhanced to systems for protection, which monitor the realization of the warning signal as a precondition for giving a movement authority to a train. This method can protect against accidents caused by predictable wrongdoing. The actual state of the art technique of using a collective warning combined with additional security staff is no longer acceptable. Therefore, the Institute of Transportation System of the German Aerospace Center in Braunschweig (Germany) will develop a gang warning and protection system based upon imaging methods, with optical sensors such as video in visible and invisible ranges, radar, laser, and other. The advantage of such a system based on the possibility to monitor both the gang itself and the railway-loading gauge either of the parallel track or of the same track still in use. By monitoring both situations, the system will be able to generate a warning message for the approaching train, that there are obstacles in the track, so that the train can be stopped to prevent an accident. And also the gang workers will be warned, while they breach their area.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.243-249
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• 2023

함정 추진기에서 발생하는 캐비테이션은 함의 생존성과 직결되어 있으며, 생존성 향상을 위해 추진기 캐비테이션 초생이 지연되는 추진기 형상을 요구하고 있다. 그러나 한번 함정이 건조되고 나면 다양한 운용 조건에서 캐비테이션이 발생할 수 있어, 설계 뿐만 아니라 운용 시에도 추진기 캐비테이션 발생 여부를 알 수 있어야 한다. 이를 위해 선내에서 계측한 신호를 이용한 캐비테이션 발생 여부 판단이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 추진기 상방 선체에 하이드로폰과 가속도계를 설치하여 추진기에서 발생하는 음향/진동 신호의 상관관계와 각 센서를 이용한 캐비테이션 초생 분석 성능에 대해 비교를 수행하였다. 캐비테이션 발생을 시각적으로 파악하기 위하여 선미부에 관측창을 설치하여 고속카메라 계측을 수행하였다. 계측 결과 음향과 진동 신호 간 스펙트럼 형상은 다르게 나타났으나, 선속에 따른 밴드별 레벨 증가분, 1 kHz ~ 10 kHz 대역의 전체 레벨 등은 비슷한 경향을 나타냈다. Detction of Envelope Modulation On Noise(DEMON) 분석에서도 음향과 진동신호 모두 비슷한 결과를 보여주었으며, 이를 통해 추진기 캐비테이션 발생분석에는 하이드로폰과 가속도계 모두 활용할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.54-59
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• 2014

본 논문은 비정상 (nonstationary)특성을 가지는 잡음환경에서 마이크간 전달함수 비 (RTF, Relative Transfer Function) 추정 알고리즘을 제안한다. 음성을 이용한 다양한 기기에 다중 마이크를 이용한 잡음제거 기술은 널리 사용되며, 이때 각 마이크간의 입력 신호 사이의 관계는 필수적으로 추정되어야 한다. 본 논문에서는 기존의 OM-LSA(Optimally-Modified Log-Spectral Amplitude)기반의 추정 방식에 CASA (Computational Auditory Scene Analysis)를 접목시킨 방식을 제안한다. 제안한 방법의 성능 검증을 위하여 비정상 백색 잡음 (nonstationary white Gaussian noise) 환경에서 10명 화자 발음을 이용한 마이크간 전달함수 비 추정 성능 평가 실험을 수행하였다. 잡음 신호가 초당 8dB 증감하는 환경에서 SBF (Signal Blocking Factor)가 평균 2.65dB 개선됨을 확인하였다.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.100-107
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• 2017

초점 MVDR(Minimum Variance Distortionless Response) 빔 형성은 근접장에서 표적의 위치를 추정하는데 적용될 수 있다. 하지만 배열을 구성하는 센서의 수가 많아질수록 공분산 행렬의 역행렬을 구하는데 많은 계산량을 필요로 한다. 본 논문에서는 부 배열의 원거리 빔 형성기 출력들로부터 빔 공간을 형성하고 이를 이용하여 초점 MVDR 빔 형성을 수행하는 방식을 제안하였다. 제안된 방법의 성능을 분석하기 위하여 모의실험을 수행하였다. 모의실험 결과, 제안된 방법의 공간 분해능이 기존의 지연 합 빔 형성기를 이용한 경우 보다 높게 나타났다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2016년도 제50회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.146-146
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• 2016

Zinc Oxide (ZnO) was known as a promising material for surface acoustic wave devices, gas sensors, optical devices and solar cells due to piezoelectric material, large band gap of 3.37 eV and large exciton binding energy of 60 meV at room temperature. In particular, the alignment of ZnO nanostructures into ordered nanoarrays can bring about improved sensitivity of devices due to widen the surface area to catch a lot of gas particle. Oxygen plasma treatment is used to specify the nucleation site of round patterned ZnO nanorods growth. Therefore ZnO nanorods were grown on a quartz substrate with patterned polystyrene monolayer by hydrothermal method after oxygen plasma treatment. And then, we carried out nanostructures by adjusting the diameter of the arranged ZnO nanorods according to polystyrene spheres of various sizes. The obtained ZnO nanostructures was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM).

• 센서학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.16-23
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• 1999

수중에서 초음파변환자가 이동하면서 정지하고 있는 물체를 탐지하는 경우, 도플러(Doppler)효과에 의해 생기는 반사파의 주파수 편이 때문에 수신감도가 저하하게 된다. 이를 막기 위한 방법으로 본 연구에서는 기존의 주파수 가변형 초음파변환자의 기계임피던스 가변용 압전층에 새로이 설계 제작한 유속감지형 가변콘덴서를 부착함으로써, 변환자의 이동속도에 따라 공진주파수가 자동적으로 추종하는 수중 초음파변환자를 제안하고, 그 특성을 조사하였다. 그 결과, $1{\sim}10^m/_s$의 속도범위에서 이론 계산치와 실험치는 비교적 좋은 일치를 나타내어, 도플러 효과에 의한 수신감도의 저하를 막을 수 있음이 확인되었다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2009년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.252-252
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• 2009

In this work, the nanocrystalline ZnO/polycrystalline (poly) aluminum nitride (AlN)/Si structure was fabricated for humidity sensor applications based on surface acoustic wave (SAW). In this structure, the ZnO film was used as sensing material layer. These ZnO and AlN(0002) were deposited by so-gel process and a pulse reactive magnetron sputtering, respectively. These experimental results showed that the obtained SAW velocity on AlN film was about 5128 m/s at $h/\lambda$=0.0125 (h and $\lambda$ is thickness and wavelength, respectively). For ZnO sensing layers coated on AlN, films have hexagonal wurtzite structure and nanometer particle size. The crystalline size of ZnO films annealed at 400, 500, and 600 $^{\circ}C$ is 10.2, 29.1, and 38 nm, respectively. Surface of the film exhibits spongy which can adsorb steam in the air. The best quality of the ZnO film was obtained with annealing temperature at 500 $^{\circ}Cis$. The change in frequency response (127.9~127.85 MHz) of the SAW humidity sensor based on ZnO/AlN structure was measured along the change in humidity (41~69%). The structural properties of thin films wereinvestigated by XRD and SEM.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.13-19
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• 2004

A system for detecting underwater target demands a high operational reliability because of the difficulty of maintenance and repair when the system has a few troubles during long operating period. Therefore, in this paper, we have proposed a signal transport system with a high reliability in an underwater sensor array system composed of magnetic and acoustic sensors. In this system, the nodes for signal transport are connected dually each other with single-hop construction and a magnetic sensor is connected to a couple of neighboring nodes. This enables the output signal to transport from a node to the next node and the next but one node. Also, the signal from a magnetic sensor can be transported to two nodes at the same time. Thus, the system with this construction makes possible to transport sensor data to another node which works normally when a transport node or cable have some faults and will operate normally although it happens some problems in a few signal transport nodes and connection cables.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.59-65
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• 2011

In structural health monitoring (SHM) using electro-mechanical impedance signatures, it is a critical issue for extremely large structures to extract the best damage diagnosis results, while minimizing unknown environmental effects, including temperature, humidity, and acoustic vibration. If the impedance signatures fluctuate because of these factors, these fluctuations should be eliminated because they might hide the characteristics of the host structural damages. This paper presents a long-term SHM technique under an unknown noisy environment for tidal current power plant structures. The obtained impedance signatures contained significant variations during the measurements, especially in the audio frequency range. To eliminate these variations, a continuous principal component analysis was applied, and the results were compared with the conventional approach using the RMSD (Root Mean Square Deviation) and CC (Cross-correlation Coefficient) damage indices. Finally, it was found that this approach could be effectively used for long-term SHM in noisy environments.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.132-137
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• 2018

Ultrasonic waves are used in various applications in multiple devices, sensors, and high-power machinery, such as processing machines, welders, and cleaners, because the acoustic vibration frequencies are above the human audible frequency range. In ultrasonic machining, electrical energy at a high frequency of 20 kHz or more is converted into mechanical vibration by a vibrator and an amplifier. This technique allows instantaneous separation between a tool and a workpiece during machining, machining by pulse impulse force at the time of re-contact and minimizes the minute elastic deformations of the workpiece and machine tools due to the cutting effect. The Al7075 alloy used in this study is a typical aluminum alloy with superior strength that is mainly used in aircrafts, automobiles, and sporting goods. To investigate the optimal conditions for machining aluminum alloy using ultrasonic vibration, the present experiment utilized the Taguchi orthogonal array method, and the coefficient of friction was analyzed using the characteristics of the Taguchi technique. In ultrasonic friction and abrasion tests, the changes in the friction coefficient were measured in the absence of ultrasonic vibrations and at 28 kHz and 40 kHz. As a result, the most considerable influence on the friction coefficient was found to be the normal load, and the frequency of ultrasonic vibrations increases, the coefficient of friction increases. It was thus confirmed that the amount of wear increases when ultrasonic vibration is applied.