• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.39 no.2
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• pp.98-104
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• 2020

A method to reduce the Contraction and Expansion (CE) noise occurred in an air conditioner is investigated. The noise is measured during the cooling and heating phases in a temperature and humidity chamber to identify the generating phenomenon of CE noise of the air conditioner and the decomposition method is used to estimate its occurrence location. The CE noise of an air conditioner is known to be caused by a stick-slip phenomenon generated by joints of parts connected to the lower decor. Thus a friction experiment was conducted to investigate noise inducing factors. Also, this study established evaluation criteria to effectively analyze the results from friction experiments. Experimental results indicate that increasing surface roughness on both sides of joints is effective. Accordingly, the effect of increased surface roughness on joints of upper and lower decor of air conditioners is evaluated to see its feasibility in a temperature and humidity chamber.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.41 no.4
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• pp.389-396
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• 2022

This paper aims to identify the causes and mechanisms of contraction-expansion noise in refrigerators and proposes noise reduction methods. Contraction-expansion noise generated in refrigerators is mainly due to stick-slip phenomenon occurring on the contact surface between inner parts. Friction experiments were conducted to identify the factors causing the stick-slip phenomenon. Furthermore, the vibration level of the internal components was measured to determine the characteristics and location of the contraction-expansion noise. Based on the experimental results, experiments have been conducted to verify the noise characteristics for each factor. From this, it was confirmed that the friction experiment and the refrigerator contraction-expansion noise generation location and frequency were the same. The vibration level also increased as the vertical force was increased due to load loading. Also, it was confirmed that the contraction-expansion noise was reduced when the surface roughness was increased. Therefore, it was concluded that increasing the surface roughness of the contact surface in the same way as the results of the friction experiment was the method of reducing contraction-expansion noise.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• autumn
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• pp.215-218
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• 2004

제품 발생 소음의 음질 (sound qualify)에 대한 관심이 높아지면서, 음질 제어가 제품 경쟁력 향상에 중요한 고려 요소가 되었다. 이러한 음질에 대한 객관적인 분석을 위하여 다수의 상용 프로그램이 개발되고 있지만 라우드니스 (loudness)를 제외한 음질인자 (sound quality metrics)들은 아직 표준화 작업이 이루어지지 않았기 때문에 프로그램에 따라 차이가 발생하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 음질 분석을 위한 4 개의 상용 프로그램을 이용하여 일정 신호의 라우드니스, 샤프니스 (sharpness), 러프니스(roughness), 변동강도 (fluctuation strength)를 계산하고, 그 결과를 비교, 분석하였고, 이미 표준화 된 라우드니스를 포함한 음질인자들의 계산 결과는 프로그램에 따라 무시할 수 없는 차이가 나타남을 확인하였다. 이는 제품의 음질 평가 시 사용된 분석 프로그램 따라 그 결과가 다를 수 있음을 의미한다. 본 연구를 통해서 얻은 결과는 향후 음질 인자의 표준화 및 음질 지수 개발에 중요한 자료로 사용 될 수 있다.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.11-16
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• 1986

지금까지 알려진 여러 가지 음성부호화 방식들 중 4.8에서 9.6kbits/s 사이의 전송속도에서 제일 좋은 성능을 갖는 것은 Residual-Excited linear prediction 방식이다. RELP 부호화 방식은 전송속도가 낮을 때 합성음이 거칠거나 금속성의 잡음을 갖는 단점이 있다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 단점을 보완하여 음질을 개선하는 세가지의 방법들을 제안하며, 그들은 다음과 같다. 첫째는 여러개의 baseband를 이용한 spectral folding 방법이고, 둘째는 spectral folding 방법과 pulsed excitation 방법을 조합한 방법이며, 마 지막 방법은 여러개의 baseband를 사용한 spectral folding 방법과 pulsed excitation 방법을 조합한 방법 이다. 이 방법들을 사용하여 RELP vocoder의 음질을 많이 개선할 수 있으며, 9.6kbits/s 근처의 전송속 도에서 사용하기 위한 첫 번째 방법과 세 번째 방법은 spectral fording 이나 nonlinear distortion 방법 에서 문제가 되는 roughness 나 tonal noise를 거의 인지 할 수 없으며, 세 번째 방법이 첫 번째 방법보 다 우수하다. 두 번째 방법은 4.8 kbits/s 근처의 전송속도에 적합하며, 기존의 RELP 방식들에 비해 많 은 음질향상을 가져왔다. 제안한 세가지 방법들을 같은 조건에서 비교할 때 세 번째 방법이 가장 우수 하며, 이 경우 합성음은 원음과 거의 흡사하다.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• spring
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• pp.451-454
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• 2002

HYREV (Hanyang univ. Reverberation model)은 천해에서 적용 가능한 고주파 단상태 잔향음 모델이다. 천해에서 발생하는 잔향음은 외해에 비해 경계면 산란 영향이 크기 때문에 경계면 산란 영향을 정확히 포함한 잔향음 모델 개발이 필요하다. 본 모델에서는 고유음선(eigenray) 계산을 통하여 음원과 산란체까지의 도달시간과 전달손실을 계산 하였으며 경계면 산란 예측은 복합 거칠기(composite roughness) 모델을 이용하였다. 모델의 검증을 위하여 GSM(generic sonar model) 잔향음 모의 신호 및 실측 잔향음 신호와 비교하였으며 비교 결과 GSM 보다 HYREV 모델이 천해 잔향음 예측에 적합함을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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• v.55 no.1
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• pp.39-49
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• 2019

Acoustics are increasingly regarded as a remote-sensing tool that provides the basis for classifying and mapping ocean resources including seabed classification. It has long been understood that details about the character of the seabed (roughness, sediment type, grain-size distribution, porosity, and material density) are embedded in the acoustical echoes from the seabed. This study developed a sophisticated yet easy-to-use technique to discriminate seabed characteristics using a split beam echosounder. Acoustic survey was conducted in Tongyeong waters, South Korea in June 2018, and the verification of acoustic seabed classification was made by the Van Veen grab sampler. The acoustic scattering signals extracted the seabed hardness and roughness components as well as various seabed features. The seabed features were selected using the principal component analysis, and the seabed classification was performed by the K-means clustering. As a result, three seabed types such as sand, mud, and shell were discriminated. This preliminary study presented feasible application of a sounder to classify the seabed substrates. It can be further developed for characterizing marine habitats on a variety of spatial scales and studying the ecological characteristic of fishes near the habitats.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.22 no.8
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• pp.652-659
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• 2003

High-frequency(40∼120 kHz) reflection loss measurements on the water-sandy sediment with a flat interface were conducted in a water tank for various grazing angles. The water tank(5×5×5 m) was filled with a 0.5 m-thick-flat bottom of 0.5ø-mean-grain-size sand. Reflection losses, which were experimentally obtained as a function of grazing angle and frequency, were compared with the forward loss model, APL-UW model (Mourad & Jackson, 1989). For frequencies below 60 kHz, the observed losses well agree with the reflection loss model, however, in cases for frequencies above 70 kHz, the observed losses are greater by 2∼3 dB than the model results. The model calculation, which does not fully account for the vertical scale of roughness due to grain size, produce less bottom losses compared to the observations that correspond to large roughness based on the Rayleigh parameter in the wave scattering theory. In conclusion, for the same grain-size-sediment, as frequencies increase, the grainsize becomes the scale of roughness that could be very large for the frequencies above 70 kHz. Therefore, although the sea bottom was flat, we have to consider the frequency dependence of an effect of roughness within confidential interval of grain size distribution in reflection loss model.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.40 no.1
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• pp.1-9
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• 2021

High-frequency bistatic sea surface scattering channels according to sea state were measured at an experimental site of Geoje bay in April 2020, and compared with predictions based on scattering theory. A linear frequency-modulated signal with a center frequency of 128 kHz and a bandwidth of 32 kHz was used for the acoustic measurements. Sea surface wavenumber spectrum was calculated from surface roughness data measured by a wave buoy, and bistatic scattering cross-section of Small Slope Approximation (SSA) based on the wavenumber spectrum was estimated. In addition, scattering from near-surface bubbles using wind speed measured during experiments was considered. Surface scattering channel intensity impulse responses were simulated using the scattering cross-section and the simulation results were compared and analyzed with the field data.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.81-86
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• 2001

126-kHz bistatic sea surface scattering measurements were conducted in the shallow waters off the east coasts of Korea. The range from source to receiver was altered to change the scattering angle at the grazing angles of 38％ and 52％ . Unlike bottom scattering signal, the arrival time and the amplitude of sea surface scattering signals were varied due to the fluctuation of sea surface. The measured forward scattering strengths were compared to model predictions of Kirchhoff approximation and small slope approximation. In overall, the tendency of the scattering strengths showed reasonable agreement among the experimental data, Kirchhoff approximation, and small slope approximation.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.51-53
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• 2005

Considerable noise is sometimes associated with degeneration of the hee joint surface. Such noise may indicate roughness or softening of the cartilage surfaces, and may be a useful index for early disease. In this study, we have evaluated arthritic pathology using the acoustical analysis of knee joint sounds. During sitting and standing periods, subjects' active knee flexion and extension were monitored. Fundamental frequency, mean amplitude of pitch, jitter and shimmer were analyzed according to the position and the joint angle. The result showed that the fundamental frequency of the 2nd patient group and standing position was higher than the others, and that the pitch of sounds changed unstably. These results suggest that an analysis of knee joint sound might assist non-invasive diagnosis of an articular pathology.