• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.86-91
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• 2012

A multi purpose environmental monitoring system has been developed as a commercially available standard using the techniques which are FBG(Fiber Bragg Grating), Hetero-core spliced fiber optic sensor and etc, for the purposes of monitoring large scaled structures and preserving natural environments. The monitoring system has been tested and evaluated in a possible outdoor condition in view of the full scaled operation at actual sites to be monitored. Additionally, the developed systems in the previous works conveniently provided us with various options of sensor modules intended for monitoring such physical quantities as displacement, distortion, pressure, binary states, and liquid adhesion. In this paper, we extend the previous results to a water leakage detection problem and develop a sensing system as a result. By the experimental study, it is verified that multi-point leakage detection is possible using single line optical fiber.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제16권12호
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• pp.1279-1285
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• 2006

In this study, structural deformation estimation using displacement-strain relationship is investigated. When displacements of a structure cannot be measured directly, estimation of displacements using strain data can be an alternative solution. Additionally, the deformation of the whole structure as well as the displacement at the point of interest can be estimated. Strain signals are obtained front Fiber Bragg Grating(FBG) sensors that have an excellent multiplexing ability. Some experiments were performed on two beams and a plate to which FBG sensors were attached in the laboratory. Strain signals from FBG sensors along a single strand of optical fiber were obtained through wavelength division multiplexing(WDM) method. The beams and the plate structures were subjected to various loading conditions, and deformed shapes were reconstructed from the displacement-strain transformation relationship. The results show good agreements with those measured directly from laser sensors. Moreover, the whole structural shapes of the beams and the plate were estimated using only some strain sensors.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제28권4A호
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• pp.507-515
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• 2008

본 연구에서는 모드분해기법을 이용한 변형률신호로부터 변위응답추정 방법을 개발하였다. 일반적으로 교량의 안정성평가는 완공 후에 초점이 맞추어져 있다. 하지만 가설 중에도 풍하중과 지진하중과 같은 동적하중에 노출되어 있으며, 이런 동적하중에 대한 안정성을 검토하기 위해 교량의 안정성 평가에 있어 중요한 인자인 변위를 추정하는 것이 중요하다. 그러나 건설현장에서의 적절한 변위측정 방법의 부재로 인하여 대형구조물의 전체적인 변위를 측정할 수 없는 것이 현실이다. 본 연구에서는 간접적으로 변위를 추정하는 방법인 변형률로 변위를 추정하는 방법을 제시하였으며, 광섬유 브래그 격자 센서(fiber optic Bragg-grating sensor)를 사용하여 변형률을 계측하였다. 기존에도 FBG센서를 이용한 변위추정 방법이 있었으며 기존의 방법으로는 정적하중에 대한 변위추정은 가능하였으나 고차 모드의 변형률신호와 노이즈의 영향 때문에 동적하중에 대한 변위추정은 많은 오차가 발생하여 정확한 변위추정이 어려웠다. 이런 오차를 줄이는 방법으로 모드분해기법을 사용하였다. 모드분해기법은 변형률신호로부터 proper orthogonal decomposition(POD)을 이용하여 추정한 모드형상과 empirical mode decomposition(EMD)을 이용하여 모드 분해한 변형률신호로 모드별 변위응답을 추정하고, 구조물의 주요 모드에 대한 변위응답을 합하여 전체변위응답을 추정하는 방법이다. 제안한 모드분해기법을 검증하기 위해 실내모형실험을 수행하였다.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2009년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.320-325
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• 2009

In this study, a method to estimate the suspension bridge deflection is developed using mode decomposition technique. In order to examine the suspension bridge stability against these dynamic loadings, the prediction of displacement response is very important to evaluate bridge stability. However, it is recognized that any measurement of movement for suspension bridges may be difficult for the absence of proper methods to measure the displacement response on site. This study aims at suggesting a method to estimate the displacement response from the measured strain signals in an indirect way to predict the displacement response, not a direct way to measure the displacement response. Additionally, by applying the FBG sensors with multi-point measurements not influenced by electric noise, it can be expected that the technique would be applicable to infrastructures.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.173-180
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• 2001

In the past few years, the nondestructive inspection technology has greatly developed due to the increased necessity to gain a complete understanding of the bridge behavior. Especially, the deformations of bridges contain a lot of informations about its health state. By measuring these deformations it is possible to analyze the loading and aging behavior of the structure. However, the current, methods (such as LVDT, dial gage, optical displacement transducer, etc) are often of changeable application on site and have the limitations of installation. In this paper, the classical beam theory was reviewed and the deflections of structure are estimated using measured strain which is easy to acquire. The applicability of this algorithm is verified by laboratory(simple reinforced concrete beam) and field test. By this test, we proposed correction factor to estimate deflection of reinforced concrete beam after cracking, and analyze about the generation of correction factor. Also fiber optic sensors as well as resistive strain gages were installed in the concrete beams to establish the applicability of fiber optic sensors in the field of civil engineering.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 2003년도 가을 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.519-526
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• 2003

In this paper, a Fiber Bragg Grating (FRG) sensor system is described and FBGs are well-suited for long term and extremely severe experiments, where traditional strain gauges fail. In the system, a reflect wave-length measurement method which employs a tunable light source to find out the center wave-length of FBG sensor is used. We apply the FBG system to nuclear energy Power Plant for structural integrity test to measure the displacement of the structure under designed pressure and to check the elasticity of the structure by measuring the residual strain. The system works very well and it is expected that it can be used for a real-time strain. temperature and vibration detector of smart structure.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.469-482
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• 2009

The emerging sensor-based structural health monitoring (SHM) technology has a potential for cost-effective maintenance of aging civil infrastructure systems. The author proposes to integrate continuous and global monitoring using on-structure sensors with targeted local non-destructive evaluation (NDE). Significant technical challenges arise, however, from the lack of cost-effective sensors for monitoring spatially large structures, as well as reliable methods for interpreting sensor data into structural health conditions. This paper reviews recent efforts and advances made in addressing these challenges, with example sensor hardware and health monitoring software developed in the author's research center. The hardware includes a novel fiber optic accelerometer, a vision-based displacement sensor, a distributed strain sensor, and a microwave imaging NDE device. The health monitoring software includes a number of system identification methods such as the neural networks, extended Kalman filter, and nonlinear damping identificaiton based on structural dynamic response measurement. These methods have been experimentally validated through seismic shaking table tests of a realistic bridge model and tested in a number of instrumented bridges and buildings.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기물성ㆍ응용부문C
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• 제55권5호
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• pp.263-266
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• 2006

An optical microphone was developed using a dual-core multi-mode fiber block and a membrane type micromirror. The fiber block serves as a compact optical head, and the micromirror as a reflective diaphragm. The micromirror is designed to be suspended through a silicon bar connected t a frame, allowing for displacement induced by acoustic waves. The optical head is implemented by integrating two multi-mode fibers in a single block, and used to transfer light signals between it and the diaphragm. For the assembled microphone, its static characteristics were observed to reveal the operating point defined as the optimum distance between the optical head and the diaphragm. And its dynamic response was tested to exhibit a frequency bandwidth of 3 kHz with the variation of $\sim5dB$.

• 한국자기학회지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.36-39
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• 1996

비정질 리본의 자기변형 측정을 위한 Fabry-Perot 간섭계형 광섬유 변위센서를 구성하였고, 헬름홀쯔 코일로써 교류자기장을 인가하여 자기변형을 측정하였다. 구성한 변위 센서의 출력신호는 구성요소인 index matching optical oil과 optical isolator의 사용에 의하여 잡음과 요동을 개선하였다. 구성한 변위센서의 분해능은 $30{\AA}$이었고, 이를 이용하여 1 Hz의 자화 주파수에서 측정한 비정질 $Fe_{81}B_{13.5}Si_{3.5}C_{2}$ 리본의 최대 자기변형 값은 인가자기장 $1.59{\times}10^{3}A/m$에서 $28{\times}10^{-6}$이였다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.495-505
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• 2009

Bridges form crucial links in the transportation network especially in high seismic risk regions. This research aims to provide a quantitative methodology for post-earthquake performance evaluation of the bridges. The experimental portion of the research involved shake table tests of a 4-span bridge which was subjected to progressively increasing amplitudes of seismic motions recorded from the Northridge earthquake. As part of this project, a high resolution long gauge fiber optic displacement sensor was developed for post-seismic evaluation of damage in the columns of the bridge. The nonlinear finite element model was developed using Opensees program to simulate the response of the bridge and the abutments to the seismic loads. The model was modified to predict the bent displacements of the bridge commensurate with the measured bent displacements obtained from experimental analysis results. Following seismic events, the tangential stiffness matrix of the whole structure is reduced due to reduction in structural strength. The nonlinear static push over analysis using current damaged stiffness matrix provides the longitudinal and transverse ultimate capacities of the bridge. Capacity loss in the transverse and longitudinal directions following the seismic events was correlated to the maximum displacements of the deck recorded during the events.