• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.512-518
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• 2008

Guided wave technology is advantageous for fast inspection of pipe wall thinning since the guided wave propagates long distance. In this investigation, the method to evaluate gradual wall thinning in a pipe based on the arrival time delay with magnetostrictive patch transducers is presented. Low frequency A0 Lamb waves were generated and measured by the present transducer and it was applied to arrival time delay measurement experiments on a test pipe having gradual wall thinnings artificially manufactured. From experiments, consistent results that wall thinning increases the arrival time delay of A0 waves were obtained. Consequently, the feasibility of the magnetostrictive patch transducers to evaluate wall thinning was verified.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.321-329
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• 1998

발전설비의 건전성은 원자력발전소의 안전운영을 위하여 필수적이며 이를 위하여 원자력발전소의 안전 규제법에서는 원전사업자 책임하에 신뢰성있는 가동중검사를 주기적으로 수행하도록 규정하고 있다. 따라서 한전은 국내 유일의 원전사업자로서 가동중검사의 정확도 및 신뢰성을 높이기 위한 기술개발에 최선을 다하고 있으며, 전력연구원은 한전의 기술개발 및 연구업무의 중추적 역할을 담당하는 부서로서 효율적인 원전 가동중검사 수행을 위하여 종합지원체계 (total support system : TSS)를 확립하고, 국내기술자립을 위한 요소기숱개밭은 물론 검사요원의 교육 및 자격인증체계 확립에 만전을 기하고 있다. 이 논문은 이와 같은 원자력발전소의 발전설비 건전성 진단을 위하여 현재 전력연구원에서 수행중인 가동중검사 기술개발업무 전반에 관해 상세하게 설명하기 위한 것이다.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.569-577
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• 2010

Nonplanar surface geometries of components are frequently encountered in real ultrasonic inspection situations. Use of rigid array transducers can lead to beam defocusing and reduction of defect image quality due to the mismatch between the planar array and the changing surface. When a flexible array is used to fit the complex surface profile, the locations of array elements should be known to compute the delay time necessary for adaptive heam focusing. An alternative method is to employ the time reversal focusing technique that does not require a prior knowledge about the properties and structures of the specimen and the transducer. In this paper, a time reversal method is applied to simulate beam focusing of flexible arrays and imaging of point-like defects contained in specimens with nonplanar surface geometry. Quantitative comparisons are made for the performance of a number of array techniques in terms of the ability to focus and image three point-like reflectors positioned at regular intervals. The sinusoidal profile array studied here exhibits almost the same image quality as the flat, reference case.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.508-515
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• 2011

보빈 치아 균열을 능동형 적외선 열화상 기술을 이용하여 가시화 하였다. 보빈 치아에 인공 크랙을 발생시킨 후, 외부에서 사인파 형태의 열을 가하면서 보빈 치아에서 방사되는 적외선을 적외선 카메라로 측정하여 이미지화 하였다. 열원의 조화주기와 동기시켜 순차적으로 측정한 보빈 치아의 이미지로부터 열원과 의 위상정보를 추출한 후 이를 다시 영상화 하여 위상 이미지를 생성하였다. 실험 결과로부터 육안이나 종래의 수동형 적외선 이미지에서는 검출하기 어려웠던 치아 크랙이 본 연구와 같은 능동적 적외선 검사방법을 통하여 보다 효과적으로 검사 할 수 있는 가능성을 확인하였다.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.206-214
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• 2015

In this study, low-velocity impact damage (LVID) in glass fiber reinforced plastic (GFRP) was investigated using pulse thermography (PT) and lock-in thermography (LIT) techniques. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the detection performance of each technique for LVID in GFRP. Unidirectional and cross-ply GFRPs were prepared with four energy levels using a drop weight impact machine and they were inspected from the impact side, which may be common in actual service conditions. When the impacted side was used for both inspection and thermal loading, results showed that the suggested techniques were able to identify the LVID which is barely visible to the naked eye. However, they also include limitations that depend on the GFRP thickness at the location of the delamination produced by the lowest impact energy of five joule.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.427-435
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• 2008

Inspection of dissimilar metal welds using phased array ultrasound is not easy at all, because crystalline structure of dissimilar metal welds cause deviation and splitting of the ultrasonic beams. Thus, in order to have focusing and/or steering phased array beams in dissimilar metal welds, proper time delays should be determined by ray tracing. In this paper, we proposed an effective approach to solve this difficult problem. Specifically, we modify the Oglivy's model parameters to describe the crystalline structure of real dissimilar metal welds in a fabricated specimen. And then, we calculate the proper time delay and incident angle of linear phased array transducer in the anisotropic and inhomogeneous material for focusing and/or steering phased array ultrasonic beams on the desired position.

• 한국압력기기공학회 논문집
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.75-81
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• 2014

A simulation of eddy current testing has been utilized for predicting the signal characteristics to the various defects and developing the probes. Especially, CIVA which is a simulation tool dedicated to nondestructive testing has a good accuracy and speed, and provides a three-dimensional graphical user interface for improved visualization and familiar data displays consistent with NDE technique. Although internal validations have been performed by the CIVA software development specialists, an independent validation study is necessary for the accuracy assessment of the software prior to practical use. For this purpose, in this study, eddy current testing signals of ASME FBH calibration standard tube for bobbin probe were simulated using CIVA and the results were compared to the experimental inspected signals based on the relationship between each flaw signal in terms of amplitude and phase, and the shape of the Lissajous curve. And then we verified the accuracy of the simulated signals and the possible range for simulation. Overall, there is a good qualitative agreement between the CIVA simulated and experimental results in the absolute and differential modes at the two inspection frequencies.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.525-548
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• 2008

This article deals the theory for solving an inverse problem of plate structures using the frequency-domain information instead of classical time-domain delays or free vibration eigenmodes or eigenvalues. A reduced set of output parameters characterizing the defect is used as a regularization technique to drastically overcome noise problems that appear in imaging techniques. A deconvolution scheme from an undamaged specimen overrides uncertainties about the input signal and other coherent noises. This approach provides the advantage that it is not necessary to visually identify the portion of the signal that contains the information about the defect. The theoretical model for Quantitative nondestructive evaluation, the relationship between the real and ideal models, the finite element method (FEM) for the forward problem, and inverse procedure for detecting the defects are developed. The theoretical formulation is experimentally verified using dynamic responses of a steel plate under impact loading at several points. The signal synthesized by FEM, the residual, and its components are analyzed for different choices of time window. The noise effects are taken into account in the inversion strategy by designing a filter for the cost functional to be minimized. The technique is focused toward a exible and rapid inspection of large areas, by recovering the position of the defect by means of a single accelerometer, overriding experimental calibration, and using a reduced number of impact events.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.174-180
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• 2006

Steam generator (SG) tubes are expanded inside tubesheet holes by using explosive or hydraulic methods to be fixed in a tubesheet. In the tube expansion process, it is important to minimize the crevice gap between expanded tube and tube sheet. In this paper, absolute and differential signals are computed by a numerical method for several different locations of tube expansion inside and outside a tubesheet and signal variations due to tubesheet, tube expansion and operating frequencies are observed. Results show that low frequency is good for detecting tubesheet location in both types of signals and high frequency is suitable for sizing of tube diameter as well as the detection of transition region. Also learned is that the absolute signal is good for measuring tube diameter, while the differential signal is good for locating the top of tubesheet and both ends of the transition region. In the case of mingled anomaly with tube expansion and tubesheet, low frequency inspection is found to be useful to analyze the mixed signal.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.310-317
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• 1995

원자력 발전소의 주요 계통 재료로 사용되는 오스테나이트계 스텐레스강에 대한 초음파탐상은 초음파 에너지가 전파될 경우 재질 자체가 갖는 여러 문제점으로 인하여 결함 위치나 크기 측정에 많은 문제점을 야기한다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 문제점을 이해하기 위하여 여러가지 경우를 가정하여 선 추적(ray tracing) 기법을 사용한 컴퓨터 모의(simulation)를 실시하였다. 우선 종파를 사용하여 모재에 초음파가 입사하여 진행할 시 어느정도의 휘어짐이 발생하는지를 계산하였으며 재질 특성상 용접부와 모재가 큰 차이를 보이지 않는 경우와 원자로 노즐 부위와 같이 서로 다른 금속으로 용접된 경우에 결함이 존재한 경우를 가정하여 계산하였다.