• 한국안전학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.98-104
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• 2003

Various nondestructive evaluation (NDE) techniques have been studied to locate steel rebars of dowel, and to detect invisible damage such as voids and cracks inside concrete and debonding between rebars and concrete caused by corrosions and earthquakes. In this study, the aurhors developed 3-dimensional (3D) electromagnetic (EM) imaging technology to detect such damage and to identify exact location of steel rebars of dowel. The authors have developed sub-surface two-dimensional (2D) imaging technique using tomographic antenna array in previous works. In this study, extending the earlier analytical and experimental works on 2D image reconstruction, a 3D microwave imaging system using tomographic antenna array was developed, and multi-frequency technique was applied to improve quality of the reconstructed image and to reduce background noises. This paper presents the analytical expressions of numerical focusing procedures for 3D image reconstruction and numerical simulation to study the resolution of the system and the effectiveness of multi-frequency technique. Also, the design of 4?4 antenna array with switching devices is introduced as a preliminary study for the final design of whole array.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제6권6호
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• pp.619-626
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• 2022

In this study, we develop a three-dimensional (3D) terahertz time-of-flight (THz-TOF) imaging technique with a large depth range, based on asynchronous optical sampling (ASOPS) methods. THz-TOF imaging with the ASOPS technique enables rapid scanning with a time-delay span of 10 ns. This means that a depth range of 1.5 m is possible in principle, whereas in practice it is limited by the focus depth determined by the optical geometry, such as the focal length of the scan lens. We characterize the spatial resolution of objects at different vertical positions with a focal length of 5 cm. The lateral resolution varies from 0.8-1.8 mm within the vertical range of 50 mm. We obtain THz-TOF images for samples with multiple reflection layers; the horizontal and vertical locations of the objects are successfully determined from the 2D cross-sectional images, or from reconstructed 3D images. For instance, we can identify metallic objects embedded in insulating enclosures having a vertical depth range greater than 30 mm. For feasible practical use, we employ the proposed technique to locate a metallic object within a thick chocolate bar, which is not accessible via conventional transmission geometry.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.368-373
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• 2009

초음파 의료용 탄성 영상 시스템의 성능을 평가하기 위한 인체 조직 모사 팬텀을 제작하였다. 인체에서 종양이나 암 조직은 주위의 정상조직보다 단단한 특성을 가진다. 이러한 조직의 단단함을 영상화하는 기법이 탄성 영상 기법이다. 인체의 병변 조직의 기계적인 특성을 모사하기 위하여 플라스틱 경화제와 연화제를 이용하여 탄성도가 다른 균일 탄성 팬텀을 제작하였다. 제작된 균일 탄성 팬텀은 시료의 비율에 따라 $11.1{\sim}79.6$ kPa 범위의 탄성계수 값을 얻었다. 이를 바탕으로 외부 매질과 내부 매질의 탄성계수 차이가 5배와 7배 정도인 초음파 병변 모사 팬텀을 제작하여 탄성 영상을 획득하였다. 본 논문에서는 제작된 플라스틱 기반의 탄성 팬텀이 인체의 탄성 특성을 모사하는 탄성 팬텀으로서 유용함을 확인하였다.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.362-368
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 닫힘균열의 조기발견을 위해서 경사입사 초음파를 이용하여 계면 접촉 음향 비선형성에 의해 발생한 고조파를 영상화하고자 한다. 알루미늄 시편 두 개를 접촉하여 고체-고체 접촉계면을 만들어 닫힘균열을 모사하였고, 접촉계면 압력에 따른 초음파의 음향 비선형을 영상화하였다. 영상화 기법으로는 sampling phased array(SPA)와 synthetic aperture focusing technique(SAFT) 기법을 사용하였다. 접촉계면 압력이 증가하면서 기본 주파수의 성분은 감소하였고 2차 고조파 성분은 증가하다가 닫힘균열로 모사된 부분에서 가장 큰 값을 나타내고 이후에는 감소하였다. 결과적으로 접촉계면에서 음향 비선형성에 의해 발생한 고조파를 영상화 하는 것이 가능하며 이는 초기균열의 조기발견에 적용 가능할 것으로 기대 된다.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.551-563
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• 2012

초음파진단기는 1950년대부터 사용되기 시작했고 그 동안 꾸준한 기술 발전을 통해 현재 대부분의 병원에서 필수불가결한 영상진단장비로 널리 활용되고 있다. 1970년대 초음파진단기에 어레이 프로브가 사용되기 시작한 이래로 전자적 신호처리를 통한 빔포밍 기술이 초음파진단기에 적용되었고, 꾸준히 개선되어 왔다. 빔포밍 기술은 초음파진단기의 해상도를 결정짓는 중요한 신호처리 기술이다. 이 논문에서는 이 빔포밍 기술의 원리부터 최근 동향까지 간략히 소개하고자 한다. 여기에는 어레이 프로브(array probe)를 사용하는 빔포밍의 원리, 기본적 이론, 실제 구현 등이 포함되고, 또 최근 기술 중 합성구경영상(synthetic aperture imaging: SAI), 적응형 빔포밍(adaptive beamforming), 2차원 어레이 프로브를 사용하는 2차원 빔포밍 기술 등의 주제도 소개한다. 이런 다양한 빔포밍 기술들은 다양한 다른 분야의 기술들과 여러 가지 형태로 발전적으로 융합하면서 시스템의 성능을 지속적으로 향상시켜 갈 것이다.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.417-426
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• 2006

A Digital X-ray imaging system using Compton backscattering has been developed to obtain a cross-sectional profile and mass loss of corroded lap-splices of aging aircraft from density variation. A slit-type camera was designed to focus on a small scattering volume inside the material, from which the backscattered photons are collected by a collimated scintillator detector for interpretation of material characteristics. The cross section of the lap-joint is scanned by moving the scattering volume through the thickness direction of the specimen. The mass loss of each layer has been estimated from a Compton backscatter A-scan to obtain the thickness of each layer including the aluminum sheet, the corrosion layer and the sealant. Quantitative information such as location and width of planar corrosion in the lap splices of fuselages is obtained by deconvolution using a nonlinear least-square error minimization method(BFGS method): A simple reconstruction model is also introduced to overcome distortion of the Compton backscatter data due to attenuation effects attributed to beam hardening and quantum noise.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2001년도 ICCAS
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• pp.109.4-109
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• 2001

We have developed a laser ultrasonic system for visualization of elastic waves propagating on a solid surface, in order to visualize ultrasonic waves propagating on opaque media. This system can produce a series of successive images as an animation of wave propagation, because of scanning an optical heterodyne probe to measure surface transient displacements. Using this visualization technique, we observed the scattering and diffraction of ultrasonic waves around various shapes of artificial defects, and examined its application to nondestructive inspection. This imaging system provides various kinds of visualization images such as propagation image, amplitude image, arrival time image and velocity image. We have been confident that this technique is available for nondestructive inspection and materials ...

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.635-641
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• 2011

In ultrasonic testing of dissimilar metal welds, application of phased array technique in terms of incident beam focusing is not easy because of complicated material structures formed during the multi-pass welding process. Time reversal(TR) techniques can overcome some limitations of phased array since they are self-focusing that does not depend on the geometrical and physical properties of testing components. In this paper, we test the possibility of TR focusing on a defect within anisotropic, heterogeneous austenitic welds. A commercial simulation software is employed for TR focusing and imaging of a side-drilled hole. The performance of time reversed adaptive focal law is compared with those of calculated focal laws for both anisotropic and isotropic welds.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.112-120
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• 2016

The nonlinearity parameter is frequently measured as a sensitive indicator in damaged material characterization or tissue harmonic imaging. Several previous studies have employed the plane wave solution, and ignored the effects of beam diffraction when measuring the non-linearity parameter ${\beta}$. This paper presents a multi-Gaussian beam approach to explicitly derive diffraction corrections for fundamental and second harmonics under quasilinear and paraxial approximation. Their effects on the nonlinearity parameter estimation demonstrate complicated dependence of ${\beta}$ on the transmitter-receiver geometries, frequency, and propagation distance. The diffraction effects on the non-linearity parameter estimation are important even in the nearfield region. Experiments are performed to show that improved ${\beta}$ values can be obtained by considering the diffraction effects.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 2000년도 가을 학술발표회논문집
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• pp.18-23
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• 2000

The radar method is becoming one of the major nondestructive testing (NDT) techniques for concrete structures. Numerical modeling of electromagnetic wave is needed to analyze radar measurement results and to study the influence of measurement parameters on the radar measurements. Finite difference-time domain (FD-TD) method is used to simulate electromagnetic wave propagation through concrete specimens. Three concrete specimens with a 19.1 mm rebar embedded at 40 mm, 60 mm, and 80 mm depth are modeled in 3-dimension. As results, 2-D image processing scheme of modeling data has been developed and applied to the imaging of steel bars inside concrete.