• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.578-595
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• 2020

Submarine pressure hulls must withstand high hydraulic pressure and be free of defects. To improve the precision of defect detection, we herein examined different probes for optimal defect assessment by applying the Phased Array Ultrasonic Testing (PAUT) method. Two sets of probe design parameters were selected by considering pressure hull characteristics and analyzed through modeling. PAUT probes were applied, and defect assessment results were compared based on ultrasonic signals of various simulated defects in specimens designed to be the same as actual pressure hulls. The final selected design parameters for the submarine probe, which were designed to minimize the grating lobe of wave interference effect and improve the ultrasonic resolution of pressure hull welds, were identified through the experiment. The improvement in the probe's ability to detect defects in a pressure hull was verified. Furthermore, the accuracy of defect length measurement was improved, enhancing the applicability of the technique.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.355-364
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• 2010

초음파 진단장치의 음향출력 특성은 전기음향 변환 장치인 배열 탐침자의 성능에 크게 영향을 받으며, 생물학적안전 측면에서 매우 중요하다. 본 논문에서는 초음파 진단장치용 배열 탐침자로부터 방사되는 음향파워를 소자별로 측정할 수 있는 자동화 시스템을 구성하였으며, 곡선형 탐침자의 경우 각 소자의 지향성이 측정에 미치는 영향을 확인하고 이를 보정하는 기법을 개발하였다. 선형, 위상형, 곡선형 배열 탐침자를 대상으로 음향파워 측정결과, 본 논문에서 제시하는 측정기법은 배열 탐침자의 음향파워 특성을 평가하는데 적합함을 확인하였다.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.431-438
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• 2012

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.525-533
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• 2009

Emphasis in the paper is placed on describing guided wave successes and challenges for applications in aircraft and composite materials inspection. Guided wave imaging methods discussed includes line of sight, tomography, guided wave C-scan, phased array, and ultrasonic vibration methods. Applications outlined encircles lap splice, bonded repair patch, fuselage corrosion, water loaded structures, delamination, and ice detection and de-icing of various structures.

• 한국압력기기공학회 논문집
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.78-82
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• 2010

The feeder pipe of Main Primary Heat Transfer System in Wolsong Nuclear Power Plant was inspected by the Ultrasonic Phase Array technique in 2010. It is the first time to apply this method to the construction at Nuclear Power Plant in Korea. The time required for UT technique is less than RT method. The UT method doesn't need to evacuate personnel who works nearby inspecting area and doesn't need to wait developing of film. For these reasons, the UT method is the fastest method among the volumetric inspections. As a result of the examination, it became clear that main defect of the feeder pipe is the Lack of fusion in the welded area. Moreover, the rate of defect was reduced gradually as improvement of welder's skill. If welding machine has problem, the defect has tended to same pattern(occurred same position in the welding area) but these defects were founded without specific rules. For these reasons, the creation of defect is dependent on the skill of worker not on the automatic welding machine. This evaluation of defect signal and collecting data would be useful to further examination in ISI.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.1418-1425
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• 2014

In ultrasonic medical imaging, spatial compounding of images is a technique where ultrasonic beam is steered to examine patient tissues in multiple angles. In the conventional ultrasonic diagnostic imaging, the steering of the ultrasonic beam is achieved electronically using the phased array transducer elements. In this paper, a spatial compounding approach is presented where the ultrasonic probe element is rotated mechanically and the beam steering is achieved mechanically. In the spatial compounding, target position is computed using the value of the rotation axis and the transducer array angular position. However, in the process of the rotation mechanism construction and the control system there arises the inevitable uncertainties in these values. These geometric parameter errors result in the target position error, and the consequence is a blurry compounded image. In order to reduce these target position errors, we present a spatial compounding scheme where error correcting transformation matrices are computed and applied to the raw images before spatial compounding to reduce the blurriness in the compounded image. The proposed scheme is illustrated using phantom and live scan images of human knee, and it is shown that the blurriness is effectively reduced.

• 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.

• 한국신뢰성학회지:신뢰성응용연구
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.240-249
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• 2018

Purpose: The purpose of this research is to find which technique, between the PAUT (Phased array ultrasonic test) that has been used widely in practice and RT (Radiographic test) that was used widely in the past, has the higher reliability as a non-destructive testing of welding points in water wall tubes. Methods: To evaluated the reliability of non-destructive testing, eleven test pieces that were fabricated intentionally, which have the most frequently occurred defect types in water wall tubes and then both the PAUT and RT were performed on those eleven test pieces to compare their reliability. Results: The differences of type of defect, length are occurred due to the characteristics of nondestructive testing. The RT could not detect the lack of fusion defect type in specimen #4 and #8 while PAUT could not detect the lateral crack and 1 mm size small porosity in specimen #11. Conclusion: It is concluded that applying both the RT and PAUT result the best reliability rather than applying only one test method, if it is possible, in nondestructive testing of weld water wall tube in thermal power plant boiler case.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2015년도 제46회 하계학술대회
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• pp.1581-1582
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• 2015

최근 많은 승객을 수공하는 대중 교통시스템의 안전에 대한 중요성이 더욱 대두되고 있으며, 고속화된 철도차량 또한 이를 피해갈 수 없다. 현재 철도차량의 사고 방지를 위해 많은 연구가 이루어 지고 있으며, 차량기지의 검수설비 및 검수시스템이 자동화되어 많이 발전되었다. 그 중 차축 초음파 탐상은 각 차량기지에 설치된 A-Scan 초음파 방식과 Phased Array 초음파 방식의 두가지 방식의 장비를 이용하여 차축 초음파 탐상이 이루어 지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 초음파 방식 중 철도차량 차축 결함 검출을 위한 A-Scan 탐상 방식과 Phased Array 탐상방식에 대하여 비교 분석하였다.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.130-136
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• 2009

터빈은 원자력발전소의 주요기기로서 고온 고압하에서 고속회전으로 인해 신뢰성 있는 검사가 요구된다. 터빈의 가동중검사의 경우 블레이드가 조립된 상태에서 검사가 수행되며 구조적 복잡성으로 인하여 탐촉자의 접근이 제한되며, 신호 해석이 매우 어렵다. 본 연구에서는 신뢰성 높은 신호해석을 위하여 실제 터빈과 크기 및 형상이 동일한 mock-up을 제작하였다. 터빈의 key와 내표면부의 결함탐상을 위해 pulse-echo 및 TOFD 기법을 개발하였고, dovetail 검사를 위하여 위상배열 초음파탐상기법을 개발하였다. 개발된 기법들을 가동중 터빈 검사에 효율적으로 적용하기 위해 자동화 검사 scanner를 제작하였으며, 현장적용을 통하여 신뢰성을 검증하였다.