• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2007년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.1062-1067
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• 2007

This study presents an experimental technique to monitor the dynamic behavior of the railway bridge system simultaneously using multiplexed fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors. The measuring quantities include stains, curvatures, vertical deflections, and vertical accelerations. The strains are directly measured from multiplexed FBG sensors at various locations of the test bridge followed by curvature calculations based on the plane section assumption. Vertical deflections are then estimated using the Bernoulli beam theory and regression analysis. Finally, vertical accelerations are obtained from the numerical differentiation in time domain. In order to verify the proposed method, several conventional electric strain gauges, displacement transducers, and accelerometers are installed at the mid-span of the bridge for comparisons. A test train is passed over the bridge to monitor the dynamic response of the bridge. The monitoring results show that the multiplexed FBG sensing system is able to capture the essential behavior of the test bridge while resolving wiring problem in practice.

• 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.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 2007년도 정기 학술대회 논문집
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• pp.33-38
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• 2007

This paper reports an attempt to develop 7-wire steel tendon which is instrumented with optical FBG sensors. The tendon is devised to replace the king cable, which is located in the center of the tendon, by a steel tube in which the FBG sensor are attached along the hole using a high-mobility polyester resin. The circular steel tube has typical of 5 mm outer diameter and 1 mm inner diameter, and can easily be manufactured by means of an pultrusion process. Using the tube, in this study, three different types of one meter-long smart tendons are fabricated depending on mixture ratio of polyester resin and initiator. The performance of the FBG sensors as well as mechanical characteristics of the prototype are tested through the tensile test. Test results shows that the proposed smart tendon is in principle very effective for measuring the working strain of the tendon.

• 센서학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.218-222
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• 2021

Wearable multi-sensors based on nanocrystals have attracted significant attention, and studies on patterning technology to implement such multi-sensors are underway. Conventional patterning processes may affect material properties based on high temperatures and harsh chemical conditions. In this study, we developed an inkjet printing technique that can overcome these drawbacks through the application of patterning processes at room temperature and atmospheric pressure. Nanocrystal-based ink is used to adjust properties efficiently. Additionally, the viscosity and surface tension of the solvents are investigated and optimized to increase patterning performance. In the patterning process, the electrical, electrothermal, and electromechanical properties of the nanocrystal pattern are controlled by the ligand exchange process. Experimental results demonstrate that a multi-sensor with a temperature coefficient of resistance of 3.82 × 10^-3 K^-1 and gauge factor of 30.6 can be successfully fabricated using one-step inkjet printing.

• Ocean Systems Engineering
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.309-325
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• 2014

Geotextile tubes are basically a huge sack filled with sand or dredged soil. Geotextile tubes are made of permeable woven or non-woven synthetic fibers (i.e., polyester or PET and polypropylene or PP). The geotextile tubes' performances in strength, dewatering, retaining solid particles and stacked stability have been studied extensively in the past. However, only little research has been done in the observation of the deformation behavior of geotextile tubes. In this paper, a large-scale apparatus for geotextile tube experiment is introduced. The apparatus is equipped with a slurry mixing station, pumping and delivery station, an observation station and a data station. For this study the large-scale apparatus was utilized in the studies regarding the stresses on the geotextile and the deformation behavior of the geotextile tube. Model tests were conducted using a custom-made woven geotextile tubes. Load cells placed at the inner belly of the geotextile tube to monitor the total soil pressure. Strain gauges were also placed on the outer skin of the tube to measure the geotextile strain. The pressure and strain sensors are attached to a data logger that sends the collected data to a desktop computer. The experiment results showed that the maximum geotextile strain occurs at the sides of the tube and the soil pressure distribution varies at each geotextile tube section.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.409-424
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• 2007

In this paper, an identification method of impact force is proposed for composite structures. In this method, the relation between force histories and strain responses is first formulated. The transfer matrix, which relates the strain responses of sensors and impact force information, is constructed from the finite element method (FEM). Based on this relation, an optimization model to minimize the difference between the measured strain responses and numerically evaluated strain responses is built up to obtain the impact force history. The identification of force history is performed by a modified least-squares method that imposes the penalty on the first-order derivative of the force history. Moreover, from the relation of strain responses and force history, an error vector indicating the force location is defined and used for the force location identification. The above theory has also been extended into the cases when using acceleration information instead of strain information. The validity of the present method has been verified through two experimental examples. The obtained results demonstrate that the present approach works very well, even when the internal damages in composites happen due to impact events. Moreover, this method can be used for the real-time health monitoring of composite structures.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2006년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.7
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• pp.376-377
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• 2006

This paper presents the characteristics of Ta-N thin film strain gauges that are suitable for harsh environemts, which were deposited on thermally oxidized Si substrates by DC reactive magnetronsputtering in an argon-nitrogen atmosphere (Ar-$N_2$ (4 ~ 16 %)). These films were annealed for 1 hr in $2{\times}10^{-6}$ Torr in a vacuum furnace with temperatures that ranged from 500 - $1000^{\circ}C$. The optimized deposition and annealing conditions of the Ta-N thin film strain gauges were determined using 8 % $N_2$ gas flow ratio and annealing at $900^{\circ}C$ for 1 hr. Under optimum formation conditions, the Ta-N thin film strain gauges obtained a high electrical resistivity, ${\rho}\;=\;768.93\;{\mu}{\Omega}{\cdot}cm$, a low temperature coefficient of resistance, $TCR\;=\;-84\;ppm/^{\circ}C$ and a high temporal stability with a good longitudinal gauge factor, GF=4.12. The fabricated Ta-N thin film strain gauges are expected to be used inmicromachined pressure sensors and load cells that are operable under harsh environments.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.313-319
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• 2017

광섬유 센서는 전자기 간섭에 독립적이고 원거리 계측이 가능하여 다양한 분야에 적용되고 있다. 특히, 광섬유 브래그 격자(FBG) 센서는 다중화, 절대측정이 가능하여 구조 건전성 모니터링(SHM)을 위해 널리 사용되고 있다. 일반적으로, FBG 센서는 에폭시와 같은 접착제를 이용하여 구조물에 직접 부착 및 모듈 제작을 통해 적용한다. 하지만, 에폭시로 부착된 FBG 센서 기반의 장시간 모니터링 과정에서 신호 변화가 발생하여 보정이 요구된다. 이는 계절적 요인으로써 장시간 온도 변화 환경에 노출되어 센서의 접착구조 변형에 의한 결과이며, 센서 접착제의 열경화 과정에 대한 규명이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는, 패키징 방식 4가지 경우의 FBG 센서 시편을 제작하고, 반복 열하중 시험을 수행하였다. 시험 결과, 상온경화 과정에서 미소한 잔류 압축 변형률이 발생하였고, 반복 열하중 초기단계에서 수백 ${\mu}{\varepsilon}$의 압축 변형률이 인가되어 유지되었다. 이를 통해 FBG를 이용한 장시간 SHM을 위해서는 FBG 센서의 신호에 대한 안정화 과정이 필요함을 확인하였다.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.225-230
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• 2016

광섬유 브래그 격자센서(FBG)는 다중화가 용이하고 절대측정이 가능한 고유의 장점으로 다양한 구조물의 구조건전성 모니터링(SHM)에 활용도를 넓혀가고 있다. 하지만, 구조건전성 모니터링을 위해 FBG 센서를 온도 변화 환경에서 장기간 사용할 경우 FBG 센서는 계절적 요인에 의한 큰 폭의 주기적 온도 변화 환경에 노출되므로 센서의 신뢰성 확보를 위해 신호 특성에 대한 검토가 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 패키징된 FBG 센서의 제작에 많이 활용되는 각각 2가지의 모재 및 접착제를 대상으로 시편을 제작한 후 항온항습기 내에서 -$20^{\circ}C{\sim}60^{\circ}C$의 온도 조건에서 300사이클의 반복 열하중시험을 수행하였다. 시험 결과, FBG 센서에 주기적인 반복 열하중이 가해질 경우 일정량의 압축변형이 작용하며 이는 센서로 사용 시 측정 오차로 작용하므로 장기 구조건전성 모니터링을 위해 FBG 센서의 사용 전 안정화 과정을 통한 사전보정이 필요함을 확인하였다.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.547-553
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• 2020

노후화 시설물의 증가에 따라 선제적 유지관리의 중요성은 점차 증대되고 있다. 선제적 유지관리는 시설물의 응답 계측으로부터 시작되기 때문에 높은 정밀도를 가지는 응답을 획득하는 것이 중요하다. 국부적인 응답 중 변형률은 균열 감지 및 피로 진전 예측 등에 활용가능하다. 변형률 센서는 크게 이산형 및 분포형 센서로 구분된다. 이산형 센서의 대표적인 예가 광섬유 브래그 격자(FBG)와 전기 저항식 게이지이다. 이산형 센서는 높은 정확성과 재현성(고 정밀)을 가지지만, 측정점이 제한된다는 한계를 가진다. 브릴루앙 산란 기반 광섬유 변형률 계측 시스템 중 하나인 Brillouin Optical Correlation Domain Analysis (BOCDA)은 대표적인 분포형 센서이며, 5 cm 라는 높은 공간 분해능을 가진다. BOCDA는 투영된 광원에서 발생하는 산란파를 이용하여 광섬유 전 구간의 변형률을 계측한다. 측정점이 많아지는 장점이 있으나, 이산형 센서에 낮은 정확도와 재현성을 가진다. 본 연구에서는 고 정밀 데이터(이산형 센서)와 저 정밀 데이터(분포형 센서) 각각의 장점을 융합하는 후처리 기법을 제안하였으며, 이에 대한 가능성을 검증 실험을 통해 확인했다.