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Generic Procedure Development for the Ultrasonic Examination of Dissimilar Metal Welds in Nuclear Power Plants (원전 이종금속 용접부 초음파 검사 일반 절차서 개발)

  • Yang, Seung Han;Kim, Yong Sik;Yoon, Byung Sik;Guon, Kee Il
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Pressure Vessels and Piping
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.23-28
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    • 2010
  • To enhance the reliability of ultrasonic testing system, MOST(Ministry of Science and Technology) bulletin 2004-13 was published in 2004.6 requiring performance demonstration in ultrasonic examination and MEST(Ministry of Education, Science and Technology) 2009-37 was published in 2009.9(formerly MOST bulletin 2004-13). In order to meet the MEST bulletin requirement and increase the reliability of ultrasonic testing, all the ultrasonic examination procedure and equipment should be performance demonstrated and qualified. In this paper, generic procedure for the ultrasonic examination of dissimilar metal welds are described and new technique are introduced.

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A Study on the Illumination Environment of Ultrasound Examination Room (초음파 검사실의 조도 환경에 관한 연구)

  • Im, In-Chul;Lee, Hyo-Yeong;An, Hyun
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.213-219
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    • 2017
  • The purpose of study is provide the basic data for set up proper illuminance of examination room that put purpose of an empirical study basic data about examination environment setting of the ultrasonic examination on design the examination environment of a new ultrasonic examination. As a method, to investigate the ultrasonic environment related to illumination to take a survey on the ultrasonic examination about test object to 48 parts of six units of general hospital in Busan. As a result, All Door + Curtain showed high scores in analyzing the gender, age, examination part in the case of ultrasonic examination room shielding and LED and light source control is required in the case of kind of light source. In the ultrasonic examination environment survey, the illuminance brightness is average 10 Lux which is included illuminance brightness range recommended the WHO and CEC and illuminance brightness of ultrasonic examination waiting room(ultrasonic examination waiting room, corridor) indicate average 300~800 Lux and it satisfied hospital illumination environment more than 300 Lux recommended by KSA 3011. In conclusion, Basic data suggested that improved future ultrasonic examination environment or designed new examination room on the basis of analysis result of general background and ultrasonic examination related to environment factor.

Evaluation Technology for the Flaw Sizing of Generator Rotor by Using Phased Array Ultrasonic Technique (위상배열 초음파기법을 이용한 발전기 로터 결점크기 평가)

  • Kim, Jin-Hoi;Park, Cher-Young;Lee, Sang-Hoon
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Pressure Vessels and Piping
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.14-19
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    • 2009
  • NDE(Nondestructive examination) detects a flaw or discontinuity in materials. Flaws detected by the examination shall be evaluated for the decision basis of the integrity. The internal flaws of forging products can be detected by UT. However, UT has detection limits because of its reflected signal weakness. Normally, a 1mm or less flaw is known as the limit. If a flaw was detected, the size of flaw would be evaluated by AVG(or DGS) technique. To verify the evaluation data, alternative examination methods are needed. But there is no alternative examination methods until now. In this study, Phased array ultrasonic technique can be used to size the flaws in the generator rotor with focused beam of ultrasonic wave as a supplement method of AVG. Also, the phased array ultrasonic technique described enables the shape of flaw to be depicted exactly.

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The Study of Visual Tool for Automated Ultrasonic Examination of the Piping Welds in NPP (자동 초음파 신호평가를 위한 비쥬얼도구에 관한 연구)

  • Yoo, Hyun Joo;Choi, Sung Nam;Kim, Hyung Nam;Lee, Hee Jong
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Pressure Vessels and Piping
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.9-15
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    • 2010
  • This paper describes the Visual Tool for automatic ultrasonic examination that is under developing as a part of the project for development of automatic ultrasonic wave acquisition and analysis program. This tool that is supported by various image processing techniques will be adopted to detect the flaws in the component and piping welds in NPP. Visual Tool will enhance the integrity of nuclear power plant. The object of this paper is to address the Visual Tool which is developing for automatic ultrasonic inspection of welds in NPP.

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Study on the ultrasonic attenuation and false indications of austenitic stainless sleet Steel weldment (스테인레스강(鋼) 용접부(熔接部)의 초음파감쇠(超音波減衰) 및 거짓신호(信號)에 관(關)한 연구(硏究))

  • Kang, Suk-Chull;Lee, Yun-Peel
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.19-25
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    • 1983
  • Some studies have been made on the effects of the attenuation on the result of ultrasonic examination of austenitic stainless steel weldment and also on the cause of false indications. The differences in the amplitudes and the metal paths of the ultrasonic examinations have been measured experimentally, for two kinds of waves, one passed through only the parent material and the other one through the weldment. The effect of probe angles and frequency on the examination data have been investigated using the shear wave. It has been found that the false indications were caused by back reflection from the weld metal surface due to the characteristics of ultrasonic wave propagation. It has been confirmed that the probe of $2.25\;MHz\;and\;60^{\circ}$ is the best choice in the ultrasonic examination and that the correction of amplitude for attenuations is necessary.

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Procedure Development and Qualification of the Phased Array Ultrasonic Testing for the Nuclear Power Plant Piping Weld (원자력발전소 배관 용접부 위상배열 초음파검사 절차서 개발 및 기량검증)

  • Yoon, Byung-Sik;Yang, Seung-Han;Kim, Yong-Sik;Lee, Hee-Jong
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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    • v.30 no.4
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    • pp.317-323
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    • 2010
  • The manual ultrasonic examination for the nuclear power plant piping welds has been demonstrated by using KPD(Korean Performance Demonstration) generic procedure. For automated ultrasonic examination, there is no generic procedure and it should be qualified by using applicable automated equipment. Until now, most of qualified procedures used pulse-echo technique and there is no qualified procedure using phased array technique. In this study, data acquisition and analysis software were developed and phased-array transducer and wedge were designed to implement phased array technique for nuclear power plant in-service inspection. The developed procedure are qualified for performance demonstration for the flaw detection, length sizing and depth sizing. The qualified procedure will be applied for the field examination in the nuclear power plant piping weld inspection.

The Use and Educational Effect of Ultrasonic Phantom in Korean Medicine Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinical Practice Education (한방부인과 임상실습교육에서 초음파 팬텀의 활용과 효과)

  • Yang, Seung-Jeong;Cho, Seong-Hee
    • The Journal of Korean Obstetrics and Gynecology
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    • v.35 no.2
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    • pp.16-27
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    • 2022
  • Objectives: The purpose of this study is to analyze educational effect of ultrasound examination training with ultrasonic phantom in the department of Korean Medicine Obstetrics and Gynecology. Methods: All 4th grade students in 2021 and 2022 of school of Korean Medicine, Dong-Shin University must be trained in the department of Korean Medicine Obstetrics and Gynecology according to ultrasound examination training guideline including Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE). After completing ultrasound examination training, we distributed questionnaires to them about a confidence before OSCE and after OSCE, difficulty in using ultrasound, ultrasound reading, difficulty with probe manipulation and computer operation, ultrasound understanding, clinical usefulness. And then, we analyzed the related factors including descriptive statistics, frequency analysis, student's t-test and paired t-test by SPSS 12.0. Results: Confidence in using ultrasound showed differences among students by gender and year, but it was not statistically significant. The difficulty of ultrasound use and ultrasound reading was at a moderate level, and the gender difference was not significant, and the difference between the practical students by year was statistically significant. The difficulty of the operation of the ultrasonic probe was at a normal level, and the difference between the students in practice by gender and year was not statistically significant. Although they answered that they had a very good understanding of the use of ultrasound, there was a gender difference and it was statistically significant, and practical students by year was not statistically significant. They answered that the effect on clinical use was very sufficient, but it was not statistically significant. The appropriateness of the practice time was evaluated at a moderate level. Conclusions: The use and educational effect of ultrasound examination using ultrasonic phantom in the department of Korean Medicine Obstetrics and Gynecology clinical practice education was very effective.

A Study of Ultrasonography in One Congenital Hydrocephalus Case Accompanied with Meningoencephalocele (수막뇌류(髓膜腦瘤)를 수반(隨伴)한 선천성뇌수종(先天性腦水腫) 1례(例)의 초음파소견(超音波所見)에 관한 보험의학적(保險醫學的) 연구(硏究))

  • Han, Hye-Jin;Kim, Kang-Seuck
    • The Journal of the Korean life insurance medical association
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.245-252
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    • 1985
  • Ultrasonographic examination in the obstetrics not only makes easy of the diagnosis of Hydrocephalus, placenta previa, anencephalus and ectopic pregnancy, etc, but also guaranteed its excellence in the diagnosis of women gynecology disease. Especially in case that it doesn't affect radiation hazard on the embryo, its efficiency keeps increasing and it is spotlighted to many clinic doctors. Even though in general hospital we often observe congenital hydrocephalus in Med. Dept. which entirly undergoes the medical examination to the insured, we don't observe even the women delivered with child and it is very difficult to find a rare congenital hydrocephlus throughout other present insurance companies. We inspected a congenital hydrocephalus, which other medical equipments of present insurance companies have many difficulties in the medical examination, accompanied by meningoencephalocele by ultrasonic diagnosis. We analyzed and compared the data by ultrasonic diagnosis with that of surgical diagnosis and the results are follows; 1) We could correctly describe meningoencephalocele by ultrasonic diagnosis. 2) It was able to be diagnosed in LMP 22 weeks. 3) BPD has about 10 mm higher than normal value in LMP 22 weeks. 4) Dilatation of lateral ventricle was observed in LMP 22 weeks. 5) As paralled with ultrasonic diagnosis in pregnancy medical examination, accepting declines including the risk rate can be restrained.

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A Study of ultrasonic welding system design (초음파 용접 시스템 설립에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, In-Hyuk;Song, Sung-Geun;Lee, Sang-Hun;Park, Sung-Jun;Chun, Chang-Keun;Yun, Cheol-Ho
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2006.07b
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    • pp.988-989
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    • 2006
  • The ultrasonic welding is with features of high electric conductivity and hot conductivity when it is used in metallic bond, high electric conductivity and hot conductivity when it is used in various metallic bonds, excellent quality when it is used for advanced junction, easiness when it is used in various metallic bonds, being needless for the exhaustive material and being benefit for the environment. Currently the use of ultrasonic welding is increasing in the industrial fields such as the automobile battle, the refrigerator, the air conditioner, the battery and the solar cell junction. But the production ability is insufficient in our country and it is necessary to explore the core technology of the ultrasonic welding. In this paper, the output LC resonance filter and 35kHz squal wave onion occurrence Full Bridge plans was designed. The output examination of the ultrasonic oscillator and the ultrasonic welding examination were done. The method for getting more smooth result in the ultrasonic welding machine system was researched.

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Study on Performance Demonstration Test Result of Ultrasonic Examination in Nuclear Power Plant (원자력발전소 초음파검사자 기량검증시험 결과 검토)

  • Jung, Nam-Du;Moon, Yong-Sig;Lee, Seung-Pyo
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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    • v.34 no.5
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    • pp.384-389
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    • 2014
  • In this paper, the result of an ultrasonic performance demonstration are analyzed. The requirements for an ultrasonic performance demonstration (PD) for a nuclear power plant were first described in ASME B&P Code Section XI, Appendix VIII (1989 winter addenda). In order to establish the performance demonstration scheme in Korean nuclear power plants, the Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. Ltd (KHNP) has developed the Korean Performance Demonstration (KPD) system for the for the ultrasonic examination of nuclear power plants. An analysis of the ultrasonic performance demonstration results from 2004 through 2013 will improve the detection of flaws in an ultrasonic examination, as well as the further development of the KPD training system.