• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.279-286
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• 2000

The stud bolts tend to degrade faster by high temperature(over 45$0^{\circ}C$). Therefore, replacement cycle inspection of stud bolts were carried out various method such as ultrasonic test(UT), magnetic test(MT), wobble test, visual test and hardness test. Especially, wobble test method has been applied to determine replacement evaluation criteria of stud bolt after long time operation. We applied three different methods on the three site and the obtained data are compared with the results from the evaluation methods. From the results, the replacement criteria for stud bolts under high temperature in power plants are proposed.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.615-624
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• 2017

This paper experimentally investigates the feasibility of harvesting vibration energy from whistles using piezoelectric materials. The end goal of this research is to generate sufficient power from the whistle to power a small radio transmitter to relay a basic signal - for example, a distress call. First, the paper discusses the current literature in energy harvesting from acoustic resonance. Next, the concept of an active whistle is presented. Next, results from energy harvesting experiments conducted on conventional and ultrasonic whistles undergoing human-actuation and actuation by a pressure-regulated air supply are presented. The maximum power density of the conventional whistle actuated by a human at 100 dB sound pressure level is $98.1{\mu}W/cm^3$.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.33-39
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• 2015

Pipe wall-thinning by flow-accelerated corrosion and various types of erosion is significant damage in secondary system piping of nuclear power plants(NPPs). All NPPs in Korea have management programs to ensure pipe integrity from degradation mechanisms. Ultrasonic test(UT) is widely used for pipe wall thickness measurement. Numerous UT measurements have been performed during scheduled outages. Wall-thinning rates are determined conservatively according to several evaluation methods developed by Electric Power Research Institute(EPRI). The issue of reliability caused by measurement error should be considered in the process of evaluation. The reliability analysis method was developed for single and multiple measurement data in the previous researches. This paper describes the application results of reliability analysis method to real measurement data during scheduled outage and proved its benefits.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1995년도 추계학술대회 논문집 학회본부
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• pp.182-185
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• 1995

The travelling ultrasonic motor(USM) has good some characteristics over conventional servo motors such as compact size, light weight, silent moton, high torque and high speed response. The USM is driven by 2-phase AC electricity. By adjusting the phase difference of the motor power we control rotation, speed and torque of USM. In this paper, we propose design method using PLSI(programmable Large Scale Integration) of USM controller to adjust the phase difference of the motor power. As compared the previous, the new controller has some advantage that high speed, predictable performance, low power and so on.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.124-129
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• 2005

Copper oxide, CuO, are very important components include of high temperature super- conductors, and widely used. The properties of sintered materials were affected by the size and shape of copper oxide with starting materials in the solid-phase reaction. A homogeneous and fine CuO powder was prepared by thermal decomposition of the copper oxalate precursor. Copper oxalate was precipitated by the addition of copper nitrate solution to an oxalic acid solution. The influence of various factors such as temperature, pH, concentration as well as ultrasonic irradiation in the solution were investigated.

• 한국산학기술학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국산학기술학회 2006년도 춘계학술발표논문집
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• pp.217-222
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• 2006

This paper describes a development of ultrasonic examination analysis software to analyze steam generator of nuclear power plant. The developed software includes classical analysis method such as A, B, C and D-scan images. This software provides the information of shape, depth, size and position of flaws. To do such, we obtain raw data from specimens and/or real pipeline of power plants and, modify the obtained ultrasonic 1-dimensional data according to prepared software design schedule. The developed analysis software is applied to specimens containing various flaws with known dimensions. The results of applications showed that the developed software provided accurate and enhanced images of flaws on various specimens.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2015년도 전력전자학술대회 논문집
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• pp.149-150
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• 2015

압전 마이크로머신 초음파 트랜스듀서(Piezoelectric micro-machined ultrasonic transducers)는 DC 바이어스 전압을 인가해야 구동되는 특성을 가지고 있다. 따라서 초음파 트랜스 듀서를 구동하기 위한 전력증폭기는 DC 바이어스 전압이 요구되므로 기존의 전력증폭기에 비해 효율이 매우 낮아지게 된다. 이를 해결하기 위해 본 논문에서는 압전 마이크로머신 초음파 트랜스듀서를 구동하기 위한 고효율 전력증폭기를 제안한다. 전력증폭기는 AMP부와 전원부로 나뉘며, AMP부는 Class B Amp를 사용하여 높은 증폭 선형성을 갖는다. 전원부는 Amp를 구동하기위한 DC-DC converter가 에너지 회수 동작을 하므로 전력증폭기의 효율을 높일 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 압전 마이크로머신 초음파 트랜스듀서를 구동하기 위한 전력증폭기 회로를 제시하고 시뮬레이션과 실험을 통해 동작 특성을 검증한다.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.52-60
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• 2015

원자력발전소에는 탄소강과 스테인리스강 용접을 위해 alloy600 용접재를 적용한 이종금속용접부가 다수 존재하며, 전 세계적으로 이종금속용접부에서 결함 발생 보고가 지속되고 있다. 주기적인 건전성 평가를 위해 이종금속용접부 초음파검사 일반절차서 (KPD-UT-10)를 적용하여 검사를 수행하고 있으며, 검사절차서에서는 탐촉자와 검사체 표면 사이의 간격을 최대 1/32"(0.8mm) 이내로 제한하고 있다. 국내의 일부 이종금속용접부는 테이퍼진 형상과 불규칙한 표면 형상을 가지고 있어, 가변형 위상배열초음파기술을 적용하여 검사 신뢰성을 높이고자 본 연구를 수행하였다. 연구 결과, 검사체 표면이 불규칙한 시편 내부의 인공결함에 대한 검출이 양호하였고, 이를 통해, 가변형 위상배열초음파기술의 현장 적용 가능성을 확인하였다.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.290-298
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• 2014

초음파 두께 측정 방법은 초음파가 표면에서 되돌아오는 시간을 측정하여 두께를 측정하는 비파괴검사 방법이다. 이때 초음파 진행 시간은 펄스의 최대값을 이용하여 측정하기 때문에, 물체의 두께가 얇을 경우 펄스 신호가 서로 중첩이 되어 기존의 초음파 방법으로 측정하기 어렵다는 단점이 있다. 이러한 단점을 보완하기 위해 본 논문에서는 파워켑스트럼과 최소분산켑스트럼을 사용하여 두께를 측정하는 방법을 제안하고자 한다. 켑스트럼 신호 처리는 초음파 신호를 임펄스 트레인과 전달함수(초음파 펄스 신호)로 분리하기 때문에 표면에서 돌아오는 초음파 신호의 시간을 임펄스 트레인의 주기로 정확하게 측정할 수 있다. 제안된 방법을 검증하기 위하여 다양한 두께를 가진 철, 아크릴 시편에 대해 실험을 수행하였다. 두께가 얇은 시편에 대해서는 펄스가 중첩이 되기 때문에 기존방법으로 측정이 어려움을 알 수 있었다. 하지만 제안된 방법인 켑스트럼 초음파 신호 처리를 적용한 결과 임펄스 신호로 분리하기 때문에 두께를 정확히 측정함을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제30권10호
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• pp.656-664
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• 2017

This paper presents the design and fabrication of a high power piezoelectric ultrasonic surgery unit for multi-purpose dental implantation. A conventional piezoelectric ultrasonic surgery units consists of a transducer and a tip. However, the drawback of this simple structure is that the output performance of the transducer considerably changes with the change of the tips. An ultrasonic surgery unit that has an additional booster between the transducer and the tip can solve this problem to some extent; for this, an optimal structural design for the transducer is required. We used the Bolted Langevin Transducer (BLT) as the basic transducer; it consists of piezoelectric ceramics and a metal body. It's structure was optimized using mathematical methods to determine the length and radius of the tail and head masses. Additionally, the booster was also subjected to the same methods. Using these mathematical methods, optimal results in terms of the resonance frequency (24.96 kHz), displacement ($14.27{\mu}m$), and pressure (2.8 MPa), could be obtained. The validity of this proposed surgery unit was confirmed experimentally, exhibiting a cutting force of around 7% higher than that of a conventional surgery unit.