• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.185-191
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• 2012

일반적으로 위상배열 초음파검사 기법을 이용한 배관 용접부검사에서는 높은 검사 각도를 효과적으로 발생하기 위하여 ��지를 사용하게 된다. 그러나 용접부 또는 접근이 제한된 부위에 대한 검사는 위상 배열 초음파 탐촉자에 ��지를 부착하게 되면 ��지의 전단 길이로 인하여 검사체적을 포함하지 못하는 등의 문제점이 발생하게 된다. 따라서 ��지를 사용하지 않고 높은 검사 각도를 발생할 수 있는 횡파 위상배열 초음파 탐촉자를 적용해야 할 필요성이 있다. 본 연구에서는 굴절각도가 높은 횡파를 발생할 수 있는 위상배열 초음파 탐촉자를 설계하고 제작하여 다양한 깊이의 EDM 노치가 가공된 시험편에서 결함이 정확하게 검출되고 평가될 수 있는 지를 확인하였다. 결과적으로 본 연구에서 설계된 횡파 위상배열 초음파 탐촉자는 다양한 깊이의 결함을 검출하고 신뢰성 있는 정밀도를 나타내었으므로 향후 접근제한이 예상되는 발전설비 구조물의 검사에 적용된다면 효과적인 검사 결과를 보여줄 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.227-233
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• 2011

The ultrasonic guided wave phased array using magnetostrictive patch transducers is proposed. The magnetostrictive transducer has received much attention because it is cost-effective and capable to generate ultrasonic waves with a simple configuration. However, it has not been used for ultrasonic guided wave phased array applications until now. In this paper, we propose a magnetostrictive transducer based phased array system consisting of a multi-channel function generator, power amplifiers and Lamb wave magnetostrictive transducers. To check the performance of the ultrasonic guided wave phased array, several Lamb wave focusing experiments were carried out in an aluminum plate. The results demonstrated the capability of the developed array to focus the Lamb waves at specific target points.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제22권8호
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• pp.151-158
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• 2005

In the semiconductor and the optical industry, a new transport system which can replace the conventional sliding systems is required. The sliding systems are driven by the magnetic field and conveyer belts. The magnetic field nay damage semiconductor and the contact force may scratch the optical lens. The ultrasonic wave driven system can solve these problems. In this paper, an object transport system using the excitation of ultrasonic wave is proposed. The experiments for finding the optimal progressive frequency and the phase-differences between two ultrasonic wave generators are performed. The relationships between transportation speed and the excitation frequency, flexural beam shapes and amplification voltage are investigated.

• 한국압력기기공학회 논문집
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.8-14
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• 2013

Steam turbine blades and discs of nuclear power plants are one of the most highly stressed areas of turbine rotor, and periodic inspection of the blade roots is essential for monitoring integrity and preventing turbine failure. Ultrasonic technique is applied for volumetric inspection of blade root. However, the complexity of blade root geometry imposes challenges to inspection of blades and discs. Recently, phased array ultrasonic inspection technology is being applied to numerous power generation inspection applications including turbine rotor. The phased array ultrasonic technique requires customized inspection wedges which are generally necessary to generate effectively higher incident angle. But the usage of this wedge can cause access limitation for the lower stage blades of turbine because of the wedge front length. Therefore, the shear wave phased array probe which can generate high inspection angle without wedge is essentially necessary. In this study, feasibility study is conducted for the shear wave phased array ultrasonic probe application to blade and disc inspection. As results, the experimental results show that the shear wave phased array probe can detect the flaw and measure its size with reliable accuracy. Therefore if this shear wave phased array probe is applied to field inspection of blade and disc, more reliable inspection is expected for turbine having access limitation.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.798-802
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• 2007

The synthetic focusing in the ultrasonic imaging systems has been formed in the way that one element transmits a circular wave and receives an echo signal. The amplitude of the signal transmitted from one element is too small to propagate a long distance so that the SNR(Signal to Noise Ratio) is very low in an image obtained by the synthetic focusing. To solve this problem, a defocusing method which uses several elements has been proposed. In this method, the SNR is improved due to using several elements to transmit the circular wave. But if the number of transmitting elements increases, the phase distortion is severe in the defocusing method. In this paper, we propose a new method that can generate a circular wave using a lot of elements without phase distortion. At first, we generate limited plane waves with different propagation angles and then superpose them to make a circular wave. We show that the circular wave can be used to improve SNR in the real-time 3D ultrasonic imaging as well as the synthetic focusing through computer simulation and experiments.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제17권12호
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• pp.1259-1263
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• 2004

In this paper, the optimum design of ultrasonic dry cleaning head was investigated. The transducer instead of mechanical dynamic structure was used to generate ultrasonic wave and the horn-shape amplifier was utilized to solve the energy decaying problem of ultrasonic wave with propagating it through the media. The analyses of ultrasonic wave and a fluid for the selected structure of a cleaning head were carried out using SYSNOISE and ANSYS simulators, respectively. Based on simulator results, the distance between a horn and the substrate of 4 mm and the horn diameter of 10 mm were determined to maximize the energy of ultrasonic waves. The cooling structure was also considered to reduce the heat from the transducer and the horn. The equivalent circuit for the fabricated horn was deduced from HP4194A impedance/gain/phase analyzer and the frequency of an ultrasonic wave of 20.25 kHz was confirmed using the parameters of the equivalent circuit.

• E2M - 전기 전자와 첨단 소재
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.572-579
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• 1995

Most of conventional ultrasonic transducers are constructed to generate either longitudinal or shear waves, but not both of them. We investigate the mechanism of dual mode transducers that generate both of the longitudinal and shear waves simultaneously with single PZT element. The study is aimed to find the optimally desired cut by examining the anisotropic piezoelectric properties. Theory predicts that a mixed P/S mode transducer can be constructed using a rotated Z-cut of PZT piezoelectric ceramics. We study the performance of a PZT element as a function of its rotation angle so that its efficiency is optimized to excite the two waves as much as equally strong. The results are verified by the waveform in pulse-echo computer simulation and experiments. When the transducer is subjected to impedance analysis, it shows two thickness mode resonances, each of which being a mixed P/S thickness mode. By examining wave speeds on E transmitter delay line receiver setup, it is confirmed that the transducer can transmit and detect both longitudinal and shear wave simultaneously.

• 한국반도체및디스플레이장비학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국반도체및디스플레이장비학회 2005년도 춘계 학술대회
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• pp.184-187
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• 2005

In this paper, the transducer instead of mechanical dynamic structure was used to generate ultrasonic wave and the horn-shape amplifier was utilized to solve the energy decaying problem of ultrasonic wave with propagating it through the media. The analyses of ultrasonic wave and a fluid for the selected structure of a cleaning head were carried out Based on simulator results, the distance between a horn and the substrate of 4 mm and the horn diameter of 10 mm were determined to maximize the energy of ultrasonic waves. The cool ins structure was also considered to reduce the heat from the transducer and the horn.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2013

Ultrasonic guided wave techniques have been widely used for long range nondestructive detection in tube-like structures. The present paper investigates the ultrasonic linear and nonlinear parameters for evaluating the thermal damage in aluminum pipe. Specimens were subjected to thermal loading. Flexible polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) comb transducers were used to generate and receive the ultrasonic waves. The second harmonic wave generation technique was used to check the material nonlinearity change after different heat loadings. The conventional linear ultrasonic approach based on attenuation was also used to evaluate the thermal damages in specimens. The results show that the proposed experimental setup is viable to assess the thermal damage in an aluminum pipe. The ultrasonic nonlinear parameter is a promising candidate for the prediction of micro-damages in a tube-like structure.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.20-26
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• 2005

유도초음파는 판, 봉 또는 관과 같은 구조물의 장거리 탐상에 사용되고 있다. 그러나, 유도초음파에는 그 모드가 많고 전파속도가 달라서, 원하는 모드를 선택적으로 발생시키고 수신하는 기법이 유도초음파를 응용하는데 핵심적인 기술 중 하나이다. 본 연구에서는 배열형 탐촉자의 위상을 조절하여 유도초음파를 발생시키는 방법에 대하여 연구하였다. 이를 위하여 8채널 초음파 펄서/리시버, 그리고 각각의 채널을 일정한 시간간격으로 구동할 수 있는 회로를 개발하였다. 8개의 탐촉자를 만들어서 배열형으로 사용하여 유도 초음파를 발생시켰다. 이웃한 요소 탐촉자 사이의 구동시간 간격을 제어하여 이에 맞는 위상속도를 지닌 유도초음파를 선택적으로 발생시켰고, 발생된 유도초음파의 군속도를 측정하였으며, 배열탐촉자에서 수신된 신호를 시간지연을 가지고 합성하여 유도초음파의 모드를 선택적으로 수신하였다. 그 결과, 이웃한 요소 탐촉자 사이의 구동시간 간격을 바꿈으로서 원하는 모드의 유도초음파를 선택적으로 발생시킬 수 있었다.