• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.1463-1479
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• 2015

Lamb waves have been a promising candidate for quantitative damage identification for various engineering structures, taking advantage of their superb capabilities of traveling for long distances with fast propagation and low attenuation. However, the application of Lamb waves in damage identification so far has been hampered by the fact that the characteristic signals associated with defects are generally weaker compared with those arising from boundary reflections, mode conversions and environmental noises, making it a tough task to achieve satisfactory damage identification from the time series. With awareness of this challenge, this paper proposes a time reversal-based technique to enhance the strength of damage-scattered signals, which has been previously applied to bulk wave-based damage detection successfully. The investigation includes (i) an analysis of Lamb wave propagation in a plate, generated by PZT patches mounted on the structure; (ii) an introduction of the time reversal theory dedicated for waveform reconstruction with a narrow-band input; (iii) a process of enhancing damage-scattered signals based on time reversal focalization; and (iv) the experimental investigation of the proposed approach to enhance the damage identification on a composite plate. The results have demonstrated that signals scattered by delamination in the composite plate can be enhanced remarkably with the assistance of the proposed process, benefiting from which the damage in the plate is identified with ease and high precision.

• 대한전자공학회논문지TC
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• 제49권8호
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• pp.52-57
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• 2012

실내 무선 통신 환경에 적합한 심볼 간섭을 최소화 하는 가중치를 적용한 시역전 필터를 제안한다. 실내 무선 통신 환경에서는 delay spread로 인한 심볼 간 간섭으로 인해 심각한 성능열화가 초래되며 이를 해결하기 위해 현존하는 기법들은 복잡한 수신기법을 통해 성능을 개선하였다. 본 논문에서는 수신기의 복잡한 구조를 단순하게 하면서도 간섭을 줄이는 시역전 필터의 계수에 가중치를 부여하여 심볼 간 간섭을 최소화하면서도 수신신호의 peak 파워를 일정 수준이상으로 유지하는 가중치 시역전 필터를 제안한다. 이를 통해 잡음 및 간섭에 강인하면서도 심볼 간 간섭을 줄이며 간단한 수신기를 구성할 수 있는 이점을 얻는다. 실험결과에서는 가중치 시역전 필터가 기존 시역전 필터에 비해 성능이 개선되었음을 볼 수 있다.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.213-221
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• 2009

수중 시역전 통신기법은 복잡한 수중채널환경에서 정합장 처리를 통해 수신단의 구조가 간단하면서 전송성능을 높이기 때문에 많은 연구가 진행되어 왔으나 디지털 시역전 통신을 하기 위한 전송변수에 대한 연구가 부족하다. 본 논문은 수중시역전 채널과 전송방식을 분석하여 시역전 통신이 공간 다이버서티 이득을 얻을 수 있음을 보였다. 그리고 디지털 시역전 전송 시 전송심볼간의 간섭을 회피하여 최적의 성능을 얻을 수 있는 통신변수인 심볼 구간, 프레임의 길이 및 전송 프로토콜에 대한 설계방법을 제안한다. 전산모의실험을 통해 제안된 설계변수를 이용한 시역전 통신에서의 전송심볼간 간섭효과를 보였다. 또한 보다 많은 트랜스듀서를 사용할수록 시역전 효과에 의해 부정합 신호경로의 개수와 크기가 줄어 ISI의 효과가 감소함을 보였다.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.54-58
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• 2008

Time reversal (TR) of body waves in fluids and isotropic solids has been used in many applications including ultrasonic NDE. However, the study of the TR method for anisotropic materials is not well established. In this paper, the full reconstruction of the input signal is investigated for anisotropic media using an analytical formulation, called a modular Gaussian beam (MGB) model. The time reversal operation of this model in the frequency domain is done by taking the complex conjugate of the Gaussian amplitude and phase received at the TR mirror position. A narrowband reference signal having a particular frequency and number of cycles is then multiplied and the whole signal is inverse Fourier transformed. The original input signal is seen to be fully restored by the TR process of MGB model and this model can be more generalized to simulate the spatial and temporal focusing effects due to TR process in anisotropic materials.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2008년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.1397-1402
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• 2008

In this paper, damage detection method by using the time reversal is developed to detect damage on composit structures. The time reversal was investigated for direct root between PZT and PZT, but in case of a circular PZT, lamb wave moves not only along the direct root but also another roots. The center frequency of lamb wave is kept when the lamb waves are reflected from damage. This paper presents experimental and theoretical results for the new structural health monitoring method by above features of lamb wave, and we can increase accuracy of the new structural health monitoring method by using STFT(Short Time Fourier Transform).

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.108-112
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• 2003

We report the experimental finding that there exists a transition of magnetization reversal process with varying the applied field in Co/Pd multilayer. We have measured the wall-motion speed V and the nucleation rate R during magnetization reversal via time-resolved direct domain observation, where the magnetization reversal process of Co/Pd multilayer is found to take a transition from thermal activation process to viscous process at the critical field of about 1.87 H$\_$C/ (coercivity). In the thermal activation regime, we find that the field dependences of two activation volumes for the wall-motion process and the nucleation process are different with each other, which reveals that the wall-motion and nucleation experience completely different interactions. In the viscous regime, we find that the wall-mobility is much smaller than a typical value for the sandwiched Co films, which implies that the Co/Pd interfaces in multilayer substantially contribute to the dynamic dissipation.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.643-662
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• 2016

The monitoring of structural integrity of pipeline tapered thread connections is of great significance in terms of safe operation in the industry. In order to detect effectively the loosening degree of tapered thread connection, an active sensing method using piezoceramic transducers was developed based on time reversal technique in this paper. As the piezoeramic transducers can be either as actuators or sensors to generate or detect stress waves, the energy transmission for tapered thread connection was analyzed. Subsequently, the detection principle for tapered thread connection based on time reversal was introduced. Finally, the inherent relationship between the contact area and tightness degree of tapered thread connection for the pipe structural model was investigated. Seven different contact area scenarios were tested. Each scenario was created by loosening connectors ranging from 3 turns to 4.5 turns in the right tapered threads when the contact area in the left tapered threads were 4.5 turns. The experiments were separately conducted with a highly noisy environment and various excitation signal amplitudes. The results show the focused peaks based on time reversal have the monotonously rising trend with the increase of the contact areas of tapered threads within an acceptable monitoring resolution for metal pipes. Compared with the energy method, the proposed time reversal based method to monitor tapered threads loosening demonstrates to be more robust in rejecting noise in Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) applications.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제29권12C호
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• pp.1623-1632
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• 2004

본 논문에서는 전형적인 실내 무선 채널 환경에서 초광대역 (Ultra Wide Band; UWB) 신호의 고속 동기 획득을 위한 Single-Dwell 연속 통기 탐색 기반의 Linear 탐색 알고리즘 및 Bit Reversal 탐색 알고리즘에 대한 성능분석을 수행하였다. IEEE 802.15 Task Group 3a UWB 실내 무선 채널 환경에서 프레임 구간 및 탐색 단위 구간 등의 변화에 따른 모의실험 결과. Linear 탐색 알고리즘보다 Bit Reversal 탐색 알고리즘이 정규화된 평균 동기 획득 소요 시간에 대해 단연 우수함을 확인하였으며, 탐색 종료 구간의 범위 변화에 따른 정규화된 평균 동기 획득 소요 시간이 이상적인 경우와 거의 일치함을 확인하였다. 특히, Bit Reversal 탐색 알고리즘의 경우 탐색 단위 구간이 세밀할수록 동일한 소요 시간에 대해 더욱 정확한 동기 획득 성능을 얻음을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국자기학회:학술대회 개요집
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• 한국자기학회 2000년도 International Symposium on Magnetics The 2000 Fall Conference
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• pp.279-286
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• 2000

Magnetic field dependence of magnetization reversal in Co/Pt multilayers has been quantitatively investigated. Serial samples of Co/Pt multilayers have been prepared by dc-magnetron sputtering under various Ar pressure. Magnetization reversal was monitored by magnetization viscosity measurement and direct domain observation using a magneto-optical microscope system, and the wall-motion speed and the nucleation rate R were determined using a domain reversal model based on time-resolved domain reversal patterns. Both and R were found to be exponentially dependent on the reversing applied field. From the exponential dependencies, the activation volumes of the wall motion and nucleation could be determined based on a thermally activated relaxation model, and the wall-motion activation volume was revealed to be slightly larger than the nucleation activation volume.

• 한국자기학회:학술대회 개요집
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• 한국자기학회 2000년도 International Symposium on Magnetics The 2000 Fall Conference
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• pp.121-146
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• 2000

A novel system of magneto-optical microscope magnetometer (MOMM), capable of simultaneous local problems of magnetic properties as well as real-time magnetic domain evolution imaging of ferromagnetic thin films with 400-nm spatial resolution, New findings in domain reveral dynamics of Co-based multilayers: The reversal ratio of V/R is a governing physical parameter. The activation volumes of wall-motion and nucleation processes are generally unequal. Submicron-scale local coercivity variation determines domain reversal dynamics. A thermally activated relaxation process during domain reversal is existed on the submicron-scale in realistic films. Local variation of magnetic properties should be considered for a realistic simulation. The fantastic capabilities of the MOMM can open many possibilities to broaden and deepen our understanding of domain reversal phenomena in ferromagnetic thin films.