• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.32 no.6
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• pp.696-702
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• 2012

In this study, a noncontact laser ultrasonic system is proposed for rail defect detection. An Nd-Yag pulse laser is used for generation of ultrasonic waves, and the corresponding ultrasonic responses are measured by a laser Doppler vibrometer. For the detection of rail surface damages, the shape of the excitation laser beam is transformed into a line. On the other hand, a point source laser beam is used for the inspection of defects inside a rail head. Then, the interactions of propagating ultrasonic waves with defects are examined using actual rail specimens. Amplitude attenuation was mainly observed for a surface crack, and reflections were most noticeable from an internal damage. Finally, opportunities and challenges associated with real-time rail inspection from a high-speed train are discussed.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.816-825
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• 1994

The purpose of this study is to develop the non-destructive material evaluation method of aluminum alloy base metal matrix composite(MMC) by ultrasonics. Five aluminum base MMC specimens were fabricated in which the fractional ratios of fiber were changed from 0% to 31%. Relations among acoustic properties, microstructural features and elastic constant were compared. The ultrasonic velocity method was useful for nondestructive elastic constant measurement of composite materials, since the method had as same accuracy as conventional strain measurement method. Furthermore, velocity, attenuation and backscattering behaviors for each specimen also related to fractional ratio of fiber and these relations could utilize ultrasonic non-destructive evaluation of fiber structure in MMC.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.1-6
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• 1998

손가락결합부재에 대한 정적휨시험 및 초음파 비파괴시험을 실시하였다. 발신 및 수신 변환기의 상대 위치와 두 변환기 사이의 거리에 따른 음전달속도의 변화를 분석하였으며 정적 휨시험으로 부터 구한 MOE 및 MOR과 비교하였다. MOR과 음전달속도는 손가락의 경사가 증가할수록 감소하였다. MOR은 음전달속도와 매우 밀접한 상관관계를 보였으나 MOE는 손가락의 경사도나 음전달속도에 큰 영향을 받지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 음전달속도는 섬유방향이 방사방향이나 접선방향에 비하여 더 높은 값을 나타내었다. 발신 및 수선 변환기를 동일면에 부착한 경우에 직각면 또는 반대면에 부착한 경우보다 더 높은 음전달속도를 나타내었다. 변환기 사이의 거리가 증가할수록 음전달속도는 양끝면에 변환기를 부착한 경우의 속도에 수렴하는 경향을 나타내었다.

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2000.08a
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• pp.52-53
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• 2000

물질 내부에서의 초음파(ultrasonics)의 전파특성을 분석하면 측정대상의 외형적 크기와 성분조성, 내부결함의 분포, 그리고 결정입경(grain size) 등과 같은 물질의 미세조직을 비파괴적으로 평가(NDE; non-destructive evaluation)할 수 있다. 초음파를 이용하는 비파괴 평가에 있어서 기존에는 주로 접촉식 압전변환기(PZT transducer)를 이용하여 초음파를 인가함과 동시에 이를 이용하여 측정대상 내부를 전파한 초음파를 검지하는 방식을 이용하여 왔다. 이와 같은 압전변환기를 이용한 비파괴 평가는 측정방법이 비교적 간단하고 초음파 에너지의 정량화가 용이한 장점이 있으나 측정방식이 접촉식이기 때문에 측정 시편이 고온이거나 움직이는 대상에는 적용이 어렵다. 따라서 비파괴 평가의 궁극적인 활용목표의 하나인 온-라인 평가를 실현하기 위해서는 비접촉식 초음파 평가방법이 정립되어야 한다. 이러한 관점에서 최근 레이저를 이용한 비접촉식 초음파의 생성 및 검지방법에 대한 연구가 진행되고 있다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the KWS Conference
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• 2005.06a
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• pp.194-196
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• 2005

Ultrasonic guided waves are gaining increasing attention for the inspection of platelike and rodlike structures. At the same time, inspection methods that do not require contact with the test piece are being developed for advanced applications. This paper capitalizes on recent advances in the areas of guided wave ultrasonics and noncontact ultrasonics to demonstrate a superior method for the nondestructive detection of thinning defects simulating hidden corrosion in thin aluminum plates. The proposed approach uses EMAT(electro-magnetic acoustic transducer) for the noncontact generation and detection of guided plate waves. Interesting features in the dispersive behavior of selected guided modes are used for the detection of plate thinning. It is shown that mode cutoff measurements provide a qualitative detection of thinning defects. Measurement of the mode group velocity can be also used to quantify of thinning depth.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.143-148
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• 2006

The ultrasonics is a new technology in waste activated sludge(WAS) treatment. Ultrasonic treatment is well known method for the break up of microbial cells to extract out a variety of intercellular materials inside microorganism cell. This study was done to investigate the effects of the ultrasonic frequency and power on disruption of biosolids in WAS and to examine the effect on methane production of WAS treated by ultrasonics. Biosolids disruption with ultrasound is more effective at ultrasonic frequency of 40 kHz and power of 0.3 watt/mL. In the digestion with WAS pretreated by sonication time for 10 minute at 40 kHz and 0.3 watt/mL, the total quantity of generated methane increased by 75%, as compared with experimental control(non-treatment).

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.151-161
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• 2018

A new type of cascade sandwiched piezoelectric ultrasonic transducer is presented and studied. The cascade transducer is composed of two traditional longitudinally sandwiched piezoelectric transducers, which are connected together in series mechanically and in parallel electrically. Based on the analytical method, the electromechanical equivalent circuit of the cascade transducer is derived and the resonance/anti-resonance frequency equations are obtained. The impedance characteristics and the vibrational modes of the transducer are analyzed. By means of numerical method, the dependency of the resonance/anti-resonance frequency and the effective electromechanical coupling coefficient on the geometrical dimensions of the cascade transducer are studied and some interesting conclusions are obtained. Two prototypes of the cascade transducers are designed and made; the resonance/anti-resonance frequency is measured. It is shown that the analytical resonance/anti-resonance frequencies are in good agreement with the experimental results. It is expected that this kind of cascade transducer can be used in large power and high intensity ultrasonic applications, such as ultrasonic liquid processing, ultrasonic metal machining and ultrasonic welding and soldering.

• Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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• v.13 no.11
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• pp.1106-1113
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• 2001

This paper presents experimental works on the ultrasonic influence during melting of ice and paraffin and compared the paraffin's result with ice's results. The experiments was carried out under two setting conditions.: 1) Heater without ultrasonic vibration, 2) heater with ultrasonic vibration. Experimental observations show that the ultrasonic vibration enhances significantly the phase-change process (melting) so that the melting time is reduced about 16∼25% compared to those of molting process without ultrasonics in the melting of both ice and paraffin. But the influence of ultrasonics was not significant to affect the reduction of the power consumption. In the case of paraffin, the reduction rate of power consumption was about 20%, but the reduction of the power consumption was increased about 0∼12%.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.312-312
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• 2002

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.74-87
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• 2002