• 센서학회지
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.408-412
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• 2012

An in-line dispersive delay line (DDL) demands low and controllable reflectivity of the reflectors, especially if the surface acoustic wave (SAW) propagates all the way along the reflecting structure. The metal reflectors are usually too strong and introduce too much attenuation in such a device. The proposed solution of this problem is to spatially separate the acoustic channels for different frequencies with the help of Fan-shaped Transducers (FIDT) and to use narrow open metal reflectors to reduce reflectivity. Special arrangement of FIDT is performed to use 180-deg. reflection of the SAW. Narrow open metal strips with a metallisation ratio of the order of 20% are used as reflectors with small and controllable reflectivity. Reflectivity of such strips is estimated both theoretically and experimentally. Experimental performance of the proposed DDL is presented.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 2002년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.395-400
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• 2002

Epoxy coating and sealing used in nuclear plants for the protection of radiation degrades with aging and hazardous atmosphere. In order to evaluate the degradation of the epoxy, dependence of the acoustic impedance on the change of mechanical properties has been used. Unlike metals, the surface of the epoxy coating on a concrete liner is so wavy that the acoustic impedance is difficult to measure by using the reflectivity of the ultrasound on the interface surface because of the irregular reflection and propagation from the epoxy surface. SA(simulated annealing) algorithm is applied to calculate the acoustic impedance using a reflection wave from the rough epoxy surface. The surface waviness and acoustic impedance are taken into account and determined by SA method to evaluate the state of degradation quantitatively.

• ALGAE
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.83-90
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• 2008

Eelgrass beds are very productive and provide nursery functions for a variety of fish and shellfish species. Management for the conservation of eelgrass beds along the Korean coasts is critical, and requires comprehensive strategies such as vegetation mapping. We suggest a mapping method to spatial distribution and quantify of eelgrass beds using a digital echosounder. Echosounding data were collected from the northeast part of Kwangyang Bay, on the south of Korea, in March, 2007. A transducer was attached to a boat equipped with a DGPS. The boat completed a transect survey scanning whole eelgrass beds of 11.7 km2 with a speed of 1.5-2 m s-1 (3-4 knot). The acoustic reflectivity of eelgrass allowed for detection and explicit measurements of canopy cover and height. The results showed that eelgrass bed was distributed in depth from 1.19 to 3.6 m (below MSL) and total dry weight biomass of 4.1 ton with a vegetation area of 4.05 km2. This technique was found to be an effective way to undertake the patch size and biomass of eelgrass over large areas as nondestructive sampling.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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• 제47권2호
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• pp.97-105
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• 2024

The examination needle used in ultrasound biopsy is a medical device used to determine whether there is an abnormality in the tissue. Typically, stainless steel is the standard material used for such needles; however, this study wanted to identify a material that could better enhance sound compared to traditional stainless steel. In this study, six types of needle materials available with the biopsy gun were inserted into pork and ultrasound images according to the curved probe and linear probe were evaluated using ultrasound equipment. The findings revealed significant improvements in ultrasound acoustic enhancement with alternative materials compared to stainless steel (p<0.05). The results regarding the depth of each ultrasound image using the curved probe showed that tungsten and brass had high sound enhancement(p<0.05), while with the linear probe, sound enhancement was high in brass, pla, aluminum, and copper(p<0.05). Due to these results, the previously used stainless needle showed lower ultrasound acoustic enhancement than the five types of materials being compared. Consequently, the outcomes of this study provide valuable insights for the development of new needle technologies aimed at minimizing patient risks and improving diagnostic accuracy.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제49권2호
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• pp.121-134
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• 2016

서태평양 공해 해저산의 다중빔 음향측심자료와 해저면 영상관측 자료를 활용하여 해저산 정상부와 경사면에 피복된 망간각의 공간 분포 변화 양상을 파악하였다. 다중빔 음향측심기를 이용하여 구분된 해저산의 지형 특성은 정상부 면적의 약 70% 이상이 경사가 $5^{\circ}$ 미만으로 비교적 평평한 지대로 이루어져 있으나 후방산란강도는 해저면의 매질변화를 지시하는 이봉분포를 보였다. 이 이봉분포에서 -30 dB이상의 높은 최빈값은 경사면과 정사부 가장자리 지역에서 우세하였으며 -30 dB이하의 낮은 최빈값은 정상부 중앙지역에서 우세하였다. 해저면 표층의 영상자료와 후방산란 자료의 연관성을 분석한 결과, 정상부 중앙지역은 경사면에 비해 상대적으로 완만한 기울기와 미교결 퇴적물만 존재하여 후방산란이 낮게 나타난다. 반면, 정상부 가장자리 및 경사면은 퇴적물이 없어 기반암이 노출되거나 망간각이 피복되어 후방산란이 높게 나타남을 보여준다. 따라서 다중빔 음향측심조사를 통해 획득된 후방산란 자료와 해저면의 퇴적물 및 망간각 분포 사이의 상관관계가 높다는 것을 알 수 있다. 이 연구결과는 다중빔 음향측심조사를 통해 획득된 후방산란 자료를 활용하면 기요형태의 해저산에 피복된 망간각의 전체적인 분포 규모를 확인할 수 있음을 의미한다. 따라서 해저산 지역의 망간각 개발 유망구역을 선별하는데 후방산란 자료가 유용하게 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2002년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.237-244
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• 2002

Televiewer is a logging tool capable of scanning the borehole wall. The tool uses a rotating acoustic beam generator that acts as both a transmitter and receiver. The beams are sent toward the wall. The amplitude of a returning signal from the wall has nearly a linear relationship with the reflection coefficient R of the borehole wall, when the wall is smooth. As R depends only on rock impedance for fixed water impedance, the amplitude is directly associated with mass density and seismic velocity of rock. Meanwhile, the amplitude can be further reduced by wall roughness that may be caused by drilling procedures, differences in rock hardness, because the rough surface can easily scatter the acoustic energy and sometimes the hole becomes elongated in all directions according to the degree of weathering. In this sense, the amplitude is related to the hardness of rocks. For convenience of analysis, the measured amplitude image(2-D data(azimuth ${\times}$ depth)) is converted, with an appropriate algorithm, to the 1-D data(depth), where the amplitude image values along a predetermined fracture signature(sinusoid) are summed up and averaged. The resulting values are subsequently scaled simply by a scalar factor that is possibly consistent with a known strength. This scaled Televiewer reflectivity is named, as a matter of convenience,“Televiewer rock strength”. This paper shows, based on abundant representative case studies from about 8 years of Televiewer surveys, that Televiewer rock strength might be regarded, on a continuous basis with depth, as a quitely robust indicator of rock classification and in most cases as an approximate uniaxial strength that is comparable to the rebound value from Schmidt hammer test.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.63-82
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• 2005

This paper introduces a technology for robust and low maintenance cost sensor network capable to detect accelerations below a micro-g in a wide frequency bandwidth (above 1,000 Hz). Sensor networks with such performance are critical for navigation, seismology, acoustic sensing, and for the health monitoring of civil structures. The approach is based on the fabrication of an array of high sensitivity accelerometers, each utilizing Fabry-Perot cavity with wavelength-dependent reflectivity to allow embedded optical detection and serialization. The unique feature of the approach is that no local power source is required for each individual sensor. Instead one global light source is used, providing an input optical signal which propagates through an optical fiber network from sensor-to-sensor. The information from each sensor is embedded onto the transmitted light as an intrinsic wavelength division multiplexed signal. This optical "rainbow" of data is then assessed providing real-time sensing information from each sensor node in the network. This paper introduces the Fabry-Perot based accelerometer and examines its critical features, including the effects of imperfections and resolution estimates. It then presents serialization techniques for the creation of systems of arrayed sensors and examines the effects of serialization on sensor response. Finally, a fabrication process is proposed to create test structures for the critical components of the device, which are dynamically characterized.

• 지구물리와물리탐사
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.7-12
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• 2000

본 논문은 3차원 탄성파자료로부터 저류층의 공극율 분포를 파악하기 위한 자료 전처리 및 역산법에 대한 연구이다. 전처리과정은 음파 및 밀도 검층기록에서 도출한 반사계수 시계열을 사용하여 탄성파기록의 진폭을 보정하는 공정이다. 연구지역에서 획득한 8개의 검층기록과 그 위치의 탄성파 기록으로부터 산출된 보정함수를 크리깅(kriging)하여 모든 탄성파기록의 보정함수를 산출하였다. 일정 대역폭을 보유한 탄성파기록으로부터 검층과 같은 광대역 임피던스 시계열을 도출하기 위해서는 한정된 대역폭의 탄성파 기록에서 손실된 저주파와 고주파 성분을 복구하여야 한다. 본 연구에서는 autoregressive(AR) 방법을 사용하였다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2005년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.663-666
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• 2005

Gas hydrates are ice-like compounds that form at the low temperature and high pressure conditions common in shallow marine sediments at water depths greater than 300-500 m when concentrations of methane and other hydrocarbon gases exceed saturation. Estimates of the total mass of methane carbon that resides in this reservoir vary widely. While there is general agreement that gas hydrate is a significant component of the global near-surface carbon budget, there is considerable controversy about whether it has the potential to be a major source of fossil fuel in the future and whether periods of global climate change in the past can be attributed to destabilization of this reservoir. Also essentially unknown is the interaction between gas hydrate and the subsurface biosphere. ODP Leg 204 was designed to address these questions by determining the distribution, amount and rate of formation of gas hydrate within an accretionary ridge and adjacent basin and the sources of gas for forming hydrate. Additional objectives included identification of geologic proxies for past gas hydrate occurrence and calibration of remote sensing techniques to quantify the in situ amount of gas hydrate that can be used to improve estimates where no boreholes exist. Leg 204 also provided an opportunity to test several new techniques for sampling, preserving and measuring gas hydrates. During ODP Leg 204, nine sites were drilled and cored on southern Hydrate Ridge, a topographic high in the accretionary complex of the Cascadia subduction zone, located approximately 80km west of Newport, Oregon. Previous studies of southern Hydrate Ridge had documented the presence of seafloor gas vents, outcrops of massive gas hydrate, and a pinnacle' of authigenic carbonate near the summit. Deep-towed sidescan data show an approximately $300\times500m$ area of relatively high acoustic backscatter that indicates the extent of seafloor venting. Elsewhere on southern Hydrate Ridge, the seafloor is covered with low reflectivity sediment, but the presence of a regional bottom-simulating seismic reflection (BSR) suggests that gas hydrate is widespread. The sites that were drilled and cored during ODP Leg 204 can be grouped into three end-member environments basedon the seismic data. Sites 1244 through 1247 characterize the flanks of southern Hydrate Ridge. Sites 1248-1250 characterize the summit in the region of active seafloor venting. Sites 1251 and 1252 characterize the slope basin east of Hydrate Ridge, which is a region of rapid sedimentation, in contrast to the erosional environment of Hydrate Ridge. Site 1252 was located on the flank of a secondary anticline and is the only site where no BSR is observed.

• 한국해양학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.43-56
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• 1987

한국 동남해역의 일부, 남해해역의 일부 및 대한해협의 대륙붕에 관한 해양지 질학적이며 지구화학적 관점의 기초 해양학적 연구가 실시되었다. 본 연구해서의 대륙붕은 미세지형도인과 표층 퇴적물의 분포패턴등으로 내 대륙붕과 외대륙붕으로 구분되었다. 즉 내 대륙붕과 외 대륙붕의 경계지형은 약 80m수심의 해서이며 내 대륙붕의 해저는 해안선의 방향과 평행하는 발달 추세를 나타내는 반면 외 대륙붕 의 해저는 한국해협 해곡(KSR)등을 크고 작은 기복지형을 나타낸다. 내 대륙붕의 표층 퇴적물은 이토(mud)와 사질 실트로 구성된 세립질 퇴적상이며 외 대륙붕은 조립질 퇴적물(모래와 자갈)로 구성된 잔류퇴적상(relict sediment facies)을 나타낸 다. 내 대륙붕의 퇴적물은 외 대륙붕의 퇴적물보다 높은 $\varepsilon$$_{A1}$ 보이나 Ni, Cr, Cu 등의 오염영향을 거의 보이지 않는다. 그러나 Zn, Pb 등의 원소에 관한한 오염의 영향을 나타내는 것으로 해석된다. 본 연구 지역의 탄성파층서는 음향기 반암과 강한반사면 R에 의한 3층서단위로 구성된다. 이들은 하부로부터 기반암(음향), 하부퇴적층(B) 및 상부퇴적층(A)이며 상부퇴적층은 현세 퇴적층이며 하부퇴적층은 선 현세(pre-Holocene)퇴적층이다.다.