• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.223-233
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• 2011

A design optimization problem was formulated to minimize the volume of an RC building structure while satisfying design constraints on structural displacements under vertical, wind and seismic loads. We employed metamodel-based design optimization using design of experiments, metamodeling and optimization algorithm to circumvent the difficulty of the automation of structural analysis procedure. Especially, we proposed a design approach of repetitive design optimizations by stages with changing the side constraint values on design variables and limit values on design constraints until a satisfactory design result was obtained. Using the proposed design approach, the volume of the RC building structure has been reduced by 53.3 % compared to the initial one while satisfying all the design constraints. This design result clearly shows the validity of the proposed design approach.

• Computational Structural Engineering
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.141-149
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• 1996

Efficient approximate reanalysis techniques based on substructuring are presented. In most optimal design problems, the analysis precedure must be repeated many times. In particular, one of the main obstacles in the structural optimization systems is high computational cost and time required for the repeated analysis of large-scale structural systems. The purpose of this paper is to show how to evaluate efficiently the sturctural behavior of new designs using information from the previous ones, instead of the multiple repeated analysis of basic equations for successive modification in the optimal design. The proposed reanalysis method is a combined Taylor series expansion and reduced basis method based on substructuring. Several numerical examples illustrate the effectiveness of the method.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems Conference
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• 2002.12a
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• pp.419-422
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• 2002

본 논문에서는 신경망에 비해 보다 단순화되고 빠르게 수렴하는 특성을 보이는 방사 기준함수 구조를 초기에 설계하기 위한 초기화 방법을 제안한다. 이를 위해 웨이블릿 변환을 이용한 분석 기법을 사용하였고, 주어진 문제에 적합한 방사 기준 함수 구조를 초기에 최적 상태로 결정하였다. 시간-주파수 평면에서 지역화 특성이 대상 함수를 근사할 수 있는 특성을 지닌 방사 기준 함수를 선택, 결정하여 은닉층을 구성할 경우, 근사 능력을 지닌 초기 구조를 결정함에 있어서 장점을 지닌다. 제안된 구조는 다층 전방향 신경망 또는 정규 배열된 방사 기준함수 구조에 비해 주어진 문제에 대해 좋은 성능을 보인다.

• Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.91-98
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• 1994

An efficient optimization procedure combining the frequency approximation technique and the component-mode synthesis method is proposed for the structural dynamic optimization of the large structures subject to prescribed natural frequency constraints. Frequency constraints are approximated by using the first-order sensitivities with respect to both design parameters and their reciprocals. The component-mode synthesis method proposed by the authors in Ref.[8] is used for the repetitive detail finite-element analysis and sensitivity analysis. The validity of the proposed optimization procedure is confirmed through the numerical implementation of some examples. The presented approximation technique requires much smaller number of repetitive analysis than that using the sensitivities with respect to design parameters only, and further improvement in the numerical efficiency is achieved by the adoption of the introduced component-mode synthesis.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.237-243
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• 2012

The thickness optimization of the gearbox housing for 5MW wind turbine is carried out with the help of the efficient structure analysis model and the approximation model of objective function. Wind turbine gearbox is a complex structural system composed of a number of gear trains, shafts, bearing and gearbox housing, requiring a tremendous number of elements for the structural analysis and design. In this paper, an effective analysis and design model considering the tooth stiffness of helical gears is proposed. It enables to significantly reduce the total element number and the analysis time. Through the numerical optimization of housing thickness making use of the effective gearbox model and the approximate model of objective function, the total weight of the gearbox housing is minimized. It has been observed from the numerical experiment that the approximation model is reliable and the optimization result is acceptable and verified analysis.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics S
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• v.35S no.10
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• pp.85-93
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• 1998

In general, the solvability of linear robust output regulation problem are not preserved under time-sampling. Thus, it is found that the digital regulator implemented by time-sampling of analog output regulator designed based on the continuous-time linear system model is nothing but a 1st order approximation with respect to time-sampling. However, one can design an improved sampled-data regulator with respect to sampling time by utilizing teh intrinsic structure of the system. In this paper, we study the system structures for which it is possible to design an improved sampled-data regulator with respect to sampling time.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.397-406
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• 1999

A new solution procedure for approximate reanalysis, using the staged hybrid methods with substructuring, is proposed in this study. Displacements are calculated with two step mixed procedures. First step is to introduce the conservative approximation, which is a hybrid form of the linear and reciprocal approximation, as local approximation. In the next step, it is combined with the global approximation by reduced basis approach. Stresses are evaluated from the displacements by matrix transformation. The quality of reanalyzed quantities can be greatly improved through these staged hybrid approximations, specially for large changes in the design. Overall procedures are based on substructuring scheme. Several numerical examples illustrate the validity and effectiveness of the proposed methods.

• Computational Structural Engineering
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.267-274
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• 1998

본 연구에서는 기지개와 미시구멍으로 구성된 복합재료에 입자보강 복합재료의 등가 재료상수 예측기법인 평균장 근사이론과 등가원리를 적용하여 위상 최적화에 필요한 등가 재료상수와 설계변수와의 상관관계식을 유도하였다. 또한, 유도된 관계식에 중간값을 갖는 설계변수의 수를 줄이기 위하여 벌칙인자를 도입하였다. 그리고 본 연구의 타당성을 검증하기 위하여 벌칙인자가 도입된 위상 최적화문제를 순차이차계획법인 PLBA 알고리즘을 이용하여 해석하였다.

• Journal of Korean Association for Spatial Structures
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• v.6 no.3 s.21
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• pp.103-110
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• 2006

This study presents a technique to control quantitatively lateral drift of RC tall frameworks subject to lateral loads. To this end, lateral drift constraints are established by introducing approximation concept that preserves the generality of the mathematical programming and can efficiently solve large scale problems. Also the relationships of sectional properties are established to reduce the number of design variables and resizing technique of member is developed under the 'constant-shape' assumption. Specifically, the methodology of dynamic displacement sensitivity analysis is developed to formulate the approximated lateral displacement constraints. Three types of 10 and 50 story RC framework models are considered to illustrate the features of dynamic stiffness-based optimal design technique proposed in this study.

• 건축구조
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.31-40
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• 2006

구조물의비탄성거동을알아내기위한여러가지의지진해석방법중에서비탄성시간이력해석이가장정확한응답을준다고알려져있지만실제내진설계에서이보다더쉽게비탄성거동을근사적으로파악할수있는방법이능력스펙트럼법(Capacity Spectrum Method: CSM)인데여기서는이방법의기본적인원리를소개하기로한다.