• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.34 no.12
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• pp.1811-1820
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• 2010

Most components in the real world show nonlinear response. The nonlinearity may arise because of contact between the parts, nonlinear material, or large deformation of the components. Structural optimization considering nonlinearities is fairly expensive because sensitivity information is difficult to calculate. To overcome this difficulty, the equivalent load method was proposed for nonlinear response optimization. This method was originally developed for size and shape optimization. In this study, the equivalent load method is modified to perform topology optimization considering all kinds of nonlinearities. Equivalent load is defined as the load for linear analysis that generates the same response field as that for nonlinear analysis. A simple example demonstrates that results of the topology optimization using equivalent load are very similar to the numerical results. Nonlinear response topology optimization is performed with a practical example and the results are compared with those of conventional linear response topology optimization.

• Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.92-98
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• 1993

불규칙 해상에서 선박의 큰 횡요각의 예측이 중요한 과제로 대두 되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 추계적 해석에 의한 이의 예측 방법을 제시한다. 즉, 주어진 비선형 횡요 운동 방정식으로 부터 배의 횡요각과 각속도의 확률 밀도 함수를 구하는 방법으로 평균화 법과 등가 비선형화 법을 적용하였고 각종 계수들의 값의 변화에 따른 예측 결과를 다른 논문에서 제시한 simulation 결과와 비교하였다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.39 no.3
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• pp.311-318
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• 2015

A nonlinear dynamic response structural optimization process is proposed for the television (TV) packing system that protects the damage from a drop situation using the equivalent static loads (ESLs). Topology optimization using ESLs is carried out for conceptual design, and shape optimization using stress ESLs for a virtual model is performed for detailed design. Stress ESLs are static loads that generate the same displacement as well as the stress fields of linear static analysis as those of nonlinear dynamic analysis. Thus, the response of nonlinear dynamic analysis can be utilized as a constraint in the linear static structural optimization. An actual example is solved to validate the process. The drop test of a television packaging system is analyzed by LS-DYNA, and NASTRAN is used for optimization.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.14 no.5
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• pp.1104-1111
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• 1990

A method to identify nonlinear elements position of a nonlinear system is presented. Nonlinear elements position can be identified by an equivalent error damping and stiffness matrices which are based on the equivalent linearization technique. The procedures of this technique are: (1) Obtain input force and system response. (2) Define error between the actual and linearized restoring forces. (3) Calculate linearized damping and stiffness coefficients to minimize the square error sum. Several examples are tested and found that these methods are very effective not only to locate the nonlinear elements position but also to identify the degree of nonlinearity qualitatively. Nonlinear type can be qualitatively identified by examining the plots of restoring force vs equivalent state values.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.175-184
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• 2006

Two methods of the nonlinear static pushover analysis have been presented for the performance-based seismic design and evaluation of MDOF continuous bridges. Guidelines for buildings presented in FEMA-273 applying the Displacement Coefficient Method (DCM) and in ATC applying the Capacity Spectrum Method(CSM) have been modified for MDOF bridges. Two methods are compared with the time- history analysis. The lateral load distribution pattern for seismic loads has been examined in the static pushover analysis. The force-based fiber frame finite element has been implemented in the modeling of reinforced concrete piers.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.1-10
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• 2011

An optimization method is proposed for preform and billet shape designs in the forging process by using the Equivalent Static Loads (ESLs). The preform shape is an important factor in the forging process because the quality of the final forging is significantly influenced by it. The ESLSO is used to determine the shape of the preform. In the ESLSO, nonlinear dynamic loads are transformed to the ESLs and linear response optimization is performed using the ESLs. The design is updated in linear response optimization and nonlinear analysis is performed with the updated design. The examples in this paper show that optimization using the ESLs is useful and the design results are satisfactory. Consequently, the optimal preform and billet shapes which produce the desired final shape have been obtained. Nonlinear analysis and linear response optimization of the forging process are performed using the commercial software LS-DYNA and NASTRAN, respectively.

• Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.65-73
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• 2002

It has been recognized that the damage control must become a more explicit design consideration. In an effort to develop design methods based on performance it is clear that the evaluation of the nonlinear response is required. The methods available to the design engineer today are nonlinear time history analyses, monotonic static nonlinear analyses, or equivalent static analyses with simulated nonlinear influences. Some building codes propose the capacity spectrum method based on the nonlinear static analysis(pushover analysis) to determine the earthquake-induced demand given by the structure pushover curve. These procedures are conceptually simple but iterative and time consuming with some errors. This paper presents a nonlinear direct spectrum method(NDSM) to evaluate seismic performance of structures, without iterative computations, given by the structural initial elastic period and yield strength from the pushover analysis, especially for MDF(multi degree of freedom) systems. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the accuracy and confidence of this method from a point of view of various earthquakes and unloading stiffness degradation parameters. The conclusions of this study are as follows; 1) NDSM is considered as practical method because the peak deformations of nonlinear system of MDF by NDSM are almost equal to the results of nonlinear time history analysis(NTHA) for various ground motions. 2) When the results of NDSM are compared with those of NTHA. mean of errors is the smallest in case of post-yielding stiffness factor 0.1, static force by MAD(modal adaptive distribution) and unloading stiffness degradation factor 0.2~0.3.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.26 no.2A
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• pp.383-390
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• 2006

In this paper, a stochastic field that is compatible with Monte Carlo simulation is suggested for an expansion-based stochastic analysis scheme of weighted integral method. Through investigation on the way of affection of stochastic field function on the displacement vector in the series expansion scheme, it is noticed that the stochastic field adopted in the weighted integral method is not compatible with that appears in the Monte Carlo simulation. As generally recognized in the field of stochastic mechanics, the response variability is not a linear function of the coefficient of variation of stochastic field but a nonlinear function with increasing variability as the intensity of uncertainty is increased. Employing the stochastic field suggested in this study, the response variability evaluated by means of the weighted integral scheme is reproduced with high precision even for uncertain fields with moderately large coefficient of variation. Besides, despite the fact that only the first-order expansion is employed, an outstanding agreement between the results of expansion-based weighted integral method and Monte Carlo simulation is achieved.

• Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.35-44
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• 2004

In the capacity spectrum method(CSM) using a linear response spectrum, the peak response of an inelastic system under a given earthquake load is estimated transforming the system into the equivalent elastic one. The CSM for estimating the peak inelastic response is evaluated in this paper. The equivalent period and damping ratio are calculated using the ATC-40, G lkan, Kowalsky, and Iwan methods, and the performance points are obtained according to the procedure B of ATC-40. Analysis results indicate that the ATC-40 method generally underestimates the peak response resulting in the unsafe design, while the G lkan and Kowalsky methods overestimate the responses. The Iwan method produces the values between those by the ATC-40 method and the G lkan and Kowalsky methods, and estimates the responses relatively closer to the exact ones. Further, it is found that the Kowalsky method gives the negative equivalent damping ratios depending on the hardening ratios, and thereby can not be used to estimate the responses in some cases.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2010.02a
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• pp.442-442
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• 2010

공정 플라즈마 장치에서 이중 주파수법을 이용하여 실시간 유전박막 두께 측정법에 대한 보상연구를 하였다. 이중 주파수법은 유전박막과 플라즈마 쉬스를 간단한 전기적인 등가회로로 모델링하여 유전박막의 두께를 측정하는 방법이다. 이중 주파수법의 문제는 측정탐침의 인가전압에 따른 유전박막의 두께 측정치가 다르다는 점이다. 플라즈마 쉬스를 선형 저항만으로 등가하였기 때문에, 쉬스의 인가전압에 상관없이 쉬스 저항의 값이 일정하다는 가정이 존재한다. 그러나 쉬스 저항은 쉬스의 인가전압에 종속적이면서 비선형적인 특성을 갖는다. 측정 탐침에 출력 전압이 인가될 때 쉬스 양단에서 인가전압에 따른 쉬스의 등가저항의 비선형성을 고려하여 측정 탐침에 증착된 유전박막의 커패시턴스성분에 대한 방정식을 Numerical analysis로 풀어 유전박막의 두께 측정값을 보상하였다. 보상된 위의 방법으로 다양한 RF파워, 압력에 따라 $Al_2O_3$박막의 두께를 실시간으로 측정하여 비교하였다. 그 결과 이 방법은 낮은 플라즈마 밀도(${\sim}10^9cm^{-3}$)에서도 인가전압에 따른 유전 박막두께측정의 오차를 줄일 수 있었다.