• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2011.04a
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• pp.565-568
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• 2011

NURBS는 매개변수를 이용하여 3차원에서 곡면을 표현한 방법으로서 노트벡터, 조정점, 가중치로 구성된다. 레벨셋은 공간을 음함수로 정의된 장으로 형성하여 음함수의 일정한 값을 추적하여 곡면을 표현한 방법이다. 본 논문에서는 스캔 데이터를 NURBS 형태로 추출한 뒤 이를 정밀한 레벨셋 모델로 변환하였다. 레벨셋 모델을 구성하기 위해서 형성된 음함수는 부호를 갖는 거리함수를 사용하였고, 거리함수를 정밀하게 나타내기 위해 Newton 순환법을 이용하였다. 변환된 레벨셋 모델을 이용하여 형상의 몰핑을 수행하였다. 몰핑은 초기 형상을 목표 형상으로 변화시켜 나가는 과정으로서 레벨셋 모델을 이용한 몰핑은 용이성과 질적인 측면에서 우수하다. 수치 예제에서는 스캔 데이터의 레벨셋 모델 변환과 변환된 형상이 자연스럽게 목표형상으로 변화하는지를 확인한다.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2011.04a
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• pp.693-696
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 레벨셋 방법을 이용하여, 소음을 차단하기 위한 음향 구조물의 형상 최적 설계를 수행하였다. 음향 결정 구조에서는 음향이 흩어져 있는 결정 구조에 의해서 굴절되기 때문에 결정 모양을 조정함으로써, 음향 거동을 제어 할 수 있다. 형상 최적 설계의 목적은 특정한 각도와 각속도로 입사되는 입사파에 대해서 음향 투과율(acoustic transmittance)이 최소가 되도록 음향 결정의 형상(inclusion shape)을 결정하는 것이다. 음향 압력(acoustic pressure)은 주기성을 갖는 음향 결정에 대해서 헬몰츠(Helmoltz)형태의 지배 방정식을 풀어서 얻을 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 음향 구조물로 결정이 수평 방향으로는 주기적으로 무한히 분포하고 수직방향으로는 유한한 층간 구조를 가지고 있는 소음 방어벽 (Noise barrier)을 고려한다. 결정의 위치는 고정되어 있고, 결정의 형상을 설계 변수로서 음파의 거동을 제어할 수 있도록 하였다. 주기적 구조물을 고려하기 때문에 결정의 좌와 우에 Bloch 이론을 적용해 주기적 경계조건을 부과하였고, 소음 방어벽 위와 아래에는 임피던스 행렬(impedance matrix)를 이용하여, 무한 균질 영역과 소음 방어벽사이의 음파 투과를 모사하였다. 복잡한 형상 변화를 표현하기 위해 임시적 경계를 이용한 레벨셋 방법을 사용하였다. 설계 민감도 해석을 통해 목적함수가 감소하는 방향으로 경계에서의 수직 벡터를 계산하고, 이를 헤밀턴-자코비(Hamilton-Jacob) 방정식에 대입하여, 최적의 형상을 나타내는 레벨셋 함수를 구하였다.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.158.1-158.1
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• 2005

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.25 no.6
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• pp.559-567
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• 2012

A level set based topological shape optimization method for nonlinear structure considering hyper-elastic problems is developed. To relieve significant convergence difficulty in topology optimization of nonlinear structure due to inaccurate tangent stiffness which comes from material penalization of whole domain, explicit boundary for exact tangent stiffness is used by taking advantage of level set function for arbitrary boundary shape. For given arbitrary boundary which is represented by level set function, a Delaunay triangulation scheme is used for current structure discretization instead of using implicit fixed grid. The required velocity field in the actual domain to update the level set equation is determined from the descent direction of Lagrangian derived from optimality conditions. The velocity field outside the actual domain is determined through a velocity extension scheme based on the method suggested by Adalsteinsson and Sethian(1999). The topological derivatives are incorporated into the level set based framework to enable to create holes whenever and wherever necessary during the optimization.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.239-245
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• 2008

A level set based topological shape optimization using extended B-spline basis functions is developed for steady-state heat conduction problems. The only inside of complicated domain identified by the level set functions is taken into account in computation, so we can remove the effects of domain outside parts in heat conduction problem. The solution of Hamilton-Jacobi equation leads to an optimal shape according to the normal velocity field determined from the sensitivity analysis, minimizing a thermal compliance while satisfying a volume constraint. To obtain exact shape sensitivity, the precise normal and curvature of geometry need to be determined using the level set and B-spline basis functions. Using topological derivative concept, the nucleation of holes for topological changes can be made whenever and wherever necessary during the optimization.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.25 no.6
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• pp.549-558
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• 2012

A topology optimization method for phononic crystals is developed for the design of sound barriers, using the level set approach. Given a frequency and an incident wave to the phononic crystals, an optimal shape of periodic inclusions is found by minimizing the norm of transmittance. In a sound field including scattering bodies, an acoustic wave can be refracted on the obstacle boundaries, which enables to control acoustic performance by taking the shape of inclusions as the design variables. In this research, we consider a layered structure which is composed of inclusions arranged periodically in horizontal direction while finite inclusions are distributed in vertical direction. Due to the periodicity of inclusions, a unit cell can be considered to analyze the wave propagation together with proper boundary conditions which are imposed on the left and right edges of the unit cell using the Bloch theorem. The boundary conditions for the lower and the upper boundaries of unit cell are described by impedance matrices, which represent the transmission of waves between the layered structure and the semi-infinite external media. A level set method is employed to describe the topology and the shape of inclusions. In the level set method, the initial domain is kept fixed and its boundary is represented by an implicit moving boundary embedded in the level set function, which facilitates to handle complicated topological shape changes. Through several numerical examples, the applicability of the proposed method is demonstrated.

• Journal of the Korea Computer Graphics Society
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.9-15
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• 2012

In this paper, we propose a method to segment a color image into several meaningful regions. We suppose that the meaningful region has a set of colors with high frequency in the color image. To find these colors, the color image is represented as several sets of color points in RGB space. And when we use the density of points defined in this method, color belonging to a dense region of color points in RGB space refers to the color that appeared frequently in the image. Eventually, we can find meaningful regions by looking for regions with high density of color points using our level set function in RGB space. However, if a meaningful region does not have a contiguous region of the sufficient size in the image, this is not a meaningful region but meaningless region. Thus, the pixels in the meaningless region are assigned to the biggest meaningful region belonging to its neighboring pixels in the color image. Our method divides the color image into meaningful regions by applying the density of color points to level set function in RGB space. This is different from the existing level set method that is defined only in 2D image.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2009.04a
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• pp.155-158
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• 2009

We developed a numerical method to analyze the contact-line problems, incorporating a dynamic contact angle model. We used level set method to capture free surface. The method is applied to the analysis of dynamic behavior of a droplet in DC electrowetting. The result is compared with an experimental data and result of perturbation method.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.416-418
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• 2004

Tracking of evolving solid-fluid interfaces is treated using level set method and MLS-based finite element with variable nodes. Several applications will be illustrated to demonstrate the effectiveness of the present scheme

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.643-645
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• 2008

To obtain weight reduction and high performance, level set based topology optimization in magnetic fields is promising for the design of magnetic devices where the precise boundary shape and topological chanages are required. Level set function is introduced to represent ferromagnetic material boundaries and material properties of the magnetic reluctivity are determined. The optimization problem is formulated for maximizing the actuating force in a prescribed direction under limited usage of ferromagnetic material.