• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.102-110
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• 2022

This paper proposes a solution to the problems of manufacturing cost and processability by applying discrete material and thickness optimization (DMTO) and minimizing the use of high-strength, lightweight materials in the optimization process. A simple infant pop-up seat model was selected as the application target, and the weight reduction effect and variation in strength according to the optimization results were observed. In this study, a simplified finite element model of an infant pop-up seat frame was first constructed. The model was used to perform a static structural analysis to verify the weight and strength of each part. The D-optimal design of the experimental method was then used to observe the influence of each part on the weight and strength. This process was applied using discrete thickness optimization (DTO) (which applies high-strength, lightweight materials and optimizes only the thickness) and DMTO (which considers both the material and thickness). The DTO and DMTO results were compared to verify the design method that determines the major parts and simultaneously considers the material and thickness. Accordingly, in this study, an optimal lightweight design that satisfied the strength standards of the seat frame was derived. Furthermore, discretization parameters were used to minimize the application of high-strength, lightweight materials.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.317-328
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• 2013

본 논문은 수중함에 부착되는 소나(sonar)에서 소음차단을 위하여 일반적으로 사용되는 다층구조의 설계 최적화를 수행하였다. 설계 목표로서는 자함 자체 기계가진 진동으로 인하여 음향센서에 유기되는 음압이 낮도록, 그리고 외부 표적 함정으로부터 방사되어오는 음에 기인한 소나의 수신 음압이 운용주파수 대역에서 높고 고른 음압을 갖도록 하는 두 가지 상반된 설계 목표를 고려하였다. 설계 변수로서는 다층구조 각층의 재료 물성치 선택에 따른 이산변수와 각 층의 두께 변수인 연속변수를 함께 고려하여, 각 변수의 최적화 과정에 따른 영향도를 분석 하였고, 최적화 방법으로서는 진화알고리즘을 적용하였다. 또한 최적화 과정으로서는 두 가지 목표를 각각 고려하는 경우와 동시에 두 가지 복합적인 목표를 고려하는 경우에 대한 설계 최적화를 수행하여, 각 경우에 대한 설계 목표치의 최대화 정도를 분석하였다.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.369-380
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• 2001

Although extensive efforts have been devoted to the optimal design of composite laminated plates in recent years, some practical issues still need further research. Two of them are: the handling of the ply angle as either continuous or discrete; and that of the uncertainties in material properties, which were treated as continuous and ignored respectively in most researches in the past. In this paper, an algorithm for stacking sequence optimization which deals with discrete ply angles and that for thickness optimization which considers uncertainties in material properties are used for a two step optimization of composite laminated plates. In the stacking sequence optimization, the branch and bound method is modified to handle discrete variables; and in the thickness optimization, the convex modeling is used in calculating the failure criterion, given as constraint, to consider the uncertain material properties. Numerical results show that the optimal stacking sequence is found with fewer evaluations of objective function than expected with the size of feasible region taken into consideration; and the optimal thickness increases when the uncertainties of elastic moduli considered, which shows such uncertainties should not be ignored for safe and reliable designs.