• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.447-455
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• 1999

An adaptive mesh generation scheme is developed for effective non-linear analysis of the shell structures under large deformation. In particular, based on a posteriori error estimation, remeshing method on each load step is of primary interest here. An advancing front method, called paving method, is adopted for remeshing. It can be known that the adaptive mesh generation using contours of spacing values obtained from stress errors has an advantage in the adaptive analysis of the shell structures.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.265-272
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• 2007

The finite element linear buckling analysis of folded plate structures using adaptive h-refinement methods is presented in this paper. The variable-node flat shell element used in this study possesses the drilling D.O.F. which, in addition to improvement of the element behavior, permits an easy connection to other elements with six degrees of freedom per node. The Box-typed structures can be analyzed using these developed flat shell elements. By introducing the variable-node elements some difficulties associated with connecting the different layer patterns, which are common in the adaptive h-refinement on quadrilateral mesh, can be overcome. To obtain better stress field for the error estimation, the super-convergent patch recovery is used. The convergent buckling modes and the critical loads associated with these modes can be obtained.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.1721-1725
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• 2006

유한요소법으로 공학적 문제를 해결할 때에는 적절한 모델링을 통하여 가장 빠르고 정확한 해를 얻도록 해야 한다. 유체 흐름의 기본 변수인 속도는 그 공간 도함수가 요소간에 불연속을 이루게 된다. 속도의 공간 도함수는 기본적으로 유체에서의 응력, 압력, 및 와도 등과 밀접한 관련이 있다. 또한 이러한 요소간의 속도의 공간 도함수에서 발생하는 불연속의 크기는 요소망이 세분화되어 감에 따라 감소하면서 정확한 해에 수렴하게 된다. 즉 속도의 공간 도함수를 대상으로 오차에 정도를 판단하는 것이 기존의 유한요소 모델의 타당성을 판단하는 기준으로 적합함을 알 수 있다.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.37 no.4
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• pp.205-213
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• 1988

It has been very difficult to solve the semiconductor problems by numerical analysis techique due to the strong nonlinearity of the governing equations. Thus, we proposed a double structured adaptive refinement scheme to the finite element analysis of semiconductor devices, which guarantees a succesive convergency and gives better quality to the solutions.i.e., in the first step, the main factor of divergence in the current continuity equation is eliminated and the next, the solution quality is improved by reducing the discontinuity of current. The result of test application to the GaAs MESFET model shows that the proposed method is much dffective and efficient in the numerical analysis of semiconductor.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Hazard Mitigation
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.9-13
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• 2009

A simple outline for teaching adaptive scheme based finite element method for planar problems as a part of computer aided teaching of structural engineering curriculum is presented. Displacement based finite element formulation for planar problems and representative strain value based adaptive scheme for mesh generation are considered. As examples, a cantilever beam with a concentrated load treated as a planar problem and stretching of a plate with a circular hole are analyzed with displacement based finite element method with adaptive meshes. The examples and outlines show how adaptive based finite element method may become an essential part of computer aided teaching of structural engineering.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.26 no.5
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• pp.385-392
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• 2013

The finite element method has become the most widely used method of structural analysis and recently, the method has often been applied to complex dynamic and nonlinear structural analyses problems. Even for these complex problems, where the responses are hard to predict, finite element analyses yield reliable results if appropriate element types and meshes are used. However, the dynamic and nonlinear behaviors of a structure often include large deformations in various portions of the structure and if the same mesh is used throughout the analysis, some elements may deform to shapes beyond the reliable limits; thus dynamically adapting finite element meshes are needed in order for the finite element analyses to be accurate. In addition, to satisfy the users requirement of quick real run time of finite element programs, the algorithms must be computationally efficient. This paper presents an adaptive finite element mesh generation scheme for dynamic analyses of structures that may adapt at each time step. Representative strain values are used for error estimates and combinations of the h-method(node movement) and the r-method(element division) are used for mesh refinements. A coefficient that depends on the shape of an element is used to limit overly distorted elements. A simple frame example shows the accuracy and computational efficiency of the scheme. The aim of the study is to outline the adaptive scheme and to demonstrate the potential use in general finite element analyses of dynamic and nonlinear structural problems commonly encountered.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.283-288
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• 2017

A spot welded joint is modeled using 3-D finite elements with embedded strong discontinuities. The spot weld is represented by a special cohesive law on the embedded discontinuity surface, instead of meshing its geometry. This strategy naturally eliminates the need of adaptive FEM meshes fitting the local geometry of the spot weld. Mesh independent solutions are guaranteed by explicitly modeling the detailed shape of the spot weld, which is in contrast with the exiting approach using point constraints for the spot weld.

• Journal of the KSME
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.403-413
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• 1989

유한요소법의 전산유체 역학분야에 대한 응용현황을 계산방법과 적용례를 중심으로 정리하였다. 유한요소법의 가장 큰 장점은 복잡한 유동영역을 해석하기 위한 불규칙 요소망(unstructured mesh)의 사용이라 볼 수 있으며 적응적 요소망을 이용하여 계산의 정확도를 높일 수 있는 것 또한 강점이라 할 수 있다. 다만 불규칙 요소망 사용으로 인해 수반되는 대수 방정식 계산시간 및 기억용량의 증가는 conjugate gradient 방법 등을 이용하여 반드시 해결되어야만 한다. 지금 까지 유한요소법을 이용한 계산방법을 개발해 오는 과정을 보면 유한차분법에서 오래 전에 개 발된 방법들을 도입한 경우가 많았으며 특히 난류 및 개발된 경우가 많으며 대부분의 경우 이 들을 그대로 도입, 이용하였다. 반대로 최근에 항공기 동체설계 분야를 중심으로 복잡한 형태의 유동영역을 해석이 요구되는 경우 유한차분법, 특히 유한체적법(finite volume method)에 삼각형 유한요소를 이용한 불규칙 요소망을 도입하여 성공적으로 이용하고 있다. 따라서 전산유체 역 학의 발전을 위하여 두 분야의 유기적인 협조가 필요하며 결과적으로 전산유체 역학기법이 완 전히 기계설계의 한 분야로 정립될 수 있도록 많은 노력이 필요하다고 본다.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.1-10
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• 2004

Adaptive finite element analysis, in which its solution error meets with the user defined allowable error, is recently used to improve the reliability of finite element analysis results. This adaptive analysis is composed of two procedures; one is the error estimation of an analysis result and the other is the reconstruction of finite elements. In the (p-method, an element size is controlled by relocating of nodal positions (r-method) and the order of an element shape function is determined by the hierarchical polynomial (p-method) corresponding to the clement solution error by the enhanced SPR. In order to show the effectiveness and the accuracy of the suggested rp-method, various numerical examples were analyzed and these analysis results were examined by comparing with those obtained by the existed methods.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.331-340
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• 2010

The basic theory and application of new adaptive finite element algorithm have been proposed in this study including the adaptive hp-refinement strategy, and the effective method for constructing hp-approximation. The hp-adaptive finite element concept needs the integrals of Legendre shape function, nonuniform p-distribution, and suitable constraint of continuity in conjunction with irregular node connection. The continuity of hp-adaptive mesh is an important problem at the common boundary of element interface. To solve this problem, the constraint of continuity has been enforced at the common boundary using the connectivity mapping matrix. The effective method for constructing of the proposed algorithm has been developed by using hierarchical nature of the integrals of Legendre shape function. To verify the proposed algorithm, the problem of simple cantilever beam has been solved by the conventional h-refinement and p-refinement as well as the proposed hp-refinement. The result obtained by hp-refinement approach shows more rapid convergence rate than those by h-refinement and p-refinement schemes. It it noted that the proposed algorithm may be implemented efficiently in practice.