• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.505-513
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• 2001

In this study, an optimum design algorithm using efficient reanalysis is proposed for seismic design of Reinforced Concrete (RC) piers. The proposed algorithm for optimization of RC piers is based on efficient reanalysis technique. Considering structural behavior of RC piers, the other approximation technique such as artificial constraint deletion is introduced to increase the efficiency of optimization. The efficiency and robustness of the proposed algorithm including the proposed reanalysis technique is demonstrated by comparing it with a conventional optimization algorithm. A few of design examples are optimized to show the applicability of the proposed algorithm.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2004.04a
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• pp.468-473
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• 2004

New reliability-based topology optimization method is proposed by utilizing single-loop single vector approach, which approximate searching the most probable point in the probabilistic design domain analytically, to reduce the time cost and dealing with several constraints to handle practical design requirements. To examine uncertainties in the topology design of a structure, the modulus of elasticity of the material and applied loadings are considered as probabilistic design variables. The results of design examples show that the proposed method provides efficiency curtailing the time for the optimization process and accuracy satisfying the specified reliability.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.26 no.1A
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• pp.75-89
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• 2006

This paper presents a practical and realistic Life-Cycle Cost (LCC) optimum design methodology of steel bridges considering time effect of bridge reliability under environmental stressors such as corrosion and heavy truck traffics. The LCC functions considered in the LCC optimization consist of initial cost, expected life-cycle maintenance cost and expected life-cycle rehabilitation costs including repair/replacement costs, loss of contents or fatality and injury losses, road user costs, and indirect socio-economic losses. For the assessment of the life-cycle rehabilitation costs, the annual probability of failure which depends upon the prior and updated load and resistance histories should be accounted for. For the purpose, Nowak live load model and a modified corrosion propagation model considering corrosion initiation, corrosion rate, and repainting effect are adopted in this study. The proposed methodology is applied to the LCC optimum design problem of an actual steel box girder bridge with 3 continuous spans (40 m+50 m+40 m=130 m), and various sensitivity analyses of types of steel, local corrosion environments, average daily traffic volume, and discount rates are performed to investigate the effects of various design parameters and conditions on the LCC-effectiveness. From the numerical investigation, it has been observed that local corrosion environments and the number of truck traffics significantly influence the LCC-effective optimum design of steel bridges, and thus realized that these conditions should be considered as crucial parameters for the optimum LCC-effective design.

• Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.305-318
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• 2016

This study is to evaluate the uncertainty of the soil parameters associated with the Gap parameter during shield TBM tunnel excavation of ${\bigcirc}{\bigcirc}$ International Airport Terminal 2 connecting railway construction basic design. And This study is to evaluate the adequacy of the shield TBM design by performing a reliability analysis of the Surface settlement. In addition, By analyzing the reliability indices of the design constants and Sensitivity probability of failure to be used in designing an integer parameter Gap, and By evaluating the design constants of a great influence on the surface subsidence, it was to provide a basis for carrying out an optimum design.

• Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction
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• v.15 no.4 s.65
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• pp.389-401
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• 2003

The purpose of this study is to develop an algorithm, which can be designed the optimal sections of the composite framed structures constituted with the beams and the columns consisted of H type of steel section and concrete considering the reliability index. The optimized problem or the composite framed structures is formulated with the objective function and the constraints taking the section sizes as the design variables. The objective functions are constituted by the total costs of constructions. Also, the constraints are derived by considering the reliability index of section stress and allowable stress. The algorithm optimized the section of the composite framed structures utilizes the SUMT method using the modified Newton-Raphson direction method. The optimizing algorithm developed in this study is applied to the numerical examples with respecting a one-bay, one-story composite framed structure and a one-bay five-story one for the practical utilization of design on the composite framed structures using the reliability indices$({\beta})$ three and zero. In addition, their numerical results are compared and analyzed to examine the possibility of optimization the applicability, and the convergence this algorithm.

• Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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• 1995.04a
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• pp.678-681
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• 1995

가속수명시험은 매우 신뢰성이 높은 제품의 수명분포에 대한 정보를 빨리 얻기 위해 사용된다. 이때, 빠른 시간안에 정보를 얻기 위해 제품의 사용조건보다 높은 스트레스 즉 온도, 압력, 전압, 진동등을 사용하여 시험을 하게 되는데 최대 시험 스트레스는 미리 실험자에 의해 선택되게 된다. 그러나 주어진 최대 시험 스트레스가 스트레스의 한계범위를 벗어나는 경우에는 사용조건과 다른 고장구조가 발생할 수 있고, 이로 인하여 편의가 큰 신뢰수명의 추정치를 얻을 수 있다. 기존의 논문에서는 실험자의 경험 또는 사전시험을 통해 미리 설정된 최대 시험 스트레스하에서 제품수명의 표준편차를 최소화하기 위한 최적가속수명시험 설계방법을 제시하였다. 그러나 본 논문에서는 와이불 분포에서 1) 사용조건에서의 수명추정치의 분산 .leq. k, 2) 스트레스의 범위를 벗어나지 않는 최대 시험 스트레스의 최소값을 구하는 설계방법을 제시하고, 또한 구한 스트레스에서의 수명 및 최소 시험 스트레스에서 시험되어야 할 제품의 수를 추정한다. 이때, 사용전압에서의 수명을 계산하기 위하여 inverse power law 모형을 도입하였으며, type I censoring 방법을 사용하여 수명 데이타들은 모든 제품이 고장나기 전에 분석될 수 있도록 하였다.

• Water for future
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• v.49 no.4
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• pp.64-74
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• 2016

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2009.04a
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• pp.430-435
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• 2009

• Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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• 2009.03a
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• pp.759-767
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• 2009

Recently, there is a trend to introduce a reliability approach to the design of al large scale improvement of weak ground due to the uncertainty of the influence factors in the consolidation. Since the reliability analysis is not easily adopted to geotechnical engineers because of some difficulties in working up the theories, Duncan(2000) proposed a simplified method for using reliability method to goetechnical problems. In this study, the applicability of Duncan's simplified reliability approach is evaluated by comparing the traditional reliability results with Duncan's. In the sensitivity analysis, the two results were quite similar. However, the probability of failure showed an error range of 20~50% and further Duncan's approach could not make a distinction for the distribution of geotechnical random variables. The simplified reliability method seems to be used properly in preliminary design if it is used supplementary with the deterministic method.

• Magazine of the Korea Concrete Institute
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• v.4 no.4
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• pp.123-133
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• 1992

확률이론을 이용한 구조물 신뢰성에 관한 연구가 최근 급속히 발달함과 동시에 구조물의 저하능력과 작용하중들의 확률적 특성들에 대한 인식이 제고됨에 따라 여러나라에서 확률이론에 근거한 설계규준이 개발되고 있다. 작용하중이나 구조저항력의 확률적 특성을 보이고 있기 때문에 외국의 설계규준을 직접 도입하는 것은 여러 가지 문제점이 있으며, 따라서 국내현실에 적합한 설계규준에 대한 연구가 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 국내 철근콘크리트 구조물의 합리적인 설계규준을 제시하기 위하여 국내에서 수집\ulcorner분석된 구조부재강도 및 작용하중의 확률적 모형을 이용하여 현행 설계규준에 내포된 신뢰도를 검정하고 나아가 최적하중계수를 분석하였다.