• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.35 no.6
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• pp.367-374
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• 2022

This papter presents the use of the automatic differential method based on the backpropagation method to obtain the design sensitivity and its application to topology optimization considering the stress constraints. Solving topology optimization problems with stress constraints is difficult owing to singularities, the local nature of stress constraints, and nonlinearity with respect to design variables. To solve the singularity problem, the stress relaxation technique is used, and p-norm for stress constraints is applied instead of local stresses for global stress measures. To overcome the nonlinearity of the design variables in stress constraint problems, it is important to analytically obtain the exact design sensitivity. In conventional topology optimization, design sensitivity is obtained efficiently and accurately using the adjoint variable method; however, obtaining the design sensitivity analytically and additionally solving the adjoint equation is difficult. To address this problem, the design sensitivity is obtained using a backpropagation technique that is used to determine optimal weights and biases in the artificial neural network, and it is applied to the topology optimization with the stress constraints. The backpropagation technique is used in automatic differentiation and can simplify the calculation of the design sensitivity for the objectives or constraint functions without complicated analytical derivations. In addition, the backpropagation process is more computationally efficient than solving adjoint equations in sensitivity calculations.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2009.07a
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• pp.660_661
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 유한 요소법에 기반을 둔 최적설계 이론과 상용 시뮬레이션 프로그램인 COMSOL의 인터페이스를 활용하여 전기 기기의 최적설계를 수행하였다. 전기기기의 최적설계를 위한 형상 정보는 통상적으로 해석용으로만 사용되는 COMSOL 프로그램의 CAD 기능을 통해 추출하였다. 초기형상에 대해 민감도해석을 적용해 계산된 민감도를 바탕으로 설계변수를 변화시키며 반복적인 계산을 수행하고 최적 형상을 도출하였다. 논문에서 정한 설계목표에 맞추어 모델의 목적함수를 정의하고, 최종 결과를 초기형상과 비교했을 때 설계 목표치에 대한 오차가 감소하고 목적함수가 수렴하는 것을 확인하였다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.443-452
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• 1992

본 연구에서는 소성가공 공정의 최적설계를 위한 새로운 접근 방법이 소개 된다.이방법은 소성가공 공정의 유한요소해석 기술과 기계시스템의 최적설계 기술 에 바탕을 두고 있다. 벌칙 강소성유한요소법, 정상 상태의 소성가공 공정(steady -state metal forming process)을 위한 최적설계 문제의 수식화, 설계민감도의 해석 방법, 설계민감도의 정확성에 관한 고찰, 구배투영법(gradient projection emthod)등 이 본 논문에서 상세하게 소개된다.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.233-238
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• 2008

In this paper, a shape design optimization method for linearly elastic problems is developed using isogeometric approach. In many design optimization problems for practical engineering models, initial raw data usually come from a CAD modeler. Then, designers should convert the CAD data into finite element mesh data since most of conventional design optimization tools are based on finite element analysis. During this conversion, there are some numerical errors due to geometric approximation, which causes accuracy problems in response as well as design sensitivity analyses. As a remedy for this phenomenon, the isogeometric analysis method can be one of the promising approaches for the shape design optimization. The main idea of isogeometric approach is that the basis functions used in analysis is exactly the same as the ones representing the geometry. This geometrically exact model can be used in the shape sensitivity analysis and design optimization as well. Therefore the shape design sensitivity with high accuracy can be obtained, which is very essential for a gradient-based optimization. Through numerical examples, it is verified that the shape design optimization based on an isogeometic approach works well.

• Journal of Korean Association for Spatial Structures
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• v.4 no.3 s.13
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• pp.77-84
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• 2004

This study presents an effective stiffness-based optimal technique to control quantitatively lateral drift for tall frameworks using composit member subject to lateral loads. To this end, displacement sensitivity depending on behavior characteristics of tall frameworks is established and approximation concept that preserves the generality of the mathematical programming and can efficiently solve large scale problems is introduced. Specifically, under the 'constant-shape' assumption, resizing techniqe of composite member is developed. Two types of 50 story frameworks are presented to illustrate the features of the quantitative lateral drift control technique proposed in this study.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.34 no.7
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• pp.18-27
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• 2006

The conventional reliability based design optimization(RBDO) methods require high computational cost compared with the deterministic design optimization(DO) methods, therefore it is hard to apply directly to large-scaled problems such as an aerodynamic shape design optimization. In this study, to overcome this computational limitation the efficient RBDO procedure with the two-point approximation(TPA) and adjoint sensitivity analysis is proposed, that the computational requirement is nearly the same as DO and the reliability accuracy is good compared with that of RBDO. Using this, the 3-D aerodynamic shape design optimization is performed very efficiently.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.257-262
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• 2009

The unified power flow controller(UPFC) is one of the most effective devices in the FACTS family. This paper concerns about a filtering technique for reducing the computer calculation to determine the optimal location of UPFC in a power system. The sensitivities of the power generation cost for UPFC control parameters are evaluated. This technique requires that only one optimal power flow is run to get UPFC sensitivities for all possible transmission lines. To find out a optimal locating of a single UPFC in power system, an ideal transformer model which consists of a complex turns ratio and a variable shunt admittance was used. In this model, the UPFC control variables do not depend on UPFC input and output currents and voltages. The sensitivity method was tested on a 5-bus system derived from the IEEE 14-bus system and IEEE 14-bus system to establish its effectiveness.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.13 no.2 s.54
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• pp.129-136
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• 2009

The paper presents an algorithm of selecting optimal locations for measuring displacements(OLD) to adjust cable tension forces during the construction of cable-stayed bridges. The rank for optimal locations can be determined from the effective independence distribution vectors(EIDV) that are computed from the Fisher Information Matrices(FIM) formulated with the displacement sensitivities. To examine the efficiency and reliability of the proposed algorithm for determining OLD, a simulation study on a cable-stayed bridge has been carried out. The results using FIM formulated with displacements are compared with those using FIM with displacement sensitivities through the simulation study. The effects of measurement noise and error in cable length on the adjustment of cable tension forces are evaluated statistically by applying the Monte Carlo scheme.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2005.05b
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• pp.623-627
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• 2005

유역의 유출특성을 정확히 분석하기 위해서는 모형에 내재된 매개변수의 적정한 추정이 필수적이나 정확한 측정이 불가능한 변수들의 최적해를 결정하는 것은 어려운 일이다. 본 연구에서는 괴산댐유역을 적용대상 유역으로 PRMS 모형의 최적 매개변수를 평가하고, 추정난해 매개변수 9개에 대한 민감도 분석을 수행함으로서 각 매개변수에 따른 결과의 불확실성과 유출특성에 미치는 영향을 분석하여 향후 정도 높은 매개변수 추정에 활용하고자 하였다. 연구결과 지표면유출 관련인자는 지표면-지표하유출량을 변화시키므로 유출특성에 큰 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 지표하유출 관련 매개변수들은 비선형계수가 작아져 유출이 선형적으로 고려될 때 수문곡선에 영향을 주는 것으로 판명되었다. 한편 지하수유출 관련 계수는 지하수유출이 발생하는 경우 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 나타났고, 지표하저수지에서 지하수유출을 발생시키는 매개변수는 크게 민감하지 않은 것으로 판명되었다. 그리고 토양대에서 지하수저수지로의 유입 관련 매개변수는 유출을 지연시키는 효과를 보였고 증발산을 조절하는 매개변수는 유출용적에만 영향을 미치는 것으로 판명되었다.

• Journal of the Korean Magnetics Society
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.110-116
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• 2013

This paper proposes a sampling-based sensitivity method for dealing with electromagnetic coupled design problems effectively. The black-box modeling technique is basically applied to obtain an optimum regardless of how strong the electromagnetic, thermal and structural analyses are coupled with each other. To achieve this, Kriging surrogate models are produced in a hyper-cubic local window with the center of a current design point. Then design sensitivity values are extracted from the differentiation of basis functions which consist of the models. The proposed method falls under a hybrid optimization method which takes advantages of the sampling-based and the sensitivity-based methods. Owing to the aforementioned feature, the method can be applied even to electromagnetic problems of which the material properties are strongly coupled with thermal or structural outputs. To examine the accuracy and validity of the proposed method, a strongly nonlinear mathematical example and a coil design problem for local induction heating are tested.