• Computational Structural Engineering
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.147-153
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• 1994

A method for shape design sensitivity analysis for axisymmetric shells of general shapes is developed. The basic approach is to divide the structures into many segments : For each of the segments, the formula for a shallow arch or shell can be applied and the results assembled. To interconnect those segments, the existing sensitivity formula, obtained for a variation only in the direction perpendicular to the plane on which the structure is mapped, has been extended to include a variation normal to the middle surface. The method follows the adjoint variable approach based on the material derivative concept as established in the literature. Numerical examples are taken to illustrate the method and the applicability to practical design problems.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Hazard Mitigation
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.9-16
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• 2010

In the health monitoring of civil engineering structures, the optimal sensor placement has a major influence on the quality of the results. This paper considers the problem of locating sensors with the aim of maximizing the data information so that structural parameters or damage of structures can be assessed. An proposed technique using a genetic algorithm is introduced to find the optimal placement of sensors. The sensitivity on modal vectors by structural parameters and the orthogonality of modal vectors have been taken as the fitness function of the genetic algorithm. A simple tower structure is used for example analyses to investigate the feasibility and applicability of the proposed approach. The example analyses show the way how the modal sensitivity and the modal orthogonality in the fitness function have influence on the optimal sensor placement. It is shown that the present method using the proposed fitness function can provide the reliable results.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.1-7
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• 2011

In this paper, based on an isogeometric approach, we have developed a shape design optimization method for plane elasticity problems subjected to design-dependent loads. The conventional shape optimization using the finite element method has some difficulties in the parameterization of geometry. In an isogeometric analysis, however, the geometric properties are already embedded in the B-spline basis functions and control points so that it has potential capability to overcome the aforementioned difficulties. The solution space for the response analysis can be represented in terms of the same NURBS basis functions to represent the geometry, which yields a precise analysis model that exactly represents the normal and curvature depending on the applied loads. A continuum-based isogeometric adjoint sensitivity is extensively derived for the plane elasticity problems under the design-dependent loads. Through some numerical examples, the developed isogeometric sensitivity analysis method is verified to show excellent agreement with finite difference sensitivity.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.1458-1467
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• 1996

A direct differentiationmethod is presented for the shape design sensitivity analysis of axisymmeetric elastic solids. Based on the exisymmetric boundary integralequaiton formulation, a new boundary ntegral equatio for sensitivity analysis is derived by taking meterial derivative to the same integral identity that was used in the adjoint variable melthod. Numerical implementation is performed to show the applicaiton of the theoretical formulation. For a simple example with analytic solution, the sensitivities by present method are compared with analytic sensitivities. As an application to the shape optimization, an optimal shape of a gas turbine disc toinimize the weight under stress constraints is found by incorporating the sensitivity analysis algorithm in an optimizatio program.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.2 no.3
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• pp.50-61
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• 1994

A method for performing dynamic design sensitivity analysis of vehicle suspension systems which have three dimensional closed-loop kinematic structure is presented. A recursive form of equations of motion for a MacPherson suspension system is derived as basis for sensitivity analysis. By directly differentiating the equations of motion with respect to design variables, sensitivity equations are obtained. The direct generalize for the application of multibody dynamic sensitivity analysis. Based on the proposed sensitivity analysis, optimal design of a MacPherson suspension system is carried out taking unsprung mass, spring and damping coefficients as design variables.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.514-526
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• 1992

본 연구에서는 Taguchi 방법에 사용된 직교배열 이용 실험 계획법에 의한 최 적화 방법으로 보강된 복합재 쉘 구조의 좌굴강도 최적화를 수행하고 타당성을 고찰하 였다.한 방향의 압축하중을 받는 단순 지지된 복합재 평판과 Cut-out을 가진 원통 형 판넬의 보강재 및 섬유방향 최적 설계에 본 방법을 적용시켜 본 결과, 현저한 설계 개선과 아울러 각 설계 변수가 좌굴강도에 미치는 영향을 파악할 수 있었다. 특히 이 방법은 함수의 미분값을 이용한 민감도 해석대신에 함수값의 평균치 분석(ANOM)및 분산 분석(ANOVA)을 사용하기 때문에 설계변수의 변화에 덜 민감한 설계를 얻을 수 있 다.

• 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.28 no.5
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• pp.441-449
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• 2015

In this paper we perform a linearized buckling analysis using the Kirchhoff plate theory and the von Karman nonlinear strain-displacement relation. Design sensitivity analysis(DSA) expressions for plane elasticity and buckling problems are derived with respect to Young's modulus and thickness. Using the design sensitivity, we can formulate the topology optimization method for minimizing the compliance and maximizing eigenvalues. We develop a topology optimization method applicable to plate buckling problems using the prestress for buckling analysis. Since the prestress is needed to assemble the stress matrix for buckling problem using the von Karman nonlinear strain, we introduced out-of-plane motion. The design variables are parameterized into normalized bulk material densities. The objective functions are the minimum compliance and the maximum eigenvalues and the constraint is the allowable volume. Through several numerical examples, the developed DSA method is verified to yield very accurate sensitivity results compared with the finite difference ones and the topology optimization yields physically meaningful results.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2005.07c
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• pp.2330-2332
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• 2005

마이크로 스트립 선로는 제작상의 편의성으로 인해 많은 형태의 초고주파 회로에 다양한 구조로 적용된다. 하지만 실제 설계과정에서 다양한 형상에 따른 전자기적 해석이 쉽지 않고, 구조상의 불연속성은 시스템의 성능을 감쇄 시키는 원인이 된다. 본 논문은 마이크로 스트립 라인의 전자파 특성을 해석하고, 이로 인해 최적의 형상을 찾는 방법을 제시한다. 이 최적화 방법으로 유한 차분법 설계민감도 해석 방법을 도입하여 형상을 변화 시키며, 전자파 해석 툴을 이용하여 해석된 결과를 바탕으로 설계민감도를 계산하고 수정하므로 형상 최적화를 이룬다.

• 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.