• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산유체공학회 2010년 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.60-66
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• 2010

In the view of robust design optimization, RAE2822 airfoil was designed to achieve not only the maximum lift-to-drag ratio but also insensitivity of that. While the RAE2822 is flying at the cruise speed, Mach variation is considered as the operational uncertainty. In order to explore the design space, metamodels were introduced instead of consecutively computing the gradient. Also a metamodel was used to represent the sigma space. Using the metamodel, an optimum value was searched in the view of global optimization.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제33권10호
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• pp.1163-1170
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• 2009

Reliability analysis is of great importance in the advanced product design, which is to evaluate reliability due to the associated uncertainties. There are three types of uncertainties: the first is the aleatory uncertainty which is related with inherent physical randomness that is completely described by a suitable probability model. The second is the epistemic uncertainty, which results from the lack of knowledge due to the insufficient data. These two uncertainties are encountered in the input variables such as dimensional tolerances, material properties and loading conditions. The third is the metamodel uncertainty which arises from the approximation of the response function. In this study, an integrated method for the reliability analysis is proposed that can address all these uncertainties in a single Bayesian framework. Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) method is employed to facilitate the simulation of the posterior distribution. Mathematical and engineering examples are used to demonstrate the proposed method.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.641-649
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• 2010

Estimation of uncertain parameters is required in many engineering problems which involve probabilistic structural analysis as well as prognosis of existing structures. In this case, Bayesian framework is often employed, which is to represent the uncertainty of parameters in terms of probability distributions conditional on the provided data. The resulting form of distribution, however, is not amenable to the practical application due to its complex nature making the standard probability functions useless. In this study, Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) method is proposed to overcome this difficulty, which is a modern computational technique for the efficient and straightforward estimation of parameters. Three case studies that implement the estimation are presented to illustrate the concept. The first one is an inverse estimation, in which the unknown input parameters are inversely estimated based on a finite number of measured response data. The next one is a metamodel uncertainty problem that arises when the original response function is approximated by a metamodel using a finite set of response values. The last one is a prognostics problem, in which the unknown parameters of the degradation model are estimated based on the monitored data.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제41권5호
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• pp.381-389
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• 2017

마르코프체인 시뮬레이션으로 추출한 점을 기반으로 커널 밀도함수를 구성하고 중요도 추출함수로 가정하였다. 크리깅 근사모델은 한계상태식 근방에서 상세히 구성되었다. 고장확률은 크리깅 근사모델에 대해 중요도 추출법을 수행하여 계산하였다. 커널 밀도함수가 한계상태식의 근방에서 더 많은 점을 추출할 수 있도록 기존의 방법을 개선하였다. 커널 밀도함수의 파라메터를 찾기 위한 안정적인 수치계산 방안이 제시된다. 크리깅 근사모델의 불확실성으로 인해 계산된 고장확률이 변경될 가능성을 계산하여, 크리깅 근사모델의 완성도를 평가하였다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권10호
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• pp.3359-3366
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• 2021

An engineered barrier system (EBS) for the deep geological disposal of high-level radioactive waste (HLW) is composed of a disposal canister, buffer material, gap-filling material, and backfill material. As the buffer fills the empty space between the disposal canisters and the near-field rock mass, heat energy from the canisters is released to the surrounding buffer material. It is vital that this heat energy is rapidly dissipated to the near-field rock mass, and thus the thermal conductivity of the buffer is a key parameter to consider when evaluating the safety of the overall disposal system. Therefore, to take into consideration the sizeable amount of heat being released from such canisters, this study investigated the thermal conductivity of Korean compacted bentonites and its variation within a temperature range of 25 ℃ to 80-90 ℃. As a result, thermal conductivity increased by 5-20% as the temperature increased. Furthermore, temperature had a greater effect under higher degrees of saturation and a lower impact under higher dry densities. This study also conducted a regression analysis with 147 sets of data to estimate the thermal conductivity of the compacted bentonite considering the initial dry density, water content, and variations in temperature. Furthermore, the Kriging method was adopted to establish an uncertainty metamodel of thermal conductivity to verify the regression model. The R² value of the regression model was 0.925, and the regression model and metamodel showed similar results.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제52권2호
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• pp.287-295
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• 2020

Group method of data handling (GMDH) is considered one of the earliest deep learning methods. Deep learning gained additional interest in today's applications due to its capability to handle complex and high dimensional problems. In this study, multi-layer GMDH networks are used to perform uncertainty quantification (UQ) and sensitivity analysis (SA) of nuclear reactor simulations. GMDH is utilized as a surrogate/metamodel to replace high fidelity computer models with cheap-to-evaluate surrogate models, which facilitate UQ and SA tasks (e.g. variance decomposition, uncertainty propagation, etc.). GMDH performance is validated through two UQ applications in reactor simulations: (1) low dimensional input space (two-phase flow in a reactor channel), and (2) high dimensional space (8-group homogenized cross-sections). In both applications, GMDH networks show very good performance with small mean absolute and squared errors as well as high accuracy in capturing the target variance. GMDH is utilized afterward to perform UQ tasks such as variance decomposition through Sobol indices, and GMDH-based uncertainty propagation with large number of samples. GMDH performance is also compared to other surrogates including Gaussian processes and polynomial chaos expansions. The comparison shows that GMDH has competitive performance with the other methods for the low dimensional problem, and reliable performance for the high dimensional problem.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.821-826
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• 2013

구조물의 최적설계 시 설계변수의 값이 변화할 때 모드전환이 일어날 수 있다. 만약 이 모드전환을 추적하지 않으면 최적설계를 위한 고유진동수나 모드는 설계자가 의도하지 않은 모드로 평가될 수 있다. 따라서 설계변수의 값이 변화할 때마다 의도한 고유진동수와 모드의 동일성을 유지할 수 있도록 모드추적이 적용되어야 한다. 또한 설계변수가 불확실성을 포함하고 있는 설계 문제의 경우, 이를 고려한 신뢰성 기반 최적설계를 수행해야 한다. 본 연구에서는 압축기를 지지하는 관절스프링의 한 부품인 압축 코일스프링의 모드추적을 고려한 신뢰성기반 최적설계를 수행한다. 모드추적 기법은 최적화 기법들과 연동이 쉬운 다중응답접근법 기반 크리깅 메타모델을 이용하며, 신뢰성해석 기법은 크리깅 메타모델 기반 몬테카를로 추출법을 이용한다.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제38권6호
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• pp.557-563
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• 2010

본 논문은 Kringing 근사모델이 제공하는 확률정보를 이용하여 순차적으로 전역 최적해를 찾는 내용을 담고 있다. 적응 전역 최적화란 소수의 실험 점으로 구성한 근사모델의 예측 값과 불확실성을 고려하여 다음 실험 점을 찾고, 이를 이용하여 근사모델을 개선함으로써 순차적으로 해를 찾는 방식이다. 본 연구에서는 근사모델에서 도출한 기대값을 이용하여 개선시킬 필요가 없는 구속함수나 목적함수를 식별함으로써 계산효율을 증대시키는 기법을 제안한다. 다음 단계의 후보 실험점이 유용영역의 비활성일 가능성이 있을 경우 또는 목적함수를 개선시킬 가능성이 희박할 경우, 이 점은 근사함수를 개선하는 데 사용하지 않았다. 본 기법을 비선형성이 강한 시험문제에 적용한 결과, 제안하는 기법이 정밀도는 보장하면서 계산 효율을 증대시키는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 2009년도 정기 학술대회
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• pp.97-100
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• 2009

신뢰성 분석은 불확실성으로 인한 제품의 성능 변동을 안전확률이나 파괴확률로 정량화 하여 설계에 이용하기 위해 연구되어 왔다. 불확실성은, 데이터의 양에 따라-물질의 본질적인 특성으로서의 많은 데이터가 주어진 경우의 물리적 불확실성과 부족한 데이터에서의 인식론적 불확실성으로 구분되고, 불확실성을 갖는 대상에 따라-입력변수 및 근사모델 불확실성으로 구분된다. 물리적 불확실성에 대한 연구는 많이 진행되어 왔지만, 실제 산업현장에는 부족한 데이터로 인한 인식론적 불확실성이 지배적이며 이에 대한 연구는 최근에서야 진행되고 있다. 불확실성을 고려하는 신뢰성 기반 설계에는 효율성을 위해 실제모델을 대체하는 근사모델이 이용되는데, 근사모델법 자체에 대한 연구는 많이 진행되어 왔으나, 근사모델 이기 때문에 존재하는 불확실성을 고려한 연구는 최근에서야 연구되기 시작하였다. 본 연구에서는 베이지안 접근법에 기반하여 입력변수 및 근사모델 불확실성을 통합 고려하는 새로운 신뢰성 분석 기법을 제시하고 수치예제를 통해 타당성을 증명한 후, 이를 공학문제에 적용한다.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.111-128
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• 2019

In this paper an octagon plan shaped building (study building) in presence of three square plan shaped building is subjected to boundary layer wind flow and the interference effects on the study building is investigated using Computational fluid dynamics. The variation of the pressure coefficients on different faces of the octagon building is studied both in isolated and interference conditions. Interference Factors (IF) are calculated for different faces of the study building which can be a powerful tool for designing similar plan shaped buildings in similar conditions. A metamodel of the IF, in terms of the distances among buildings is also established using Response Surface Method (RSM). This set of equations are optimized to get the optimum values of the distances where the IF is unity. An upstream Interference zone for this building setup and wind environment is established from these data. Uncertainty principle is also utilised to determine the optimum positions of the interfering buildings considering the uncertain nature of wind flow for minimum interference effect. The proposed procedure is observed to be computationally efficient in deciding optimum layout at buildings often required in city planning. The results show that the proposed RSM-based optimization approach captures the interference zone accurately with substantially less number of experiments.