• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.569-581
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• 2017

The Monte Carlo Simulation (MCS) based seismic fragility analysis (SFA) approach allows defining more realistic relationship between failure probability and seismic intensity. However, the approach requires simulating large number of nonlinear dynamic analyses of structure for reliable estimate of fragility. It makes the approach computationally challenging. The response surface method (RSM) based metamodeling approach which replaces computationally involve complex mechanical model of a structure is found to be a viable alternative in this regard. An adaptive moving least squares method (MLSM) based RSM in the MCS framework is explored in the present study for efficient SFA of existing structures. In doing so, the repetition of seismic intensity for complete generation of fragility curve is avoided by including this as one of the predictors in the response estimate model. The proposed procedure is elucidated by considering a non-linear SDOF system and an existing reinforced concrete frame considered to be located in the Guwahati City of the Northeast region of India. The fragility results are obtained by the usual least squares based and the proposed MLSM based RSM and compared with that of obtained by the direct MCS technique to study the effectiveness of the proposed approach.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.199-211
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• 2018

This paper deals with wind fragility and risk analysis of high rise buildings subjected to stochastic wind load. Conventionally, such problems are dealt in full Monte Carlo Simulation framework, which requires extensive computational time. Thus, to make the procedure computationally efficient, application of metamodelling technique in fragility analysis is explored in the present study. Since, accuracy by the conventional Least Squares Method (LSM) based metamodelling is often challenged, an efficient Moving Least Squares Method based adaptive metamodelling technique is proposed for wind fragility analysis. In doing so, artificial time history of wind load is generated by three wind field models: i.e., a simple one based on alongwind component of wind speed; a more detailed one considering coherence and wind directionality effect, and a third one considering nonstationary effect of mean wind. The results show that the proposed approach is more accurate than the conventional LSM based metamodelling approach when compared to full simulation approach as reference. At the same time, the proposed approach drastically reduces computational time in comparison to the full simulation approach. The results by the three wind field models are compared. The importance of non-linear structural analysis in fragility evaluation has been also demonstrated.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.577-588
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• 2011

본 논문은 복합 불연속면을 갖는 포텐셜 문제의 해석을 위해 확장된 MLS(Moving Least Squares) 차분법을 제시한다. 계면경계를 따라 해(solution)와 수직방향, 접선방향 미분들이 모두 불연속 특이성을 나타내는 복합 불연속면을 묘사하기 위해 계단함수, 쐐기함수, 가위함수와 같은 불연속 특이함수를 추가하여 기존의 MLS 차분법을 개선했다. 계면경계조건은 기지의 조건으로서 지배방정식의 이산화과정에서 추가의 미지계수를 발생시키지 않는다. 포아송 방정식 형태의 지배미분 방정식을 풀기 위해 내부영역과 경계에 절점을 배치하고 차분식을 구성한다. 차분식을 조립한 계 방정식을 직접 풀기 때문에 계산효율성이 매우 우수하다. 수치예제는 제시된 해석기법의 우수성을 잘 보여주며, 균열전파, 이동경계, 상호작용 문제 등 다양한 불연속 문제로의 확장이 기대된다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제37권4B호
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• pp.309-316
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 WPAN의 NLOS(Non Line of Sight)환경에서 최소자승법을 적용한 위치인식 보정 알고리즘을 제안하고, 성능을 분석하였다. 이동 중인 이동노드의 위치인식 정확도를 향상시키기 위해 먼저 일정한 속도로 이동 중인 이동노드의 거리 값들을 SDS-TWR(Symmetric Double-Sided Two-Way Ranging)로 측정 한 후 이들을 사용하여 삼각 측량법(Triangulation)으로 위치를 측정하고, 그다음 최소자승법을 적용하여 위치인식 값을 보정하였다. NLOS환경에서 실험한 결과, 삼변 측량법, 칼만필터 및 최소자승법을 적용한 경우의 위치인식 평균오차는 ${\pm}1m$, ${\pm}0.2m$, ${\pm}0.1m$로 측정됨을 확인하였다. 결론적으로 제안한 최소자승법을 적용한 위치인식 보정 알고리즘의 위치인식 정확도는 삼각측량법에 의한 위치인식 정확도 보다 평균 86.0%, 칼만필터에 의한 위치인식 정확도 보다 평균 16.0% 향상된 것이다.

• 한국전산유체공학회지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.93-100
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• 2009

The gridless (or meshfree) methods, such as MPS, SPH, FPM an so forth, are feasible and robust for the problems with moving boundary and/or complicated boundary shapes, because these methods do not need to generate a grid system. In this study, a gridless solver, which is based on the combination of moving least square interpolations on a cloud of points with point collocation for evaluating the derivatives of governing equations, is presented for two-dimensional unsteady incompressible Navier-Stokes problem in the low Reynolds number. A MAC-type algorithm was adopted and the Poission equation for the pressure was solved successively in the moving least square sense. Some typical problems were solved by the presented solver for the validation and the results obtained were compared with analytic solutions and the numerical results by conventional CFD methods, such as a FVM.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 2008년도 정기 학술대회
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• pp.2-7
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• 2008

A highly efficient moving least squares finite difference method (MLS FDM) for heat transfer analysis of composite material with interface. In the MLS FDM, governing differential equations are directly discretized at each node. No grid structure is required in the solution procedure. The discretization of governing equations are done by Taylor expansion based on moving least squares method. A wedge function is designed for the modeling of the derivative jump across the interface. Numerical examples showed that the numerical scheme shows very good computational efficiency together with high aocuracy so that the scheme for heat transfer problem with different heat conductivities was successfully verified.

• 한국시뮬레이션학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국시뮬레이션학회 2001년도 The Seoul International Simulation Conference
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• pp.373-379
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• 2001

There is a big issue to generate 3D hexahedral finite element (FE) model, since a process to divide the whole domain into several simple-shaped sub-domains is required before generating a continuous mesh with mapped mesh generators. In general, it is nearly impossible to set up proper division numbers interactively to keep mesh connectivity between sub-domains on a complicated arbitrary-shaped domain. If mesh continuity between sub-domains is not required in an analysis, this complicated process can be omitted. Element-free Galerkin method (EFGM) can accept discontinuous meshes, which only requires nodal information. However it is difficult to choose a reasonable influenced domain in moving least squares scheme with non-uniformly distributed nodes in discontinuous FE models. A new FE scheme fur discontinuous mesh is proposed in this paper by applying improved EFGM with some modification to derive FE approximated function in discontinuous parts. Its validity is evaluated on linear elastic problems.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1992년도 하계학술대회 논문집 A
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• pp.305-307
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• 1992

This paper presents a technique, which identifies both process noise covariance and sensor noise covariance by using innovation correlation test. A correlation test, which checks whether the square root Kalman filter is workingly optimal or not, is given. The system is stochastic autoregressive moving-average model with auxiliary white noise Input. The linear quadratic Gaussian control is used for minimizing stochastic cost function. This paper indentifies Q, R, and estimates parametric matrics $A(q^{-1}),B(q^{-1}),C(q^{-1})$ by means of extended recursive least squares and model reference control. And The proposed technique has been validated in simulation results on the fourth order system.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제12권11호
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• pp.110-117
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• 1995

This study presents and algorithm and related techniques which could satisfy the important properties of check weighers and conveyor scales. The algorithm of Recursive Least Squares Regression is applied for the weighing system simulated as a dynamic model of the second order. Using the model and the algorithm, model parameters and then the mass being weighed can be determined from the step input. The performance of the algorithm was tested on a check weigher. Discussions were extended to the development of noise reduction techniques and to the lagged introduction of objects on the moving plate. It turns out that the algorithm shows several desirable features suitable for real-time signal processing with a microcomputer, which are high precision and stability in noisy environment.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.511-533
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• 2010

As a truly meshfree method, meshless equilibrium on line method (MELM), for 2D elasticity problems is presented. In MELM, the problem domain is represented by a set of distributed nodes, and equilibrium is satisfied on lines for any node within this domain. In contrary to conventional meshfree methods, test domains are lines in this method, and all integrals can be easily evaluated over straight lines along x and y directions. Proposed weak formulation has the same concept as the equilibrium on line method which was previously used by the authors for enforcement of the Neumann boundary conditions in the strong-form meshless methods. In this paper, the idea of the equilibrium on line method is developed to use as the weak forms of the governing equations at inner nodes of the problem domain. The moving least squares (MLS) approximation is used to interpolate solution variables in this paper. Numerical studies have shown that this method is simple to implement, while leading to accurate results.