• Communications of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.791-800
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• 1998

We present a proof that, among all complex numbers, Duffin-Schaeffer's choice in the Neumann series expansion of the inverse of a frame operator has the best possible convergence rate.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 1993.04a
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• pp.117-124
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• 1993

The Neumann Expansion method has been used for evaluating the response variability of three dimensional truss structure resulting from the spatial variability of material properties with the aid of the finite element method, and in conjunction with the direct Monte Carlo simulation methods. The spatial variabilites are modeled as three-dimensional stochastic field. Yamazaki 〔1〕 has extended the Neumann Expansion method to the plane-strain problem to obtain the response variability of 2 dimensional stochastic systems. This paper presents the extension of the Neumann Expansion method to 3 dimensional stochastic systems. The results by the NEM are compared with those by the deterministic finite element analysis and by the direct Monte Carlo simulation method

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics
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• v.25 no.9
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• pp.1027-1038
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• 1988

This paper, the last part of these three companion papers treated the electromagnetic diffraction by a dielectric wedge, presents the correction to the physical optics approcomation by the sheet currents of the Neumann expansion. Those expansion coefficients obtained by solving dual series equation amenable to simple numerical calculation may provide the asymprotically corrected solution. The validity of this result, satisfying both the edge condition near the tip of the dielectric wedge and the boundary condition along dielectric interfaces, is assured by approach of the corrected diffraction pattern to that of a perfectly conducting wedge for large permittivity of dielectric wedge.

• Kyungpook Mathematical Journal
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.95-103
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• 1980

• Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.45 no.1
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• pp.97-119
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• 2008

Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) problem with anisotropic anomalous region is formulated in a few different ways using boundary integral operators. The Frechet derivative of Neumann-to-Dirichlet map is computed also by using boundary integral operators and the boundary of the anomalous region is approximated by trigonometric expansion with Lagrangian basis. The numerical reconstruction is done in case that the conductivity of the anomalous region is isotropic.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.585-592
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• 2003

Among various sensitivity evaluation techniques, semi-analytical method(SAM) is quite popular since this method is more advantageous than analytical method(AM) and global finite difference method(FDM). However, SAM reveals severe inaccuracy problem when relatively large rigid body motions are identified fur individual elements. Such errors result from the numerical differentiation of the pseudo load vector calculated by the finite difference scheme. In the present study, an iterative method combined with mode decomposition technique is proposed to compute reliable semi-analytical design sensitivities. The improvement of design sensitivities corresponding to the rigid body mode is evaluated by exact differentiation of the rigid body modes and the error of SAM caused by numerical difference scheme is alleviated by using a Von Neumann series approximation considering the higher order terms for the sensitivity derivatives.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.281-294
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• 2008

In this paper, linear elastic isotropic structures under the effects of both stochastic operators and stochastic excitations are studied. The analysis utilizes the spectral stochastic finite elements (SSFEM) with its two main expansions namely; Neumann and Homogeneous Chaos expansions. The random excitation and the random operator fields are assumed to be second order stochastic processes. The formulations are obtained for the system solution of the two dimensional problems of plane strain and plate bending structures under stochastic loading and relevant rigidity using the previously mentioned expansions. Two finite element programs were developed to incorporate such formulations. Two illustrative examples are introduced: the first is a reinforced concrete culvert with stochastic rigidity subjected to a stochastic load where the culvert is modeled as plane strain problem. The second example is a simply supported square reinforced concrete slab subjected to out of plane loading in which the slab flexural rigidity and the applied load are considered stochastic. In each of the two examples, the first two statistical moments of displacement are evaluated using both expansions. The probability density function of the structure response of each problem is obtained using Homogeneous Chaos expansion.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.129-152
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• 2008

This paper considers the solution of the stochastic differential equations (SDEs) with random operator and/or random excitation using the spectral SFEM. The random system parameters (involved in the operator) and the random excitations are modeled as second order stochastic processes defined only by their means and covariance functions. All random fields dealt with in this paper are continuous and do not have known explicit forms dependent on the spatial dimension. This fact makes the usage of the finite element (FE) analysis be difficult. Relying on the spectral properties of the covariance function, the Karhunen-Loeve expansion is used to represent these processes to overcome this difficulty. Then, a spectral approximation for the stochastic response (solution) of the SDE is obtained based on the implementation of the concept of generalized inverse defined by the Neumann expansion. This leads to an explicit expression for the solution process as a multivariate polynomial functional of a set of uncorrelated random variables that enables us to compute the statistical moments of the solution vector. To check the validity of this method, two applications are introduced which are, randomly loaded simply supported reinforced concrete beam and reinforced concrete cantilever beam with random bending rigidity. Finally, a more general application, randomly loaded simply supported reinforced concrete beam with random bending rigidity, is presented to illustrate the method.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.83-90
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• 1991

The method, which is introduced here, is an approximation derived by an application of the slender body theory, which has achieved a great success in the field of aeronautical engineering. However numerical results for wave resistance by this theory have been very disappointing. A slender body formulation for a ship in uniform forward motion si presented. It is based on the asymptotic expansion of the Kelvin source and the result is quite different from the existing slender ship theory developed by Vossers, Tuck and Maruo. It is equivalent to an approximation for the kernel function of the Neumann-Kelvin problem which assumes the linearized free surface condition but deals with the body boundary condition in its exact from. The velocity field and pressure distribution can be calculated simply by the differentiation of the two-dimensional velocity potential. A formula for the wave resistance of slender ships is also presented.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics
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• v.26 no.5
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• pp.23-31
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• 1989

The electromagnetic diffraction problem for the incidence of E-polarized planewave on both interfaces of an arbitrary-angled dielectrc wedge is solved in conjunction with the edge condition near the tip of dielectric wedge in the static limit. The diffraction coefficients obtained by the tip of the wedge, the diffraction coefficients presented in this paper approach more closely to the exact pattem of a perfectly conducting wedge as the relative dielectric constants of the dielectric wedge increase.