• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.625-638
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• 2009

Applications of membrane mechanisms are widely found in nano-devices and nano-sensor technologies nowadays. An alternative approach for large deflection analysis of the orthotropic, elliptic membranes - subject to gravitational, uniform pressures often found in nano-sensors - is described in this paper. The material properties of membranes are assumed to be orthogonally isotropic and linearly elastic, while the principal directions of elasticity are parallel to the coordinate axes. Formulating the potential energy functional of the orthotropic, elliptic membranes involves the strain energy that is attributed to inplane stress resultant and the potential energy due to applied pressures. In the solution method, Rayleigh-Ritz method can be used successfully to minimize the resulting total potential energy generated. The set of equilibrium equations was solved subsequently by Newton-Raphson. The unparalleled model formulation capable of analyzing the large deflections of both circular and elliptic membranes is verified by making numerical comparisons with existing results of circular membranes as well as finite element solutions. The results are found in excellent agreements at all cases. Then, the parametric investigations are given to delineate the impacts of the aspect ratios and orthotropic elasticity on large static tensions and deformations of the orthotropic, elliptic membranes.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.460-475
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• 2018

In the variable-speed wind energy system, to achieve maximum power point tracking (MPPT), the wind turbine should run close to its optimal angular speed according to the wind speed. Non-linear control methods that consider the dynamic behavior of wind speed are generally used to provide maximum power and improved efficiency. In this perspective, the mechanical power is estimated using Kalman filter. And then, from the estimated mechanical power, the wind speed is estimated with Newton-Raphson method to achieve maximum power without anemometer. However, the blade shape and air density get changed with time and the generator efficiency is also degraded. This results in incorrect estimation of wind speed and MPPT. It causes not only the power loss but also incorrect wind resource assessment of site. In this paper, the adaptive maximum power point tracking control algorithm for wind turbine system based on the estimation of wind speed is proposed. The proposed method applies correction factor to wind turbine system to have accurate wind speed estimation for exact MPPT. The proposed method is validated with numerical simulations and the results show an improved performance.

• 한국공간구조학회논문집
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.103-109
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• 2004

본 논문은 조합하중을 받는 공간구조물의 안정경계를 파악하는 것이다. 구조물에 작용하는 독립된 여러 가지 하중벡터는 기본이 되는 하중 모드와 하중매개 변수를 이용하여 나타내고, 독립된 하중 매개변수에는 비례관계를 설정함으로서 하나의 하중변수에 의해 하중을 부여한다. 구조물의 좌굴하중 즉 임계점은 평형조건이 불안정이 되는 극한점과 분기점으로 분류되고, 가장 낮은 하중이 좌굴하중으로 정의된다. 본 논문에서는 기하학적 비선형 문제를 해석하기 위한 수치해석법으로는 호장법과 뉴턴-랩슨법을 이용하였으며, 본 해석을 통하여 안정경계를 파악함은 물론 좌굴모드 및 좌굴하중을 명확히 규명하였다.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산유체공학회 1995년도 추계 학술대회논문집
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• pp.76-81
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• 1995

A numerical procedure for the analysis of transient behavior in a monolithic catalytic converter is presented. The thermal behavior of a monolithic catalytic converter is fully coupled with mass transfer and exothermic reaction between exhaust gases and the catalytic converter. In the present study, all these processes are solved simultaneously. The heat transfer process is approximated by combinging one dimensional convection and conduction and the chemical reaction is also simply modelled by using the concepts of reaction rate and reaction heat. All the partial diffenrential equations for the heat transfer, mass transfer and chemical reactions are appximated by using finite volume method. Resulting algebraic equations are solved using the Newton's method. To see the workability of present numerical method, two well known problems, say step increase and step decrease in the gas inlet temperature, have been calculated. Comparion of present solutions with previous solutions shows a good agreement.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.557-569
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• 2017

Moment-thrust-curvatures ($M-P-{\Phi}$ curves) are fundamental quantities for detailed descriptions of basic properties such as stiffness and strength of a section under axial loads required for accurate computation of the deformations of reinforced concrete or composite columns. Currently, the finite-element-based methods adopting small fibers for analyzing a section are commonly used for generating the $M-P-{\Phi}$ curves and they require large amounts of computational time and effort. Further, the conventional numerical procedure using the force-control method might encounter divergence problems under high compression or tension. Therefore, this paper proposes a divergence-free approach, combining the use of the displacement-control and the Quasi-Newton scheme in the incremental-iterative procedure, for generating the $M-P-{\Phi}$ curves of arbitrary sections. An efficient method for computing the strength from concrete components is employed, where the stress integration is executed by layer-based algorithms. For easy modeling of residual stress, cross sections of structural steel components are meshed into fibers for strength resultants. The numerical procedure is elaborated in detail with flowcharts. Finally, extensive validating examples from previously published research are given for verifying the accuracy of the proposed method.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.213-226
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• 2020

In this manuscript, static and dynamic behaviors of geometrically imperfect carbon nanotubes (CNTs) subject to different types of end conditions are investigated. The Doublet Mechanics (DM) theory, which is length scale dependent theory, is used in the analysis. The Euler-Bernoulli kinematic and nonlinear mid-plane stretching effect are considered through analysis. The governing equation of imperfect CNTs is a sixth order nonlinear integro-partial-differential equation. The buckling problem is discretized via the differential-integral-quadrature method (DIQM) and then it is solved using Newton's method. The equation of linear vibration problem is discretized using DIQM and then solved as a linear eigenvalue problem to get natural frequencies and corresponding mode shapes. The DIQM results are compared with analytical ones available in the literature and excellent agreement is obtained. The numerical results are depicted to illustrate the influence of length scale parameter, imperfection amplitude and shear foundation constant on critical buckling load, post-buckling configuration and linear vibration behavior. The current model is effective in designing of NEMS, nano-sensor and nano-actuator manufactured by CNTs.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.395-411
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• 2014

Temporal medical data is often collected during patient treatments that require personal analysis. Each observation recorded in the temporal medical data is associated with measurements and time treatments. A major problem in the analysis of temporal medical data are the missing values that are caused, for example, by patients dropping out of a study before completion. Therefore, the imputation of missing data is an important step during pre-processing and can provide useful information before the data is mined. For each patient and each variable, this imputation replaces the missing data with a value drawn from an estimated distribution of that variable. In this paper, we propose a new method, called Newton's finite divided difference polynomial interpolation with condition order degree, for dealing with missing values in temporal medical data related to obesity. We compared the new imputation method with three existing subspace estimation techniques, including the k-nearest neighbor, local least squares, and natural cubic spline approaches. The performance of each approach was then evaluated by using the normalized root mean square error and the statistically significant test results. The experimental results have demonstrated that the proposed method provides the best fit with the smallest error and is more accurate than the other methods.

• 전산구조공학
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.209-216
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• 1996

본 논문의 목적은 단층래티스 돔의 안정해석 기법을 제안하고, 다양한 조건하에서 단층 래티스 돔이 갖는 좌굴특성을 규명하는데 있다. 기하학적 비선형 평형경로의 탐색 및 좌굴점 그리고 분기경로의 방향 등을 수직적으로 계산하기 위하여 호장법(Arc-Length Method)을 이용하였으며, 부재의 좌굴가능성을 판단하기 위하여 에너지밀도함수를 제안하였다. 강절점을 갖는 구조물의 거동 특성을 규명하기 위하여 3종류의 비선형 강성행렬을 유도하여 해석하였으며, semi-rigid절점을 갖는 구조물을 해석하기 위하여 스프링모델을 제안하고, 부재의 세장비, 반개각, 경계조건 및 다양한 하중조건을 파라메터로하여 좌굴특성을 규명하였다.

• 전산구조공학
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.217-226
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• 1998

본 논문은 변위제약모드를 갖는 트러스구조물의 형태해석을 목적으로 하였으며, 이를 위하여 해의 존재조건과 무어-펜로즈(Moore-Penrose) 일반역행렬을 이용하였다. 또한, 수치해석과정에서의 변위제약모드로는 호몰로지변형(homologous deformation)을 고려하여 해석하였고, 다음으로 다양한 변위제약모드와 절점에 작용하는 하중비를 만족하는 구조물의 형태를 구하였다. 본 논문에서의 형태해석문제는 지정된 변위를 만족하는 구조물의 형태를 찾는 일종의 역문제(inverse problem)로서 일반적인 구조해석과정과는 반대되는 입장에서 접근하였다. 또한, 본 논문에서는 수치해석과정에서 근사해의 정도를 향상시키기 위하여 뉴튼-랩슨법을 사용하였고, 수치해석예제로서 부재의 배열형태에 따라 3가지모델을 선택하였으며, 이들 모델을 통하여 적용한 해석기법의 정확성과 효율성을 검증하였다.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제25권9호
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• pp.1384-1390
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• 2001

This paper deals with the forward kinematics of the 6-6 Stewart platform of planar base and moving platform using one extra linear sensor. Based on algebraic elimination method, it first derives an 8th-degree univariate equation and then finds tentative solution sets out of which the actual solution is to be selected. In order to provide more exact solution despite the error between measured sensor value and the theoretic alone, a correction method is also used in this paper. The overall procedure requires so little computation time that it can be efficiently used for real-time applications. In addition, unlike the iterative scheme e.g. Newton-Raphson, the algorithm does not require initial estimates of solution and is free of the problems that it does not converge to actual solution within limited time. The presented method has been implemented in C language and a numerical example is given to confirm the effectiveness and accuracy of the developed algorithm.