• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제77권2호
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• pp.167-177
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• 2021

Due to various benefits such as unlimited degrees of freedom, environment adaptability, and safety for humans, engineers have used soft materials with hyperelastic behavior in various industrial, medical, rescue, and other sectors. One of the applications of these materials in the fabrication of bending soft actuators (SA) is that they have eliminated many problems in the actuators such as production cost, mechanical complexity, and design algorithm. However, SA has complexities, such as predicting and monitoring behavior despite the many benefits. The first part of this paper deals with the prediction of SA behavior through mathematical models such as Ogden and Darijani, and its comparison with the results of experiments. At first, by examining different geometric models, the cubic structure was selected as the optimal structure in the investigated models. This geometrical structure at the same pressure showed the most significant bending in the simulation. The simulation results were then compared with experimental, and the final gripper model was designed and manufactured using a 3D printer with silicone rubber as for the polymer part. This geometrical structure is capable of bending up to a 90-degree angle at 70 kPa in less than 2 seconds. The second section is dedicated to monitoring the bending behavior created by the strain sensors with different sensitivity and stretchability. In the fabrication of the sensors, silicon is used as a soft material with hyperelastic behavior and carbon fiber as a conductive material in the soft material substrate. The SA designed in this paper is capable of deforming up to 1000 cycles without changing its characteristics and capable of moving objects weigh up to 1200 g. This SA has the capability of being used in soft robots and artificial hand making for high-speed objects harvesting.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.1424-1436
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• 2020

Although huge progress has been made in current image segmentation work, there are still no efficient segmentation strategies for tree image which is taken from natural environment and contains complex background. To improve those problems, we propose a method for tree image segmentation combining adaptive mean shifting with image abstraction. Our approach perform better than others because it focuses mainly on the background of image and characteristics of the tree itself. First, we abstract the original tree image using bilateral filtering and image pyramid from multiple perspectives, which can reduce the influence of the background and tree canopy gaps on clustering. Spatial location and gray scale features are obtained by step detection and the insertion rule method, respectively. Bandwidths calculated by spatial location and gray scale features are then used to determine the size of the Gaussian kernel function and in the mean shift clustering. Furthermore, the flood fill method is employed to fill the results of clustering and highlight the region of interest. To prove the effectiveness of tree image abstractions on image clustering, we compared different abstraction levels and achieved the optimal clustering results. For our algorithm, the average segmentation accuracy (SA), over-segmentation rate (OR), and under-segmentation rate (UR) of the crown are 91.21%, 3.54%, and 9.85%, respectively. The average values of the trunk are 92.78%, 8.16%, and 7.93%, respectively. Comparing the results of our method experimentally with other popular tree image segmentation methods, our segmentation method get rid of human interaction and shows higher SA. Meanwhile, this work shows a promising application prospect on visual reconstruction and factors measurement of tree.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.663-678
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• 2020

This paper proposes a novel topology optimization method generating multiple materials for external linear plane crack structures based on the combination of IsoGeometric Analysis (IGA) and eXtended Finite Element Method (X-FEM). A so-called eXtended IsoGeometric Analysis (X-IGA) is derived for a mechanical description of a strong discontinuity state's continuous boundaries through the inherited special properties of X-FEM. In X-IGA, control points and patches play the same role with nodes and sub-domains in the finite element method. While being similar to X-FEM, enrichment functions are added to finite element approximation without any mesh generation. The geometry of structures based on basic functions of Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines (NURBS) provides accurate and reliable results. Moreover, the basis function to define the geometry becomes a systematic p-refinement to control the field approximation order without altering the geometry or its parameterization. The accuracy of analytical solutions of X-IGA for the crack problem, which is superior to a conventional X-FEM, guarantees the reliability of the optimal multi-material retrofitting against external cracks through using topology optimization. Topology optimization is applied to the minimal compliance design of two-dimensional plane linear cracked structures retrofitted by multiple distinct materials to prevent the propagation of the present crack pattern. The alternating active-phase algorithm with optimality criteria-based algorithms is employed to update design variables of element densities. Numerical results under different lengths, positions, and angles of given cracks verify the proposed method's efficiency and feasibility in using X-IGA compared to a conventional X-FEM.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제64권1호
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• pp.79-89
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• 2022

Soil moisture is significantly related to crop growth and plays an important role in irrigation management. To predict soil moisture, various process-based model has been developed and used in the world. Various models (Land surface model) may have different performance depending on the model parameters and structures that causes the different model output for the same modeling condition. In this study, the three land surface models (Noah Land Surface Model, Soil Water Atmosphere Plant, Community Land Model) were used to compare the model performance (soil moisture prediction) and develop the multi-model simulation. At first, the genetic algorithm was used to estimate the optimal soil parameters for each model, and the parameters were used to predict soil moisture in the study area. Then, we used the multi-model approach based on Bayesian model averaging (BMA). The results derived from this approach showed a better match to the measurements than the results from the original single land surface model. In addition, identifying the strengths and weaknesses of the single model and utilizing multi-model methods can help to increase the accuracy of soil moisture prediction.

• 한국분무공학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.57-65
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• 2022

The purpose of this study is to use machine learning to build a model capable of predicting the flash boiling spray characteristics. In this study, the flash boiling spray was visualized using Shadowgraph visualization technology, and then the spray image was processed with MATLAB to obtain quantitative data of spray characteristics. The experimental conditions were used as input, and the spray characteristics were used as output to train the machine learning model. For the machine learning model, the XGB (extreme gradient boosting) algorithm was used. Finally, the performance of machine learning model was evaluated using R² and RMSE (root mean square error). In order to have enough data to train the machine learning model, this study used 12 injectors with different design parameters, and set various fuel temperatures and ambient pressures, resulting in about 12,000 data. By comparing the performance of the model with different amounts of training data, it was found that the number of training data must reach at least 7,000 before the model can show optimal performance. The model showed different prediction performances for different spray characteristics. Compared with the upstream spray angle and the downstream spray angle, the model had the best prediction performance for the spray tip penetration. In addition, the prediction performance of the model showed a relatively poor trend in the initial stage of injection and the final stage of injection. The model performance is expired to be further enhanced by optimizing the hyper-parameters input into the model.

• 한국ITS학회 논문지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2021

본 연구에서는 도로교통분야의 계획, 설계, 유지관리, 연구 등 다양한 목적으로 활용되고 있는 교통량 데이터의 정확도 확보를 위해 시계열 분석 기법을 적용하여 교통량 데이터의 보정 및 예측을 수행하였다. 기존 알고리즘의 경우 주기성 및 계절성이 강하거나 불규칙한 데이터에 한계를 보이고 있어 교통량 데이터와 같은 자료에 적용하기에는 한계가 있다. 이러한 한계점을 극복하고 보완하기 위해 ARIMA 모형에 자기상관 모형인 SAR(Seasonal Auto Regressive)과 계절 이동평균 모형인 SMA(Seasonal Moving Average)가 결합된 분석 기법인 SARIMA 모형을 적용하였다. 분석결과 최적 파라미터 조합인 SARIMA(4,1,3)(4,0,3) 12 모형을 활용한 교통량 예측 결과 평균 85% 정도의 우수한 성능을 보였다. 본 연구를 통해서 교통량 데이터의 결측 발생 시 교통량 보정 및 예측의 정확도를 높일 수 있으며, 교통량 데이터 외에도 계절성에 영향을 받는 시계열 데이터에 적용이 가능하다.

• 응용통계연구
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.593-601
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• 2022

빈번하지는 않지만 한번 발생하면 상대적으로 큰 손실을 가져오는 사례를 통칭하여 부정 사례(Fraud)라고 부르며, 부정 탐지의 문제는 많은 분야에서 활용된다. 부정 사례는 정상 사례에 비해 상대적으로 관측치가 매우 적고 오분류의 비용이 월등히 크기 때문에 일반적인 이항분류 기법을 바로 적용할 수 없다. 이러한 경우에 활용할 수 있는 방법이 부정 탐지 지지 벡터기계(FDSVM)이다. 본 논문에서는 공변량이 함수형일 때 활용 가능한 함수형 부정 탐지 지지 벡터기계(F²DSVM)를 제안하였다. 제안된 방법을 사용하면 함수형 공변량을 가진 데이터에서 사용자가 목표하는 부정 탐지의 성능을 만족시키는 제약하에서 최적의 예측력을 가지는 분류기를 학습시킬 수 있다. 뿐만아니라, 통상적인 SVM과 마찬가지로, F²DSVM도 자취해의 조각별 선형성을 보일 수 있으며 이를 바탕으로 효율적인 자취해 알고리즘을 활용할 수 있고 분류기의 학습 시간을 크게 단축시킬 수 있다. 마지막으로, 반도체 웨이퍼 불량 탐지 문제에 제안된 F²DSVM을 적용해 보았고, 그 활용 가능성을 확인하였다.

• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.379-384
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• 2022

무선 센서 네트워크에서는 직접 접근이 어려운 환경에 대량으로 센서 노드들이 배치된다. 배터리 교체나 재충전 등 전력 공급이 어렵다. 에너지를 센서 노드와 같이 사용하는 것이 매우 중요하다. 따라서, 네트워크의 수명을 늘리기 위해 중요한 고려 사항은 각 센서 노드의 에너지 소비를 최소화하는 것이다. 무선 센서 노드의 에너지가 에너지를 다하여 방전되면 센서 노드의 제 역할을 할 수 없으며, 네트워크 내 노드의 일정량(50% 또는 80%) 이상이 소진되면 네트워크가 제 역할을 하지 못한다. 따라서 노드의 에너지 소비를 최소화하고 네트워크를 장기간 유지하기 위해 다양한 프로토콜에서 제안된 방법이다. 우리는 클러스터의 중심점과 잔류 에너지를 고려하고 플롯 포인트와 K-평균을 고려한다(WSN은 최적의 클러스터링 클러스터링을 제안한다). KOCED 프로토콜에 대한 성능 평가를 하고자한다. 최근 머신러닝 방법 중 하나인 K-평균 알고리즘을 적용한 프로토콜을 비교하고 성능 평가 요소를 제시하고자 한다.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.35-57
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• 2022

This article presents a computationally efficient framework for multi-objective seismic design optimization of steel moment-resisting frame (MRF) structures based on the nonlinear dynamic analysis procedure. This framework employs the uniform damage distribution philosophy to minimize the weight (initial cost) of the structure at different levels of damage. The preliminary framework was recently proposed by the authors based on the single excitation and the nonlinear static (pushover) analysis procedure, in which the effects of record-to-record variability as well as higher-order vibration modes were neglected. The present study investigates the reliability of the previous framework by extending the proposed algorithm using the nonlinear dynamic design procedure (optimization under multiple ground motions). Three benchmark structures, including 4-, 8-, and 12-story steel MRFs, representing the behavior of low-, mid-, and high-rise buildings, are utilized to evaluate the proposed framework. The total weight of the structure and the maximum inter-story drift ratio (IDRmax) resulting from the average response of the structure to a set of seven ground motion records are considered as two conflicting objectives for the optimization problem and are simultaneously minimized. The results of this study indicate that the optimization under several ground motions leads to almost similar outcomes in terms of optimization objectives to those are obtained from optimization under pushover analysis. However, investigation of optimal designs under a suite of 22 earthquake records reveals that the damage distribution in buildings designed by the nonlinear dynamic-based procedure is closer to the uniform distribution (desired target during the optimization process) compared to those designed according to the pushover procedure.

• 한국방재안전학회논문집
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.45-56
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• 2022

가뭄 및 갈수시에 용수부족 현상이 발생하나 회귀수량을 고려한 대응이나 대책 마련이 진행되지 않고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서 자료기반의 기계학습 모형(LSTM)을 통해 회귀수량 중 하수종말처리장의 방류량을 예측하였다. 입력자료로 방류량, 유입량, 강수량, 수위를 사용하였고 예측 결과의 정확도를 개선하기 위하여 추가적으로 입력변수의 변동성 분포를 고려하였다. 방류량 자료의 변동성을 확인하기 위해서 관측값과 분포 사이의 잔차를 복합삼각함수 형태로 가정하여 이론적인 확률분포와 함께 방류량 최적의 분포 형태로 나타내었다. 변동성 분포를 고려한 입력자료를 이용한 결과와 그렇지 않는 결과를 비교한 결과, 오차정도가 감소함을 보였으며 이는 변동성 분포가 계절성을 상대적으로 잘 재현하였기 때문이라 판단된다. 따라서 본 연구에서 구축한 하수종말장처리장의 방류량 예측 모형을 활용할 경우 보다 정확한 회귀수량 예측이 가능하여 효율적인 하천수 관리 체계를 수립하는데 기초자료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.