• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제27권7호
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• pp.1234-1242
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• 2003

In this paper we present a simple and efficient robust optimal design formulation for MEMS structures and its application to a resonant-type micro probe. The basic idea is to use the gradient index (GI) to improve robustness of the objective and constraint functions. In the robust optimal design procedure, a deterministic optimization for performance of MEMS structures is followed by design sensitivity analysis with respect to uncertainties such as fabrication errors and change of operating conditions. During the process of deterministic optimization and sensitivity analysis, dominant performance and uncertain variables are identified to define GI. The GI is incorporated as a term of objective and constraint functions in the robust optimal design formulation to make both performance and robustness improved. While most previous approaches for robust optimal design require statistical information on design variations, the proposed GI based method needs no such information and therefore is cost-effective and easily applicable to early design stages. For the micro probe example, robust optimums are obtained to satisfy the targets for the measurement sensitivity and they are compared in terms of robustness and production yield with the deterministic optimums through the Monte Carlo simulation. This method, although shown for MEMS structures, may as well be easily applied to conventional mechanical structures where information on uncertainties is lacking but robustness is highly important.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제8권8호
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• pp.655-664
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• 2002

The disturbance observer (DOB) has been widely utilized for high precision/speed motion control applications. However, it still lacks the analysis for the robustness and performance brought by using DOB. This paper proposes the robustness measure of DOB and reveals the relationships between the disturbance rejection performance and the order/time constant of a Q filter in DOB. Additionally, we propose six guidelines for the design of Q filter and show their validity through the experiments for DVD systems.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제45권6호
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• pp.803-819
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• 2013

This paper addresses two main issues relevant to the structural assessment of buildings subjected to explosions. The first issue regards the robustness evaluation of steel frame structures: a procedure is provided for computing "robustness curves" and it is applied to a 20-storey steel frame building, describing the residual strength of the (blast) damaged structure under different local damage levels. The second issue regards the precise evaluation of blast pressures acting on structural elements using Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) techniques. This last aspect is treated with particular reference to gas explosions, focusing on some critical parameters (room congestion, failure of non-structural walls and ignition point location) which influence the development of the explosion. From the analyses, it can be deduced that, at least for the examined cases, the obtained robustness curves provide a suitable tool that can be used for risk management and assessment purposes. Moreover, the variation of relevant CFD analysis outcomes (e.g., pressure) due to the variation of the analysis parameters is found to be significant.

• 전자공학회논문지B
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• 제32B권6호
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• pp.828-839
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• 1995

Although the fuzzy logic controller(FLC) has been adopted in many engineering applications, its performance is not guaranteed since there is no definite theoretic analysis. It may be the main factor that one hesitates to adopt the FLC in critical applications. In this paper, observing the similarity in the pattern of control input between the FLC and a conventional robust controller, i.e., the variable structure controller, we present theoretic analysis for robustness of a fuzzy control system based on the Lyapunov theory.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.576-584
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• 2006

내용기반 비디오 정합은 원본의 클립에서 특징(signature)을 구한 후 복사본의 특징과 비교하여 유사도를 측정한다. 특히 정확한 위치의 프레임을 정합하는 것은 매우 중요하며 원본과 복사본의 프레임율, 잡음, 해상도, 압축형식에 따라 정합 율이 달라질 수 있다. 비디오 특징 중 오디널(ordinal) 특징은 일반적으로 우수한 정합특징을 나타내고 있으나 비디오 특징의 구별 능력을 나타내는 유일성 실험(uniqueness test)과 잡음에 대한 내성을 나타내는 강건성 실험(robustness test)이 중요한 요소로 고려되지 않았다. Hua등은 유일성 실험에서 해상도, 압축형식 등을 고려하였지만 강건성 실험에서 영상에 잡음을 첨가하는 대신 압축 형식이 변환된 영상을 사용하였다. 본 논문에서는 오디널 특정의 유일성 분석과 함께 실질적인 잡음 모텔을 도입하여 오디널 특징의 강건성 실험 방법을 제안하고 성능을 분석하였다.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.8-14
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• 2015

Transmission of a tracked vehicle designed for multiple functions such as steering, gear-shifting, and braking is a core component of heavy vehicle to which the power is transferred based on combined technology of various gears, bearing, and fluid machineries. Robustness and durability of transmission, however, have been issued due to a large number of driving units and sub-components inside its body. Particularly, transmission housing is important structure which supports the transmission, and is made of aluminum alloy. Thus, structural robustness against such mechanical loading or vibration must be attained. Structural reliability evaluation through FEM analysis can save time and cost of the actual tests. In this study, structural evaluation is conducted on output housing of transmission, which is core component of tracked vehicle, using the simulation program. In addition, transmission dynamo test is performed to evaluate structural robustness of the output housing against the vibration which can be produced during the transmission operation.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.115-126
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• 2017

The modal identification of large civil structures such as bridges under the ambient vibrational conditions has been widely investigated during the past decade. Many operational modal analysis methods have been proposed and successfully used for identifying the dynamic characteristics of the constructed bridges in service. However, there is very limited research available on reliable criteria for the robustness of these identified modal parameters of the bridge structures. In this study, two time-domain operational modal analysis methods, the data-driven stochastic subspace identification (SSI-DATA) method and the covariance-driven stochastic subspace identification (SSI-COV) method, are employed to identify the modal parameters from field recorded ambient acceleration data. On the basis of the SSI-DATA method, the modal contribution indexes of all identified modes to the measured acceleration data are computed by using the Kalman filter, and their applicability to evaluate the robustness of identified modes is also investigated. Here, the benchmark problem, developed by Hong Kong Polytechnic University with field acceleration measurements under different excitation conditions of a cable-stayed bridge, is adopted to show the effectiveness of the proposed method. The results from the benchmark study show that the robustness of identified modes can be judged by using their modal contributions to the measured vibration data. A critical value of modal contribution index of 2% for a reliable identifiability of modal parameters is roughly suggested for the benchmark problem.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제62권1호
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• pp.49-56
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• 2013

In this paper, for constrained optimization problem, one multi-objective optimization algorithm that ensures both performance robustness and constraint feasibility is proposed when uncertainties are involved in design variables. In the proposed algorithm, the gradient index of objective function assisted by design sensitivity with the help of finite element method is applied to evaluate robustness; the reliability calculated by the sensitivity-assisted Monte Carlo simulation method is used to assess the feasibility of constraint function. As a demonstration, the performance and numerical efficiency of the proposed method is investigated through application to the optimal design of TEAM problem 22--a superconducting magnetic energy storage system.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.83-91
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• 2023

본 연구는 특정 구간의 정체가 전체 고속도로에 미치는 영향을 분석하기 위한 고속도로 망의 강건성 민감도 지수(RSI: robustness sensitivity index)를 제안한다. 새로 제안된 RSI는 특정 구간의 길이가 연장되었을 때, 연장된 단위 길이 당 교통망의 총 운행거리 변화량으로 정의한다. RSI 값이 클 경우, 해당 구간의 교통 정체는 다른 구간에 비해 전체 망에 나쁜 영향을 미치게 된다. 기존의 망 강건성 지수(NRI: network robustness index)는 단순히 특정 구간이 있을 때와 없을 때의 교통망 변화를 관찰하지만, 본 연구가 제안한 RSI는 일종의 성능 지표로 특정 구간의 정체 정도에 따른 망 전체의 파급효과를 정량적으로 분석할 수 있게 해준다. 특정 구간의 정체 정도를 변화시키면서, 그 정체가 발생시키는 다른 구간들의 교통량 증가, 감소, 정체 구간의 크기 및 위치 등이 어떻게 변화하는지를 계산할 수 있다. 이 분석은 NRI로는 분석 불가능한 것으로 RSI의 우수성을 입증하는 것이다. 국내 고속도로 망의 데이터를 이용해 RSI의 다양한 성질을 분석한다. 그리고 RSI 개념을 이용하면 특정 구간의 정체 정도 변화가 발생시키는 다른 구간들에 대한 파급효과를 분석할 수 있음을 보인다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2000년도 제15차 학술회의논문집
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• pp.459-459
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• 2000

The purpose of this paper is the application of the techniques for the new estimation of robustness for the aircraft systems having structured uncertainties. The basic ideas to analyze the system which is the originally nonlinear is Lyapunov direct theorems. The nonlinear systems have various forms of terms inside the system equations and this investigation is confined in the form of bounded uncertainties. The number of uncertainties will be the degree of freedoms in the calculation of the robust stability regions called the robustness bounds. This proposition adopts the theoretical analysis of the Lyapunov direct methods, that is, the sign properties of the Lyapunov function derivative integrated along finite intervals of time, in place of the original method of the sign properties of the time derivative of the Lyapunov function itself. This is the new sufficient criteria to relax the stability condition and is used to generate techniques for the robust design of control systems with structured perturbations. Using this relaxing stability conditions, in this paper, the quadratic form of Lyapunov function is utilized. In this paper, the practical system of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft is analyzed with the proposed stability criteria based upon the Lyapunov direct method. The application of numerical procedures can prove the improvements in estimations of robustness with structured uncertainties. The applicable aircraft system is assumed to be linear with time-varying with nonlinear bounded perturbations.