• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.449-465
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• 2017

The aim of the present work is to present a computational study of the non-linear aero-elastic behavior of a multi-layered Thermal Protection System (TPS). The severity of atmospheric re-entry conditions is due to the combination of high temperatures, high pressures and high velocities, and thus the aero-elastic behavior of flexible structures can be difficult to assess. In order to validate the specific computational model and the overall strategy for structural and aerodynamics analyses of flexible structures, the simplified TPS sample tested in the 8' High Temperature Tunnel (HTT) at NASA LaRC has been selected as a baseline for the validation of the present work. The von $K{\acute{a}}rm{\acute{a}}n^{\prime}s$ three dimensional large deflection theory for the structure and a hybrid Raleigh-Ritz-Galerkin approach, combined with the first order Piston Theory to describe the aerodynamic flow, have been used to derive the equations of motion. The paper shows that a good description of the physical behavior of the fabric is possible with the proposed approach. The model is further applied to investigate structural and aero-elastic influence of the number of the layers and the stitching pattern.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.343-356
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• 2005

Overhead sign support structures number in the tens of thousands throughout the trunk-line roadways in the United States. A recent two-phase study sponsored by the National Cooperative Highway Research Program resulted in the most significant changes to the AASHTO design specifications for sign support structures to date. The driving factor for these substantial changes was fatigue related cracks and some recent failures. This paper presents the method and results of a subsequent study sponsored by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) to develop a relative performance-based procedure to rank overhead sign support structures around the United States based on a linear combination of their expected fatigue life and an approximate measure of cost. This was accomplished by coupling a random vibrations approach with six degree-of-freedom linear dynamic models for fatigue life estimation. Approximate cost was modeled as the product of the steel weight and a constructability factor. An objective function was developed and used to rank selected steel sign support structures from around the country with the goal of maximizing the objective function. Although a purely relative approach, the ranking procedure was found to be efficient and provided the decision support necessary to MDOT.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제7권6호
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• pp.533-550
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• 1999

Optimal design of raft-pile foundations is examined by combining finite element technique and the optimization approach. The piles and soil medium are modeled by three dimensional solid elements while the raft is modelled by shell elements. Drucker-Prager criterion is adopted for the soil medium while the raft and the piles are assumed to be linear elastic. For the optimization process, the approximate semi-analytical method is used for calculating constraint sensitivities and a constraint approximation method which is a combination of the extended Bi-point approximation and Lagrangian polynomial approximation is used for predicting the behaviour of the constraints. The objective function of the problem is the volume of materials of the foundation while the design variables are raft thickness, pile length and pile spacing. The generalized reduced gradient algorithm is chosen for solving the optimization process. It is demonstrated that the method proposed in this study is promising for obtaining optimal design of raft-pile foundations without carrying out a large number of analyses. The results are also compared with those obtained from the previous study in which linear analysis was carried out.

• Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.305-312
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• 2015

We extend a generalized partially linear single-index model and newly define a generalized partially double-index model (GPDIM). The philosophy of sufficient dimension reduction is adopted in GPDIM to estimate unknown coefficient vectors in the model. Subsequently, various combinations of popular sufficient dimension reduction methods are constructed with the best combination among many candidates determined through a bootstrapping procedure that measures distances between subspaces. Distinguishing values are newly defined to match the estimates to the corresponding population coefficient vectors. One of the strengths of the proposed model is that it can investigate the appropriateness of GPDIM over a single-index model. Various numerical studies confirm the proposed approach, and real data application are presented for illustration purposes.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.80-92
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• 1994

The dynamic response characteristics of a floating ocean city are examined for presenting the basic data for the design of huge offshore structures supported by a large number of floating bodies in waves. The numerical approach which is accurate in linear system is based on combination of a three dimensional source distribution method, wave interaction theory and the finite element method of using the space frame element. The hydrodynamic interactions among the floating bodies are taken into account in their exact form within the context of linear potential theory in the motion and structural analysis. The method is applicable to an arbitrary number of three dimensional bodies having any individual body geometries and geometrical arrangement with the restriction that the circumscribed, bottom-mounted. Imaginary vertical cylinder for each body does not contain any part of the other body. The validity of this procedure was verified by comparing with experimental results obtained in the literature.

• Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.263-277
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• 2024

This paper proposes new parameterizations of the tilted beta binomial distribution, obtained from the combination of the binomial distribution and the tilted beta distribution, where the beta component of the mixture is parameterized as a function of their mean and variance. These new parameterized distributions include as particular cases the beta rectangular binomial and the beta binomial distributions. After that, we propose new linear regression models to deal with overdispersed binomial datasets. These new models are defined from the proposed new parameterization of the tilted beta binomial distribution, and assume regression structures for the mean and variance parameters. These new linear regression models are fitted by applying Bayesian methods and using the OpenBUGS software. The proposed regression models are fitted to a school absenteeism dataset and to the seeds germination rate according to the type seed and root.

• 비파괴검사학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.355-361
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• 2012

This paper presents an experimental study on the detection and location of nonlinear scattering source due to the presence of fatigue crack in a laboratory specimen. The proposed technique is based on a combination of nonlinear elastic wave spectroscopy(NEWS) and time reversal(TR) focusing approach. In order to focus on the nonlinear scattering position due to the fatigue crack, we employed only one transmitting transducer and one receiving transducer, taking advantage of long duration of reception signal that includes multiple linear scattering such as mode conversion and boundary reflections. NEWS technique was then used as a pre-treatment of TR for spatial focusing of reemitted second harmonic signal. The robustness of this approach was demonstrated on a cracked specimen and the nonlinear TR focusing behavior is observed on the crack interface from which the second harmonic signal was originated.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1997년도 하계학술대회 논문집 D
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• pp.1100-1102
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• 1997

This paper presents a generalized multi-parameter distribution method for the convolution of linear combination of random variables to calculate system load flow in a conventional probabilistic approach and also presents a conceptual possibilistic approach using fuzzy set theory to manage uncertainties. The probability distribution function is transformed into an appropriate possibilistic representation under the compromise between the transformation consistency and the human updating experience. The IEEE 25-bus system is used to demonstrate the capability of the proposed algorithm.

• 정보처리학회논문지:소프트웨어 및 데이터공학
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• 제2권11호
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• pp.809-814
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• 2013

합산영역테이블은 이미지 픽셀 주변 임의의 사각 영역 내 픽셀 값의 합을 4개 픽셀의 합차로 표현할 수 있는 자료구조이다. 그러나 합산영역테이블은 픽셀의 값을 한쪽 모서리에서 다른 쪽 모서리로 순차 누적하므로, 이미지의 크기가 큰 경우에 부동소수점 방식의 표현 범위를 초과하는 문제가 일어날 수 있다. 이를 해결하기 위해 본 논문은 선형 회귀분석을 이용하여 이미지를 근사하고, 회귀분석식과의 차이만을 누적하여 정밀도 누적 오차를 감소시킬 수 있는 제안한다. 또한, 이미지의 복원 시 회귀분석식의 합을 2중 적분을 이용하여 상수시간에 구할 수 있는 방법을 함께 제안 한다. 이미지의 복원에 대한 실험을 수행하였고, 결과는 제안하는 방식이 일반적인 고정오프셋 방식보다 누적 오차를 감소시킴을 보였다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제5권6호
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• pp.41-48
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• 2005

이 논문은 얼굴인식을 수행하기 위해서 이미 잘 알려진 주성분 분석법과 선형판별 분석법에 레이디얼 기저 함수 신경망을 결합한 인식 알고리즘을 제시하였다. 입력된 원래의 얼굴영상은 주성분분석법을 통하여 차원을 줄인 고유 얼굴 가중치를 산출한다. 이 가중치 벡터를 선형판별 분석법의 입력데이터로 사용하여 선형판별분석의 변환행렬을 계산할 때 클래스 내의 분산행렬에서 특이점이 발생하지 않도록 하면서 특징벡터를 산출하여 인식을 수행하였다. 두 번째 시도에서는 선형판별분석법에 의해 생성된 특징벡터를 레이디얼 기저 함수 신경망에 입력하여 학습하고 얼굴인식을 수행하였다. ORL DB의 얼굴영상에 대해 실험한 결과 93.5%의 인식률을 얻을 수 있었다.