• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.805-808
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• 2003

Fundamental ideas of the free energy gradient method are briefly reviewed with three applications: the stable structures of glycine and ammonia-water molecule pair in aqueous solution and the transition state (TS) structure of a Menshutkin reaction $NH_3 + CH_3Cl → CH_3NH_3^+ + Cl^-$ in aqueous solution, which is the first example of full TS optimization of all internal degrees of freedom.

• 대한전자공학회논문지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.130-138
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• 1988

The method of conjugate gradient (C.G.M.) is applied to the solution of current distribution from body of revolution(B.O.R.). Using the C.G.M., it is possible to analyze electrically large arbitratily oriented B.O.R.. The fundamental differencess between C.G.M. and moment are outlined. This method converge for any initial guess, and this techniqe guarantees a monotonic convegence. Numerical resulsts are presented for electromagnetic case which shows good agreements with moment solution.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.1-16
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• 2006

This paper presents a virtual boundary element-equivalent collocation method (VBEM) for the plane magnetoelectroelastic solids, which is based on the fundamental solutions of the plane magnetoelectroelastic solids and the basic idea of the virtual boundary element method for elasticity. Besides all the advantages of the conventional boundary element method (BEM) over domain discretization methods, this method avoids the computation of singular integral on the boundary by introducing the virtual boundary. In the end, several numerical examples are performed to demonstrate the performance of this method, and the results show that they agree well with the exact solutions. So the method is one of the efficient numerical methods used to analyze megnatoelectroelastic solids.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.509-516
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• 2018

The differential quadrature (DQ) and teaching-learning based optimization (TLBO) methods are coupled to introduce a hybrid numerical method for maximizing fundamental natural frequency of laminated composite skew plates. The fiber(s) orientations are selected as design variable(s). The first-order shear deformation theory (FSDT) is used to obtain the governing equations of the plate. The equations of motion and the related boundary conditions are discretized in space domain by employing the DQ method. The discretized equations are transferred from the time domain into the frequency domain to obtain the fundamental natural frequency. Then, the DQ solution is coupled with the TLBO method to find the maximum frequency of the plate and its related optimum stacking sequences of the laminate. Convergence and applicability of the proposed method are shown and the optimum fundamental frequency parameter of the plates with different skew angle, boundary conditions, number of layers and aspect ratio are obtained. The obtained results can be used as a benchmark for further studies.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.131-150
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• 2006

Exact analytical solutions for in-plane static problems of planar curved beams with variable curvatures and variable cross-sections are derived by using the initial value method. The governing equations include the axial extension and shear deformation effects. The fundamental matrix required by the initial value method is obtained analytically. Then, the displacements, slopes and stress resultants are found analytically along the beam axis by using the fundamental matrix. The results are given in analytical forms. In order to show the advantages of the method, some examples are solved and the results are compared with the existing results in the literature. One of the advantages of the proposed method is that the high degree of statically indeterminacy adds no extra difficulty to the solution. For some examples, the deformed shape along the beam axis is determined and plotted and also the slope and stress resultants are given in tables.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제70권5호
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• pp.535-549
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• 2019

This study aimed to develop a high-order shear deformation theory to predict the free vibration of hybrid cross-ply laminated plates under different boundary conditions. The equations of motion for laminated hybrid rectangular plates are derived and obtained by using Hamilton's principle. The closed-form solutions of anti-symmetric cross-ply and angle-ply laminates are obtained by using Navier's solution. To assess the validity of our method, we used the finite element method. Firstly, the analytical and the numerical implementations were validated for an antisymmetric cross-ply square laminated with available results in the literature. Then, the effects of side-to-thickness ratio, aspect ratio, lamination schemes, and material properties on the fundamental frequencies for different combinations of boundary conditions of hybrid composite plates are investigated. The comparison of the analytical solutions with the corresponding finite element simulations shows the good accuracy of the proposed analytical closed form solution in predicting the fundamental frequencies of hybrid cross-ply laminated plates under different boundary conditions.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.607-618
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• 2017

In this research, a newly developed nature-inspired optimization method, the Lion Pride Optimization algorithm (LPOA), is utilized for optimal design of composite steel box girder bridges. A composite box girder bridge is one of the common types of bridges used for medium spans due to their economic, aesthetic, and structural benefits. The aim of the present optimization procedure is to provide a feasible set of design variables in order to minimize the weight of the steel trapezoidal box girders. The solution space is delimited by different types of design constraints specified by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Additionally, the optimal solution obtained by LPOA is compared to the results of other well-established meta-heuristic algorithms, namely Gray Wolf Optimization (GWO), Ant Lion Optimizer (ALO) and the results of former researches. By this comparison the capability of the LPOA in optimal design of composite steel box girder bridges is demonstrated.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.345-364
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• 2002

The scaling laws for vibration response of anti-symmetrically laminated plates are derived by applying the similitude transformation to the governing differential equations directly. With this approach, a closed-form solution of the governing equations is not required. This is a significant advantage over the method employed by other researchers where similitude transformation is applied to the closed-form solution. The scaling laws are tested by comparing the similitude fundamental frequencies to the theoretical fundamental frequencies determined from the available closed-form solutions. In case of complete similitude, similitude solutions from the scaling laws exactly agree with the theoretical solutions. Sometimes, it may not be feasible to select the model which obeys the similarity requirement completely, therefore partial similitude is theoretically investigated and approximate scaling laws are recommended. The distorted models in stacking sequences and laminated material properties demonstrate reasonable accuracy. On the contrary, a model with distortion in fiber angle is not recommended. The derived scaling laws are very useful to determine the vibration response of complex prototypes by performing the experiment on a model with required similarities.

• 한국지진공학회논문집
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.83-91
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• 2001

본 연구에서는 2차원 평면상에서 자유장응답 해석을 위하여 유한요소-경계요소 조합에 의한 수치해석기법을 개발하였다. 전체 계를 외부영역과 내부영역으로 구분하였다. 외부영역은 동적 다층반무한 기본해를 이용한 경계요소로 모형화되고 내부영역은 유한요소로 모형화하여 조합하였다. 다층지반의 외부에서 입사하는 지진에 의한 지진응답해석을 수행하기 위하여 동적기본해를 이용한 자유장응답해석을 수행하였다. 지진응답해석에서는 지반의 전단병형률에 따라 변화하는 비선형특성을 모형화하기 위해 등가선형화기법을 적용하였다. 지진응답해석의 검증에 의하여 해석결과를 상용프로그램의 결과와 비교하였다. 결과적으로 지진응답해석을 효과적으로 수행할 수 있는 수치해석기법을 개발하였고 구조물이 있는 경우로의 확장돠 가능하게 되었다.

• 대한기계학회논문집
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.322-330
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• 1987

본 논문에서는 전자의 해석중에서 유한요소와 경계요소의 결합으로 생기는 문 제점 그리고 증가된 자요도로 인한 경제성의 손실 등을 고려하여 2차의 경계요소만을 사용한 경계요소법을 시도하였으며 다른 형태의 점탄성기본해 및 점탄성 경계적분식을 유도 사용하였다. 그리고 시도된 방법의 타당성을 보이기 위하여 사용된 예제들(평 면변형문제)의 이론해를 상응원리를 사용하여 유도하였으며 이를 수치결과와 비교하여 근사해의 정확함을 알 수가 있었다.