• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.151-162
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• 2000

This study is concerned with computerized multi-level substructuring methods and stress analysis of coil springs. The purpose of substructuring methods is to reduce computing time and capacity of computer memory by multiple level reduction of the degrees of freedom in large size problems that are modeled by three dimensional continuum finite elements. In this paper, the spring super element developed is investigated with tension, torsion, and bending of a cylindrical bar in order to verify its accuracy and efficiency for the multi-level substructuring method. And then the algorithm is applied to finite element analysis of coil springs. The result demonstrates the validity of the multi-level substructuring method and the efficiency in computing time and memory by providing good computational results in coil spring analysis.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.138-150
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• 2000

This study is concerned with computerized multi-level substructuring methods and stress analysis of coil springs. The purpose of substructuring methods is to reduce computing time and capacity of computer memory by multiple level reduction of the degrees of freedom in large size problems which are modeled by three dimensional continuum finite elements. In this paper, a super element has been developed for stress analysis of coil springs. The spring super element developed has been examined with tension and torsion simulation of cylindrical bars for demonstrating its validity. The result shows that the super element enhances the computing efficiency while it does not affect the accuracy of the results and it is ready for application to the coil spring analysis.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 1994년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.65-72
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• 1994

This study presents the application of multi-level substructuring for the effective nonlinear analysis of coupled wall structures. Also, the transition elements with 8 or 12 d. o. f, 5-node plane stress elements and concrete nonlinear model are considered as the basic finite elements of substructuring. In particular, the concept of localized nonlinearity is considered for the probable nonlinear zones of the structure, and the effective bottom-up and top-down process are presented through connectivity trees. The nonlinear analysis based on localized nonlinearity and multi-level substructuring, compared with the complete nonlinear analysis of the structure, gives the greater saving effects in computational efforts and cost.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산유체공학회 2004년도 춘계 학술대회논문집
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• pp.83-90
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• 2004

Substructuring methods are usually used in finite element structural analyses. In this study a multi-level substructuring algorithm is developed and proposed as a possible candidate for incompressible fluid solves. Finite element formulation for incompressible flow has been stabilized by a modified residual procedure proposed by Ilinca et.al.[5]. The present algorithm consists of four stages such as a gathering stage, a condensing stage, a solving stage and a scattering stage. At each level, a predetermined number of elements are gathered and condensed to form an element of higher level. At highest level, each subdomain consists of only one super-element. Thus, the inversion process of a stiffness matrix associated with internal degrees of freedom of each subdomain has been replaced by a sequential static condensation. The global algebraic system arising feom the assembly of each subdomains is solved using Conjugate Gradient Squared(CGS) method. In this case, pre-conditioning techniques usually accompanied by iterative solvers are not needed.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제4권5호
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• pp.553-568
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• 1996

Finite element stiffness matrix methods are presented for finding natural frequencies (or buckling loads) and modes of repetitive structures. The usual approximate finite element formulations are included, but more relevantly they also permit the use of 'exact finite elements', which account for distributed mass exactly by solving appropriate differential equations. A transcendental eigenvalue problem results, for which all the natural frequencies are found with certainty. The calculations are performed for a single repeating portion of a rotationally or linearly (in one, two or three directions) repetitive structure. The emphasis is on rotational periodicity, for which principal advantages include: any repeating portions can be connected together, not just adjacent ones; nodes can lie on, and members along, the axis of rotational periodicity; complex arithmetic is used for brevity of presentation and speed of computation; two types of rotationally periodic substructures can be used in a multi-level manner; multi-level non-periodic substructuring is permitted within the repeating portions of parent rotationally periodic structures or substructures and; all the substructuring is exact, i.e., the same answers are obtained whether or not substructuring is used. Numerical results are given for a rotationally periodic structure by using exact finite elements and two levels of rotationally periodic substructures. The solution time is about 500 times faster than if none of the rotational periodicity had been used. The solution time would have been about ten times faster still if the software used had included all the substructuring features presented.

• 한국전산유체공학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.38-47
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• 2005

Substructuring methods are often used in finite element structural analyses. In this study a multi-level substructuring(MLSS) algorithm is developed and proposed as a possible candidate for finite element fluid solvers. The present algorithm consists of four stages such as a gathering, a condensing, a solving and a scattering stage. At each level, a predetermined number of elements are gathered and condensed to form an element of higher level. At the highest level, each sub-domain consists of only one super-element. Thus, the inversion process of a stiffness matrix associated with internal degrees of freedom of each sub-domain has been replaced by a sequential static condensation of gathered element matrices. The global algebraic system arising from the assembly of each sub-domain matrices is solved using a well-known iterative solver such as the conjugare gradient(CG) or the conjugate gradient squared(CGS) method. A time comparison with CG has been performed on a 2-D Poisson problem. With one domain the computing time by MLSS is comparable with that by CG up to about 260,000 d.o.f. For 263,169 d.o.f using 8 x 8 sub-domains, the time by MLSS is reduced to a value less than $30\%$ of that by CG. The lid-driven cavity problem has been solved for Re = 3200 using the element interpolation degree(Deg.) up to cubic. in this case, preconditioning techniques usually accompanied by iterative solvers are not needed. Finite element formulation for the incompressible flow has been stabilized by a modified residual procedure proposed by Ilinca et al.[9].

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 2008년도 정기 학술대회
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• pp.356-361
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• 2008

Eigenvalue reduction schemes approximate the lower eigenmodes that represent the global behavior of the structures. In the previous study, we proposed a two-level condensation scheme (TLCS) for the construction of a reduced system. And we have improved previous TLCS with combination of the iterated improved reduced system method (IIRS) to increase accuracy of the higher modes intermediate range. In this study, we apply previous improved TLCS to multi-level sub-structuring scheme. In the first step, the global system is recursively partitioned into a hierarchy of sub-domain. In second step, each uncoupled sub-domain is condensed by the improved TLCS. After assembly process of each reduced sub-eigenvalue problem, eigen-solution is calculated by Lanczos method (ARPACK). Finally, Numerical examples demonstrate performance of proposed method.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.175-182
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• 2022

부분구조화 기법은 자유도가 많고 복잡한 구조물의 유한요소 해석 모델 단순화에 효율적으로 적용될 수 있는 기법이다. 대표적으로 선형 문제에 대해서는 Craig-Bampton method 등이 있다. Craig-Bampton method는 경계 요소를 제외한 나머지 요소의 불필요한 자유도를 제거함으로써 선형 구조물의 축소를 수행한다. 최근에는 부분구조화 기법과 더불어 구조물의 최적설계를 위해 멀티레벨 최적화 기법이 많이 활용되고 있다. 시스템의 목표를 달성하기 위해 각 부구조에 새로운 목표를 할당하는 기법이다. 본 연구에서는 유전자 알고리즘을 이용하여 시스템 목표 달성을 위한 각 부구조별 내부 자유도 개수를 새로운 목표로 할당하고 최적화를 수행하였다. 최적화 절차로부터 도출된 부구조별 내부 자유도 개수를 이용하여 시스템의 축소를 수행하였다. 다양한 수치예제들을 통해 축소 모델에 대한 결과를 확인하였으며, 90% 이상의 정확도를 가지는 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.281-285
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• 2008

축소시스템 기법은 전체 구조의 거동을 나타내는 저차 고유모드를 근사화한다. 지난 연구에서 축소시스템을 구축하기 위한 2단계 축소기법을 제안하였다. 또, 기존의 2단계 축소기법을 반복적 IRS기법을 통해 중간 주파수 대역의 고유모드에 대한 해의 정확도를 높이는 방안에 대해 연구가 제안되었다. 본 연구에서는 기존의 향상된 2단계 축소기법에 다단계 부구조화 기법을 적용하는 기법을 제안한다. 첫 단계에서는 전체 시스템을 그래프 분할을 통해 계층적으로 부구조로 분할되고, 두 번째 단계에서는 각각의 부구조를 개선된 2단계 축소기법을 이용하여 축소한다. 각각의 축소된 분절화된 고유치문제의 조합을 총해 최종적 축소시스템을 구축하고 이렇게 구한 축소된 고유치 문제를 란초스 기법(ARPACK)을 통해 해석한다. 최종적으로 제안된 기법의 성능을 수치 예제를 통해 검증한다.