• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.469-481
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• 2006

A new method called fuzzy factor method for the stationary stochastic response analysis of fuzzy truss with global fuzzy structural parameters is presented in this paper. Considering the fuzziness of the structural physical parameters and geometric dimensions simultaneously, the fuzzy correlation function matrix of structural displacement response in time domain is derived by using the fuzzy factor method and the optimization method, the fuzzy mean square values of the structural displacement and stress response in the frequency domain are then developed with the fuzzy factor method. The influences of the fuzziness of structural parameters on the fuzziness of mean square values of the displacement and stress response are inspected via an example and some important conclusions are obtained. Finally, the example is simulated by Monte-Carlo method and the results of the two methods are close, which verified the feasibility of the method given in this paper.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.59-68
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• 1997

A two-step method is presented for the optimum design of trusses with available sections under stress and Euler buckling constraints. The shape design of the truss is used as a means to convert the discrete solution into a continuous one. In the first step of the method, a continuous solution is obtained by sizing and shape design using an approximate polynomial expression for the buckling coefficients. In the second step, the member sizes obtained are changed to the nearest available sections and the truss is reconfigured by using the exact values for the buckling coefficients. The optimizer used is based on the sequential quadratic programming and the gradients are evaluated in closed form. The method is illustrated by two numerical examples.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.767-776
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• 2019

In this article, a simple and robust multi-objective assessment method to control design angles and node positions connected among steel outrigger truss members is proposed to approve both structural safety and economical cost. For given outrigger member layouts, the present method utilizes general-purpose prototypes of outrigger members, having resistance to withstand lateral load effects directly applied to tall buildings, which conform to variable connecting node and design space deposition. Outrigger layouts are set into several initial design conditions of height to width of an arbitrary given design space, i.e., variable design space. And then they are assessed in terms of a proposed multi-objective function optimizing both minimal total displacement and material quantity subjected to design impact factor indicating the importance of objectives. To evaluate the proposed multi-objective function, an analysis model uses a modified Maxwell-Mohr method, and an optimization model is defined by a ground structure assuming arbitrary discrete straight members. It provides a new robust assessment model from a local design point of view, as it may produce specific optimal prototypes of outrigger layouts corresponding to arbitrary height and width ratio of design space. Numerical examples verify the validity and robustness of the present assessment method for controlling prototypes of outrigger truss members considering a multi-objective optimization achieving structural safety and material cost.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제83권5호
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• pp.593-607
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• 2022

To solve the problem of detecting structural damage, a two-stage method using the Kalman filter and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) is proposed. In this method, the first PSO population is enhanced using the Kalman filter method based on dynamic responses. Due to noise in the sensor responses and errors in the damage detection process, the accuracy of the damage detection process is reduced. This method proposes a novel approach for solve this problem by integrating the Kalman filter and sensitivity analysis. In the Kalman filter, an approximate damage equation is considered as the equation of state and the damage detection equation based on sensitivity analysis is considered as the observation equation. The first population of PSO are the random damage scenarios. These damage scenarios are estimated using a step of the Kalman filter. The results of this stage are then used to detect the exact location of the damage and its severity with the PSO algorithm. The efficiency of the proposed method is investigated using three numerical examples: a 31-element planer truss, a 52-element space dome, and a 56-element space truss. In these examples, damage is detected for several scenarios in two states: using the no noise responses and using the noisy responses. The results show that the precision and efficiency of the proposed method are appropriate in structural damage detection.

• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.705-712
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• 2008

본 연구에서는 그라운드 구조법을 이용하여 콘크리트 구조형태의 최적화에 대한 수치 실험을 하였다. 마이크로 격자 모델은 단위 셀의 집합체로 구성되었다. 해석 과정은 각 부재의 응답계를 강성에 피드백 시켜서 유한요소해석을 반복하였다. 이 해석의 반복을 통하여, 트러스 모델은 수리적 최적화 수법이 아니라 국소적인 응력 상태를 이용하여 위상적인 구조 형태와 구조적 형상을 표현하였다. 격자 트러스 모델을 여러 예제에 적용하여 형상 배치 문제를 해석하는데 성공하였다.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.501-507
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• 2009

FRP(섬유강화 복합재료)를 교량의 바닥판으로 설계하기 위하여 위상최적화와 형상최적화 기법을 사용하여 이론적 최적단면을 제안하였다. 먼저 위상최적화를 통하여 바닥판의 최적 단면모양을 찾아 내었다. 그 결과, 단순보에서 중앙 집중하중의 경우 가장 이상적인 구조는 트러스 형태의 골조구조임을 알 수 있었다. 또한 수평부재와 경사부재가 만나는 절점에서 보강재를 볼 수 있었고, 이는 기존 상업용 FRP바닥판에 적용되지 않았기 때문에 새로운 설계변수로 사용하였다. 두 번째로 유전자 알고리즘을 이용한 형상최적화를 통하여 위상최적화 결과의 최적 규격을 찾고자 하였다. 기존 상용제품들과 비교를 위하여 바닥판의 높이를 제한하여 최적화를 수행하였다. 본 논문에서 제안한 바닥판의 성능을 검토하기 위해 유한요소해석을 수행하였다. 사용성 및 안전성을 검토한 결과, 기존 연구에서 제안한 설계 기준안을 만족하는 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국공간구조학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국공간구조학회 2005년도 춘계학술발표회 및 정기총회 2권1호(통권2호)
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• pp.3-51
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• 2005

Optimization methods are presented for design of shells and spatial structures. The effectiveness of using optimization techniques are demonstrated by the following examples: 1. Shape design of ribbed shells. 2. Shape design of membrane structures. 3. Optimization of single-layer spatial truss against buckling. 4. Application of heuristic methods to optimization of space frames. The readers may first see the numerical results to find that is possible by optimization. In the appendix, overview of structural optimization in architectural design is presented, and effectiveness of optimization is demonstrated by small examples. Each chapter is a part of a published paper, or translation from a Japanese article. So there might be some difficulties for understanding the details: inconsistency of the story, etc., which the author hope not to lead to major difficulties for understanding the concepts and results.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.141-154
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• 1987

본(本) 연구(硏究)에서는 전최적화(全最適化) 과정(過程)을 two-Levels로 나누었다. Level-1에서는 작용하중(作用荷重) 및 설계응력(設計應力)을 정규분포(正規分布)로 하는 확률변수(確率變數)로 하여 각부재(各部材)가 허용파괴확률(許容破壞確率)을 초과(超過)하지 않도록 단면(斷面) 최적화(最適化)하고 Level-2에서는 트러스의 절점좌표(節點座標)를 변수(變數)로 하여 형상(形狀) 최적화(最適化)한 것이다. Level-1에서는 유도(誘導)된 비선형계획문제(非線型計劃問題)를 SUMT문제(問題)로 교환(交換)시켜 Modified Newton-Raphson Method에 의한 SUMT법(法)을 채택(採擇)하고 Level-2에서는 Powell Method의 일방향(一方向) 조사법(調査法)에 의해 목적함수(目的函數)만이 최소(最小)가 되도록 하는 기법(技法)을 도입(導入)하여 형상(形狀) 최적화(最適化)를 하였다.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.262-269
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• 2005

Optimization of a satellite structure under severe space launching environments is performed considering various design constraints. Simulate annealing, one of combinatorial optimization techniques, is used to optimize the satellite. The optimization results by the simulated annealing are compared to those by the method of modified feasible direction and genetic algorithm. Ten bar truss structure is optimized for feasibility study of the simulated annealing. Finally, the satellite structure is optimized by the simulated annealing algorithm under space environment. Weights of the satellite upper platform and propulsion module are minimized with consideration of several static and dynamic constraints. MSC/NASTRAN is used to find the static and dynamic responses. Simulated annealing has been programmed and integrated with the finite element analysis program for optimization. It is shown that the simulated annealing algorithm can be extended to the optimization of space structures.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.467-474
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• 2004

A numerical method and algorithms is proposed to perform optimization of non-linear response structures. An analytical and numerical method based finite element method is also proposed for the transformation of non-linear response into linear response. Loads transformed from this method are defined as the equivalent linear loads. With the loads and the transformed response, linear static optimization is performed for nonlinear response structure with geometric and/or material non-linearity. The results of the optimization are compared with them of typical non-linear response optimization using finite difference method. The proposed method is very efficient and derives good solution.