• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.285-294
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• 2000

In this paper, a practical procedure for the design optimization of tubular-steel-pile-type substructure in a mooring dolphin is investigated and numerically evaluated. In the finite-dimensional optimum design formulation, geometry and cross-sectional shapes of classified group of piles are identified as design variables. The design objective is the total weight of piles, and the design constraints on stresses, penetration depth, and size limits are imposed. Several classes of practical design alternatives are sought through the linking and fixing of design variables. Among the available numerical optimization codes, both PLBA program and DNCONF subroutine in IMSL library are used. They are based on SQP algorithm and relatively easy to get. A dolphin of numerical example has 20 tubular steel piles, 4 vertical and 16 inclined. Optimum designs for different cases are successfully obtained for the practical purpose.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.38 no.7
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• pp.716-726
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• 2010

In this research, design optimization of an aircraft wing has been performed using the fully automated Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO) framework, which integrates aerodynamic and structural analysis considering nonlinear structural behavior. A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) mesh is generated automatically from parametric modeling using CATIA and Gambit, followed by an automatic flow analysis using FLUENT. A computational structure mechanics (CSM) mesh is generated automatically by the parametric method of the CATIA and visual basic script of NASTRAN-FX. The structure is analyzed by ABAQUS. Interaction between CFD and CSM is performed by a fully automated system. The Response Surface Method (RSM) is applied for optimization, helping to achieve the global optimum. The optimization design result demonstrates successful application of the fully automated MDO framework.

• Computational Structural Engineering
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.255-263
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• 1997

The optimum design of most structural systems used in practice requires considering design variables as discrete quantities. The present paper shows that the linear approximation method is very effective as a tool for the discrete optimum designs of unsymmetric composite laminates. The formulated design problem is subjected to a multiple in-plane loading condition due to shear and axial forces, bending and twisting moments, which is controlled by maximum strain criterion for each of the plys of a composite laminate. As an initial approach, the process of continuous variable optimization by FDM is required only once in operating discrete optimization. The nonlinear discrete optimization problem that has the discrete and continuous variables is transformed into the mixed integer programming problem by SLDP. In numerical examples, the discrete optimum solutions for the unsymmetric composite laminates consisted of six plys according to rotated stacking sequence were found, and then compared the results with the nonlinear branch and bound method to verify the efficiency of present method.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2015.05a
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• pp.158-158
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• 2015

대부분의 대규모 배수지는 고지대에 위치함으로써 자연유하를 통해 배, 급수지역으로 용수를 공급한다. 이를 위해 배수지 전단에는 가압장이 위치하여 정수장에서 처리된 용수를 고지대에 위치한 배수지로 송수한다. 이때 가압장에서 발생하는 전력소비량이 매우 높은 것으로 알려져 있으며, 효율적인 펌프운영을 통해 상당한 전력비용 절감이 가능할 것으로 판단된다. 일반적인 가압장의 운영은 시스템 운영자의 경험을 토대로 해당 가압장에 연결된 배수지의 수위에 따라 펌프의 작동여부를 결정하는 방법이 주로 사용되고 있다. 이러한 운영방법은 용수공급의 안전성을 우선시함으로써 배수지의 수위를 일정하게 유지하고자 빈번하게 펌프를 작동하게 되고 따라서 가압장에서 소모되는 전력량이 커서 운영효율 측면에서는 바람직하지 않다고 할 수 있다. 또한 빈번한 펌프의 작동으로 인해 펌프의 수명이 단축될 뿐만 아니라, 배수지내 용수의 수질저하 문제도 발생할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 효율적인 펌프장 운영을 위해 급수지역의 24시간 용수사용량을 예측하고, 그에 따른 펌프장의 가압 유량 및 양정을 파악하여 적정용량의 펌프를 선정하고 운영함으로써 펌프의 운영비용의 최소화 및 안정적인 용수공급을 동시에 달성하고자 한다. 이를 위해, 실시간 최적화 모형을 개발하였다. 개발된 최적화 모형은 상수관망해석 프로그램(EPAENT)을 연계하여 수요절점의 수압조건 및 운영상황을 모의하였다. 최적화 기법으로는 유전자알고리즘을 사용하였으며, 실제 시스템의 운영상황를 반영하기 위한 다양한 제약조건(operational constraints)을 적용하였다. 개발된 모형은 정속펌프(혹은 On/Off 펌프) 뿐만 아니라, 최근 실무에서 널리 사용되고 있는 변속펌프(variable speed pump)를 추가적으로 고려하였다. 개발된 모형은 국내에서 실제 운영되고 있는 송, 배수 시스템에 적용하여 모형의 실무 적용가능성을 검증하였다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.147-160
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• 2006

GA-based fuzzy optimum design algorithm incorporated with the refined plastic hinge analysis method is presented in this study. In the refined plastic hinge analysis method, geometric nonlinearity is considered by using the stability functions of the beam-column members. Material nonlinearity is also considered by using the gradual stiffness degradation model, which considers the effects of residual stresses, moment redistribution through the occurence of plastic hinges, and the geometric imperfections of the members. In the genetic algorithm, the tournament selection method and the total weight of the steel frames. The requirements of load-carrying capacity, serviceability, ductility, and constructabil ity are used as the constraint conditions. In fuzzy optimization, for crisp objective function and fuzzy constraint s, the tolerance that is accepted is 5% of the constraints. Furthermore, a level-cut method is presented from 0 to 1 at a 0 .2 interval, with the use of the nonmembership function, to solve fuzzy-optimization problems. The values of conventional GA optimization and fuzzy GA optimization are compared in several examples of steel structures.

• Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.197-208
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• 2010

An under-tension system is frequently employed for large-span structures to reduce the deflection and member size. In this study, a microgenetic algorithm was used to find the optimum cross-section of truss structures with an undertension cable under transverse loading. Maximum deflection, allowable stress, and buckling were considered constraints. The proposed approach was verified using a 10-bar truss sample that shows good agreement with the previous results. In the numerical results, minimum-weight design of the under-tension structure was performed for various magnitudes of pretension.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.265-268
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• 2006

데스크탑 환경의 멀티미디어 디스플레이 시스템은 고해상도, 대화면의 영상을 제공해 줄 수 있는 반면 제약된 공간에서만 동작하므로 휴대할 수 없는 문체가 있다. PDA, PMP와 모바일 폰과 같은 휴대성을 가지는 멀티미디어 디스플레이 시스템은 해상도가 낮아 사용자에게 충분한 몰입감을 제공 해 주지 못한다. 본 논문에서는 기존의 데스크탑 환경에서 동작하는 프로젝션 기반의 증강현실 시스템을 모바일 플랫폼으로 확장한 프로젝션 기반의 휴대형 멀티미디어 디스플레이 시스템을 제안한다. 제안된 시스템은 PDA와 포켓 프로젝터를 결합한 것으로, PDA에서 전 처리된 멀티미디어 영상을 포켓 프로젝터를 이용하여 임의의 모양을 가지는 스크린에 왜곡 없이 영상을 표시해 줄 수 있다. 개발환경은 Window Mobile 5.0 기반의 ARM 플랫폼을 사용하는 PDA를 이용하였고, 시스템의 최적화를 위하여 x86 플랫폼에 최적화된 OpenCV 라이브러리를 모바일용으로 변환하였다. 또한 모바일 플랫폼에서는 부동소수점 연산으로 인한 시스템의 속도저하 문제가 발생하기 때문에 부동소수점 연산을 정수 연산으로 변환함으로써 처리 속도를 개선하였다. 프로젝션 기반의 디스플레이 시스템을 실현하기 위해서 필요한 기술적인 과제들을 모바일 환경에서 직접 처리해 봄으로써 휴대형 프로젝션 기반의 멀티미디어 시스템의 가능성을 제시한다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.21-27
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• 2018

In this paper the laminate design parameters are researched to maximize the performance index of a composite pressure vessel. To maximize the performance index, the three design variables that the thickness of each of helical and hoop layers and the length of hoop layer are considered under the assumption of fixed internal space. To optimize the variables, the response surface method is introduced for construction of the surrogate model and the ANOVA(analysis of variance) is performed to evaluate the effects of the variables. The optimization problem is formulated to maximize performance index under the burst pressure constraint. To verify the effectiveness of the research, numerical analyses are performed for the optimum model.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.47 no.7
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• pp.535-540
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• 2019

The coupling between different models for MDO (Multi-disciplinary Optimization) greatly increases the complexity of the computational framework, while at the same time increasing CPU time and memory usage. To overcome these difficulties, POD (Proper Orthogonal Decomposition) and RBF (Radial Basis Function) are used to solve the optimization problem of determining the thickness of composites and sandwich cores when composite sandwich structures are used as aircraft wing skin materials. POD and RBF are used to construct surrogate models for the wing shape and the load data. Optimization is performed using the objective function and constraint function values which are obtained from the surrogate models.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.11-26
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• 1984

The aim of this study is to establish a synthetical optimal method that simultaneously analyze and design reinforced concrete flat slab-column structures involving multi-constraints and multi-design variables. The variables adopted in this mathematical models consist of design variables including sectional sizes and steel areas of frames, and analysis variable of the ratio of bending moment redistribution. The cost function is taken as the objective function in the formulation of optimal problems. A number of constraint equations, involving the ultimate limit state and the serviceability limit state, is derived in accordance with BSI CP110 requirements on the basis of limit state design theory. Both objective function and constraint equations derived from design variables and an analysis variable generally become high degree nonlinear problems. Using SLP as an analytical method of nonlinear optimal problems, an optimal algorithm is developed so as to analyze and design the structures considered in this study. The developed algorithm is directly applied to a few reinforced concrete flat slab-column structures to assure the validity of it and the possibility of optimization From the research it is found that the algorithm developed in this study is applicable to the optimization of reinforced concrete flat slab column structures and it converges to a optimal solution with 4 to 6 iterations regardless of initial variables. The result shows that an economical design can be possible when compared with conventional designs. It is also found that considering the ratio of bending moment redistribution as a variable is reasonable. It has a great effect on the composition of optimal sections and the economy of structures.