• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2011.04a
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• pp.689-692
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 해양작업 상태의 하중조건을 고려한 부유식 원유생산 저장 하역 장치에 설치된 라이져 보강구조의 강도설계에 관련하여 다양한 근사화 기법 기반 설계 최적화 및 그 성능을 비교하고자 한다. 설계 최적화 문제는 하중조건별 구조강도의 제한조건 하에서 중량을 최소화하여 설계변수인 구조 부재치수가 결정되도록 정식화 된다. 비교 연구를 위해 사용된 근사화 기법은 반응표면법 기반 순차적 근사최적화(RBSAO), 크리깅 기반 순차적 근사최적화(KBSAO), 그리고 개선된 이동최소자승법(MLSM) 기반 근사최적화 기법인 CF-MLSM와 Post-MLSM이다. 본 연구에 적용한 MLSM 기반 근사최적화 기법들은 제한조건의 가용성을 보장할 수 있도록 새롭게 개발되었다. 다양한 근사화 모델 기반 설계 최적화 기법에 의한 결과는 설계 해의 개선 및 수렴속도 등의 수치적 성능을 기준으로 실제 비근사 설계최적화 결과와 비교검토 하였다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.35 no.2
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• pp.213-221
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• 2011

In this study, we discussed the weight reducing of a urban railway-car body, in particular, of the Korean EMU, by optimizing topology and size of aluminum extrusion profiles. The heaviest parts of aluminum railway-car bodies, i.e., the base plate of underframe and side panels of side frame composed of double skin structures are considered for optimization. Topology optimization process is applied to obtain get an optimized rib structure for the base plate. The thickness of ribs and plates of the topologically optimized base plate and the existing side panel are also optimized by employing the size optimization process. The results are verified by comparing the maximum von Mises stresses and maximum deformation in the case of the existing design with those in the case of the optimized design. It is shown that the weight of a base plate and side panel can be reduced by 12% and that the weight of the whole car body can be reduced by 8.5%.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2010.04a
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• pp.709-712
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• 2010

본 논문은 개미군락최적화 알고리즘을 이용한 트러스 구조물의 설계최적화에 대한 이론적 배경과 수치해석 결과를 기술하였다. 트러스의 설계최적화를 수행하기 위하여 구조물의 중량을 최소화하는 것을 목적 함수로 하고 구조물에서 발생하는 응력과 변위의 허용치를 초과하지 않는 것을 구속조건으로 이용하였다. 본 연구에서는 개미군락알고리즘을 구조물의 최적화에 적용하기 위하여 외판원문제(travelling salesman problem: TSP)를 재 정의하는 방법을 사용하였으며 최대-최소개미시스템(max-min ant system)을 도입하여 트러스 구조물의 최적설계를 수행하였다. 이때 이산화 된 설계변수를 사용하였으며 구속조건을 처리하기 위해서 벌점함수를 사용하였다. 본 연구를 통하여 개미군락최적화 알고리즘은 구조최적화에 그 적용 가능성이 높았으며 전통적인 최적검색 기법의 새로운 대안으로 이용될 수 있는 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.591-598
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• 2002

In the ship structural design, the material cost of hull weight and the overall cost of construction processes should be minimized considering safety and reliability. In the past, minimum weight design has been mainly focused on reducing material cost and increasing dead weight reflect the interests of a ship's owner. But, in the past experience, the minimum weight design has been inevitably lead to increasing the construction cost. Therefore, it is necessary that the designer of ship structure should consider both structural weight and construction cost. In this point of view, multi-objective optimization technique is proposed to design the ship structure in this study. According to the proposed algorithm, the results of optimization were compared to the structural design of actual VLCC(Very Large Crude Oil Carrier). Objective functions were weight cost and construction cost of VLCC, and ES(Evolution Strategies), one of the stochastic search methods, was used as an optimization solver. For the scantlings of members and the estimations of objectives, classification rule was adopted for the longitudinal members, and the direct calculation method, GSDM(Generalized Slope Deflection Method), lot the transverse members. To choose the most economical design point among the results of Pareto optimal set, RFR(Required Freight Rate) was evaluated for each Pareto point, and compared to actual ship.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.12 no.5
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• pp.125-132
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• 2008

Structural optimization is widely adopted in the design of structures with the development of computer aided design and computer technique recently. By applying the structural optimization in the last decades, designers have gained the design scheme of structures more feasibly and easily. In this paper, an optimal design of one 30-story high rise steel structure is performed considering material non-linearity. Based on finite element analysis and adaptive simulated annealing algorithm, the optimal weight of structure is derived under constraints of allowable yield stress, shear stress and serviceability.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.25-33
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• 2012

A genetic algorithm (GA) has been employed to optimize the major design variables of the liquid rocket engine. Pressure of the main combustion chamber, nozzle expansion ratio and O/F ratio have been selected as design variables. The target engine has the open gas generator cycle using the LO2/RP-1 propellant. The gas properties of the combustion chamber have been obtained from CEA2 and the mass has been estimated using reference data. The objective function has been set as multi-objective function with the specific impulse and thrust to weight ratio using the weight method. The result shows about 4% improvement of the specific impulse and 23% increase of the thrust to weight ratio. The Pareto frontier line has been also obtained for various thrust requirements.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.127-134
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• 2011

A genetic algorithm (GA) has been employed to optimize the major design variables of the liquid rocket engine. Pressure of the main combustion chamber, nozzle expansion ratio and O/F ratio have been selected as design variables. The target engine has the open gas generator cycle using the LO2/RP-1 propellant. The gas properties of the combustion chamber have been obtained from CEA2 and the mass has been estimated using reference data. The objective function has been set as multi-objective function with the specific impulse and thrust to weight ratio using the weight method. The result shows about 4% improvement of the specific impulse and 23% increase of the thrust to weight ratio. The Pareto frontier line has been also obtained for various thrust requirements.

• Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.109-118
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• 1994

In this study, an optimization method to design the hull structure of the surface effect ships with twin hulls is proposed for the purpose of minimization of weight based on the regulations of DnV class, and computer programs following the method are developed. The method uses simple formulas as to bending and buckling strength of beams and plates to design local structures, and considers the effect of interaction between longitudinal girders and transverse web frames by grillage analysis and calculates torsional strength of the cross structure by the simplified method. Global optimization of the midship section is attained by integration of optimized substructures. According to optimized results by applying the method to the designed ship, reduction of 20 percent of hull weight can be shown, and optimum transverse frame space can be obtained.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2009.04a
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• pp.396-399
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• 2009

본 논문의 연구 목적은 생물의 진화 현상을 모방한 진화전략 알고리즘을 이용하여 돔형 트러스 구조물을 최적화 설계하는 것이다. 최적화 방법으로 부재 단면적의 최적화 값을 찾음으로써 최적 목적값 또는 최소 구조물 중량을 산출하는데 목적이 있다. 진화전략 알고리즘은 1960년대 중반, 실수기반 매개변수의 최적화로부터 소개되어 1970년대 많은 발전을 하였다. 진화전략은 컴퓨터 시스템 최적화 알고리즘 연구분야에서 많이 활용되며, 더불어 사용되는 유전자 알고리즘과는 다른 몇 개의 연산자를 가지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 진화전략에서 사용되는 연산자를 소개하고 연산자간의 논리 흐름과 수치예제로써 최적설계의 적합성을 확인해볼 수 있다.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.35 no.4
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• pp.243-248
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• 2022

Weight optimization was performed for a rotorcraft shaft system using one-dimensional Euler-Bernoulli beam elements. Torsion, shaft support stiffness such as bearings, flange mass are all considered. To guarantee structural dynamic stability, eigenvalue analysis was performed to avoid critical speed and tooth mesh excitation form the gearbox. The weight optimization was performed by adjusting the thickness and radius while the length of the shaft was fixed, and the optimization process was divided into two stages. In the first, the weight is optimized with the torsional strength constraint. In the second, the difference between the primary mode of shaft and the critical speed is maximized so that the primary mode of the shaft can avoid the critical speed while the constraint on the torsional strength of the shaft is satisfied according to the standard for shaft system stability (AMC P 706-201, 1974). The proposed method was verified by comparing the results of the optimal design using the given one-dimensional beam elements with the stress results of the 3D finite element and the actual manufactured shaft.