• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.37 no.1
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• pp.129-135
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• 2013

There is not enough absorption space in the side of a vehicle so injuries to a passenger are higher compared to frontal impact injuries. For the protection of the passenger in the event of a side impact, vehicle regulations and new car assessment program(NCAP) are implemented all over the world. However, passive safety such as absorption technology of vehicle body itself is limited due to the narrow space of the side part. At the present time, it is well known that a side airbag including a curtain airbag is the most effective system to protect the passenger during a side impact. In this study, optimum design of the curtain airbag is carried out to reduce Head Injury Criterion(HIC) of the passenger. Based on crashworthiness simulation, an orthogonal array is selected based on the defined design variables, the response surfaces are generated from the orthogonal array and optimization is conducted with the surfaces.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2001.06c
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• pp.408-413
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• 2001

The structural optimization is carried out in the continuous design space or discrete design space. Methods for discrete variables such as genetic algorithms are extremely expensive in computational cost. In this research, an iterative optimization algorithm using orthogonal arrays is developed for design in discrete space. An orthogonal array is selected on a discrete design space and levels are selected from candidate values. Matrix experiments with the orthogonal array are conducted. New results of matrix experiments are obtained with penalty functions for constraints. A new design is determined from analysis of means(ANOM). An orthogonal array is defined around the new values and matrix experiments are conducted. The final optimum design is found from iterative process. The suggested algorithm has been applied to various problems such as truss and frame type structures. The results are compared with those from a genetic algorithm and discussed.

• Journal of the korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.68-74
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• 1993

The mixed convection heat transfer has been studied numerically for misaligned and parrallel arrays of two flat plates at 100.leg.Re.leg.700, 0.1.leg.B.leg.1.0, 0.2.leg.leg.PHI.$_{R}$.leg.1Gr=10$^{4}$ and Pr=0.71. For misaligned plates and parallel plates, the optimum plate spacings move to the narrow spacing as Reynolds number and .PHI.$_{R}$ increase and can be expressed by the correlation equations at Gr=10$^{4}$. The optimum plate spacings for parallel plates sharply move to the narrow spacing compared with misaligned plates. The maximum mean Nusselt number of parallel plates shows higher value than that of misaligned plates and can be expressed by the correlation equations at Gr=10$^{4}$.EX>.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.786-790
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• 2002

In this study, structural optimum design was applied to the girder of magnet over head crane. The optimization was carried out using ANSYS Code for the deadweight of girder, especially focused on the thickness of its upper, lower, side and reinforced plates. The weight could be reduced up to around 15% with constraints of its deformation, stress, natural frequency and buckling strength. The structural safety was also verified by the buckling analysis of its panel structure. It might be thought to be very useful to design the conventional structures for the weight save through the structural optimization. The objective function and restricted function were estimated by the orthogonal array, and the sensitivity analysis of design variable fur that was operated.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2005.06a
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• pp.1967-1974
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• 2005

The butterfly valve has been used to control a flow effectively in the industrial because of its lightweight, simple structure and the rapidity of its manipulation. However, it is difficult to have the existing structural optimization using field analysis from CFD to structure analysis when the structure is influenced by fluid. This paper is evaluated the specificity to get the flow characteristic and stability of the butterfly valve using FEM and CFD. Also, it accomplished the shape optimization design using the orthogonal arrangement and characteristic function. Research result, a few experiments showed the optimal results of three dimensional structures to be multi-objective.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.138-144
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• 2003

Recently, the weight reduction of vehicle influences its environment problems and performances. It is a trend that a lot of parts have been currently changed to an aluminum alloy from steel materials. In this study, the shape optimization using an orthogonal array is performed to determine the design of the knuckle which is a part of suspension system. With the material of the weight reduction was achieved by satisfying the constraints of a strength requirement. The orthogonal array of $L_{18}$ is introduced to find the optimum design variables that considers the shape of the knuckle. The characteristic function composed of the objective and the construct is defined to the feasibility. Comparing to the weight of the initial design with steel materials that of optimum design with aluminum alloy material is reduced by 60%.

• Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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• v.36 no.4
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• pp.29-36
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• 2008

최근 자동차 경량화를 위한 부단한 노력이 진행되고 있다. 이 목적에서, HSS (high strength steel)는 전통적인 연강 (mild steel)의 대안으로 널리 사용되고 있다. 본 연구의 목적은 판금의 형단조에 있어서의 공구와 공정설계를 위하여 HSS의 스프링백(springback)을 정확히 예측하기 위한 성공적인 방법론을 추구하고자 함이다. 연구를 위하여 먼저 스프링백의 개념과 그의 측정치들을 설명했으며 U-draw bending 시험을 수행하였다. 시험 결과 및 선정된 파라메터들 중심의 수행평가기준에 근거하여, 주어진 파라메터 조합들을 중심으로 유한요소 해석을 수행하였다. 직교배열을 통하여 스프링백에 대한 인자 효과들을 포괄적으로 분석하였으며 최적 인자 조합들을 도출하였다. 이 과정에서 직교배열상의 한 조합 전체의 데이터가 가용하지 않는 문제가 수반되었으며, 반복적으로 signal-to-noise 비(ratio)를 개선해가는 기법을 적용하여 해결하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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• v.11 no.5
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• pp.121-128
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• 2012

The optimization of cooling system parameters for designing injection mold is very important to acquire the highest part quality. In this paper, the integration of computer simulations of injection molding and Analysis of Variance(ANOVA) with orthogonal array was used as a design tool to optimize the cooling system parameters aimed at minimizing the part warpage. The design optimizer was applied to find the optimum levels of cooling system parameters for a dustpan. This optimization resulted in more uniform temperature distribution over the part and significant reduction of a part warpage, showing the capability of present method as an effective design tool. The whole optimization process was performed systematically in a proper number of cooling simulations. The design optimizer can be utilized effectively in the industry practice for designing mold cooling system with less cost and time.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.21 no.12
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• pp.2073-2080
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• 1997

Recently, the plane strain puch stretching test(called PSST) has been developed and used successfully in the evaluation of the press formability of automotive steel sheets. In this paper, the optimum punch geometry of the original PSST tool was investigated by the FEM analysis. The puch length, crown and corner radius are chosen to be optimized according to the Taguchi's experiment technique with the $L_4$ orthogonal array.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.180.2-180.2
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• 2012

저궤도 인공위성에서 배터리는 태양전지 배열기에서 생성된 전력을 저장하여 탑재체 구동과 식구간 위성의 동작 유지를 위하여 사용된다. 최근 상용 배터리 시장에서도 리튬이온 배터리의 보급이 많이 이루진거와 마찬가지로 인공위성에서도 리튬이온 배터리의 사용이 보편화 되는 추세이다. 리튬이온 배터리가 기존에 인공위성에서 사용되던 니켈카드늄이나 니켈수소 배터리에 비하여 자연 방전량이 적다고는 하지만 이 또한 존재하며, 초기 위성 발사시 태양전지 배열기의 전개를 통한 전력 생산이 이루어질 때까지 위성의 동작을 보장하고 임수종료까지 에너지를 충방전 할 수 있는 상태를 유지하여야 하므로 위성 발사 전까지 배터리의 상태를 최적으로 유지해야 함은 필수적이다. 본 연구에서는 저궤도 인공위성의 발사 전까지 배터리의 상태를 최적화 하기위한 배터리 운용에 관하여 기술하며, 배터리 상태에 대한 실측 데이터를 제시하여 배터리의 정상상태를 검증하였다.