• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.159-165
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• 2015

The article presents a parametric study on geometrical design optimization for coupling the joint between a large exhaust air chimney and electromagnetic pulse (EMP) shield for gas turbine electricity generator. We conducted computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations on hydraulic diameters of waveguide below cutoff(WBC) ranges 800mm~1025mm, the connection distance ranges 150~450mm, and exhaust gas flow velocities at 15, 20, and 25m/s. The results show that the diameter of main chimney, connection distance, and exhaust gas velocity had impacts on flow stream at the EMP shield. To provide a fully developed stream line at three different flow velocity cases, the WBC diameter and distance of connection should be larger than 1050mm and longer than 300mm, respectively.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.40-45
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• 1996

In this paper, a nonlinear optimal design technique is presented to find an optimal beam pattern. With this technique, the beam width is minimized with respect to a given maximum allowable side-lobe level considering the self- and mutual radiation impedances of vibrators. The proposed method is applied to design a planar array consisting 37 vibrators which are symmetric in X, Y and $45^{circ}$ axes. The results show that significantly low side-lobe level maintaining a main beam width can be obtained using this method.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.35 no.6
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• pp.452-465
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• 2016

In this study, the structure of a concave annular array transducer was optimized to generate high intensity focused ultrasound for medical therapeutic application. The transducer has a phased array structure composed of several concentric channels that have 40 mm as the radius of curvature. We derived theoretical equations to analyze the sound field of the transducer and verified the validity of the equations by comparing the results calculated by the equations with those from finite element analyses. We also checked the possibility of dynamic focusing at around the geometric focal point. Further, the level of a grating lobe occurring at an unwanted position in the transducer sound field was confirmed to be reducible through the relation between the number of channels and the frequency of the transducer. Hence, the structure of the transducer was optimized to place the main lobe within a specific range from the zenith while systematically reducing the level of the maximum sidelobe including the grating lobe. The designed structure showed the performance better than that targeted at all the focal points.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.71-80
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• 1996

Characteristics of sleeve-gun arrays installed on the R/V Onnuri were analyzed and compared with survey data. In the case of cluster array, the beam width in the frequency range up to 814Hz is constant as $179.5^{\circ}$, and rapidly narrows in the frequency range of 814-1631Hz. However, in the case of long and wide arrays, as the frequency increases, the beamwidth decreases. The optimal frequency is 69Hz. the main lobe of vertical inclination has its maximum amplitude at phase angle $0^{\circ}$. The optimal frequency of cluster array which produces little side lobe is less than 1631Hz, and those of long and wide arrays are less than 108Hz. As a result, the cluster array produces a good source for high-resolution seismic survey, while the long and wide arrays are suitable for the survey of deep structures. The final high-resolution seismic section with cluster array was compared with that of long and wide arrays.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.64-66
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• 2003

DNA(Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid)컴퓨팅은 생체분자를 계산의 도구로 이용하는 새로운 계산 방법으로 DNA 정보 저장능력과 DNA의 상보적인 관계를 이용하여 연산을 수행하는 방법이다. 최근에는 DNA 분자들이 갖는 강력한 병렬성을 이용하여 NP-Complete 문제에 적용하는 연구가 많이 시도되고 있다. Adleman이 DNA 컴퓨팅을 이용해 해결한 HPP(Hamilton Path Problem)와는 달리 TSP(Traveling Salesman Problem)는 간선에 가중치가 추가되었기 때문에 DNA 염기배열로 표현하기가 어렵고 또한 염기배열의 길이를 줄이기 위해 고정길이 염기배열을 사용할 경우 가중치가 커지면 효율적이지 못하다. 본 논문에서는 스무딩 알고리즘(smoothing algorithm)을 사용하여 간선의 가중치를 일정한 비율로 줄인 다음 유전자 알고리즘을 사용하여 최적의 염기배열을 찾는 방법을 제안하였다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.15-23
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• 1997

An experimental investigation of two-dimensional steady natural convection cooling in a vertical open top cavity with conducting side walls of finite thickness is presented. The various heat-generating discrete heaters are located on one vertical wall of the cavity. When each heater dissipates different amount of power, the purpose of the work is to obtain the optimal array condition of the heaters. The four cases of non-uniform heating conditions are considered. The temperature fields in the cavity were visualized by the interferometer and local temperatures of the vertical wall were measured by thermocouples. The heaters were arranged in two configurations: flush-mounted on a vertical wall or protruding from the wall about 4.5 mm. The vertical wall was constructed out of copper or epoxy-resin sheet. Experiments have been conducted for air with constant Prandtl number(Pr=0.7), the aspect ratio of 4.6, 7.5, 9.5, power input in the range of 0.9 W ~ 4.2 W. For the enhancement of the cooling effectiveness, the upper and lower of vertical wall would give the better position for the heaters of higher heat flux.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.8 no.8
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• pp.1818-1827
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• 2004

This paper carried out numerical calculation about the directivity synthesis problem in two dimension of adaptive ultrasonic transducers. Adaptive system for directivity synthesis is constructed by multi-electrode array on the surface of only one piezoelectric ceramic plate combined with optimal algorithm. In order to realize the desired directivity that is established arbitrarily, the optimal vibrational displacement is calculated by optimal algorithm (DFP method). Secondly, the optimal voltage of electrodes which is correspond to the calculated vibrational displacement is calculated used by finite element method and DFP method. And, the vibration analysis in two dimension of piezoelectric transducer carried out by means of finite element method.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.35 no.4
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• pp.353-358
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• 2011

In this paper, we describe a process for optimally designing a ring-type permanent magnet thrust bearing. The bearing consists of two sets of permanent magnet rings. One set is located inside the other set. An axial offset between the two sets creates axial force, which results in a thrust bearing function. In order to realize an optimal design of the bearing where the required load capacity of the bearing is achieved with the least magnet volume, we derived analytical design equations by adopting the equivalent current sheet (ECS) method. We considered the following two types of magnet arrays: axial arrays and Halbach arrays. These two types of arrays are optimized using the analytical design equations. The results of the optimization are verified using three dimensional (3D) finite element analyses (FEA). The results show that the Halbach array can achieve the required load capacity with less amount of permanent magnet than the axial array does. The efficacy of the ECS method is also verified by using 3D FEA. It is found that the accuracy of ECS method is more sensitive to the underlying assumptions for the Halbach array than for the axial array.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.8 no.6
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• pp.363-644
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• 1997

This paper presents the design and fabrication of a shaped-beam array antenna which will be used for a PCS basestation using structure that is coupled to a microstrip line by an aperture on the interening ground plane. The shaped-beam pattern is obtained by an antenna synthesis method. An array antenna considering the mutual coupling between array elements patches) and a feeding network are designed by CAD tools. The feeding network is designed by using the Wilkinson power divider to obtain the optimized shaped-beam. The designed results are compared with the measured data.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.514-526
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• 1992

본 연구에서는 Taguchi 방법에 사용된 직교배열 이용 실험 계획법에 의한 최 적화 방법으로 보강된 복합재 쉘 구조의 좌굴강도 최적화를 수행하고 타당성을 고찰하 였다.한 방향의 압축하중을 받는 단순 지지된 복합재 평판과 Cut-out을 가진 원통 형 판넬의 보강재 및 섬유방향 최적 설계에 본 방법을 적용시켜 본 결과, 현저한 설계 개선과 아울러 각 설계 변수가 좌굴강도에 미치는 영향을 파악할 수 있었다. 특히 이 방법은 함수의 미분값을 이용한 민감도 해석대신에 함수값의 평균치 분석(ANOM)및 분산 분석(ANOVA)을 사용하기 때문에 설계변수의 변화에 덜 민감한 설계를 얻을 수 있 다.