• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.38 no.3
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• pp.309-314
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• 2014

The structural layout of mechanical and civil structures is commonly obtained using conventional methods. For example, the shape of structures such as electric transmission towers and offshore substructures can be generated systematically. However, with rapid advancements in computer graphic technology, advanced structural analyses and optimum design technologies have been implemented. In this study, the structural shape of a jacket substructure for an offshore wind turbine is investigated using a topology optimization technique. The structure is subjected to multiple loads that are intended to simulate the loading conditions during actual operation. The optimization objective function is defined as one that ensures compliance of the structure under the given boundary conditions. Optimization is carried out with constraints on the natural frequency in addition to the volume constraint. The result of a first step model provides quick insights into the optimum layout for the second step structure. Subsequently, a 3D model in the form of the frustum of a quadrilateral pyramid is developed through topology optimization.

• Journal of KSNVE
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• v.5 no.3
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• pp.275-283
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• 1995

본 글에서는 지능구조물의 개념설명과 더불어 ERF의 특성, ERF를 함유란 함유 한 지능구조물 시스템의 구성, 동적 모델링과 진동제어 그리고 그 응용성에 관한 연구 현황과 방향에 대해 살펴보았다. 설명한 바와 같이 지능구조물은 새로운 차원의 신생 하는 첨단분야로서, 소음 및 진동에 관련된 무한한 잠재력과 다양한 응용성으로 미루 어 볼때 아주 매력적인 연구 분야이다. 그러나, 여러 응용 시스템의 상품화 단계로의 도약에 있어서 각 시스템 구성 요소 분야별 해결해야할 연구 사항들이 있다. 먼저, 액추에이팅을 수행하는 ERF 자체의 내구성 문제로서 고온에서 ERF의 효과 하락과 장시간 사용시 ERF에 의한 마멸, 고체 입자의 침전에 의한 초기 상태 불안정 등이 있다. 아울러 기존의 장치의 성능을 능가하기 위해 보다 큰 효과를 나타내는 새로운 차원의 ERF개발이 요구된다. 그리고 센서기술 분야에서는 호스트 재료에 보다 쉽게 결합이 되고 여러가지 형태의 요구조건을 만족시킬 수 있으며 외부 환경조건에 강건 하고 다양한 센서 개발이 요구된다. 또한, 보다 일번적인 동적 모델링을 통해 적용 시스템에 적합하고 강건한 제어기에 대한 연구가 진행되어야 한다. 마지막으로 능동 제어기를 실제로 구현하기 위한 호스트 재료 각 요소마다 센서의 설치, 페회로 피드백 시스템 장착, 상호간의 인터페이스 등의 기술 발전이 요구되며, 아울러 보다 효율적 인 시스템의 성능 특성을 실현할 수 있는 호스트 재료와 기계 메카니즘이 필요로 된다. 이상의 설명에서 알 수 있듯이 지능구조물에 대한 연구는 어느 한 분야에서만 아니라 기계, 전기전자, 토목, 물리, 재료과학 등 통합형식에 의한 접근 방향으로 추진되어야 할 것이다.서 세탁기의 진동 소음을 저감시키기 위해 진동 소음원에 대해 논술하고, 진동해석을 위해 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션 결과를 이용한 저진동 기술 개발에 대하여 기술하고자 한다.rotary piston)식 압축기는 약 20여년 전 부터 냉방용 압축기에서부터 널리 쓰이게 되었다. 약 10여년전부터 상용화 된 스크롤(scroll) 형 압축기도 현재 상대적으로 용량이 큰 가정용 냉방기를 중심으로 많이 쓰이고 있다. 스크류형 압축기는 보통 중대형 상업용에 주로 쓰인다. 해결하려 하였고, 수치해석은 피스톤의 운동을 배제한 단순화한 흡배기계의 정상상태 유동해석이 주를 이루어왔다. Taghaui and Dupont 등[5]은 KIVA코드를 사용하여 흡기포트와 연소실 그리고 밸브의 움직임을 동시에 고려한 수치해석을 도입하였다. 하지만 이들이 밸브의 운동을 고려하기 위해 사용한 이동격자는 격자점은 시간에 따라 변화하지만 그 격자의 수가 일정하게 유지되어 있어서 밸브의 완전개폐를 해석할 수가 없다. 강희정[6]은 단일 실린더와 단일 배기밸브를 갖는 문제로 단순화하여 피스톤과 밸브의 움직임을 고려하므로써 배기행정 후 소음이 어떻게 전파해 나가는가를 연구하였다. 본 연구에서도 최소밸브간격과 최대밸브간격 사이에서만 계산이 가능하나 흡기의 경우는 밸브가 닫힐 때 생기는 압력파가 중요하므로 실린더와 밸브사이에 벽면조건을 주어 밸브의 개폐를 모사하였다.술을 보유하고자 한다. 이용한 해마의 부피측정은 해마경화증 환자의 진단에 있어 육안적인 MR 진단이 어려운 제한된 경우에만 실제적 도움을 줄 수 있는 보조적인 방법으로 생각된다.ofile whereas relaxivity at high field is not affected by τS.

• Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.391-401
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• 2000

Flow through compliant tubes with linear taper in wall thickness is numerically simulated by finite element analysis. For verification of the numerical method, flow through a compliant stenotic vessel is simulated and the results are compared to the existing experimental data. Steady two-dimensional flow in a collapsible channel with initial tension is also simulated and the results are compared with numerical solutions from the literature. Computational results show that as cross-sectional area decreases with the reduction in downstream pressure, flow rate increases and reaches the maximum when the speed index (mean velocity divided by wave speed) is near the unity at the point of minimum cross-section area, indicating the flow limitation or choking (flow speed equals wave speed) in one-dimensional studies. for further reductions in downstream pressure, flow rate decreases. The flow limitation or choking consist of the main reasons of waterfall effect which occurs in the airways, capillaries of lung, and other veins. Cross-sectional narrowing is significant but localized. When the ratio of downstream-to-upstream wall thickness is 2, the area throat is located near the downstream end. As this ratio is increased to 3, the constriction moves to the upstream end of the tube.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.29 no.12
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• pp.35-44
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• 2013

In this study, a particle method without using grid was applied for analysing large deformation problems in soil flows instead of using ordinary finite element or finite difference methods. In the particle method, a continuum equation was discretized by various particle interaction models corresponding to differential operators such as gradient, divergence, and Laplacian. Soil behavior changes from solid to liquid state with increasing water content or external load. The Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion was incorporated into the particle method to analyze such three-dimensional soil behavior. The yielding and hardening behavior of soil before failure was analyzed by treating soil as a viscous liquid. First of all, a sand column test without confining pressure and strength was carried out and then a self-standing clay column test with cohesion was carried out. Large deformation from such column tests due to soil yielding or failure was used for verifying the developed particle method. The developed particle method was able to simulate the three-dimensional plastic deformation of soils due to yielding before failure and calculate the variation of normal and shear stresses both in sand and clay columns.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.37 no.3
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• pp.531-539
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• 2017

The strut-tie model approach has been recognized as an efficient methodology for the design of all types of concrete members with D-regions, and the approach has been accepted in design codes globally. However, the design of concrete members with the approach requires many iterative numerical structural analyses, numerous graphical calculations, enormous times and efforts, and designer's subjective decisions in terms of the development of appropriate strut-tie model, determination of required areas of struts and ties, and verification of strength conditions of struts and nodal zones. In this study, a computer graphics program, that enables the design of concrete members efficiently and professionally by overcoming the forementioned limitations of the strut-tie model approach, is developed. In the computer graphics program, the numerical programs that are essential in the strut-tie model analysis and design of concrete members including finite element analysis programs for the plane truss and solid problems with all kinds of boundary conditions, a program for automatic determination of effective strengths of struts and nodal zones, and a program for graphical verification of developed strut-tie model's appropriateness by displaying various geometrical shapes of struts and nodal zones, are loaded. Great efficiency and convenience during the application of the strut-tie model approach may be provided by the various graphics environment-based functions of the proposed program.

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.21-28
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• 2024

In this study, a polyhedral domain decomposition method for Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) analysis is introduced. SPH which is one of meshless methods is a numerical analysis method for fluid flow simulation. It can be useful for analyzing fluidic soil or fluid-structure interaction problems. SPH is a particle-based method, where increased particle count generally improves accuracy but diminishes numerical efficiency. To enhance numerical efficiency, parallel processing algorithms are commonly employed with the Cartesian coordinate-based domain decomposition method. However, for parallel analysis of complex geometric shapes or fluidic problems under dynamic boundary conditions, the Cartesian coordinate-based domain decomposition method may not be suitable. The introduced polyhedral domain decomposition technique offers advantages in enhancing parallel efficiency in such problems. It allows partitioning into various forms of 3D polyhedral elements to better fit the problem. Physical properties of SPH particles are calculated using information from neighboring particles within the smoothing length. Methods for sharing particle information physically separable at partitioning and sharing information at cross-points where parallel efficiency might diminish are presented. Through numerical analysis examples, the proposed method's parallel efficiency approached 95% for up to 12 cores. However, as the number of cores is increased, parallel efficiency is decreased due to increased information sharing among cores.