• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.571-594
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• 2013

Railway truss bridges are amongst the essential structures in railway transportation. Minimization of the construction and maintenance costs of these trusses can effectively reduce investments in railway industries. In case of railway bridges, due to high ratio of the live load to the dead load, the moving load has considerable influence on the bridge dynamics. In this paper, optimization of the railway truss bridges under moving load is taken into consideration. The appropriate algorithm namely Hyper-sphere algorithm is used for this multifaceted problem. Through optimization the efficiency of the method successfully raised about 5 percent, compared with similar algorithms. The proposed optimization carried out on several typical railway trusses. The influences of buckling, deformation constraints, and the optimum height of each type of truss, assessed using a simple approximation method.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제34권12호
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• pp.1811-1820
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• 2010

실제 대부분의 공학 문제들은 크고 작은 비선형성을 내포한다. 구조물의 최적설계 과정에서는 다수의 구조물 사이에 발생하는 접촉이나 비선형 물성치를 가지는 재료, 또는 대변형을 고려해야만 한다. 그러나 민감도 계산이 고가이기 때문에 비선형성을 최적화에 고려하는 것은 매우 어렵다. 따라서 비선형 정적 반응 위상최적설계를 위하여 등가하중법을 사용한다. 등가하중이란 비선형 해석에서 유발되는 반응장과 동일한 반응장을 유발하는 선형 정적하중이다. 등가하중법은 치수/형상최적설계를 위하여 연구되어 왔다. 위상최적설계는 치수/형상최적설계에 비하여 설계변수가 많기 때문에 기존의 등가하중법을 그대로 적용할 수 없기 때문에 위상최적설계를 위하여 등가하중법을 확장하고 수정한다. 간단한 예제를 통하여 등가하중법을 이용한 위상최적설계 결과가 수치적으로 도출한 결과와 유사함을 보이고 실제 공학 예제의 위상최적설계를 통하여 기존의 선형 정적 위상최적설계와 결과를 비교한다.

• Advances in Computational Design
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.209-231
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• 2020

In order to evaluate the performance of three heuristic optimization algorithms, namely, simulated annealing (SA), genetic algorithm (GA) and particle swarm optimization (PSO) for optimal stacking sequence of laminated composite plates with respect to critical buckling load and non-dimensional natural frequencies, a multi-objective optimization procedure is developed using the weighted summation method. Classical lamination theory and first order shear deformation theory are employed for critical buckling load and natural frequency computations respectively. The analytical critical buckling load and finite element calculation schemes for natural frequencies are validated through the results obtained from literature. The comparative study takes into consideration solution and computational time parameters of the three algorithms in the statistical evaluation scheme. The results indicate that particle swarm optimization (PSO) considerably outperforms the remaining two methods for the special problem considered in the study.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제62권1호
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• pp.107-111
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• 2017

This paper deals with critical buckling load optimization of symmetric angle-ply laminated stepped flat columns under axial compression load. The design objective is the maximization of the critical buckling load and the design variable is the fiber orientations in the layers of the laminates. The classical laminate plate theory is used for the finite element solution of the laminated stepped flat columns. The modified feasible direction (MFD) method is used for the optimization routine. For this purpose, a program based on FORTRAN is exploited. Finally, the optimization results are presented for width ratios (b/B), ratios of fillet radius ($r_1/r_2$), aspect ratios (L/B) and boundary conditions. The results are presented in graphical and tabular forms and the results are compared.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제76권4호
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• pp.529-540
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• 2020

Concurrent topology optimization of macrostructure and microstructure has attracted significant interest due to its high structural performance. However, most of the existing works are carried out under deterministic conditions, the obtained design may be vulnerable or even cause catastrophic failure when the load position exists uncertainty. Therefore, it is necessary to take load position uncertainty into consideration in structural design. This paper presents a computational method for robust concurrent topology optimization with consideration of load position uncertainty. The weighted sum of the mean and standard deviation of the structural compliance is defined as the objective function with constraints are imposed to both macro- and micro-scale structure volume fractions. The Bivariate Dimension Reduction method and Gauss-type quadrature (BDRGQ) are used to quantify and propagate load uncertainty to calculate the objective function. The effective properties of microstructure are evaluated by the numerical homogenization method. To release the computation burden, the decoupled sensitivity analysis method is proposed for microscale design variables. The bi-directional evolutionary structural optimization (BESO) method is used to obtain the black-and-white designs. Several 2D and 3D examples are presented to validate the effectiveness of the proposed robust concurrent topology optimization method.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.421-427
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• 2014

현실세계의 구조물은 대부분 동하중의 영향을 받고 있지만, 구조해석이나 구조 최적화를 수행할 때는 정하중이 작용하는 것으로 가정한다. 실제 하중인 동하중을 고려하게 되면 다양한 하중들을 고려해야 하기 때문에 전산자원과 시간비용 측면에서 많은 제약이 따르기 때문이다. 그러나, 단순한 정하중 조건만을 고려하면 구조안전성 측면에서 바람직하지 못하기 때문에 가중치를 적용하거나 동하중을 대체하는 등가정하중을 적용하여 관련 문제를 보완하려는 연구가 진행되어 왔다. 본 연구에서는 등가정하중을 적용하여 동하중을 받고 있는 구조물에 대한 구조최적화 기법을 제안한다. 본 연구에서 적용하는 등가정하중은 기존 연구에서 제안한 바 있는 주자유도를 기반으로 하여 등가정하중 부과 위치를 결정하고 최적화 과정을 통해 산출한다. 이 과정에서 지나치게 큰 하중이 구해지지 않도록 가중치를 고려한 구속조건을 추가하여 기존 연구의 등가정하중의 최적화 과정을 보완하였다. 수치예제에서는 동하중이 작용하는 트러스 구조물과 평판 구조물에서 최적화된 등가정하중을 적용하여 사이즈 최적화를 수행함으로써 제안된 최적화 기법의 신뢰성을 검증한다.

• Composites Research
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.297-310
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• 2015

This study aims to develop efficient composite laminates for buckling load enhancement, interlaminar shear stress minimization, and weight reduction. This goal is achieved through cover-skin lay-ups around skins and stiffeners, which amplify bending stiffness and defer delamination by means of effective stress distribution. The design problem is formulated as multi-objective optimization that maximizes buckling load capability while minimizing both maximum out-of-plane shear stress and panel weight. For efficient optimization, response surface methodology is employed for buckling load, two out-of-plane shear stresses, and panel weight with respect to one ply thickness, six fiber orientations of a skin, and four stiffener heights. Numerical results show that skin-covered composite stiffened panels can be devised for maximum buckling load and minimum interlaminar shear stresses under compressive load. In addition, the effects of different material properties are investigated and compared. The obtained results reveal that the composite stiffened panel with Kevlar material is the most effective design.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.219-224
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• 2017

경제급전 최적화 문제를 해결하는 결정론적인 알고리즘에 존재하지 않아 지금까지는 비결정론적인 휴리스틱 알고리즘들이 제안되고 있다. 이와 더불어 실시간 급전문제에 대한 연구는 거의 없는 실정이다. 본 논문은 발전정지 개념을 도입하여 실시간 급전의 최적화 문제를 풀 수 있는 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 제안된 알고리즘은 단위 발전량당 최대 비용이 소요되는 발전기는 발전을 중지시키는 기준을 적용하였다. 본 논문에서 제안한 발전정지 기준은 발전비용함수에서 밸브효과에 따른 비선형 절대치 함수를 제외한 2차 함수만을 대상으로 하였다. 경제급전 문제의 시험사례로 빈번히 활용되고 있는 데이터에 대해 제안된 알고리즘을 적용한 결과 기존 알고리즘들의 해를 크게 감소시킬 수 있었다.

• 소성∙가공
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.171-178
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• 2000

This paper is concerned with the optimization of the drive for linear-guide press which is one of mechanical presses. The design of linear-guide drive for a mechanical press is introduced and the drive for the linear-guide press is optimized for the improvement of load and velocity characteristics. As a result of optimization, the load capacity during stroke increases and the slide velocity decreases in working region, respectively. The new design could be suited to many applications in precision forming such as extrusion and the sheet metal-forming processes.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.48-54
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• 2004

Generally, structural optimization is carried out based on external static loads. All forces have dynamic characteristics in the real world. Mathematical optimization with dynamic loads is extremely difficult in a large-scale problem due to the behaviors in the time domain. In practical applications, it is customary to transform the dynamic loads into static loads by dynamic factors, design codes, and etc. But the optimization results with the unreasonably transformed loads cannot give us good solutions. Recently, a systematic transformation has been proposed as an engineering algorithm. Equivalent static loads are made to generate the same displacement field as the one from dynamic loads at each time step of dynamic analysis. Thus, many load cases are used as the multiple loading conditions which are not costly to include in modem structural optimization. In this research, the proposed algorithm is applied to the optimization of flexible multibody dynamic systems. The equivalent static load is derived from the equations of motion of a flexible multibody dynamic system. A few examples that have been solved before are solved to be compared with the results from the proposed algorithm.