• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.189-199
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• 2002

This study is intended to propose a systematic procedure for the development of the conditional assessment based on the safety of structures and the cost effective performance criteria for designing and upgrading of bridge structures. As a result, a set of cost function models for a life cycle cost analysis of bridge structures is proposed and thus the expected total life cycle costs (ETLCC) including initial (design, testing and construction) costs and direct/indirect damage costs considering repair and replacement costs, human losses and property damage costs, road user costs, and indirect regional economic losses costs. Also, the optimum safety indices are presented based on the expected total cost minimization function using only three parameters of the failure cost to the initial cost (${\tau}$), the extent of increased initial cost by improvement of safety (${\nu}$) and the order of an initial cost function (n). Through the enough numerical invetigations, we can positively conclude that the proposed optimum design procedure for bridge structures based on the ETLCC will lead to more rational, economical and safer design.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.351-358
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• 2020

본 논문는 개폐식 대공간 구조물의 지진하중에 대한 동적응답을 줄이기 위한 목적으로 파라메트릭 설계 기법을 적용한 TMD에 관한 연구이다. 인공지능 알고리즘을 이용하여 감쇠장치의 설치 위치를 자동 탐색하는 컴포넌트를 개발하였다. 이는 구조물의 동적응답을 실시간으로 확인하고, 구조물의 감쇠장치 최적의 위치를 찾을 수 있을 있다. 또한, 여러 대안에 대한 감쇠장치 질량의 최적 값을 찾아주며, 지붕의 열린 상태와 닫힌 상태에 모두 효과적으로 적용될 수 있는 설계안을 찾을 수 있다.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.38-46
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• 2007

Weight reduction for an automobile component has been sought to achieve fuel efficiency and energy conservation. In response to this trend, a new disc-brake called the circumferential friction disc-brake is suggested. This paper compares the mechanical performances of a conventional disc-brake and a suggested disc-brake, under the dynamic braking condition. The thermoelastic instability is considered to simulate the test condition. Furthermore, the metamodel using kriging interpolation method is introduced to obtain the optimum design of a suggested circumferential friction disc-brake. The design results obtained by the kriging method are compared with those obtained by the ANSYS.

• 한국공간구조학회논문집
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.57-64
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• 2024

This study numerically compares optimum solutions generated by element- and node-wise topology optimization designs for free vibration structures, where element-and node-wise denote the use of element and nodal densities as design parameters, respectively. For static problems optimal solution comparisons of the two types for topology optimization designs have already been introduced by the author and many other researchers, and the static structural design is very common. In dynamic topology optimization problems the objective is in general related to maximum Eigenfrequency optimization subject to a given material limit since structures with a high fundamental frequency tend to be reasonable stiff for static loads. Numerical applications topologically maximizing the first natural Eigenfrequency verify the difference of solutions between element-and node-wise topology optimum designs.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 1997년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.23-27
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• 1997

This paper introduces the structural design optimization of a high speed machining center using multi-step optimization combined with G.A.(Genetic Algorithm) and Weighted Method. In this case, the design problem is to find out the best design variables which minimize the static compliance, the dynamic compliance, and the weight of the machine structure simultaneously. Dimensional thicknesses of the thirteen structural members of the machine structure are adopted as design variables. The first step is the cross-section configuration optimization, in which the area moment of inertia of the cross-section for each structural member is maximized while its area is kept constant The second step is a static design optimization, In which the static compliance and the weight of the machine structure are minimized under some dimensional and safety constraints. The third step IS a dynamic design optimization, where the dynamic compliance and the structure weight are minimized under the same constraints. After optunization, static and dynamic compliances were reduced to 62.3% and 95.7% Eorn the initial design, while the weight of the moving bodies are also in the feaslble range.

• 한국공간구조학회논문집
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.89-97
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• 2004

최적설계기법을 사용한 경제적인 설계의 필요성은 오래 전부터 요구되어 왔으나, 종전의 설계가 설계자의 경험에 의한 시행착오적인 반복설계를 통하여 이루어져 왔기 때문에 구조물의 형상이 복잡한 경우에는 계산상의 어려움과 반복계산을 되풀이해야 하는 번거로움으로 진정한 최적설계는 기대하기 어려웠다. 최적설계법이 구조물의 설계에 매우 유용하다는 사실이 증명되고 있긴 하지만, 아직도 최적설계의 의미를 제대로 이해하지 못하고 있는 실정이며, 더구나 설계실무자는 어디까지나 사용자이기 때문에 수리적 계획수법에 친숙할 필요까지는 없지만 최소한 이런 기법의 가능성과 중요성을 이해할 필요는 있는데 대부분 그러하지 못하고 있는 실정이다. 일반적으로 트러스 구조물 설계 시 주어진 부재의 응력에 따라 단면적을 산출하여 그 단면적에 역학적으로 가장 합리적인 단면을 선정하여 경제적인 설계단면을 구한다. 그러나 트러스의 형상, 트러스 높이에 따른 경제성의 문제는 보통 설계자의 경험과 직관에 의하여 결정되고, 특별한 검토가 이루어지지 않고 설계가 수행되는데, 실제 트러스 구조물에서 트러스의 형상과 높이가 전체 건설공사비에 크게 영향을 미친다. 그러므로, 트러스 구조물의 최적설계에서 트러스 형상, 라이즈 비(rise ratio : 높이/스팬) 및 격간 수(number of panel)를 고려하는 것이 필요하다. 트러스 형상과 스팬에 따른 최적형상과 최적높이 및 격간 수에 대해 설계자의 초기 구조계획 시 주관적 선택의 어려움을 해결하고, 실제의 지붕형 트러스 구조에 설계하중을 작용시켜 응력해석에서부터 부재 단면설계까지의 자동화된 최적설계 알고리즘을 개발할 필요가 있다. 따라서 본 연구는 플랫 트러스의 형상, 격간 수, 격간의 간격 및 부재단면 등에 대하여 이산적인 변수의 처리와 넓은 설계 공간의 탐색능력과 더불어 문제의 비선형성과 관계없이 전체 최적해를 찾아낼 수 있는 유전자 알고리즘을 이용한다. 또한, 강 구조 한계상태설계기준(대한건축학회, 1998)을 기준으로 하여 자동으로 플랫 트러스의 구조계획과 단면이산화 최적설계를 동시에 수행할 수 있는 최적화 알고리즘을 제시하는 것을 목적으로 한다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제76권3호
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• pp.279-291
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• 2020

The seismic design of conventional frame structures is meant to enhance plastic deformations at beam ends and prevent yielding in columns. To this end, columns are made stronger than beams. Yet yielding in columns cannot be avoided with the column-to-beam strength ratios (about 1.3) prescribed by seismic codes. Preventing plastic deformations in columns calls for ratios close to 4, which is not feasible for economic reasons. Furthermore, material properties and the rearrangement of geometric shapes inevitably make the distribution of damage among stories uneven. Damage in the i-th story can be characterized as the accumulated plastic strain energy (W_pi) normalized by the product of the story shear force (Q_yi) and drift (δ_yi) at yielding. Past studies showed that the distribution of the plastic strain energy dissipation demand, W_pi/ΣW_pj, can be evaluated from the deviation of Q_yi with respect to an "optimum value" that would make the ratio W_pi/(Q_yiδ_yi) -i.e. the damage- equal in all stories. This paper investigates how the soil type and ductility demand affect the optimum lateral strength distribution. New optimum lateral strength distributions are put forth and compared with others proposed in the literature.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제58권3호
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• pp.555-576
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• 2016

In this paper an efficient approach is introduced for design and analysis of double-layer grids including both geometrical and material nonlinearities, while the results are compared with those considering material nonlinearity. Optimum design procedure based on Enhanced Colliding Bodies Optimization method (ECBO) is applied to optimal design of two commonly used configurations of double-layer grids. Two ranges of spans as small and big sizes with certain bays of equal length in two directions are considered for each type of square grids. ECBO algorithm obtains minimum weight grid through appropriate selection of tube sections available in AISC Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD). Strength constraints of AISC-LRFD specifications and displacement constraints are imposed on these grids.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제21권9호
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• pp.1432-1440
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• 1997

The flexibility as well as the stiffness is required to perform mechanical function of a structure such as compliant mechanisms, which can be applied to MEMS(Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems), flexible manufacturing devices, and design for no assembly. In this paper, the optimal design problem to achieve both structural flexibility and stiffness is formulated using multi-objective function, and the optimization problem is resolved by using Finite Element Method(FEM) and Sequential Linear Programming(SLP). Design examples of compliant mechanisms are presented to validate the design method.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.16-20
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• 2010

This study proposes a structural design method for the upper control arm installed at the rear side of a SUV. The weight of control arm can be reduced by applying the design. In this research, the former includes optimization technology, and the latter the technologies for selecting aluminum as a steel-substitute material. Strength assessment is the most important design criterion in the structural design of a control arm. At the proto design stage of a new control arm, FE (finite element) analysis is often utilized to predict its strength. In this study, the kriging interpolation method is adopted to obtain the minimum weight satisfying the strength constraint and durability criteria. The optimum results determined from the in-house program are compared with those of ANSYS WORKBENCH. The durability assessment is obtained by a index of fatigue durability and trial & error method, MSC. Fatigue program.