• Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.241-247
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• 2011

Although intensive development continues on innovative sensor systems, there is still considerable uncertainty in deciding on the number of sensors required and their locations in order to obtain adequate information on structural behavior. This paper is concerned with the sensor locations on a beam-structure for prognostic structural health monitoring. The purpose of this study is to investigate how to determine optimal sensor placement(OSP) from the sensitivity information of a known failure mode. The sensitivity of the forced vibration response of a beam to the variation of stiffness due to a crack is calculated analytically and used to determine the optimal sensor locations for the specified failure mode. The results of this method compared with the results of different OSP methods. The results have shown that the proposed method on optimal sensor placement is very effective in structural health monitoring.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.25 no.6
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• pp.497-504
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• 2012

Finite element analysis is to approximate a geometry model developed in computer-aided design(CAD) to a finite element model, thus the conventional shape design sensitivity analysis and optimization using the finite element method have some difficulties in the parameterization of geometry. However, isogeometric analysis is to build a geometry model and directly use the functions describing the geometry in analysis. Therefore, the geometric properties can be embedded in the NURBS basis functions and control points so that it has potential capability to overcome the aforementioned difficulties. In this study, the isogeometric structural analysis and shape design sensitivity analysis in the generalized curvilinear coordinate(GCC) systems are discussed for the curved geometry. Representing the higher order geometric information, such as normal, tangent and curvature, yields the isogeometric approach to be the best way for generating exact GCC systems from a given CAD geometry. The developed GCC isogeometric structural analysis and shape design sensitivity analysis are verified to show better accuracy and faster convergency by comparing with the results obtained from the conventional isogeometric method.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.141-147
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• 1998

Design sensitivity analysis of a vehicle system is an essential tool for design optimization and trade-off studies. Most optimization algorithms require the derivatives of cost and constraint function with respect to design in order to calculate the next improved design. This paper presents an efficient algorithm application for the design sensitivity analysis, using the direct differentiation method. A mounting area of suspension that welded on chassis frame is analyzed to show the validity and the efficiency of the proposed method. A mounting area of suspension that welded on chassis frame is analyzed to show the validity and the efficiency of the proposed method.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• v.2
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• pp.45-50
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• 2006

본 연구는 Manta형 무인잠수정(Manta-type Unmanned Undersea Vehicle)의 동안정성을 검토한 후에 이 데이터를 기초로 하여 6자유도 수치 시뮬레이션을 실시하였다. 또한, 수치 시뮬레이션을 통하여 각각의 유체력미계수가 UUV의 6자유도 운동에서 미치는 영향에 대하여 검토하였다. 민감도 해석(Sensitivity Analysis)을 위한 방법은 간접법(Indirect Method)을 사용하였다. 수학모델 및 유체력미계수의 추정은 손경호 등(2006)의 결과를 이용하여 수행하였다. 연구를 통하여 UUV의 조종운동 모델에서 각각의 유체력미계수가 가지는 상대적 중요도를 알 수 있었다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers
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• v.5 no.4
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• pp.74-81
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• 1996

This paper is to estimate sizing design sensitivity of linear and nonlinear vehicle frame structure using structural ananlysis result from ANSYS. Using design sensitivity results, optimal design of plane vehicle frame structure with buckling constraint is carried out the gradient projection method. Optimal design results are compares gradient projection method resrult with SUMT result.

• Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• v.32 no.4
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• pp.64-72
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• 1995

Sizing design sensitivity analysis of structures subjected to the harmonic vibration is performed using adjoint variable method. Constraint is the stress and sizing design variables are thickness, bending moment of inertia, and cross-sectional area of structures. Accurate sensitivities are computed and plotted sensitivity can be used as a design guidance tool. The accuracy of sensitivities is verified by the finite difference values. Also, optimal design of three-bar structure is performed using the computed sensitivity and feasible direction method while satisfying constraints and obtaining the minimum weight.

• Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.91-104
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• 2014

An Excavation Damaged Zone (EDZ), in which rock properties are permanently changed due to blasting impact or stress redistribution, can influence the behavior and stability of structures. In this study, the mechanical stability of an underground opening was simulated by using FLAC, which is a two-dimensional modeling code, with a consideration of EDZ. A sensitivity analysis was also carried out with fractional factorial design. From the modeling, it was found that the behavior and the stability of an underground tunnel are strongly dependent on the existence of the EDZ. The sensitivity analysis showed that the key parameters affecting the factor of safety around the tunnel are in-situ stress ratio, depth, cohesion, reduction ratio, internal friction angle, and height and width of the tunnel. It is necessary to consider the EDZ, which can significantly affect mechanical stability in tunnel design.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.103-110
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• 2016

A performance analysis program of a disk type fluidic valve was developed to predict a chamber pressure and a response time. A parametric study of this device was performed by using scattering plot method. A sensitivity of Mach number at a nozzle outlet showed the highest value about a outlet diameter of nozzle. An inlet flow rate is the most important parameter to design the fluidic valve because it has high sensitivity value both a outlet velocity and a response time.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.30 no.12 s.255
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• pp.1634-1641
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• 2006

High-precision centerless grinding machines are emerging as a means of finishing the outer diameter grinding process required for ferrules, which are widely used as fiber optic connectors. In this study, a sensitivity analysis for structural and thermal characteristics was carried out using a virtual prototype of a centerless grinding machine to realize systematic design technology and performance improvements required to manufacture ferrules. The prototype consisted of a concrete-filled bed, hydrostatic grinding wheel (GW) and regulating wheel (RW) spindle systems, a hydrostatic RW table feed mechanism, a RW swivel mechanism, and on-machine GW and RW dressers. The results of the structural sensitivity analysis illustrated that the vertical stiffness of hydrostatic guideway for the RW table feed system greatly influenced the horizontal loop stiffness, and the results of the thermal sensitivity analysis illustrated that the heat generation rates at hydrostatic bearings and belt pulley greatly influenced the temperature rise of hydrostatic bearings and the deviation of thermal displacement between GW and RW.

• Journal of the Korea Society for Simulation
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.11-21
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• 2017

This paper discusses the design parameter sensitivity analysis and multi-objective function optimization for improving the impact performance of an auto-sensing breaker based on the analytical model of the same, which secured reliability in a previous research. The study aims to improve both impact power and stability by complementing the existing research that only improved the impact power. The study sequence is as follows: first, the analysis scenarios for the accurate sensitivity analysis and optimization are set up. Second, the sensitivity of the design parameter of the auto-sensing breaker is analyzed, and the variables with high sensitivity are extracted. Third, the extracted variables are used to optimize the multi-objective functions, and the optimized performance is compared with the initial performance to see how the impact performance on the existing auto-sensing breaker has improved. This study is based on domestic technology, and will allow the development of products with a better blowing performance than their existing overseas counterparts.