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Shape & Topology Optimum Design of Truss Structures Using Genetic Algorithms (유전자 알고리즘에 의한 평면 및 입체 트러스의 형상 및 위상최적설계)

  • Yuh, Baeg-Youh;Park, Choon-Wook;Kang, Moon-Myung
    • Journal of Korean Association for Spatial Structures
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    • v.2 no.3 s.5
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    • pp.93-102
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    • 2002
  • The objective of this study is the development of size, shape and topology discrete optimum design algorithm which is based on the genetic algorithms. The algorithm can perform both shape and topology optimum designs of trusses. The developed algorithm was implemented in a computer program. For the optimum design, the objective function is the weight of trusses and the constraints are stress and displacement. The basic search method for the optimum design is the genetic algorithms. The algorithm is known to be very efficient for the discrete optimization. The genetic algorithm consists of genetic process and evolutionary process. The genetic process selects the next design points based on the survivability of the current design points. The evolutionary process evaluates the survivability of the design points selected from the genetic process. The efficiency and validity of the developed size, shape and topology discrete optimum design algorithms were verified by applying the algorithm to optimum design examples

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An Estimation of Landslide's Vulnerability by Analysis of Static Natural Environmental Factors with GIS (GIS를 이용한 정적 자연환경인자의 분석에 의한 산사태 취약성 평가)

  • Yang, In-Tae
    • 한국지형공간정보학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.08a
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    • pp.61-72
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    • 2005
  • The landslide risk assessment process consists of hazard risk assessment and vulnerability analysis. landslide hazard risk is location dependent. Therefore, maps and spatial technologies such as GIS are very important components of the risk assessment process. This paper discusses the advantages of using GIS technology in the risk assessment process and illustrates the benefits through case studies of live projects undertaken. The goal of this study is to generate a map of landslide vulnerability map by analysis of static natural factors with GIS. A simple and efficient algorithm is proposed to generate a landslide potentialities map from DEM and existing maps. The categories of controlling factors for landslides, aspect of slope, soil, vegetation are defined. The weight values for landslide potentialities are calculated from AHP method. Slope and slope-direction are extracted from DEM, and soil informations are extracted from digital soil map. Also, vegetation informations are extracted from digital vegetation map. Finally, as overlaying, landslide potentialities map is made out, and it is verified with landslide place.

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A Study on the Unstable Characteristics of Tensegrity Cable Domes According to Loading Conditions (하중조건에 따른 Tensegrity 케이블 돔의 불안정 거동 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Baek, In-Seong;Jeong, Eul-Seok;Kim, Seung-Deog
    • Proceeding of KASS Symposium
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    • 2005.05a
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    • pp.161-166
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    • 2005
  • In spatial structures with large spaces, one important issue in structures with large spaces is how to carry the weight of the roof. A tensegrity cable dome structure is a kind of soft structural system using the tension cable and compression column as a main element. The tensegrity cable dome is built into a variety of shape around the world but then a collapse accident is increasing. Owing to a collapse accident we must grip of the collapse mechanism to prevent an accident and construct the structure with safety and economy. In this study, I investigated the unstable characteristics of the Geiger-type and Flower-type tcnsegrity cable dome structures, which is the lightweight hybrid structures using compression and tension elements continuously, according to the difference of loading conditions.

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Nonlinear analysis of cable-supported structures with a spatial catenary cable element

  • Vu, Tan-Van;Lee, Hak-Eun;Bui, Quoc-Tinh
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.43 no.5
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    • pp.583-605
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    • 2012
  • This paper presents a spatial catenary cable element for the nonlinear analysis of cable-supported structures. An incremental-iterative solution based on the Newton-Raphson method is adopted for solving the equilibrium equation. As a result, the element stiffness matrix and nodal forces are determined, wherein the effect of self-weight and pretension are taken into account. In the case of the initial cable tension is given, an algorithm for form-finding of cable-supported structures is proposed to determine precisely the unstressed length of the cables. Several classical numerical examples are solved and compared with the other available numerical methods or experiment tests showing the accuracy and efficiency of the present elements.

Analysis on Dynamic Characteristics of an Observatory Tower by Using Mobile-phone Application (휴대폰 애플리케이션을 통한 타워전망대 동적특성 분석)

  • Moon, Sang-Hyouen;Yoon, Sung-Won
    • Journal of Korean Association for Spatial Structures
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.47-54
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    • 2016
  • It is very important to calculate natural frequency of the observatory tower correctly because it is keenly affected by wind response vibration due to its large slenderness ratio, weight and small damping ratio. Additionally, suggestion equation of natural frequency being used in the design phase has considerable difference between actual measured value thereby making it inappropriate to be used in the serviceability design of the observatory tower. Therefore, this paper conducted an ambient vibration measuring on 10 observatory towers through mobile-phone application thereby calculating the natural frequency and comparing the result with the domestic and foreign standards and that of the eigen-value analysis. This paper suggested approximate equation of the natural frequency of the observatory tower; T=0.0266H. The square of the corelation coefficient is 0.940, which is high.

Application of Equivalent Walking Loads for Efficient Analysis of Floor Vibration Induced by Walking

  • Kim, Gee-Cheol;Kim, Jae-Yeol
    • Journal of Korean Association for Spatial Structures
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    • v.4 no.4 s.14
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    • pp.65-76
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    • 2004
  • Walking loads are usually considered as nodal loads in the finite element vibration analysis of structures subjected to walking loads. Since most of the walking loads act on elements not nodes, the walking loads applied on the elements should be converted to the equivalent nodal walking loads. This paper begins with measuring walking loads by using a force plate equipped with load cells and investigates the characteristics of the walking loads with various walking rates. It is found that the walking loads are more affected by walking rates than other parameters such as pedestrian weight, type of footwear, surface condition of floor etc. The measured walking loads are used as input loads for a finite element model of walking induced vibration. Finally, this paper proposes the equivalent nodal walking loads that are converted from the walking loads acting on elements based on finite element shape functions. And the proposed equivalent walking loads are proved to be applicable for efficient analysis of floor vibration induced by walking loads.

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Direction Vector for Efficient Structural Optimization with Genetic Algorithm (효율적 구조최적화를 위한 유전자 알고리즘의 방향벡터)

  • Lee, Hong-Woo
    • Journal of Korean Association for Spatial Structures
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.75-82
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    • 2008
  • In this study, the modified genetic algorithm, D-GA, is proposed. D-GA is a hybrid genetic algorithm combined a simple genetic algorithm and the local search algorithm using direction vectors. Also, two types of direction vectors, learning direction vector and random direction vector, are defined without the sensitivity analysis. The accuracy of D-GA is compared with that of simple genetic algorithm. It is demonstrated that the proposed approach can be an effective optimization technique through a minimum weight structural optimization of ten bar truss.

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Motion adaptive do-interlacing using the weighted summation of the spatial/temporal information (시간 및 공간 정보의 가중합산을 이용한 움직임에 적응적인 디인터레이싱)

  • 변승찬;변정문;김경환
    • Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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    • 2003.10b
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    • pp.568-570
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    • 2003
  • 비월주사(interlaced)에서 순차주사(progressive)로의 변환을 디인터레이싱(de-interlacing)이라 한다. 제안하는 방식은 움직임 검출을 통해 움직임이 없는 영역에서는 앞선 필드정보를 이용하여 별도의 계산량 없이 디인터레이싱을 하게 되며, 움직임이 있는 영역에서는 공간정보(spatial information)를 이용하여 디인터레이싱하는 ELA(Edge based line average) 방식과 양방향 움직임 추정(bi-directional motion estimation)을 통한 시간정보(temporal information)를 이용하여 디인터레이싱하는 움직임 보상방법 간의 가중합산(weighted summation)을 이용하여 디인터레이싱을 수행하는 방법을 제안한다. 이 때 가중치(weight)는 공간 및 시간 정보 모두를 사용하여 결정되어지며, 이렇게 결정되어진 가중치를 통해 각 방식의 단점을 극복하게 된다. 이러한 가중합산을 이용한 방법은 높은 계산복잡도 없이 단순한 구현을 통해 다양한 조건에서 높은 성능의 디인터레이싱이 가능토록 해주며, 그 하드웨어 구현을 용이하게 해준다.

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Evaluation of Structural Safety of Cultural Property Altar due to Weathering Damage and Sectional Defection (풍화 손상 및 단면 결손에 따른 문화재 불단의 구조 안전성 평가)

  • Lee, Ga-Yoon;Lee, Sung-Min;Lee, Kihak
    • Journal of Korean Association for Spatial Structures
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.23-30
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    • 2018
  • The purpose of this study is to evaluate the structural safety of cultural altar since its bearing capacity has been questioned due to weathering damages and sectional defections. This evaluation process consists two stages; which the first is field investigation and the second is structural modeling and analysis. Based on field investigation, all of the structural members supporting the altar were carefully examined and all the findings were accounted for the development of the structural modeling using the Midas computer program. Using a 3D scanner, the weight of the Buddha statue was applied to the structural modeling. Then, according to the allowable stress design method of KBC2016, the structural safety was evaluated. Based on this result, replacements of several structural members were recommended to increase the structural safety and value of cultural property.

Advanced Energy Detector with Correlated Multiple Antennas

  • Kim, Sungtae;Lim, Sungmook
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • v.15 no.12
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    • pp.4600-4616
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    • 2021
  • In cognitive radio networks where unlicensed secondary users opportunistically access to licensed spectrum unused by licensed primary users, spectrum sensing is one of the key issues in order to effectively use the frequency resource. For enhancing the sensing performance in energy detection-based spectrum sensing, spatial diversity based on multiple antennas is utilized. However, the sensing performance can be degraded when antennas are spatially correlated, resulting in inducing the harmful interference to primary users. To overcome this problem, in this paper, an advanced energy detector is proposed. In the proposed sensing method, a weight matrix based on the eigenvalues of the spatial channels without any prior information on the primary signals is defined and utilized. In numerical simulations, it is shown that the proposed detector outperforms the conventional detector with regard to false-alarm and detection probabilities when antenna are spatially correlated.