• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.339-351
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• 2022

Evaluating the current condition of existing structures is of primary importance for economic and safety reasons. This can be addressed by Structural System Identification (SSI). A reliable static SSI depends on well-designed sensor configuration and loading cases, as well as efficient parameter estimation algorithms. Static SSI by the Measurement Error-Minimizing Observability Method (MEMOM) is a model-based deterministic static SSI method that could estimate structural parameters from static responses. In the current state of the art, this method is only applicable when structures are subjected to one loading case. This might lead to lack of information in some local regions of the structure (such as the null curvatures zones). To address this issue, the SSI by MEMOM using multiple loading cases is proposed in this work. Observability equations obtained from different loading cases are concatenated simultaneously and an optimization procedure is introduced to obtain the estimations by minimizing the discrepancy between the predicted response and the measured one. In addition, a Genetic-Algorithm (GA)-based Optimal Sensor Placement (OSP) method is proposed to tackle the OSP problem under multiple static loading cases for the very first time. In this approach, the Fisher Information Matrix (FIM)'s determinant is used as the metric of the goodness of sensor configurations. The numerical examples of a 3-span continuous bridge and a 13-story frame, are analyzed to validate the applicability of the extended SSI by MEMOM and the GA-based OSP method.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2012년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.591-592
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• 2012

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2009년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.227-228
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• 2009

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.149-155
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• 2009

In this work a numerical study to find the characteristics of the internal flow and mixing process has been conducted in a static mixer used in the system of catalytic combustor of the fuel cell power plant. After introducing the model description and final governing equations the present numerical approach is applied to the analysis of static mixer, which may have one or more helical elements inside the circular tube by changing such various parameters as incoming mass flow rates and the number of helical elements. The results show that although the static mixer is efficient in mixing fuel and air, more optimization processes are required to achieve the appropriate mixing characteristics in front of the honeycomb type catalytic combustor used in the MCFC power plant

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.427-438
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• 2018

Static stability is a decisive factor in the design of domes. Stability-related external factors, such as load and supports, are incorporated into structural vulnerability theory by the definition of a relative rate of joint well-formedness ($r_r$). Hence, the instability mechanism of domes can be revealed. To improve stability, an optimization model against instability, which takes the maximization of the lowest $r_r$ ($r_{r,min}$) as the objective and the discrete member sections as the variables, is established with constraints on the design requirements and steel consumption. Optimizations are performed on two real-life Kiewitt-6 model domes with a span of 23.4 m and rise of 11.7 m, which are initially constructed for shaking table collapse test. Well-formedness analyses and stability calculation (via arc-length method) of the models throughout the optimization history demonstrate that this proposed method can effectively enhance $r_{r,min}$ and optimize the static stability of shell-like structures. Additionally, seismic performance of the optimum models subjected to the same earthquake as in the shaking table test is checked. The supplemental simulations prove that the optimum models are superior to the original models under earthquake load as well.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.132-138
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• 2002

오늘날 여러 가지 측면에서 전략적으로 고성능의 위성 본체를 개발하는 것은 매우 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 부분구조합성법의 하나인 구속모드법을 이용한 연성하중해석 기법 및 모달 과도해석법을 사용하여 위성체 구조부재에 대한 최적화를 수행하였다. 제안된 방법은 초기 설계시, 일반적으로 사용되고 있는 준정적 하중을 이용하지 않고, 동종의 발사체에 대해 유사한 위성과의 연성하중해석 자료를 이용함으로써, 각 구조부재에 대해 보다 정확한 결과를 얻을 수 있는 장점이 있다. 예제를 통해 제안된 기법이 초기단계의 위성체 구조 부재의 효율적인 최적설계 및 중량 감소를 위해 적용될 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.902-908
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• 2018

Optimization of the culture medium to maximize menaquinone-7 (MK-7) production by Bacillus subtilis strain KCTC 12392BP in static culture was carried out using statistical experimental methods, including one factor at a time, fractional factorial design, and response surface methodology (RSM). Maltose (carbon source), tryptone (nitrogen source), and glycerol (activator) were identified as the key medium components for MK-7 synthesis by the fractional factorial design, and were selected for statistical optimization by RSM. The statistical analysis indicated that, in the range that was studied, maltose, tryptone, and glycerol were all critical factors having profound effects on the production of MK-7, with their coefficients for linear and quadratic all significant at the p < 0.05 level. The established model was efficient and feasible, with a determination coefficient ($R^2$) of 0.9419. The predicted concentrations of maltose, tryptone, and glycerol in the optimal medium were determined as 36.78, 62.76, and 58.90 g/l, respectively. In this optimized medium, the maximum yield of MK-7 reached a remarkably high level of $71.95{\pm}1.00{\mu}g/ml$ after 9 days of static fermentation, which further verified the practicability of this optimized strategy.

• 대한건축학회논문집:구조계
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• 제33권12호
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• pp.53-62
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• 2017

Many gradient-based mathematical methods have been developed and are in use for structural size optimization problems, in which the cross-sectional areas or sizing variables are usually assumed to be continuous. In most practical structural engineering design problems, however, the design variables are discrete. The main objective of this paper is to propose an efficient optimization method for structures with discrete-sized variables based on the harmony search (HS) meta-heuristic algorithm that is derived using penalty function. The recently developed HS algorithm was conceptualized using the musical process of searching for a perfect state of harmony. It uses a stochastic random search instead of a gradient search so that derivative information is unnecessary. In this paper, a discrete search strategy using the HS algorithm with a static penalty function is presented in detail and its applicability using several standard truss examples is discussed. The numerical results reveal that the HS algorithm with the static penalty function proposed in this study is a powerful search and design optimization technique for structures with discrete-sized members.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.105-111
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• 2013

주축은 공작기계의 핵심요소로서 주축의 정 동적 특성은 공작물의 가공정밀도에 직접적으로 영향을 미친다. 주축의 특성은 축 크기, 베어링 간격, 내장모터의 위치 등에 의해 결정된다. 그러므로 축 크기, 베어링 간격, 모터위치의 선정은 주축 특성을 개선하는데 중요한 요소라 할 수 있다. 본 논문은 40,000rpm 고속주축의 정 동적 해석과 최적 설계에 관한 연구로, 유한요소해석과 최적화를 위한 통계분석을 하였다. 이를 위하여 반응표면법을 사용하여 목적함수와 설계변수를 최적화하였다. 최적화 대상은 주축의 고유진동수의 최대화와 변위의 최소화이다. 설계변수는 축길이, 축직경, 베어링 간격, 모터위치로 선정했다. 최적설계를 통해 도출된 설계안으로 초기모델보다 개선된 결과를 얻을 수 있었고, 본 연구의 결과를 주축 설계에 적용하면 주축의 정 동적 특성 개선에 도움이 될 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.182-191
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• 2011

Genetic algorithms (GA) and particle swarm optimization (PSO) are the most famous optimization techniques among various modern heuristic optimization techniques. These two approaches identify the solution to a given objective function, but they employ different strategies and computational effort; therefore, a comparison of their performance is needed. This paper presents the application and performance comparison of the PSO and GA optimization techniques for a static synchronous series compensator-based controller design. The design objective is to enhance power system stability. The design problem of the FACTS-based controller is formulated as an optimization problem, and both PSO and GA optimization techniques are employed to search for the optimal controller parameters.