• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.30 no.6
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• pp.716-723
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• 2006

A meso-scale analysis method using the natural element method is proposed for the analysis of material damage of brittle microcracking solids. The microcracking is assumed to occur along Voronoi edges in the Voronoi diagram generated using the nodal points as the generators. The mechanical effect of microcracks is considered by controlling the material constants in the neighborhood of the micorcracks. The macro elastic moduli of isotropic solids containing a number of randomly distributed microcracks are calculated considering the effect of microcrack closure to demonstrate the validity of the proposed method.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.30 no.6
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• pp.724-730
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• 2006

Fracture behavior of brittle solids is closely related to microcracking. A meso-scale analysis method using the natural element method is proposed for the analysis of brittle microcracking solids. The microcracking is assumed to occur along Voronoi edges in the Voronoi diagram generated using the nodal points as the generators. The mechanical effect of microcracks is considered by controlling the material constants in the neighborhood of the microcracks. The meso-analysis method is applied to the simulation of the microcracking behaviors of brittle solids subjected to tensile macrostress. The method is also applied to the analysis of the propagation of a macrocrack accompanied by the coalescence with microcracks formed near the macrocrack-tip.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.141-159
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• 2009

In this article, we consider a weighted CVT-based reduced-order modelling for Burgers equation. Brief review of the CVT (centroidal Voronoi tessellation) approaches to reduced-order bases are provided. In CVT-reduced order modelling, we start with a snapshot set just as is done in a POD (Proper Orthogonal Decomposition)-based setting. So far, the CVT was researched with uniform density ($\rho$(y) = 1) to determine the basis elements for the approximatin subspaces. Here, we shall investigate the technique of CVT with nonuniform density as a procedure to determine the basis elements for the approximating subspaces. Some numerical experiments including comparison of two CVT (CVT-uniform and CVT-nonuniform)-based algorithm with numerical results obtained from FEM(finite element method) and POD-based algorithm are reported.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.107-114
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• 2017

Design of stepwise foam claddings subjected to air-blast is performed based on random Voronoialgorithm. FE models are constructed using the random Voronoialgorithm, and numerical analysis is carried out to simulate deformation mode and energy absorption of the cladding by the ABAQUS/Explicit software. The FE model is validated by test result, and good agreement is achieved. The deformation patterns are presented to give an insight into the influences of distribution on deformation mechanisms. The energy absorbed by the stepwise foam cladding is examined, and the parameter effects, including layer number, gradient, and blast loading, are discussed. Results indicate that the energy absorption capacity increases with the number of layer, gradient degree, and blast pressure increasing.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• v.20 no.11
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• pp.1881-1890
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• 2006

In this paper, a Petrov-Galerkin natural element method (PG-NEM) based upon the natural neighbor concept is presented for the free vibration and dynamic response analyses of two-dimensional linear elastic structures. A problem domain is discretized with a finite number of nodes and the trial basis functions are defined with the help of the Voronoi diagram. Meanwhile, the test basis functions are supported by Delaunay triangles for the accurate and easy numerical integration with the conventional Gauss quadrature rule. The numerical accuracy and stability of the proposed method are verified through illustrative numerical tests.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.1274-1279
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• 2003

In this paper, a new meshfree technique which improves the numerical integration accuracy is introduced. This new method called the Petrov-Galerkin natural element(PG-NE) is based on the Voronoi diagram and the Delaunay triangulation which is based on the same concept used for conventional natural element method called the Bubnov-Galerkin natural element(BG-NE). But, unlike BG-NE method, the test shape function is differently chosen from the trial shape function. The proposed technique ensures that the numerical integration error is remarkably reduced.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2016.10a
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• pp.579-580
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 군집 로봇 체계에서 next-best-view(NBV)의 결정과 경로 계획(path planning)을 동시에 수행하는 효율적인 3차원 탐사 알고리즘을 제안한다. NBV 결정 및 경로 계획을 동시에 수행하는 단일 로봇 탐사 알고리즘에는 최근에 제안된 RH-NBVP[1]가 있다. 우리는 각 로봇에게 효율적으로 탐사 영역을 분배하는 Voronoi-biased multi-RRTs(VB-MRRTs)를 제시하며, 이를 통해 군집 로봇 체계에 RH-NBVP를 적용한다. 제시한 VB-MRRTs가 공간을 얼마나 점유하는지 분석하였으며, 3차원 시뮬레이션 상의 군집 로봇 체계에서 VB-MRRTs가 적용된 RH-NBVP의 탐사율 향상을 확인하였다.

• International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.193-198
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• 2004

This paper describes an automatic finite element (FE) mesh generation for three-dimensional structures consisting of tree-form surfaces. This mesh generation process consists of three subprocesses: (a) definition of geometric model, (b) generation of nodes, and (c) generation of elements. One of commercial solid modelers is employed for three-dimensional solid structures. Node is generated if its distance from existing node points is similar to the node spacing function at the point. The node spacing function is well controlled by the fuzzy knowledge processing. The Voronoi diagram method is introduced as a basic tool for element generation. Automatic generation of FE meshes for three-dimensional solid structures holds great benefits for analyses. Practical performances of the present system are demonstrated through several mesh generations for three-dimensional complex geometry.

• Proceedings of the KOSOMBE Conference
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• v.1998 no.11
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• pp.273-274
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• 1998

We construct a volume whose boundary is a tetrahedron with triangular faces intersecting the cutting planes along the given contours. This volume is obtained by calculating the Delaunay triangulation slice by slice, mapping 2D to 3D as tetrahedron. Also, eliminate extra-voronoi skeleton and non-solid tetrahedron. In this paper, we propose new method to eliminate non-solid tetrahedron based on the modified extra-voronoi skeleton path. This method enable us to do a compact tetrahedrisation and to reconstruct complex shapes.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1997.07d
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• pp.1405-1407
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• 1997

A microstructure of realistic ZnO varistor is constructed by Voronoi network and studied via computer simulation. In this network, the grain boundary condition is fitted from the experimental data. The effect of the variation of the uniformity of the varistor on the electrical characteristic of the varistor is simulated by using this boundary condition.