• Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.577-582
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• 2007

A continuum structure function (CSF) is a non-decreasing mapping from the unit hypercube to the unit interval. A B-type CSF, defined in the text, is a CSF whose behaviour is modeled by its underlying binary structures. As the measure of importance of a system component for a B-type CSF, the structural and reliability importance of a component at a system level ${\alpha}$(0 < ${\alpha}$ < 1) are defined and their properties are deduced.

• 한국광학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국광학회 2001년도 제12회 정기총회 및 01년도 동계학술발표회
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• pp.244-245
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• 2001

강한 펄스 레이저가 렌즈에 의해 투명한 매질 속에 집광되면 가시광선 영역에서부터 적외선 영역에 걸친 넓은 파장대의 빛이 발생하게 되는데 이것을 White-Light Continuum이라고 한다. 이 현상은 1970년에 Alfano 와 Shapiro에 의해 처음으로 발견되었으며 그 후에 여러 투명한 매질들을 통해 White-light continuum의 발생이 확인되었다. 물($H_2O$)과 중수(D$_2$O)에서도 이런 펄스 백색광의 발생이 관찰되어졌으며 고체 매질에 비해 집광된 강한 빛에 의해 생기는 손상에 대한 self-healing이 뛰어나 백색광을 발생시키기 위한 이상적인 매질로 인식도고 있다. (중략)

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제58권2호
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• pp.231-242
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• 2016

To minimize the compliance of frame, a method to optimize the topology of bracing system in a frame is presented. The frame is first filled uniformly with a truss-like continuum, in which there are an infinite number of members. The frame and truss-like continuum are analysed by the finite element method altogether. By optimizing the distribution of members in the truss-like continuum over the whole design domain, the optimal bracing pattern is determined. As a result, the frame's lateral stiffness is enforced. Structural compliance and displacement are decreased greatly with a smaller increase in material volume. Since optimal bracing systems are described by the distribution field of members, rather than by elements, fewer elements are needed to establish the detailed structure. Furthermore, no numerical instability exists. Therefore it has high calculation effectiveness.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기기기및에너지변환시스템부문B
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• 제54권6호
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• pp.287-293
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• 2005

Equations have been derived for computing electromagnetic forces by using the Continuum Design Sensitivity Analysis based on the Continuum Mechanics and the Virtual Work Principle. The resultant expressions have similar terms relating to the Korteweg-Holmholz force density, Maxwell Stress Tensor and Magnetic Charge Method but numerical implementation of the proposed scheme leads to efficient calculation and improved accuracy. In addition, the method can be easily applied to computing the magnetic force distribution as well as the global force. Results show the aforementioned advantages in comparison with the conventional methods.

• Interaction and multiscale mechanics
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.219-237
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• 2011

Recent advances in scientific computing enable the full atomistic simulation of DNA molecules. However, there exists length and time scale limitations in molecular dynamics (MD) simulation for large DNA molecules. In this work, a two-level homogenization of DNA molecules is proposed. A wavelet projection method is first introduced to form a coarse-grained DNA molecule represented with superatoms. The coarsened MD model offers a simplified molecular structure for the continuum description of DNA molecules. The coarsened DNA molecular structure is then homogenized into a three-dimensional beam with embedded molecular properties. The methods to determine the elasticity constants in the continuum model are also presented. The proposed continuum model is adopted for the study of mechanical behavior of DNA loop.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제3권5호
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• pp.411-427
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• 1995

The most known continuum damage theories for brittle structures are suitable to model the degradation of the material due to the deformation process and the consequent initiation of a macro-crack. Nevertheless, they are not able to describe the propagation of the crack that leads, eventually, to the breakage of the structure into parts that undergo rigid body motion. This paper presents a theory, formulated from formal arguments of Continuum Mechanics, that may describe not only the degradation but also the fracture of elastic structures. The modeling of such a discontinuous phenomenon through a continuous theory is possible by taking a cohesion variable, related with the links between material points, as an additional degree of kinematical freedom. The possibilities of the proposed theory are discussed through examples.

• Computers and Concrete
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.131-150
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• 2004

We present in this work a coupled phenomenological chemo-mechanical model that represents the degradation of concrete-like materials. The chemical behaviour is described by the nowadays well known simplified calcium leaching approach. And the mechanical damage behaviour is described by a continuum damage model which involves the gradient of the damage quantity. The coupled nonlinear problem at hand is addressed within the context of the finite element method. For the equation governing the calcium dissolution-diffusion part of the problem, special care is taken to treat the highly nonlinear calcium conductivity and solid calcium functions. The algorithmic design is based on a Newton-type iterative scheme where use is made of a recently proposed relaxed linearization procedure. And for the equation governing the damage part of the problem, an augmented Lagrangian formulation is used to take into account the damage irreversibility constraint. Finally, numerical simulations are compared with experimental results on cement paste.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.164-171
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• 2021

This paper proposes a continuum mechanism for manually controlled endoscopic surgical instruments. The wire-driven mechanism is typically adapted for endoscopic surgical tools because motors cannot be embedded to the joints due to the size limitation. However, the conventional wire-driven mechanism has inherent problems caused by redundancy, such as deflection and low precision. It does not have operating force and manipulability for surgery. Therefore, a method to increase the force of the continuum mechanism using a multi-wire with simple mechanical structure is proposed. Moreover, for intuitive operation, a hand-controller mechanism that can manipulate the length of the wire without complex process is proposed. Finally, we show that the proposed mechanism and methods are applicable to endoscopic surgical tools through simple experiments.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.303-311
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• 2017

본 연구는 다양한 기하학적 속성을 갖는 총 72개의 DFN 블록에 대하여 DFN 유동모델과 등가의 수리상수를 사용한 연속체 모델을 각각 적용하여 두 결과 간의 상관성을 분석하였다. DFN을 연속체로 가정한 이론적 블록수리전도도와 DFN 유동모델로 산정한 블록수리전도도 사이의 상대오차(ER)가 0.2 이하인 DFN 조건에서 두 접근법 사이에 강한 선형 관계를 이루며 두 결과가 거의 일치하는 것으로 평가되었다. DFN 매질에 대한 연속체 유동해석의 현장적용 가능성을 검토하기 위하여 다양한 DFN 조건을 갖는 지중 원형공동에서의 지하수 유입에 대한 모의 수치실험이 총 48회 수행되었다. 일정한 수리간극의 DFN 매질에 대한 등가연속체 유동모델은 유효한 것으로 평가되었지만 수리간극 변화로 인하여 이방성이 증대되면 DFN 유동모델에 의한 결과에 비하여 과대평가될 가능성이 높다.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.289-296
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 공압인공근육을 구동부로 가지는 내부형 연속체로봇의 기구학을 제시한다. 연속체로봇 단일마디는 세 개 인공근육의 병렬구조로 구성되며, 각 인공근육은 가해지는 공기압력에 의해서 독립적으로 수축하여 근육의 한쪽이 부착된 기준 마디절에 대해서 근육의 다른쪽이 연결된 원격의 마디절의 공간상 운동이 발생한다. 인공근육의 굽힘형상을 고려하여 원격 마디절 중심에서의 방위와 위치를 예측하는 기구식을 유도하였으며, 단일 마디를 여러 층으로 적층하였을 때 로봇 말단장치에서의 방위와 위치도 변환행렬의 곱으로 제시한다. 그리고 인공근육의 길이/압력 변화에 따른 말단장치에서의 속도를 계산하는 자코비안 행렬을 구동부의 위치배열을 고려하여 유도하였고 실제 실험을 통해서 제시한 기구식의 유효성을 검증하였다.