• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 1999.04a
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• pp.110-120
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• 1999

Topology optimization is used for determining the best layout of structural components to achieve predetermined performance goals. In the present study, we consider that the objective function is to maximize the natural frequency of the structure for a designated mode and the constraint function is to constrain a total material usage. In this paper, using a topology optimization technique based on the homogenized material and the chessboard prevention strategy, we obtain the optimal layout and the reinforcement of an elastic structure. Several examples are presented to show the ability of the topology optimization technique used in this paper to deal with an optimal layout problem for a free vibration structure.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.450-456
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• 1988

Dynamic analysis of a vehicle is carried out with rigid body and flexible body models. The chassis of the vehicle is treated as flexible body in the flexible body model, and vibration normal modes are considered to account for elastic deformation of the component. Using output from the modal analysis in the finite element program, input data for the dynamic analysis with flexible body is generated. To achieve the computational efficiency, SUPERELEMENT technique is used for the vehicle suspension subsisted. The computer simulation time with suspension superelement was much reduced due to the reduction of coordinates and no kinematic constraint in the system.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 1996.04a
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• pp.729-737
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• 1996

Laminated composite plates have been applied to aircraft structures because their properties are superior to the conventional materials and the laminates have anisortropic elastic properties. However, it tis diffcult to determine stacking structures using actual design variables for the lack of searching capability of existing optimization technique. GA(generic algorithms) are robust search algorithms based on the mechanics of natural selection and natural genetics. Therefore, this study presents an application of IGA to stiffness and weight optimization design and gives the various stacking structures suitable to constraint conditions.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2003.06a
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• pp.1614-1617
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• 2003

Actuator being used in the ship supplies engine with air. When actuator is out of order, engine is not operated. This out of order is due to fracture of piston or rotating of spindle in the case of plastic deformation of parallel part in locking plate. For this reason, locking plate must be guaranteed enough strength. Therefor in this paper, the effects of changes with the clearance of between spindle and parallel part, the contact height of parallel part and spindle, the side circle diameter of parallel part and the width of locking plate in the designated torque are investigated. The result of this investigation shows the relation between locking plate and spindle.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.22 no.8 s.173
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• pp.136-142
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• 2005

The function of main starting valve for marine engine is to supply cylinder with the air to start marine engine. But, if the spindle, one of the main starting valve components, doesn't rotate accurately at the designated air pressure, the marine engine may have some trouble in starting. So, to resolve the problem due to spindle .elation in the main starting valve, the blocking device (blocking plate, limit switch, etc.) is installed in the upper part of spindle to constrain the rotation. So, in this paper we introduced the rotation constraining ability of blocking plate prevent the spindle from mis-working in the main starting value of the marine engine.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2006.04a
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• pp.567-574
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• 2006

We present applications of MLS-based finite elements, which enable us to easily treat highly complex nonmatching finite element meshes and discontinuities. The shape functions of MLS-based finite element can be easily generated with the aid of Moving Least Square approximation on the parental domain. The major advantage includes that the position of element nodes as well as the number of the element nodes can be conveniently adjusted according to the nature of the problems under consideration, so that finite-element mesh is straightforwardly adapted to evolving discontinuities and. interfaces. Furthermore, we show that the present MLS-based finite elements are efficiently applied for elastic-plastic deformations, wherein the implicit constraint of incompressibility should be properly handled.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 1989.10a
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• pp.51-58
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• 1989

Through a series of analyses of specific structures it is shown that incremental collapse may be the critical design criterion and that shakedown analysis can be used as a design tool. Using shakedown analysis technique, a nonlinear structural optimization program has been developed. This incorporates : (ⅰ) design constraints on elastic stresses and deflections ; (ⅱ) constraints for the prevention of incremental collapse and soft story failure ; and (ⅲ) the constraint on the fundamental period of structure. A five-step design procedure is proposed by using this program to obtain the optimum design that satisfies all the requirements of comprehensive earthquake-resistant design.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.1730-1735
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• 2003

In this paper, the absolute nodal coordinate formulation was introduced to describe the large deformation problems. And also, the modal coordinates were employed to represent the small elastic deformation. A new hybrid formulation was developed to combine the modal coordinates and the absolute nodal coordinates. A spherical joint and the DOT1 constraint were developed to carry out the numerical simulation of mechanical systems with kinematic joints. A beam example was suggested to show the new formulation. The simulation results using the modal coordinates and the absolute nodal coordinates show a good agreement to the experiments.

• Computational Structural Engineering
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• v.2 no.4
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• pp.99-109
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• 1989

Through a series of analyses of specific structures it is shown that incremental collapse may be the critical design criterion and that shakedown analysis can be used as a design tool. Using shakedown analysis technique, a nonlinear structural optimization program has been developed. This incorporates: (i) design constraints on elastic stresses and deflections: (ii) constraints for the prevention of incremental collapse and soft story failure: and (iii) the constraint on the fundamental period of structure. A five-step design procedure is proposed by using the program to obtain the optimum design that satisfies all the requirements of comprehensive earthquake-resistant design.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society For Composite Materials Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.169-172
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• 2000

Although extensive efforts have been devoted to the optimal design of composite laminated plates in recent years, some practical issues still need further research. One of them is the handling of the uncertainties in material properties, which were ignored in most researches in the past. In this paper, the convex modeling is used in calculating the failure criterion, given as constraint, to consider the uncertain material properties in the thickness optimization. Numerical results show that the optimal thickness increases when the uncertainties of elastic moduli considered, which shows such uncertainties should not be ignored for safe and reliable designs.