• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2005.04a
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• pp.309-316
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• 2005

In this paper, we develop continuum-based design sensitivity analysis (DSA) methods using both direct differential method (DDM) and adjoint variable method (AVM) for non-shape design problems. The developed DSA method is further utilized for the topology design optimization of 3-dimensional structures. In numerical examples, the analytical DSA results are verified using finite difference ones. The topology optimization method yields very reasonable results in physical point of view.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.735-739
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• 2002

PTB(Power Transfer Breaker) is a device which incorporate the functions of ACB(Air Circuit Breaker) and ATS(Automatic Transfer Switch). ACB is a circuit breaker against overload and ATS is a switching device to transfer the load between two electric power sources. An existing PTB design based upon the 5 bar & cam mechanism has been regarded to be too complex and thus a simpler 4 bar mechanism with trigger lock is proposed. Experimentation and optimization of the trigger lock is presented.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 1996.10a
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• pp.113-120
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• 1996

This study presents the optimization technique to determine the cable areas of the cable-stayed bridge. The optimization method presented in this paper is based on an evolutionary procedure, in which the area of high stressed cable is increased step-by-step until an optimal area of the cable is obtained. A comparison between the maximum values of the present method and those of the cable-stayed bridge that has the same cable area shows the advantages of the present method.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.567-570
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• 2000

Optimization of structure of a high-precision stamping press structure is performed by combination of Taguchi Method and finite element analysis. Too much difference in the stiffness between hydrostatic bearing linear guide and press structure is observed. Efforts are made to level up the stiffness of press structure to the level of hydrostatic bearing's. Some important design parameters are identified and discussed.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.246-252
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• 2004

The modal characteristics of rotating structures vary with the rotating speed. The material and the geometric properties of the structures as well as the rotating speed influence the variations of their modal characteristics. Very often, the modal characteristics of rotating structures need to be specified at some rotating speeds to meet their design requirements. In this paper, rotating cantilever beam is chosen as a design target structure. Optimization problems are formulated and solved to find the optimal shapes of rotating beams with rectangular cross section.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2001.05a
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• pp.571-576
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• 2001

Hydroforming, the new production technology, has been used to manufacture many parts of vehicle in the recent auto industry. When Hydroforming is applied, it is possible to make parts simplification and flexible alteration of section shape in many advantages such as weight reduction, number of parts reduction or performance improvement. This research into shape optimization which reduces number of parts and weight maintaining performance was achieved. In this paper, the COWL CROSS BAA and MT'g BAKT parts of A car STEERING support SYSTEM was introduced by using Hydroforming.

• Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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• v.13 no.22
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• pp.25-34
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• 1990

This paper is to maximize the reliability subject to certain constraints on amounts of resources available for control of the parameters. The lagrange multiplier method is used to optimize t-th lognormal stress-lognormal strength problem. This optimization problem can be reduced to a search problem in one variable. A numerical example is presented to illustrate the optimization problem.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.672-676
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• 2002

In this paper, a reliability-based design optimization method, which enables the determination of optimum design that incorporate confidence range for structures, is studied. Response surface method and Monte Carlo simulation are utilized to determine limit state function. The proposed method is applied to the I-type steel structure for reliability based optimal design.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 1997.04a
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• pp.128-132
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• 1997

This paper deals with the optimization of pipe-support allocation using the genetic algorithm, and shows the feasibility of the optimization method to actual design problems and also the convergence characteristics of optimization calculation with respect to the various seismic waves. The piping system was modeled as mass-spring system with 5 degrees of freedom and the support was as spring-damper. The support allocation problem was formulated to minimize the response of the piping system to seismic excitation.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.271-278
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• 2002

Structural optimization using improved higer-order convex approximation is proposed in this paper. The proposed method is a generalization of the convex approximation method. The order of the approximation function for each constraint is automatically adjusted in the optimization process. And also the order of each design variable is differently adjusted. This self-adjusted capability makes the approximate constraint values conservative enough to maintain the optimum design point of the approximate problem in feasible region. The efficiency of proposed algorithm, compared with conventional algorithm is successfully demonstrated in the Three-bar Truss example.