• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제50권3호
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• pp.327-339
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• 2018

This article presents a new global-local hybrid coarse-mesh finite difference (HCMFD) method for efficient parallel calculation of pin-by-pin heterogeneous core analysis. In the HCMFD method, the one-node coarse-mesh finite difference (CMFD) scheme is combined with a nodal expansion method (NEM)-based two-node CMFD method in a nonlinear way. In the global-local HCMFD algorithm, the global problem is a coarse-mesh eigenvalue problem, whereas the local problems are fixed source problems with boundary conditions of incoming partial current, and they can be solved in parallel. The global problem is formulated by one-node CMFD, in which two correction factors on an interface are introduced to preserve both the surface-average flux and the net current. Meanwhile, for accurate and efficient pin-wise core analysis, the local problem is solved by the conventional NEM-based two-node CMFD method. We investigated the numerical characteristics of the HCMFD method for a few benchmark problems and compared them with the conventional two-node NEM-based CMFD algorithm. In this study, the HCMFD algorithm was also parallelized with the OpenMP parallel interface, and its numerical performances were evaluated for several benchmarks.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2000년도 봄 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.467-474
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• 2000

The application of Terzaghi's theory of consolidation for analysing the settlement of multi-layered soils is not strictly valid because the theory involves an assumption that the soil is homogeneous. The settlement of stratified soils with confined aquifer can be analysed using numerical techniques whereby the governing differential equation is replaced by 2-dimensional finite difference approximations. The problems of discontinuous layer interface are very important in the algorithm and programming for the analysis of multi-layered consolidation using a numerical analysis, finite difference method(F.D.M.). Better results can be obtained by the process for discontinuous layer interface, since it can help consolidation analysis to model the actual ground The purpose of this paper provides an efficient computer algorithm based on numerical analysis using finite difference method(F.D.M) which account for multi-layered soils with confined aquifer to determine the degree of consolidation and excess pore pressures relative to time and positions more realistically.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.94-101
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• 1994

To develope the new simulator for the analysis of fluid flow information, the influence of various convective difference schemes were evaluated. General curvilinear coordinate system with nonorthogonal grids was adopted for the successful analysis of various complex geometries. Computation results show that if we can not obtain full grid numbers within available computational environment, we need to use higher order finite difference schemes to keep the prediction accuracy.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.679-695
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• 2015

A numerical solution using finite difference method to evaluate the thermal buckling of simply supported FGM plate with variable thickness is presented in this research. First, the governing differential equation of thermal stability under uniform temperature through the plate thickness is derived. Then, the governing equation has been solved using finite difference method. After validating the presented numerical method with the analytical solution, the finite difference formulation has been extended in order to include variable thickness. The accuracy of the finite difference method for variable thickness plate has been also compared with the literature where a good agreement has been found. Furthermore, a parametric study has been conducted to analyze the effect of material and geometric parameters on the thermal buckling resistance of the FGM plates. It was found that the thickness variation affects isotropic plates a bit more than FGM plates.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.91-98
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• 2005

The straight rectangular fin is analyzed using the one-dimensional analytic method and the finite difference method. For the finite difference method, the numbers of nodes vary from 20 to 100. The relative errors of heat loss and temperature between the analytic method and the finite difference method are represented as a function of Biot Number and dimensionless fin length. One of the results shows that the relative error between the analytic method and the finite difference method decreases as the numbers of nodes for finite difference method increase.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제21권10호
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• pp.2724-2730
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• 1996

In this paper, the dispersive characteristics of the Finite-Difference Frqequency-Domain method based on the Multi-Resolution Technique(MR-FDFD) are numerically analyzed. A dispersion analysis of the MR-FDFD ority of the MR-FDFD method to the spatial discretization is shown. We expect that the multi-resoluation technique will improve the disavantage of the finite difference techqnique which needs the large comutational memory for accurate electromagnetic analysis.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.383-392
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• 2009

The static and dynamic analyses of simply supported beams are studied by using the U-transformation method and the finite difference method. When the beam is divided into the mesh of equal elements, the mesh may be treated as a periodic structure. After an equivalent cyclic periodic system is established, the difference governing equation for such an equivalent system can be uncoupled by applying the U-transformation. Therefore, a set of single-degree-of-freedom equations is formed. These equations can be used to obtain exact analytical solutions of the deflections, bending moments, buckling loads, natural frequencies and dynamic responses of the beam subjected to particular loads or excitations. When the number of elements approaches to infinity, the exact error expression and the exact convergence rates of the difference solutions are obtained. These exact results cannot be easily derived if other methods are used instead.

• 한국구조물진단유지관리공학회 논문집
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.159-168
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• 2005

본 연구는 다양한 적층 배열을 갖는 비등방성을 보이는 첨단 복합 신소재 판구조물의 유한 차분 비선형 해석을 수행한다. 복잡한 편미분 방정식으로 표현되는 역학문제들을 수치해석 하는 경우 본 연구에서 사용한 유한차분법은 유한요소법에 비하여 체눈 생성 및 수치적분 과정을 피할 수 장점을 갖는다. 유한차분법을 이용한 많은 연구들은 단지 에너지 방법을 사용한 고정 혹은 단순 경계조건에 대하여 수행되었다. 그러나 이러한 접근방법은 자유경계에 대하여 불가피하게 발생하는 가상점 문제를 충분히 만족시킬 수 없다. 그러므로 본 연구에서는 임의의 경계조건을 갖는 비등방성 복합 적층한의 비선형 거동 문제를 보다 효과적으로 해결할 수 있는 유한차분식을 정식화 하였다. 적층 배열 변화를 비롯한 다양한 매개변수에 대하여 본 연구에서 제안한 접근방법을 사용하여 적층판의 복잡한 비선형 거동을 분석하였다.

• 소음진동
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.267-273
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• 1998

This study aims at performing sensitivity analysis of piezoelectric smart structure for minimizing radiated noise from the structure, The structure consists of a flat plate on which disk shaped piezoelectric actuator is mounted, and finite element modeling is used for the structure. The finite element modeling uses a combination of three dimensional piezoelectric, flat shell and transition elements so thus it can take into account the coupling effects of the piezoelectric device precisely and it can also reduce the degrees of freedom of the finite element model. Electric potential on the piezoelectric actuator is taken as a design variable and total radiated power of the structure is chosen as an objective function. The objective function can be represented as Rayleigh's integral equation and is a function of normal displacements of the structure. For the convenience of computation, all degrees of freedom of the finite element equation is condensed out except the normal displacements of the structure. To perform the design sensitivity analysis, the derivative of the objective function with respect to the normal displacements is found, and the derivative of the norma displacements with respect to the design variable is calculated from the finite element equation by using so called the adjoint variable method. The analysis results are compared with those of the finite difference method, and shows a good agreement. This sensitivity analysis is faster and more accurate than the finite difference method. Once the sensitivity analysis program is used for gradient-based optimizations, one could achieve a better convergence rate than non-derivative methods for optimal design of piezoelectric smart structures.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.782-786
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• 1994

Dey and Morrison (1979)이 육상의 전기탐사문제의 해결에 성공적으로 적용한 적분차분법(integral finite different method)의 해양에서의 응용성을 연구해보기 위해, 해석해가 존재하는 연안역의 해수고유진동 문제를 도출하여 기존의 고유진동문제에 적용하여 보았다. 그 응용성의 평가는 기존 해양에 널리 적용되는 기존차분법(conventional finite different method)으로 구한 수치결과와 적분차분법으로 구한 결과를 해석해와의 비교검증을 통하여 실시되었다. 그 결과 적분차분법으로 구한 고유치와 고유함수값이 기존차분법으로 구한 결과보다 좋은것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 적분차분법의 경우 원래의 기본방정식에 Green's theorem을 적용함으로써, 기본방정식에 존재하는 2계 미분연산자가 1계 미분연산자로 해석적으로 처리되었기 때문으로 사료된다. 따라서 적분차분법을 이용하여 해수고유진동문제를 비롯한 다른 유사문제를 풀 경우 기본차분법보다 좋은 결과가 나을 것으로 사료된다. 또한 미분방정식의 수치해를 구할 경우 적분법이 차분법보다 좋은해를 줄 수 있다는 것을 증명한 것으로 사료된다.