• Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.10-17
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• 2016

This paper reports a simulation-based design method for the optimized arrangement design of buoyancy modules in a marine riser system. A buoyancy module is used for the safe operation and structural stability of the riser. Engineers design buoyancy modules based on experience and experimental data. However, they are difficult to design because of the difficulty of conducting real sea experiments and quantifying the data. Therefore, a simulation-based design method is needed to tackle this problem. In this study, we developed a simulation-based design algorithm using a multi-body dynamic simulation and genetic algorithm to perform optimization arrangement design of a buoyancy module. The design results are discussed in this paper.

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.16 no.8
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• pp.5-12
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• 2015

In this study, buoyancy-resistance permanent anchor was considered to prevent uplift pressure of a building structure. However, this test was failed to put anchor body in the boring hole because of the rapid outflow of ground water and coefficient of permeability. In addition, the hole where the anchor body was forcefully inserted constantly flew the sea water and cement. And it was found that anchor was not settled in the ground. In order to solve this problem, jet grouting method was applied to block the ground water and the single grouted column method was chosen to install the buoyancy-resistance permanent anchor. In this paper, the single grouted column method was applied with the general jet grouting methods and grout material was fixed by 3-field tests. These tests confirmed the effect of permeability and ground improvement with field permeability test by core sampling, Standard Penetration Test (SPT) and unconfined compression test. Confirming the stability of the buoyancy-resistance permanent anchor with installation and tension test, application of the single grouted column method in the volcanic clastic zones was verified.

• Water for future
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.123-134
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• 1994

The reattachment of buoyant effluent to shore in a crossflow is investigated experimentally. The effluent is produced by discharging warm water through projecting side channel into a confined cross-flow of the same depth. In the projecting effluent, the size of recirculating region, which is formed by defleted thermal plume on the lee of the effluent, tends to increase, but the maximum temperature decreases in the direction of the crossflow and it has more even transverse spreading compared to non-projecting type. The heat flux across the crossflow is found to be independant of the projected length of the side channel under relatively low buoyancy flux on the contrary to high buoyancy flux. The reattachment of the effluent can be specified by both velocity ratio and densimetric Froude number, whereas only the velocity ratio is governing factor to the reattachment of the effluent in the case of non-projecting type.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.27-35
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• 1995

액체 상태인 Pb-Sn 합금에 의한 이중확산유동에 대해 체비세프 콜로케이션 기법을 이용하여 수치해석하였다. 온도차에 의한 부력과 농도차에 의한 부력이 작을때에는 유동형태가 서서히 준정상상태에 이르러 아무런 진동현상을 볼 수 없다. 부력이 증가함에 따라 유동은 수직 농도 경계층을 파괴하여 플륨(Plume)형태의 유동을 생성시키고, 이는 시스템 내부로 성장한 후 소멸된다. 이러한 현상이 반복되면서 높은 주파수의 진동현상을 관찰할 수 있다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.247-256
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• 1986

An experimental investigation was conducted to study natural convection due to temperature and concentration differences between the two opposite end walls of a rectangular enclosure of aspect ratio 0.2. Flow motion in the enclosure appears as a uni-cell flow pattern for the relatively lower concentration and higher temperature differences and vice versa, while it appears as a multicell flow pattern for the comparable temperature and concentration differences. In the multi-cell flow regime, when the cellular flow motiion is very slow, vertical temperature differences within the cells are negligible while the vertical concentration differences are large. In addition, both the temperature and concentration differences are negligible across the interface between the slowly moving cells. For the fast moving cellular flow motion, on thel contrary, vertical temperature differences within the cells are large while the vertical concentration differences are negligible. In this case, temperature differences are negligible and the concentration differences are large across the interface between the fase moving cells.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.24 no.10
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• pp.93-103
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• 2008

For conventional gravity type offshore structures constructed on the soft ground, which is located on the western and/or southern Korea, the excessive consolidation settlements are caused by the self-weight of the structures and so additional ground treatment methods are generally needed. Several types of improved foundation systems utilizing buoyancy applicable to even the soft ground were introduced for economical and efficient design of the offshore structure. In this study, a series of numerical simulations on the consolidation and lateral behaviors of breakwaters with the improved foundation systems utilizing buoyancy were carried out. From the results of numerical simulations it is found that the foundation systems utilizing buoyancy are efficient for reducing the maximum consolidation settlements without reducing lateral safety.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.17 no.8
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• pp.2069-2078
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• 1993

The buoyancy-driven turbulent thermal convection is predicted using an anisotropic hybrid turbulence model, which is incorporated with a low Reynolds k-.epsilon. turbulence model and an anisotropic buoyant part of algebraic stress model(ASM). The numerical predictions are compared with the Davidson's model,(1) the full ASM and the experimental results of Cheesewright et al.(2) All the models are shown to predict good agreements with the experiments for the averaged turbulence quantities. It is found that the effect of an anisotropic part on the Reynolds stress and the turbulent heat fluxes is substantial. In this study, the present hybrid model gives a fairly reasonable prediction in terms of the computational accuracy, convergence and stability. The contribution of an anisotropic buoyant part to turbulent heat fluxes are also scrutinized over the range of Rayleigh numbers $(4.79{\times}10^{10}{\le}Ra{\le}7.46{\times}10^{10}).$

• Journal of computational fluids engineering
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.9-16
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• 1999

The present study investigates flow character and heat transfer behaviors of viscoelastic non-Newtonian fluid in a 2:1 rectangular duct. An axially-constant heat flux on bottom wall and peripherally constant temperature boundary condition(H1) was adopted. The Reiner-Rivlin fluid model is used as the normal stress model for the viscoelastic fluid and temperature-dependent viscosity model is adopted. The present results show a signifiant change of the main flow field which causes a large heat transfer enhancement. This phenomena can be explained by the combined effect of buoyancy, temperature-dependent viscosity and viscoelastic property on the flow.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.725-733
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• 1990

An analysis of laminar mixed convection flow adjacent to the inclined flat surface which is subjected to a uniform temperature in a uniform free stream is performed. Nonsimilar boundary layed equation are derived by using the mixed convection parameters such that smooth transition from the purely forced convection limit to the purely free convection limit is possible. The governing equations are solved by a finite difference method using the coupled box scheme of sixth order. Numerical results are presented for prandtl numbers of 0.7 and 7 with the angle of inclination ranging from 0 to 90 degree from the vertical. The velocity distributions for the buoyancy assisting flow exhibit a significant overshoot above the free stream value in the region of intense mixed convection and the velocity field is found to be more sensitive to the buoyancy effect than the temperature field. The separation point near the wall was obtained for the buoyancy opposing flow. The local Nusselt number increases for buoyancy assisting flow and decreases for opposing flow with increasing value of the local Grashoff number in the mixed convection parameter. For large Prandtl number, the Nusselt number and the friction factor decrease significantly near the separation point. Present numerical predictions are in good agreement with recent experimental results by Ramachandran.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2017.11a
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• pp.269-271
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• 2017

본 연구의 목적은 사람이 바다에 빠졌을 때 생명유지에 필요한 최소 부력을 지원하기 위한 방법을 모색하는데 있다. 이 연구를 위해서는, 각종 기체의 부력에 관한 이론을 조사하여 해상에서 어떠한 기체를 이용하는 것이 가장 최적인지를 탐구하는 것과, 어떠한 재질을 이용하여 부력을 형성할 것인지?, 어떠한 해상실험을 통해서 최적의 부력 값을 입증할 것인지 등 그 내용이 방대하다. 본 고찰에서는 풍선에 기체를 주입한 경우 그에 대한 부력실험 방법을 검토하였다. 최소한의 부력을 지원하기 위하여 풍선에 일정량의 $CO_2$를 넣고 이에 대한 부력측정 방법을 검토하였다. 그리고 $CO_2$가 주입된 풍선을 이용하여 다수의 실험자를 통해서 최소의 $CO_2$ 주입량을 측정하였다. 검토결과, 일정량의 $CO_2$를 넣은 풍선의 부피는 풍선의 재질에 따라 달랐으며, 당연한 결과이지만 부피가 클수록 실험자들은 물에서 잘 뜰 수 있었다. 본 검토결과는 휴대가 간편한 최소 부력 지원 장치의 개발에 적용 가능할 것으로 기대된다.