• Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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• v.14 no.5
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• pp.517-528
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• 2012

Inserting a nozzle assembly into a removed cutting space during a continuous cutting operation is necessary in rock excavation using an abrasive waterjet. In this study, a combined two nozzle assembly is used to secure enough removal width. The shape of the cut space is affected by the geometric parameters (standoff distance, nozzle angle, and vertical distance between the nozzle tips) of the combined nozzle assembly. Abrasive waterjet cutting tests are performed with various geometric parameters for granite rock specimens. Optimized geometric parameters for the nozzle inserting process are determined and verified through the experimental tests.

• Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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• v.23 no.6
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• pp.589-604
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• 2021

Waterjets for rocks have various advantages of the non-contact and eco-friendly excavation using only water and abrasive. To overcome the problems (e.g., dust and noise occurrence) of the conventional drilling methods, waterjet excavation methods are broadly used. It is advantageous to operate a couple of nozzles in order to increase the waterjet excavation efficiency. When multiple nozzles are used, it is essential to analyze the excavation performance and shape according to the nozzle operation method. In this study, nozzle angle, horizontal distance between nozzles, and standoff distance were defined as nozzle operating parameters and the excavation performance and shape were analyzed. As a result of the experiment, when the nozzle angle and standoff distance are increased, the excavation depth is decreased and the effective depth tends to be increased. In addition, based on the experimental results, the excavation shape criteria required for nozzle insertion were proposed and optimal nozzle operating parameters were derived according to the criteria. This study result is expected to be used as useful basic research in the future development of multiple waterjet nozzles for rock drilling.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.18 no.12
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• pp.74-79
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• 2017

The fire extinguishing performance of hybrid nozzle systems is improved by injecting an extinguishing agent concentrically into the target site and, in this study, water mist is used as a water curtain to confine the droplets of the agent. In this study, we numerically investigated the effect of the foundation angle and injection pressure on the performance of a hybrid nozzle by evaluating the mean radius of the volume fractions of the agent and water mists. An experiment involving a water mist nozzle was carried out to validate the numerical method and then the droplet behaviors, e.g., stochastic collision, coalescence and breakup, were calculated with 2-way interaction Discrete Particle Modeling (DPM) in the steady state for the hybrid nozzle system. The mean radius of the water mists increased by about 40 %, whereas that of the agent decreased by about 21 %, when the injection pressure was increased from 30 bar to 60 bar. In addition, the mean radius of the agent increased by about 24 % as the foundation angle of the hybrid nozzle head increased from $30^{\circ}$ to $60^{\circ}$. As a result, it can be inferred that the injection angle and pressure are important factors for hybrid water mist designs.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.298-301
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 지하 방호공간에서 화재가 발생한 경우 워터커튼 시스템에 의한 연기의 차단효과와 화재제어 특성을 분석하였다. 이를 위해서 분사각도 $180^{\circ}$, 오리피스 직경 8.2 mm의 노즐과 지하방호 공간용 실화재 실험 장치를 제작하였으며, 화재강도 1.5 MW 기준 A급 1단위 화재 실험으로부터 온도분포와 가시도를 측정하여 연기의 차단효과를 확인하였다. 화재제어 특성을 분석하기 위해서 NIST(National Institute of Standards and Technology)의 해석프로그램인 FDS(Fire Dynamic Simulator)를 사용하여 동일한 실험조건에서 온도분포를 비교하였으며 노즐의 설치개수 변화에 대한 화재해석 및 실험결과로부터 워터커튼 시스템은 노즐의 설치위치와 개수, 화원으로부터의 거리, 제연 등의 설비 조건과 분사 노즐의 특성, 공급 유량 등이 중요한 상관관계를 갖고 있음을 확인하였다.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.30 no.2
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• pp.62-67
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• 2016

In this study, the optical depth is analyzed with the effects of droplet size distribution of the water curtain nozzle to attenuate the radiative heat transfer. The HELOS/VARIO equipment is used for the measurement of the droplet size distributions. The spray characteristics are quantified by the investigation of Deirmenjian's modified gamma distribution function. The distribution constant of the nozzle can be obtained as ${\alpha}=1$ and ${\gamma}=5.2$. The generalized equation of the optical depth related with the droplet size distribution is introduced. These results will be applicable to the analysis of the design condition of the water curtain nozzle.

• Proceedings of the KSEEG Conference
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.249-252
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• 2002

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.32 no.4
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• pp.17-24
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• 2018

This paper presents a numerical analysis of flow inside a water nozzle for fire fighting and observes the effect of the variation in primary components on internal flow. In order to observe the performance of water nozzles, they have been systematically designed and modelled, applying boundary conditions obtained from field experiments (inlet pressure at pump : 4 bar, and pressure outlet : atmospheric pressure). In addition, the governing equations were calculated to obtain velocity, pressure inside the nozzle. Two main parameters (the presence and length of sub-pipes) were considered with the aim to observe the detail internal flow characteristics. It is found that the base model is not significant on flow characteristics, but a negative effect (i. e. the reverse flow) at the entrance region of sub-pipe. On the other hand, the reverse flow was vanished when making the length of sub-pipe double.

• Proceedings of the KSEEG Conference
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• 2001.04a
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• pp.185-188
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• 2001

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2015.10a
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• pp.15-16
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• 2015

해저파이프라인 및 해저케이블 설치해역이 대수심으로 이동함에 따라 육지와는 다른 열악한 시공 환경에 놓이게 된다. 이때 파이프라인 및 케이블이 매설되는 해저지반 상태와 작업이 이루어지는 해역의 해상조건 등은 작업효율에 영향을 미치기 때문에 효율적인 시공이 필요하다. 본 논문은 구조물 매설에 앞서 해저지반 굴삭 작업을 수행하기 위해 ROV 트렌쳐의 하단에 장착되는 워터젯 굴삭기의 작업효율 및 시공성능 추정에 관한 연구이다. 먼저 전산유체해석을 통해 워터젯 굴삭기의 굴삭효율을 극대화할 수 있는 노즐 수량을 정하였고, 모형실험을 수행하여 굴삭기의 시공성능을 예측할 수 있는 최대 굴삭심도 및 최대 굴삭속도를 파악하였다. 이를 바탕으로 실제 운용중인 워터젯 굴삭장비들과 시공성능을 비교 분석하였다.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.1240-1247
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• 2003

Water jet nozzle for LCD has been used as a wet cleaning process in many industries. It is necessary for the nozzle to consider cleaning effect and flux. In this paper, we applied the bubble dynamic theory(Rayleight-Plesset equation) to improve the cleaning efficiency. Generally, Rayleigh-Plesset equations for cavitation bubbles are used in analyzing computer simulation for caviting flows. Burst of bubbles causes potential energies and we can use these energies to remove organic and inorganic compounds on the LCD. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze the bubble generations and axiomatic design by computational fluid dynamics(CFD). By comparing the weight matrix of neural networks to the design matrix of axiomatic design, we propose methods to verify designs objectively. The optimal solution could be deduced by the regression analysis using the design parameters.