• Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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• v.23 no.5
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• pp.345-357
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• 2011

Recently, as part of diversifying energy sources and earth environmental issues, technology development of new renewable energy using wave energy is actively promoted and commercialized around Europe and Japan etc. In particular, OWC(Oscillating Water Column) wave power generation system using air flow induced by vertical movement of the water surface by waves in an air-chamber within caisson is known as the most efficient wave energy absorption device and therefore, is one of the wave power generation apparatus the closest to commercialization. This study examines air flow velocity, which operates turbine(Wells turbine) directly in oscillating water column type wave power generation structure from two-and three-dimensional numerical experiments and discusses optimal shape of oscillating water column type wave power generation structure by estimating the maximum flow rate of air according to change in shape. The three-dimensional numerical wave flume was applied in interpretation for this study which is the model for the immiscible two-phase flow based on the Navier-Stokes Equation. From this, it turned out that size of optimal shape appears differently according to the incident wave period and air flow is maximized at the period where minimum reflection ratio occurs.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.739-748
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• 2013

In this study, analytical works for the induced winds due to traveling vehicles on highway have been conducted by Computation Fluid Dynamics (CFD). The traveling condition was considered in two cases: (a) single direction and (b) bi-direction. The analysis was focused on the effects of the induced winds on the upper part of a median strip while the aerodynamic characteristics of the vehicles were directly analyzed in the previous studies. From the analysis results, it has been found that the maximum magnitude of the induced winds was 2.2 m/s when the vehicles travel with the speed of 50 km/h. Additionally, 4.0 m/s and 5.3 m/s were obtained with the speed of 90 km/h and 120 km/h, respectively. Especially, the induced winds was generated about 84% of the vehicle speed at 1.0 m above from the median strip when the vehicles travel with the speed of 120 km/h. The induced winds was maintained during the very short period while the traveling. conclusively, it is noted that the wind power generation can be possible by using the small-sized wind power generators installed on median strips throughout the analytical results in this study.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.145-152
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• 2009

In this paper, dynamic instability of plane membrane structures under wind action has been studied. The key to solving the governing equations of membrane structures under wind action is how to obtain the air pressure on membrane. Based on Bernoulli's theorem, fluid pressure has a certain relationship with velocity potential. Velocity potential could be solved according to thin aerofoil theory, where air around the membrane is regarded as a sheet of vortices. In this paper, we take advantage of the most commonly used three-node triangular membrane element and weighted residual-Galerkin method to obtain the determining equation for stability evaluation. Square and rectangular membrane structures are studied. The influence of initial prestressing force and wind direction towards critical wind velocity are also analyzed in this paper.

• Magazine of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.87-102
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• 1990

개방식과수로는 낮은 압력으로 다량의 용수를 수송할 수 있는 장점을 갖고 있으나 유량변동에 의한 서어징현상이 현저한 것이 단점이다. 관로내의 흐름을 안정시키기 위해서는 이 서어징의 특성이 규명되어 대규모의 서어징에 대한 대책이 강구되어야 할 것이다. 개방식관수로계의 서어징을 강성수주이론으로 계산하기 위하여 운동방정식 연속방정식가 스탠드 수조의 중간벽에 설치된 언의 월유공식등을 조합한 기초방정식이 유도되었다. 본 연구의 수치해석 모델은 가장 일반적인 4차의 Runge-Kutter 방법을 사용하였으며, 이 모델의 정당성과 프로그램의 유통성을 검증하기 위하여 수리모형실험치와 수치해석치가 비교되었다. 그 결과 관로에 공기의 혼입이 없는 경우에는 실험치와 해석치가 실용상의 지장이 없는 정도로 잘 일치되었지만, 공기의 혼입이 발생되는 경우에는 실험치가 해석치에 비해 약간 크게 나타나서 이 경우에도 서러징의 해석이 가능한 새로운 모델의 개발이 필요한 것으로 생각된다. 또한 본 강성수주 모델을 이용하여 현재 서어징 문제로 곤란을 받고 있는 일본 자하연 비파호 부근의 용수간선을 대상으로 그 서어징의 특성과 개선방법을 경계한 결과 개설 개방식관수로계의 스탠드 중 매3개소 스탠드마다 1개소 스탠드의 하류측 수조 수면적 확장하는 것이 타당성이 있는 것으로 해석되었다.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2001.11b
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• pp.65-70
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• 2001

OH radical and NOx have been measured in a methane-air partially premixed flame using PLIF technique to define preheated air combustion characteristics. The temperature of mixture is determined by 300K, 400K, 600K and 800K below the auto-ignition temperature respectively. Flame height increases as equivalence ratio increased. As initial enthalpy is supplied, the radius of flame was increased and much amount of yellow flame in rich equivalence ratio was observed. This is due to the faster burning velocity. Also initial oxidization begins earlier as the initial temperature of mixture increased. It means that height of premixed flame front decreased. This phenomenon can be observed OH PLIF image. The qualitative analysis of OH concentration in the PLIF image shows that overall OH concentration increases with equivalence ratio and the initial temperature of mixture increased. At the preheating temperature goes up, axial gradient of OH concentration is less steep than that of lower temperature condition. This may identify that combustion reacts continuously, so preheated air combustion can evade the local heating and make high temperature indiscriminately in the overall reaction zone.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.27 no.5
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• pp.596-603
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• 2003

Present study has been conducted to see the relative effects of adding N: to fuel-side and air-side on flame structure, soot formation and NOx emissions. Experiments were carried out to ascertain to what degree chemical kinetics and/or molecular transport effects can explain the differences in soot formation and NOx emission by studying laminar diffusion flames. Direct photograph was taken to see the flame structure. CARS techniques was used to get the flame temperature profiles. And spatial distribution of soot could be obtained by PLII method. CHEMKIN code was also used to estimate the global residence time to predict NOx emissions at each condition. Results from these studies indicate that fuel-side dilution is more effective than air-side dilution in view of NOx emissions. However, air-side dilution shows greater effectiveness over fuel-side dilution in soot formation. And turbulent mixing and heat transfer problems were thought to be considered in practical applications.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.26 no.7
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• pp.1039-1046
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• 2002

Co-flow axisymmetric laminar premixed flame of methane was used to study the influence of air temperature and $N_2$ addition on the flame structure, temperature field and emission characteristics. OH 2-D images and temperatures along the centerline were measured experimentally by PLIF and CARS techniques respectively to observe the influences of dilution and thermal effects of $N_2$ in the gas mixture. Also, the concentration of NOx was measured at each condition by gas analyser to see the suppression effect of N2 addition on NOx emissions. It was found that OH concentrations distribute widely as air temperature goes higher, while the effect of $N_2$ addition is not significant. But $N_2$ addition highly contributes to the flame front and NOx emissions which was argued to be due to the reduction of flame temperature. In accordance with experimental study, numerical simulation using CHEMKlN code was carried out to compare the temperature results with those acquired by CARS measurement, and we could find that there is good agreement between those results.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.40 no.7
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• pp.629-635
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• 2016

This paper presents a method for predicting and tracking the irregular motion of bio-systems, - such as petals of flowers, butterflies or seeds of dandelion - based on the particle filtering theory. In bio-inspired system design, the ability to predict the dynamic motion of particles through adequate, experimentally verified models is important. The modeling of petal particle systems falling in air was carried out using the Bayesian probability rule. The experimental results show that the suggested method has good predictive power in the case of random disturbances induced by the turbulence of air.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.44 no.6
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• pp.512-519
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• 2016

Auxiliary Power Unit of FA-50 which provides energy other than propulsion is an important element to maintain airworthiness on aircraft. Also Inlet Guide Vane of Auxiliary Power Unit is a device that supplies appropriate airflow into the Auxiliary Power Unit after adjusting influent airflow into the load compressor. This report, based on the problems occurred the driving gears of Inlet Guide Vane, deals with cause of occurrence, troubleshooting, design improvement and result of test flight verification for FA-50 aircraft Auxiliary Power Unit lifespan.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.369-374
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• 2010

This paper presents a numerical investigation of the Deflagration to Detonation Transition (DDT) of flame acceleration by a shock wave in combustible gas mixture. A model consisting of the reactive compressible Navier-Stokes equations is used. The effects of viscosity, thermal conduction, species diffusion, and chemical reactions are included. Using this model, the generation of hot spots by repeated shock and flame interaction in front and back of flame and the change of detonation occurrence by various shock intensities (Ms=1.1, 1.2, 1.3) are studied. The simulations show that as the incident shock intensity increases, the Richtmyer-Meshkov (RM) instability becomes stronger and DDT occurrence time is reduced.