• 한국전산유체공학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.11-20
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• 2012

In this paper, the authors test various open codes and commercial codes based on CFD technology on the wind field around the complex terrain, which is a very important transport physics in the event of forrest fire. To study the physical mechanism inside the transition from surface fire to crown fire, the wake flow behind a parallel array of trees is studied numerically to show the flow separation in the turbulent boundary layer. Two sites near to Kunsan National University are chosen for the measurement of real wind field, and obtained data are compared with those from various computational codes such as Wind-Ninja, NIST-FDS, ANSYS-CFX, and ANSYS-FlUENT, etc. Through this research, feasibility and accuracy of the present CFD codes are investigated quantitatively, compared with the measured data with AWS.

• 한국전산유체공학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.54-60
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• 2016

The valve used in nuclear power plant must be qualified but the limitation of the test facility leads to use the numerical analysis. The flow coefficient is calculated with the consideration of the pressure, velocity and geometry. And the flow coefficient is the important physical property which is prepared using experiment or analysis by valve manufacturer. In this study, the analysis model was made according to ISA 75.02.01 and the mass flow rate and pressure drop ratio was calculated. The model of the expansion factor was applied to the simulation result and the pressure drop ratio at the start of the choked flow in the valve was found. With the simulation result, the consideration was performed that the expansion factor is the important physical property to the system engineer in addition to the flow coefficient.

• 한국전산유체공학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.19-29
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• 2016

A Prototype Gen-IV Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor which is one of the $4^{th}$ generation nuclear reactors is in development by Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute. The reactor is composed of four main fluid systems which are categorized by its functions, i.e., Primary Heat Transport System, Intermediate Heat Transport System, Decay Heat Removal System and Sodium-Water Reaction Pressure Relief System. The coolant of the reactor is liquid sodium and sodium-to-sodium heat exchangers are installed at the interfaces between two fluid systems, Intermediate Heat Exchangers between the Primary Heat Transport System and the Intermediate Heat Transport System and Decay Heat Exchangers between the Primary Heat Transport System and the Decay Heat Removal System. For the design and performance analysis of the Intermediate Heat Exchanger and the Decay Heat Exchanger, a computer code was written during previous step of research. In this work, the computer code named "SHXSA" has been validated preliminarily by computational fluid dynamics simulations.

• 한국전산유체공학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.39-47
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• 2016

We conducted a multi-stage optimization to secure the desired performance of a centrifugal fan for home appliance in an early stage of product development. In optimization, the static pressure at the outlet of the fan is chosen as an objective function that is to be maximized, providing the required flow rate at the operating point of the fan. The optimization procedure begins with parameters for an initial baseline fan design. The baseline design is optimized by using a commercial optimization package. Accordingly, the corresponding blade models with a set of geometrical parameters are generated. Flow through a fan is simulated by solving the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations. A multi-stage optimization scheme is employed to determine the family of optimum values for the parameters, leading to the pressure increase at the outlet of the fan. To validate the numerically obtained optimal design parameters, we fabricated the three types of fans using rapid prototyping and assessed the performance using a fan tester. Experimental results show that the design parameters at each stage satisfy the goal of optimization. The multi-stage optimization process turned out to be a useful tool in the development of a centrifugal fan.

• 한국전산유체공학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.95-103
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• 2011

In the block type VHTR core, there are inevitable gaps among core blocks for the installation and refueling of the fuel blocks. These gaps are called bypass gap and the bypass flow is defined as a coolant flows through the bypass gap. Distribution of core bypass flow varies according to the reactor operation since the graphite core blocks are deformed by the fast neutron irradiation and thermal expansion. Furthermore, the cross-flow through an interfacial gap between the stacked blocks causes flow mixing between the coolant holes and bypass gap, so that complicated flow distribution occurs in the core. Since the bypass flow affects core thermal margin and reactor efficiency, accurate prediction and evaluation of the core bypass flow are very important. In this regard, experimental and computational studies were carried out to evaluate the core bypass flow distribution. A multi-block experimental apparatus was constructed to measure flow and pressure distribution. Multi-block effect such as cross flow phenomenon was investigated in the experiment. The experimental data were used to validate a CFD model foranalysis of bypass flow characteristics in detail.

• 한국전산유체공학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.59-67
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• 2009

An accurate prediction of the bypass flow is of great importance in the VHTR core design concerning the fuel thermal margin. Nevertheless, there has not been much effort in evaluating the amount and the distribution of the core bypass flow. In order to evaluate the behavior and the distribution of the coolant flow, a unit-cell experiment was carried out. Unit-cell is the regular triangular section which is formed by connecting the centers of three hexagonal blocks. Various conditions such as the inlet mass flow rate, block combinations and the size of bypass gap were examined in the experiment. CFD analysis was carried out to analyze detailed characteristics of the flow distribution. Commercial CFD code FLUENT 6.3 was validated by comparing with the experimental results. In addition, SST model and standard k-$\varepsilon$ model were validated. The results of CFD simulation show good agreements with the experimental results. SST model shows better agreement than standard k-$\varepsilon$ model. Results showed that block combinations and the size of the bypass gap have an influence on the bypass flow ratio but the inlet mass flow rate does not.

• 융합신호처리학회논문지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.97-102
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• 2023

방향타는 조선 분야에서 중요한 역할을 하기 때문에 방향타의 유체역학적 특성을 조사하기 위해 수치 시뮬레이션이 수행되었다. 유체역학적 힘과 같은 일부 값은 예인 탱크에서 쉽게 측정할 수 있지만, 실험을 통해 압력 분포, 속도 분포, 와류 발생과 같은 유동장에 대한 자세한 정보를 얻기는 어렵다. 본 연구에서는 전산유체역학(CFD)을 이용하여 방향타에 작용하는 유체역학 계수와 레이놀즈수가 미치는 영향을 연구하였다. 상용 전산유체역학 프로그램 Ansys Fluent를 이용하여 방향타 주위의 유동 특성을 연구하였고, 이때 k-epsilon 난류 모델이 사용되었다. 먼저 CFD 상용코드를 이용하여 KCS 방향타의 받음각에 따른 항력계수와 양력계수를 구하였다. 둘째, 동일한 조건에서 2차원 양력계수와 항력계수를 3차원 계수와 비교되었다. 셋째, 레이놀즈수가 유체역학적 힘에 미치는 영향이 연구되었다.

• 한국전산유체공학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.96-106
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• 2008

We review a series of studies on turbulent skin friction drag reduction in wall-turbulence recently conducted in Japan. First, an identity equation relating the skin friction drag and the Reynolds shearstress (the FIK identity) is introduced. Based on the implication of the FIK identity, a new analytical suboptimal feedback control law requiring the streamwise wall-shear stress only is introduced and direct numerical simulation (DNS) results of turbulent pipe flow with that control is reported. We also introduce DNS of an anisotropic compliant surface and parameter optimization using an evolutionary optimization technique.

• 한국전산유체공학회지
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.60-65
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• 2002

한국항공우주연구원의 공기역학 분야 연구는 주로 항공기 및 발사체 개발에 관련되어있으며 형상 설계로부터 유동해석, 성능해석 및 비행시험에 이르기까지 개발사업의 중요한 부분을 담당하고 있다. 본 기고에서는 스마트 무인항공기와 성층권 비행선, 그리고 3단형과학로켓(KSR-Ⅲ) 등 주요 국가 항공우주 연구개발사업과 관련한 항공우주연구원 공기역학분야의 연구소개 및 연구개발 추진방향을 기술하였다.

• 한국전산유체공학회지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.21-31
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• 2003

A non-dissipative and very accurate one-dimensional upwind leapfrog method is extended to higher-order and multi-dimensional advection and acoustic equations. The higher-order versions are developed by extending the stencils in space and time. The schemes are then successfully applied to the classical test cases for advection and acoustics.