• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.25 no.6
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• pp.795-801
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• 2019

The aim of this study was to investigate the possibility of the skin-friction reduction by vortex control. A vortical system such as a horseshoe vortex, a hairpin vortex, and a wake region was induced around a hemisphere attached on a Perspex flat plate in the circulating water channel. Hairpin vortices were developed from the wake region and horseshoe vortices were formed by an adverse pressure gradient in front of the hemisphere. The horseshoe vortices located on the flank of the hemisphere induced a high momentum flow in the wake region by the direction of their vorticity. This process increased the frequency of the hairpin vortices as well as the frictional drag on the surface of the wake region. To reduce the skin-friction drag, suction control in front of the hemisphere was applied through a hole. Flow visualization was performed to optimize the free-stream velocity, size of the hemisphere, and size of the suction hole. Once the wall suction control mitigated the strength of the horseshoe vortex, the energy supplied to the wake region was reduced, causing the frequency of the hairpin vortex generation to decrease by 36.4 %. In addition, the change in the skin-friction drag, which was measured with a dynamometer connected to a plate in the wake region, also decreased by 2.3 %.

• Proceedings of KOSOMES biannual meeting
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.177-183
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• 2007

Flow characteristics of the cylinder wake controlled with a small control cylinder were experimentally investigated by the PN (Particle Image Velocimetry) technique. Flow visualization of the flow around a circular cylinder was conducted in the Circulating Water Channel. The control cylinder having diameter of d=5mm, 10mm and 20mm was installed behind a circular cylinder of D=50mm. And the Reynolds number were $Re=4.9{\times}10^3,\;Re=9.9{times}10^3$ and $Re=1.9{\times}10^4$. In this study, the frequency characteristics of the controlled wake were analyzed by using spectral analysis of the measured wake velocity signals. As a result, the controlled wake had smaller vortex shedding frequency than that of circular cylinder wake by the effect of the control cylinder. Governing parameters of the flow control were d/D, and Reynolds number and they largely influenced the frequency characteristics of the cylinder wake. And vortex shedding frequency appeared most lowly at d=0.2D

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2012.06a
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• pp.289-290
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 고정식 해양구조물의 지지각으로 사용되는 원형실린더에 나선형 판을 부착하여 와류유기진동에 미치는 영향을 고찰하였다. 연구의 목적을 달성하기 위해 $Re=6.5{\times}10^3$의 균일유입유동에서 2-프레임 그레이레벨 상호상관 PIV기법을 이용한 실험적인 방법을 적용하였다. 모델의 직경은 40mm이며 후류 유동구조, 난류강도, 응력분포에 대한 통계적 유동정보를 계측하였다. 실험결과로는 원형실린더와 뱃전판을 부착한 실린더와의 비교를 통해 뱃전판의 유동특정을 평가하였으며, 뱃전판의 영향은 후류에서 와의 생성과 소멸 메커니즘의 변화에 큰 영향을 미치고 후류 칼만 와열의 안정적인 제어를 통해 와류유기진동을 억제하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Visualization
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.12-16
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• 2010

The effect of vortex generators to manipulate the separated flow region behind the vertical fence was experimentally investigated. The experiments were performed in the circulating water channel. The parameters used in this study were the distance between the fence and vortex generators and size of vortex generators. Digital PIV method was applied to measure the instantaneous velocity fields around the fence. And the obtained flow properties were compared with those of fence How without the vortex generators. The obtained results quantitatively shows the specific size and distance of vortex generators which were effective to reduce the mean reattachment length of separation bubble behind the fence.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.32 no.6
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• pp.16-22
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• 2004

Unsteady vortex shedding behind a rectangular cylinder near a wall influences both increasing of drag and dynamic stability of heavy vehicle, bridge or building. Incompressible Averaged Navier-Stokes equation with modified ${\varepsilon}-SST$ turbulence model is adapted for investigating the flow field between the rectangular cylinder and the wall. In case the vortex shedding happens, not only the averaged maximum velocity is higher than other cases, but the position of the maximum velocity is closer to the lower surface of rectangular cylinder. On this study, it is confirmed that the vortex shedding behind a rectangular cylinder can be suppressed by the passive control method added by horizontal and vertical fences to the lower surface of rectangular cylinder.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.92-100
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• 2018

Vortical systems are considered a main feature to sustain turbulence in a boundary layer through interaction. Such turbulent structures result in frictional drag and erosion or vibration in engineering applications. Research for controlling turbulent flow has been actively carried out, but in order to show the effect of vortices in a turbulent boundary layer, it is necessary to clarify the mechanism by which turbulent energy is transferred. For this purpose, it is convenient to demonstrate and capture phenomena in a laminar boundary layer. Therefore, in this study, the interactions of disturbed flow around a hemisphere on a flat plate in laminar flow were analyzed. In other words, a street of hairpin vortices was generated following a wake region formed after flow separation occurred over a hemisphere. Necklace vortices surrounding the hemisphere also appeared due to a strong adverse pressure gradient that brought high momentum fluid into the wake region thereby leading to an increase in the frequency of hairpin vortices. To mitigate the effect of these necklace vortices, local suction control was applied through a hole in front of the hemisphere. Flow visualization was recorded to qualitatively determine flow modifications, and hot-film measurements quantitatively supported conclusions on how much the power of the hairpin vortices was reduced by local wall suction.

• Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.751-759
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• 2008

In this study, the effect of an unsteady flow field around a body of aerostatic/aerodynamic forces were investigated using rectangular cylinders (B/D = 2, 3, 4, 5). Proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) was introduced to the analysis of the fluctuating pressure field that was measured on the stationary/oscillatory B/D=4 rectangular cylinder, and the characteristics of the proper functions with flow patterns were identified. In addition, the physical decoupling and interactions in the different co-existing flow patterns were investigated through POD. The comparison with the identified proper function associated with a particular flow pattern revealed that the Karman vortex is almost not affected by the separation bubble, but that the Karman vortex considerably interferes in the development of the separation bubble around the trailing edge. It can be considered that the Karman vortex induces the increment of the curvature of the substantial separated flow.

• Proceeding of EDISON Challenge
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• 2013.04a
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• pp.305-309
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 유체역학적인 후류 효과를 제어하고 항력을 이용하여 구체를 안정적으로 부양하는 방법을 해석 및 실험적으로 고찰하였다. 물체를 공중에 부양할 때는 물체가 받는 중력과 제트에 의하여 공급되는 항력이 평형을 이루어야 한다. 이 때 공기의 흐름의 레이놀즈 수에 따라 공기가 구체를 지나가며 구체후면에 생기는 후류에 의하여 부양상태가 불안정하게 될 수 있다. 구체의 운동이 제트에 의하여 안정되는 현상은 베르누이 및 코안다 효과로 설명할 수 있다. 에디슨을 이용하여 레이놀즈 수에 따른 실린더에 작용하는 항력과 후류에 의한 불안정화 힘을 해석적으로 구하였으며 이를 실험적으로 고속카메라를 이용하여 부양 거리, 안정도 등을 측정하여 비교하였다. 고찰 결과 레이놀즈 수가 작을수록 더 안정됨을 확인하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.33 no.6
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• pp.8-14
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• 2005

Understanding of the flow past a bluff body close to a moving ground is very important in automobile and aeronautical fields because of aerodynamic characteristic and instability induced by unsteady vortex shedding. The passive control method that mounted the vertical and horizontal plates at the lower surface of the cylinder is studied to suppress the unsteady oscillation motion. When the grounds moves, the diminish of the shear layer on the ground promotes the interaction between the lower and the upper separated shear layers of the cylinder, hence vortex shedding occurs at the lower gap height than the stationary ground.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Mechanical Technology
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.57-62
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• 2011

In this study, a experimental work to investigate the influence of a turbulent wake flow on the velocity distribution of a diffuser with PIV method. The turbulent wake is generated by a rectangular prism, which is installed at the inlet of a diffuser. The results show that the velocity recovery of the subsonic diffuser is dependent on the height and location of rectangular prism. It is found that a certain height of the rectangular prism to generate the turbulent wake give a better velocity recovery, compared with no rectangular prism.