• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제41권7호
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• pp.893-906
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• 2009

The present work presents the development of a Large Eddy Simulation (LES) methodology viable for complex geometries and suitable for the simulation of rod-bundles. The use of LES and Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) allows for a deeper analysis of the flow field and the use of stochastical tools in order to obtain additional insight into rod-bundle hydrodynamics. Moreover, traditional steady-state CFD simulations fail to accurately predict distributions of velocity and temperature in rod-bundles when the pitch (P) to diameter (D) ratio P/D is smaller than 1.1 for triangular lattices of cylindrical pins. This deficiency is considered to be due to the failure to predict large-scale coherent structures in the region of the gap. The main features of the code include multi-block capability and the use of the fractional step algorithm. As a Sub-Grid-Scale (SGS) model, a Dynamic Smagorinsky model has been used. The code has been tested on plane channel flow and the flow in annular ducts. The results are in excellent agreement with experiments and previous calculations.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.228-246
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• 2011

A 3D model based approach for a face representation and recognition algorithm has been investigated as a robust solution for pose and illumination variation. Since a generative 3D face model consists of a large number of vertices, a 3D model based face recognition system is generally inefficient in computation time and complexity. In this paper, we propose a novel 3D face representation algorithm based on a pixel to vertex map (PVM) to optimize the number of vertices. We explore shape and texture coefficient vectors of the 3D model by fitting it to an input face using inverse compositional image alignment (ICIA) to evaluate face recognition performance. Experimental results show that the proposed face representation and recognition algorithm is efficient in computation time while maintaining reasonable accuracy.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제51권4호
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• pp.347-354
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• 2018

도시유역에서 발생한 유출은 지표면뿐만 아니라 하수관망을 통해 배수되며, 도시침수 모의 수행시 하수관망을 수문학적 배수 시스템의 한 구성요로서 고려하는 것은 매우 중요하다. 그러나 도시 침수 모의를 수행하는 대부분의 연구자들이 적절한 기준에 준하지 않고 직관적으로 하수관망을 단순화시켜 모의를 수행하는 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 1D-2D 결합 도시침수 해석 모형을 이용하여 수지상 구조에 구분법에 기반하여 단순화된 하수관망의 도시침수 해석 결과에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 하수관망 해석을 위한 1차원 모델은 Lee et al. (2017)에 의해 소개된 모형으로서 지표면과 하수관망 사이의 유입과 역류를 동시에 모의할 수 있고, 2차원 지표면 모델은 불규칙 삼각망을 이용하여 지표수 흐름을 모의하며 1차원 하수관망 해석모형과 연계되어 도시침수를 모의할 수 있다. 하수관망은 수지상 구조 구분법에 기반하여 2차, 3차 그리고 단순화 하지 않은 경우로 구분할 수 있으며, 구분된 각 하수관망은 서울시 사당역 인근에 많은 침수 피해를 발생시킨 2011년 7월 27일 강우 사상에 적용하여 제안된 방법의 적용성을 평가하였다. 모든 케이스에 대하여 침수면적, 지표면에서 하수관망으로의 유입 유량, 하수관망에서 지표면으로의 역류 유량 등을 비교하였으며, 마지막으로 하수관망 단순화를 위한 적절한 기준 제시에 대한 논의를 수행하였다.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.123-128
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• 2020

Non-point source pollutant load reductions were calculated using the Hydrologic Simulation Program-Fortran (HSPF) model under the assumption that landuse pattern was changed according to land purchases. Upon the simulation of non-point pollutant and areas with high land purchase ratios to select a buffer zone, the Namgang dam Reach 11, Imha dam Reach 10, and the Reach 136 watershed of the main river were found to rank high for the construction of buffer zones. Assuming that the forms of the purchased lands were changed to wetlands, biological oxygen demand (BOD) loads were changed through the HSPF model. No changes of BOD were present in the Namgang dam and the Imha dam watersheds. BOD loads in Reach 136 according to landuse change were analyzed through a flow duration analysis based on the total maximum daily loads of the United States. The flow duration analyses undertaken to examine changes in BOD of main river Reach 136 watershed indicated a shift of 0.64 kg/d from 3.16 to 2.52 during high flow. The change of BOD under the conditions of moist, mid-range and dry were 11.9%, 9% and 4.5%. At the low flow condition, the variation range in the BOD load was from 0.58 kg/d to 0.41 kg/d.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.243-250
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• 2020

A down-flow hanging sponge (DHS) bioreactor was operated for the treatment of domestic wastewater. The Stover-Kincannon model was applied for kinetic evaluation of the reactor performance during the operational period. As a result, the coefficient of determination (R²) for straight lines of effluent concentration from the experimental data and from the predictive data of BOD₅; NH₄⁺-N; and TN were 0.9727; 0.9883; and 0.9934, respectively. The calculation of saturation value constant (Umax - g L^-1 d^-1) and maximum utilization rate constant (KB - g L-1 d-1) were 56.818 and 75.034 for BOD₅; 2.960 and 4.713 for NH₄⁺-N; 2.810 and 8.37 for TN, respectively. The study suggests that Stover-Kincannon model can be used for effective evaluation of kinetic removal of BOD₅; NH₄⁺-N; and TN from domestic wastewater treated in a DHS bioreactor.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.860-873
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• 1998

In a low speed open-type wind tunnel, a group of parallel wakes downstream of two dimensional grid model consisting of several circular cylinders were experimentally investigated to study the response of the wake flows to the acoustic excitation, in hoping to promote the understanding of the underlying mechanism behind the gross flow change due to artificial excitation. In the unexcited wake flows, the development of the individual wakes behind cylinders was almost uniform for the ratio of the spacing to the cylinder diameter of s/d.geq.1.5. For smaller s/d, however, the jet streams issued through the gaps between the cylinders became biased in one side and the cylinders had wakes of different sizes. At s/d=1.25, the gap flow directions change in time, leading to unstable wake patterns. Further reduction in s/d made this unstable flip-flopping of the jets stable. The most effective excitation frequency was found to be in the Strouhal number range of St=0.5-0.6. This frequency was related to the vortex shedding. At s/d=1.75, the excitation frequency was 2 or 4 times the vortex shedding frequency. When the flow was excited at this frequency, the vortex sheddings were energized, and pairings between neighboring vortices were generated. Also, the merging process between individual wakes was accelerated. The unstable and unbalanced wake patterns at s/d=2.15 were made stable and balanced. The unstable and unbalanced wake patterns at s/d=2.15 were made stable and balanced. For smaller spacing of s/d .leq,1.0, the acoustic excitation became less effective in controlling the flow.

• 대한지하수환경학회지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.101-109
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• 1998

암반대수층의 수리적 특성은 지하수의 통로가 되는 지질구조에 의해서 크게 좌우된다. 본 연구에서는 수직 지질구조와 관련된 일차원 흐름의 이론들에 대해서 논하였다. 그리고, 경북 영일군 대송면 옥명리에서 행한 두 번의 양수시험(양수시험 1과 양수시험 2)에 대해서, 프락탈 모델을 적용하여 이 지역 수리 특성을 분석하였다. 양수시험분석에 의하면, 양수시험 1(양수정 : D9호공, 관측정 : C3호공과 D7호공)의 시험공 주변은 무한한 길이의 그리고 무한소의 폭을 가지는 수직 지질구조에 의해서 지배되는 일차원 흐름으로 대표되나, 양수시험2의 양수정(D10호공) 주변은 이차원에 가까운 흐름(1.9∼2차원)을 보인다. 이와 같이, 균열암반대수층의 특징은 공간적으로 또는 시간적으로 유동 차원이 달라지는 경우가 많다.

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.40-46
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• 2015

This study investigated the accuracy of magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) and computed tomography angiography (CTA) in terms of reflecting the actual vascular length. Three-dimensional time of flight (3D TOF) MRA, 3D contrast-enhanced (CE) MRA, volume-rendering after CTA and maximum intensity projection were investigated using a flow model phantom with a diameter of 2.11 mm and area of $0.26cm^2$. 1.5 and 3.0 Tesla devices were used for 3D TOF MRA and 3D CE MRA. CTA was investigated using 16 and 64 channel CT scanners, and the images were transmitted and reconstructed by volume-rendering and maximum intensity projection, followed by conduit length measurement as described above. The smallest 3D TOF MRA measure was $2.51{\pm}0.12mm$ with a flow velocity of 40 cm/s using the 3.0 Tesla apparatus, and $2.57{\pm}0.07mm$ with a velocity of 71.5 cm/s using the 1.5 Tesla apparatus; both images were magnified from the actual measurement of 2.11 mm. The measurement with the 16 channel CT scanner was smaller ($3.83{\pm}0.37mm$) than the reconstructed image on maximum intensity projection. The images from CTA from examination apparatus and reconstruction technique were all larger than the actual measurement.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2007년도 춘계학술대회B
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• pp.2763-2768
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• 2007

Recently, as the semiconductor production technology develops, there has been growing interest in the cooling system using micro fluid pump. Among the various types of micro fluid pump, the valve-less diffuser/nozzle has been extensively studied in recent years. However, the flat-walled diffuser/nozzle flow has not been clearly looked into due to its non-linear characteristics. In this paper, the flow characteristics of the flat-walled diffuser/nozzle have been analyzed using similitude model and simulations. Similitude models are designed so that the flow pattern is same as that of 1/10 scale flow by using high viscous fluid as working fluid. The results are compared to the simulations. It is shown that the flow characteristics of 2D simulation are different from 3D simulations at high Re region, and the measured pump efficiency is highly dependent on the pressure difference as well as the channel geometry. From these results, the desirable conditions for the efficient pump is discussed.

• Ocean Systems Engineering
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.43-58
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• 2021

In the present work, a 3D numerical model is proposed to study local scouring around single vertical piers with different cross-section shapes under steady-current flow. The model solves the flow field and sediment transport processes using a coupled approach. The flow field is obtained by solving the Unsteady Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes (URANS) equations in combination with the k-ω SST turbulence closure model and the sediment transport is considered using both bedload and suspended load models. The proposed model is validated against the empirical measurements of local scour around single vertical piers with circular, square, and diamond cross-section shapes obtained from the literature. The measurement of scour depth in equilibrium condition for the simulations reveal the differences of 4.6%, 6.7% and 13.1% from the experimental measurements for the circular, square, and diamond pier cases, respectively. The model displayed a remarkable performance in the prediction of scour around circular and square piers where horseshoe vortices (HSVs) have a leading impact on scour progression. On the other hand, the maximum deviation was found in the case of the diamond pier where HSVs are weak and have minimum impact on the formation of local scour. Overall, the results confirm that the prediction capability of the present model is almost independent of the strength of the formed HSVs and pier cross-section shapes.