• Architectural research
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.151-158
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• 2013

Offshore oil and gas process plants are exposed to hazardous accidents such as explosion and fire, so that the structural components should resist such accidental loads. Given the possibilities of thousands of different scenarios for the occurrence of an accidental hazard, the best way to predict a reasonable size of a specific accidental load would be the employment of a probabilistic approach. Having the fact that a specific procedure for probabilistic accidental hazard analysis has not yet been established especially for explosion and fire hazards, it is widely accepted that engineers usually take simple and conservative figures in assuming uncertainties inherent in the procedure, resulting either in underestimation or more likely in overestimation in the topside structural design for offshore plants. The variation in the results of a probabilistic approach is determined by the assumptions accepted in the procedures of explosion probability computation, explosion analysis, and structural analysis. A design overpressure load for a sample offshore plant is determined according to the proposed probabilistic approach in this study. CFD analysis results using a Flame Acceleration Simulator, FLACS_v9.1, are utilized to create an overpressure hazard curve. Moreover, the negative impulse and frequency contents of a blast wave are considerably influencing structural responses, but those are completely ignored in a widely used triangular form of blast wave. An idealistic blast wave profile deploying both negative and positive pulses is proposed in this study. A topside process module and piperack with blast wall are 3D FE modeled for structural analysis using LS-DYNA. Three different types of blast wave profiles are applied, two of typical triangular forms having different impulse and the proposed load profile. In conclusion, it is found that a typical triangular blast load leads to overestimation in structural design.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.47 no.11
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• pp.779-786
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• 2019

Effects of chamfered perforated plate on pressure loss characteristics were studied with CFD analysis. Both inlet chamfer angle and outlet chamfer angle were considered. Perforated patterns were compared by pressure loss coefficient in certain porosity and Reynolds number. Reynolds number effects were studied for several chamfer angles and plate thickness. As the inlet chamfer angle was increased, the pressure loss coefficient was decreased until the certain angle and reversed to increase. In the outlet chamfered shape cases, the pressure loss coefficient was increased with chamfer angle. Effects of pattern shapes and Reynolds number on pressure loss characteristics were negligible with different chamfer angles and thickness studied in this paper.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.48 no.10
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• pp.745-752
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• 2020

A numerical study was carried out to evaluate the aerodynamic characteristics of the supersonic grid fins installed on SpaceX Falcon 9. The unit-grid-fin concept was utilized for more efficient and simpler 3-D steady flow calculations. Pre- and post-correction processes that accounted the interference effects by the angle of attack of the missile, the influences of the outer frame of the grid fin and the connecting rods were improved in the study, and it was demonstrated that the present correction method was more accurate as compared to previous studies. Finally, the present approach was applied to evaluate the aerodynamic characteristics in transonic/supersonic flights of SpaceX Falcon 9 with various angle of attacks.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.48 no.11
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• pp.911-925
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• 2020

Aircraft ice protection systems are applied to the window shield, engine inlet, and wings to protect the aircraft from ice that may form on the surfaces of aircraft and sensors during operation. Icing on the aircraft can cause serious accidents by degrading the flight stability of the aircraft and by malfunctions in sensors such as the air data probe. Various types of ice protection systems have been developed for aircraft in the past. The electro-thermal type ice protection system contributes greatly to improving energy efficiency in a relatively simple structure, and has established itself as one of most popular ice protection systems for modern aircraft. In this review, two representative ice protection systems-hot-air and electro-thermal types-were intensively analyzed, and the prospect of ice protection systems was discussed based on the current status and application cases.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.48 no.11
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• pp.849-859
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• 2020

The semi-empirical equation and commercial computational tool were used to predict the base drag of a guided missile with free-stream Mach numbers and chamber pressures, and the results were generally agree each other. Differences in flow characteristics and base drags were observed with over/under expansion conditions by the nozzle. Under the over-expansion condition, the base pressure decreased as the expansion fan was generated at upper region of the base, and base pressure decreased further with increasing free-stream Mach number as the expansion becomes strong. Under the under-expansion conditions, a shock wave was generated around the base by the influence of the nozzle flow, which increased the base pressure, and the effect increased as the chamber pressure increased. Under the same chamber pressure condition, as the free-stream Mach number increases, the characteristic that the base pressure decreases as the shock wave generated at the base moves downstream was observed.

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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• v.10 no.6
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• pp.253-260
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• 2015

In this study, using the FDS as the fire simulation and evacuation simulations of the Pathfinder, set the main control room of the building to the fire point fire safety assessment studies were carried out. At first the quantitative result such as distribution of visibility as time passing, distribution of temperature, distribution of CO density produced results using fire-simulation and evacuation-simulation was carried out based on the result that produced the final safety evaluation result as being calculated of evacuation time. As the risk increased with the distribution of visibility at the result of fire-simulation, evacuation-simulation was carried out using the result. Finally the result was made 127.9 sec that everyone could evacuate. The numerical results are analyzed in case of the places in the building required safe egress time for safety a as the analysis to be no more than available safe egress time was analyzed to be secured. The results of this safety evaluation represent that more smooth evacuation safety performance can be secured by linking the event of fire firefighting equipment as a result of simulating the worst conditions.

• Journal of computational fluids engineering
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.1-8
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• 2013

The performance of small-size impellers with ruled surfaces was investigated for flank milling over a wide speed range, using computational fluid dynamics analyses and gas bench tests. An impeller with a ruled surface was designed, manufactured, and tested to evaluate the effects of blade loading, the backsweep angle, and the relative velocity distribution on the compressor performance. The simulations and tests were completed using the same compressor cover with identical inlet and outlet channels to accurately compare the performance of the abovementioned impeller with a commercial impeller containing sculptured blades. Both impellers have the same number of blades, number of splitters, and shroud meridional profiles. The backsweep angles of the blades on the ruled impeller were selected to work with the same pinched diffuser as for a sculptured impeller. The inlet-to-exit relative velocity diffusion ratio and the blade loading were provided to maximize the flow rate and to minimize the surge flow rate. The design flow rate, rpm, were selected same for both impellers. Test results showed that for the compressor stage with a ruled impeller, the efficiency was increased by 0.32% with an extended surge margin without a reduction in the pressure ratio as compared to the impeller with the sculptured design. It was concluded that an increased relative velocity diffusion coupled with a large backsweep angle was an effective way to improve the compressor stage efficiency. Additionally, an appropriate blade loading distribution was important for achieving a wide operating range and higher efficiency.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.39 no.10
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• pp.1002-1010
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• 2015

Natural gas hydrates are newly emerging as an environment-friendly source of energy to substitute for fossil fuels in the 21stcentury.NGHs are reported to holds much amounts of natural gas (up to 182 standard volumes of gas per volume of hydrate); they are easy to store and safe to carry at about minus 20 degree Celsius under atmospheric pressure because of the self-preservation phenomenon of gas hydrates. The transporting method by gas-ice-hydrate ship carriers has been introduced and developed by a variety of industry and research institutions. Our team has been conducted to develop NGH total systems, including a breakthrough NGH carrier for sea transportation, since 2011. The NGH pellet carrier does not require a separate cooling system for cargo, and the initial temperature is maintained through insulation of the cargo tanks throughout the transport to the final destination. The heat conducted from the exterior and passing through the insulation material of the hull should be cut off as much as possible, but heat inflow inside the cargo tank from an external source is inevitable during transport. In this study, the heat transfer in a cargo tank of a 115K NGH carrier was analyzed through simulation with a commercial CFD code to estimate the boil-off gas/boil-off rate on the developed carrier and understand major hazards that could significantly impact the safety of the vessel.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.36 no.8
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• pp.821-828
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• 2012

Increasing heat generation in CPUs can hamper effective recirculation and by-pass because of the large temperature difference between the exhaust and the intake air through a server room. This increases the overall temperature inside a data center and decreases the efficiency of the data center's cooling system. The purpose of the data center's cooling system is to separate the intake and exhaust air by controlling the computer room air-conditioner(CRAC). In this study, ICEPAK is used to conduct a numerical analysis of a data center's cooling system. The temperature distribution and the entire room are analyzed for different volumetric flow rates. The optimized volumetric flow rate is found for each CPU power. The heat removal and temperature distribution for CPU powers of 100, 120, and 140 W are found to be the best for a volumetric flow rate of $0.15m^3/s$. The numerical analysis is verified through RTI indicators, and the results appear to be the most reliable when the RTI value is 81.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2010.08a
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• pp.97-97
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• 2010

많은 플라즈마 공정 중에 건식 식각은 복잡하고 표면반응이 잘 알려지지 않은 등의 이유로 가장 어려운 분야 중의 하나이다. 이러한 이유로 식각 장치 디자인뿐만 아니라 플라즈마를 이용한 건식 식각의 공정 조건은 수많은 시행착오를 통해 시도되어 왔다. 이런 문제들을 극복하기 위해 많은 연구자들에 의해서 다양한 방법과 tool을 이용해 모델링이 시도되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 $CF_4$ 가스를 이용한 유도결합 플라즈마에 의해 Si와 $SiO_2$를 식각하는 것을 상용 프로그램인 전산모사 유체역학 시뮬레이터인 CFD-ACE+를 이용하여 모델링했다. 150 mm 직경의 웨이퍼에 대한 모델은 식각 속도 실험결과와 비교 하였다. Ar의 경우 20 mTorr에서 13.56 MHz, 500 W인가 시 2.0 eV의 전자온도와 $7.3{\times}10^{11}\;cm^{-3}$의 전자밀도가 계산결과와 상당히 일치하게 측정되었고, $CF_4$를 이용한 $SiO_2$ 식각에서도 식각 속도가 평균 190 nm/min로 일치했고 식각 균일도는 3% 였다. 450 mm 웨이퍼 공정용 장치의 모델 계산 결과에서는 안테나와 기판의 거리, 챔버의 단면적, 기판 지지대와 배기구와의 높이 등 기하학적인 구조와 각 안테나 턴의 위치 및 전류비가 플라즈마 균일도에 많은 영향을 주었으며, 안쪽부터 4 turn이 있는 경우 2번째, 4번째 turn에만 1:4의 전류비를 인가했을 때, 수십%의 전자밀도의 불균일도를 4.7%까지 낮출 수 있었다. 또한, Si 식각에서는 식각 속도의 분포가 F radical의 분포와 같은 경향을 보임을 확인했고, $SiO_2$ 식각에서는 전자 밀도의 분포와 일치함을 확인함으로써 균일한 식각을 위해서 두 물질의 식각 공정에서는 다른 접근의 시도가 필요함을 확인했다. 플라즈마의 준중성 조건을 이용해서 Poisson 방정식을 풀지 않고 sheath를 해석적 모델로 처리하는 방법과, Poisson 식으로 정전기장을 푸는 방법을 통해서 입사 이온의 에너지 분포를 비교하였다. 에너지 범위는 80~120 eV로 같지만, 실험에서는 IED가 낮은 에너지 쪽이 더 높게 측정됐고, 계산 결과에서는 높은 에너지 쪽이 높았다.