• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.303-310
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• 2014

In order to reduce friction and improve reliability, researchers have applied various surface texturing methods to highly sliding machine elements such as mechanical seals and piston rings. Despite extensive theoretical research on surface texturing, previous numerical results are only applicable to isothermal and iso-viscous conditions. Because the lubricant flow pattern of textured bearing surfaces is much more complicated than that for non-textured bearings, the Navier?Stokes equation is more suitable than the Reynolds equation for the former. This study carries out a thermohydrodynamic (THD) lubrication analysis to investigate the lubrication characteristics of a single micro-dimpled parallel thrust bearing cell. The analysis involves using the continuity, Navier?Stokes, energy, temperature?viscosity relation, and heat conduction equations with the commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code FLUENT. This study discretizes these equations using the finite volume method and solves them using the SIMPLE algorithm. The results include finding the streamlines, pressure and temperature distributions, and variations in the friction force and leakage for various dimple radii and depths. Increasing the dimple radius and decreasing the depth causes a recirculation flow to form because of a strong vortex, and the oil temperature greatly increases compared with the non-textured case. The present numerical scheme and results are applicable to THD analysis of various surface-textured sliding bearings and can lead to further study.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제39권10호
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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.

• International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.363-374
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• 2009

The 2D flow around 13 similar stay-vane profiles with different trailing edge geometries is investigated to determinate the main characteristics of the excitation forces for each one of them and their respective dynamic behaviors when modeled as a free-oscillating system. The main goal is avoid problems with cracks of hydraulic turbines components. A stay vane profile with a history of cracks was selected as the basis for this work. The commercial finite-volume code $FLUENT^{(R)}$ was employed in the simulations of the stationary profiles and, then, modified to take into account the transversal motion of elastically mounted profiles with equivalent structural stiffness and damping. The k-$\omega$ SST turbulence model is employed in all simulations and a deforming mesh technique used for models with profile motion. The static-model simulations were carried out for each one of the 13 geometries using a constant far field flow velocity value in order to determine the lift force oscillating frequency and amplitude as a function of the geometry. The free-oscillating stay-vane simulations were run with a low mass-damping parameter ($m^*{\xi}=0.0072$) and a single mean flow velocity value (5m/s). The structural bending stiffness of the stay-vane is defined by the Reduced Velocity parameter (Vr). The dynamic analyses were divided into two sets. The first set of simulations was carried out only for one profile with $2{\leq}Vr{\leq}12$. The second set of simulations focused on determining the behavior of each one of the 13 profiles in resonance.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.288-295
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• 2017

In order to improve the efficiency and reliability of the machine, the friction should be minimized. The most widely used method to minimize friction is to maintain the fluid lubrication state. However, we can reduce friction only up to a certain limit because of viscosity. As a result of several recent studies, surface texturing has significantly reduced the friction in highly sliding machine elements, such as mechanical seals and thrust bearings. Thus far, theoretical studies have mainly focused on isothermal/iso-viscous conditions and have not taken into account the heat generation, caused by high viscous shear, and the temperature conditions on the bearing surface. In this study, we investigate the effect of dimple depth and film-temperature boundary conditions on the thermohydrodynamic (THD) lubrication of textured parallel slider bearings. We analyzed the continuity equation, the Navier-Stokes equation, the energy equation, and the temperature-viscosity and temperature-density relations using a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code, FLUENT. We compare the temperature and pressure distributions at various dimple depths. The increase in oil temperature caused by viscous shear was higher in the dimple than in the bearing outlet because of the action of the strong vortex generated in the dimple. The lubrication characteristics significantly change with variations in the dimple depths and film-temperature boundary conditions. We can use the current results as basic data for optimum surface texturing; however, further studies are required for various temperature boundary conditions.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.52-57
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 에너지방정식과 비정상 비압축성 Navier-Stokes 방적식을 사용하여 동절기 소방배관의 동파방지를 위한 최적의 열선위치를 확인하였다. 물의 자연대류와 소방 배관의 전도 열방정식이 결합된 복합열전달을 해석하였다. 혼합 열전달 배관 내 물의 비정상적인 유동과 온도분포를 확인하기 위하여 SIMPLE 형태의 알고리즘을 기반으로 한 상용코드(ANSYS-FLUENT)가 사용되었다. 수치해석을 수행하여 등온선과 벡터장을 살펴보았다. 물의 열팽창계수를 일정하다고 가정할 때 소방 배관 단면의 하부에 열선을 설치하는 것이 다른 위치에 설치하는 것보다 시간에 따른 물의 최저온도가 가장 높아서 동파방지에 가장 효과적인 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.33-39
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• 2015

본 논문에서는 동절기 소방용 CPVC 배관의 동파방지를 위하여 최적의 열선위치를 에너지방정식과 비정상 비압축성 Navier-stokes 방정식을 사용하여 수치해석을 수행하였다. CPVC 배관은 탄소강관과 열용량 등 주요 물성에 큰 차이가 있어 배관 내 물의 유동에 큰 차이를 보이는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 물의 자연대류와 CPVC 배관의 열전도가 결합된 복합열전달을 해석하였다. 상용코드(Fluent)를 사용하여 혼합 열전달 배관 내 물의 비정상적인 유동과 온도분포를 확인하였다. 소방용 CPVC 배관 단면의 하부에 열선을 설치하는 것이 다른 위치에 설치하는 것보다 시간에 따른 물의 최저 온도가 가장 높아서 동파방지에 보다 효과적인 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.74-80
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• 2008

A combustion of CAI engine is purely dominated by fuel chemical reactions. In order to simulate the combustion of CAI engine, it should be considered the effect of fuel components and chemical kinetics. So it needs enormous computational power. To overcome this problem reduced problem of needing massive computational power, chemical kinetic mechanism and multi-zone method is proposed here in this paper. A reduced chemical kinetic mechanism for a gasoline surrogate was used in this study for a CAI combustion. This gasoline surrogate was modeled as a blend of iso-octane, n-heptane, and toluene. For the analysis of CAI combustion, a multi-zone method as combustion model for a CAI engine was developed and incorporated into the computational fluid dynamics code, STAR-CD, for computing efficiency. This coupled multi-zone model can calculate 3 dimensional computational fluid dynamics and multi-zoned chemical reaction simultaneously in one time step. In other words, every computational cell interacts with the adjacent cells during the chemical reaction process. It can enhance the reality of multi-zone model. A greatly time-saving and yet still relatively accurate CAI combustion simulation model based on the above mentioned two efficient methodologies, is thus proposed.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.92-100
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• 2002

본 연구에서는 천음속 미소교란 방정식을 이용하여 조종면의 강제 조화 운동을 고려한 전기체 형상에 대하여 천음속/초음속 비선형 플러터 특성을 파악할 수 있는 정밀 해석 시스템을 개발하였다. 본 시스템에는 충격파의 비선형 특성을 고려하기 위해 전산구조동역학, 유한요소해석 및 전산유체역학 기법을 동시에 연계하여 적용하는 연계시간 적분법을 도입하였다. 복잡한 전기체 형상에 대한 효과적인 격자생성을 위해 자체 자동격자 생성프로그램이 개발되었다. 천음속과 초음속 속도 영역에서 전기체 항공기에 대한 정적/동적 공탄성 특성을 고찰하였으며, 시간 영역에서 조종면 강제 조화운동에 대한 플러터 비행시험 시뮬레이션 결과들을 제시하였다.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제33권9호
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• pp.34-40
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• 2005

본 연구에서는 비정상 유동해석을 위한 CFD 코드의 개발을 위해 대각화 ADI 기법을 적용한 정상 해석기법과 내재적 이중시간 전진기법을 도입하였다. 정상상태 Navier-Stokes 방정식의 Jacobian 행렬은 비점성항에 대해서만 적용하였고 여기에 내재적 인공점성 연산자를 첨가하여 블록 5대각 행렬을 유도하였다. 시간단축을 위해 스칼라 5대각 행렬로 대체하였다. 가상시간에 대한 정상상태기법에 실시간에 대한 미분항이 포함된 새로운 잔류항을 정의하였다. 가상시간에 대해 수렴된 해로부터 실시간 해를 구하고 시간에 대해 적분을 수행하는 내재적 이중시간 전진기법을 이용한 비정상 Navier-Stokes 코드를 개발하였다. 이에 대한 검증으로 정지한 유체속에 진동하는 평판문제, 원기둥 후방의 주기적인 Karman 와류생성, 이중원호 익형주위의 충격파 진동문제등을 수치해석하여 이론치, 실험치, 타연구자의 계산결과와 비교, 분석하였다.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제49권6호
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• pp.461-468
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• 2012

In this study, a Cartesian-grid method based on finite volume approach is applied to simulate the ship motions in large amplitude waves. Fractional step method is applied for pressure-velocity coupling and TVD limiter is used to interpolate the cell face value for the discretization of convective term. Water, air, and solid phases are identified by using the concept of volume-fraction function for each phase. In order to capture the interface between air and water, the tangent of hyperbola for interface capturing (THINC) scheme is used with weighed line interface calculation (WLIC) method which considers multidimensional information. The volume fraction of solid body embedded in the Cartesian grid system is calculated using a level-set based algorithm, and the body boundary condition is imposed by a volume weighted formula. Numerical simulations for the two-dimensional barge type model and Wigley hull in linear waves have been carried out to validate the newly developed code. To demonstrate the applicability for highly nonlinear wave-body interactions such as green water on the deck, numerical analysis on the large-amplitude motion of S175 containership is conducted and all computational results are compared with experimental data.