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Identification of flutter derivatives of bridge decks using CFD-based discrete-time aerodynamic models

  • Zhu, Zhiwen;Gu, Ming
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.215-233
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    • 2014
  • This paper presents a method to extract flutter derivatives of bridge decks based on a combination of the computational fluid dynamics (CFD), system simulations and system identifications. The incompressible solver adopts an Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) formulation with the finite volume discretization in space. The imposed sectional motion in heaving or pitching relies on exponential time series as input, with aerodynamic forces time histories acting on the section evaluated as output. System identifications are carried out to fit coefficients of the inputs and outputs of ARMA models, as to establish discrete-time aerodynamic models. System simulations of the established models are then performed as to obtain the lift and moment exerting on the sections to a sinusoidal displacement. It follows that flutter derivatives are identified. The present approaches are applied to a hexagon thin plate and a real bridge deck. The results are compared to the Theodorsen closed-form solution and those from wind tunnel tests. Satisfactory agreements are observed.

A STUDY OF PREDICTION METHOD FOR DYNAMIC STABILITY DERIVATIVE USING STEADY STATE SIMULATION IN NON-INERTIAL COORDINATE (비관성 좌표계에서의 정상해석을 통한 동 안전 미계수 예측 기법 연구)

  • Lee, H.R.;Lee, S.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2011.05a
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    • pp.428-433
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    • 2011
  • In this paper, a prediction method for dynamic stability derivatives is studied using steady state simulations in rotational coordinates. The simulations require the extension of a standard CFD formulations based on inertial coordinate. A new CFD code based on the method are developed. Flows induced by steady circular motions of airfoils with a constant pitch rate are simulated with the code. From the numerical simulations, the pitch rate derivatives are obtained at various Mach numbers, and the results are compared with other numerical results. The numerical simulations show that the new code are capable of predicting dynamic stability derivatives.

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Measurements of 3D Model Shapes for Reverse Designs (역설계를 위한 3차원 모델형상 측정)

  • Doh, Deog-Hee;Cho, Kyeong-Rae;Cho, Yong-Beom
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Visualization
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.55-59
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    • 2012
  • Reverse Design(RD) plays an important role in simulation engineering, such as CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) and Virtual Engineering and Design. RD becomes much more valuable when there is no shape data of the practical models for CFD grid generations. In this study, two-camera based rapid prototyping(RP) system is proposed. 3D-PTV based measurement algorithm was adopted. The developed system was applied to reconstruct three-dimensional data of a human face, a motorcycle model, a cylindrical body and a triangular pyramid.

Numerical Modeling of Floating Electrodes in a Plasma Processing System

  • Joo, Junghoon
    • Applied Science and Convergence Technology
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.102-110
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    • 2015
  • Fluid model based numerical analysis is done to simulate a plasma processing system with electrodes at floating potential. $V_f$ is a function of electron temperature, electron mass and ion mass. Commercial plasma fluid simulation softwares do not provide options for floating electrode boundary value condition. We developed a user subroutine in CFD-ACE+ and compared four different cases: grounded, dielectric, zero normal electric field and floating electric potential for a 2D-CCP (capacitively coupled plasma) with a ring electrode.

Analysis of Airfoil Boundary Layer Characteristics with Navier-Stokes Equations (Navier-Stokes equations을 활용한 익형의 점성경계층 특성분석)

  • Kim, C.W.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2011.05a
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    • pp.199-201
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    • 2011
  • NACA0012 Airfoil was simulated with Computational Fluid Dynamics(CFD) and the aerodynamic characteristics was analyzed for various far-field boundary distances ranging from 10 airfoil chord to 50 chord Drag coefficient distribution was dependent on the far-field distance and circulation, integrated along the loop inside the flow region, was also dependent. It was turned out that some corrections based on the circulation should be added to the far-field boundary condition for accurate airfoil simulation.

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High-Resolution Flow Simulations Around a Steep Mountainous Island in Korea Using a CFD Model with One-way Nested Grid System

  • Mun, Da-Som;Kim, Jae-Jin
    • Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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    • v.36 no.4
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    • pp.557-571
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    • 2020
  • High-resolution flows around a steep mountainous island (Ulleungdo) in Korea were simulated by a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model. To cover entire Ulleungdo and to resolve the topography around the Ulleungdo automatic synoptic observing system (ASOS) with high resolution, one-way nested grid system with large (60 m), and small (20 m) grid sizes was applied in the CFD model simulations. We conducted the numerical simulations for 16 inflow directions, and, for each inflow direction, we considered six different wind velocities(5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 m s-1) at the reference height (1,000 m). The effects of topography on surface wind observations were well reflected in the observed wind roses for the period of January 01, 2012 ~ December 31, 2016 at the Ulleungdo ASOS and marine buoy. Wind roses at the Ulleungdo ASOS was reproduced based on the CFD simulations. The changes in surface winds at the Ulleungdo ASOS caused by surrounding topography were relatively well simulated by the CFD model. The simulated wind-rose indicated that south-southwesterly and northeasterly were the dominant wind directions, which were also observed at the Ulleungdo ASOS. We investigated the flow characteristics around the Ulleungdo ASOS for northwesterly, south-southwesterly, and northeasterly winds in detail.

Simulation of Solid Particle Sedimentation by Using Moving Particle Semi-implicit Method (고체 입자형 MPS법을 이용한 토사물 퇴적 시뮬레이션)

  • Kim, Kyung Sung;Yu, Sunjin;Ahn, Il-Hyuk
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.119-125
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    • 2018
  • The particle based computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method, which follow Lagrangian approach for fluid dynamics, fluid particle behavior by tracking all particle calculation physical quantities of each particle. According to basic concept of particle based CFD method, it is difficult to satisfy continuum theory and measure influences from neighboring particle. Article number density and weight function were used to solve aforementioned issue. Difficulties continuum mean simulate non-continuum particles such as solid including granular and sand. In this regard, the particle based CFD method modified solid particle problems by replacing viscous and surface tension forces friction and drag forces. In this paper, particle interaction model for solid particle friction model implemented to simulate solid particle problems. The broken dam problem, which is common to verify particle based CFD method, used fluid or solid particles. The angle of repose was observed in the simulation results the solid particle not fluid particle.

Numerical Simulation of a Forest Fire Spread (산불 전파의 수치 시뮬레이션)

  • Lee, Myung-Sung;Won, Chan-Shik;Hur, Nahm-Keon
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.137-143
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    • 2008
  • In the present study, a forest fire spread was simulated with a three-dimensional, fully-transient, physics-based, computer simulation program. Physics-based fire simulation is based on the governing equations of fluid dynamics, combustion and heat transfer. The focus of the present study is to perform parametric study to simulate fire spread through flat and inclined wildland with vegetative fuels like trees or grass. The fire simulation was performed in the range of the wind speeds and degrees of inclination. From the results, the effect of the various parameters of the forest fire on the fire spread behavior was analyzed for the future use of the simulation in the prediction of fire behavior in the complex terrain.

Wind field generation for performance-based structural design of transmission lines in a mountainous area

  • Lou, Wenjuan;Bai, Hang;Huang, Mingfeng;Duan, Zhiyong;Bian, Rong
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.31 no.2
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    • pp.165-183
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    • 2020
  • The first step of performance-based design for transmission lines is the determination of wind fields as well as wind loads, which are largely depending on local wind climate and the surrounding terrain. Wind fields in a mountainous area are very different with that in a flat terrain. This paper firstly investigated both mean and fluctuating wind characteristics of a typical mountainous wind field by wind tunnel tests and computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The speedup effects of mean wind and specific turbulence properties, i.e., turbulence intensity, power spectral density (PSD) and coherence function, are highlighted. Then a hybrid simulation framework for generating three dimensional (3D) wind velocity field in the mountainous area was proposed by combining the CFD and proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) method given the properties of the target turbulence field. Finally, a practical 220 kV transmission line was employed to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed wind field generation framework and its role in the performance-based design. It was found that the terrain-induce turbulence effects dominate the performance-based structural design of transmission lines running through the mountainous area.

Simulation of Soil Behavior due to Dam Break Using Moving Particle Simulation (댐 붕괴에 의한 토양 거동 시뮬레이션)

  • Kim, Kyung Sung;Park, Dong-Woo
    • Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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    • v.31 no.6
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    • pp.388-396
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    • 2017
  • A Lagrangian approach based computational fluid dynamics (CFD) was used to simulate large and/or sharp deformations and fragmentations of interfaces, including free surfaces, through tracing each particle with physical quantities. According to the concept of the particle-based CFD method, it is possible to apply it to both fluid particles and solid particles such as sand, gravel, and rock. However, the presence of more than two different phases in the same domain can make it complicated to calculate the interaction between different phases. In order to solve multiphase problems, particle interaction models for multiphase problems, including surface tension, buoyancy-correction, and interface boundary condition models, were newly adopted into the moving particle semi-implicit (MPS) method. The newly developed MPS method was used to simulate a typical validation problem involving dam breaking. Because the soil and other particles, excluding the water, may have different viscosities, various viscosity coefficients were applied in the simulations for validation. The newly developed and validated MPS method was used to simulate the mobile beds induced by broken dam flows. The effects of the viscosity on soil particles were also investigated.