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The Simulation of Tsunami against the South Coast of the Korean Peninsula (한반도 남해안에 대한 지진해일 수치실험)

  • Kim, Hyun-Seung;Kim, Hyeon-Seong;Kang, Young-Seung
    • Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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    • v.22 no.5
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    • pp.31-38
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    • 2008
  • The numerical simulation of tsunami against the south coast of the Korean Peninsula has been performed by adopting the standard appropriate grid size and the numerical model has been constructed to include the characteristics of the tsunami propagation applied for the care of the East China Sea. The artificial tsunami has been modelled first and then, it has been used as the boundary condition for the detailed model which showed the south coast of the Korean Peninsula.

Evolution of the central molecular zone in interacting barred galaxies

  • Hwang, Jeong-Sun;Shin, Jihye;Chun, Kyungwon;Kim, Sungsoo S.
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.40 no.2
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    • pp.35.3-35.3
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    • 2015
  • The central molecular zone (CMZ) is a region of rich molecular gas located in the inner few hundred parsecs in barred spiral galaxies. We study the size and morphology evolution of the CMZ of Milky Way-like galaxies both in isolation and in interaction by using N-body/hydrodynamic simulations. Specifically, we examine the gas flows and star formation activities in the central region of the galaxies. We focus in particular on the effects of galaxy interactions, including flybys and minor mergers, on the evolution of the CMZ.

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Study on the Thrust Generation of Flapping Flat Plates for Microscale Biomedical Swimming Robots (초소형 의공학용 유영로봇을 위한 플래핑 평판들의 추력 발생 연구)

  • An, Sang-Joon;Kim, Young-Dae;Maeng, Joo-Sung;Han, Cheol-Heui
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2007.05a
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    • pp.415-420
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    • 2007
  • Creatures in nature flap their wings to generate fluid dynamic forces that are required for the locomotion. Small-size creatures do not use flapping wings. Thus, it is questionable at which Reynolds number the propulsion using the flapping wings are effective. In this paper, the onset conditions of the thrust generation from the combined motion of flat plates (heaving, pitching in the motion and also tandem, biplane in the array) is investigated using a Lattice Boltzmann method. To solve the pitching motion of the plate on the regularly spaced lattices, 2-D moving boundary condition was implemented. The present method is validated by comparing the wake patterns behind a oscillating circular cylinder and its hydrodynamic characteristics with the CFD results. Present method can be applied to the design of micro flapping propulsors for biomedical use.

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A study of internal wave influence on OTEC systems

  • Shi, Shan;Kurup, Nishu V.;Halkyard, John;Jiang, Lei
    • Ocean Systems Engineering
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    • v.3 no.4
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    • pp.309-325
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    • 2013
  • Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) systems utilize the temperature difference between the surface water and deep ocean water to generate electrical energy. In addition to ocean surface waves, wind and current, in certain locations like the Andaman Sea, Sulu Sea and the South China Sea the presence of strong internal waves may become a concern in floating OTEC system design. The current paper focuses on studying the dependence of the CWP hydrodynamic drag on relative velocity of the flow around the pipe, the effect of drag amplification due to vortex induced vibrations and the influence of internal waves on the floating semi and the cold water pipe integrated OTEC system. Two CWP sizes are modeled; the 4m diameter pipe represents a small scale prototype and the 10m diameter pipe represents a full commercial size CWP. are considered in the study.

Performance Analysis of a Hydrodynamic Separator for Treating Particulate Pollutants in Highway Rainfall Runoff

  • Yu, Jianghua;Yi, Qitao;Kim, Young-Chul
    • Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.262-269
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    • 2009
  • This study examined the separation characteristics of particles in the rainfall runoff from paved roads using a ${\varphi}7.5$ cm hydrocyclone. The volume fraction and total suspended solids concentrations in the overflow and underflow from the hydrocyclone, as well as the separation efficiency were determined. The results indicated that the overflow volume increased with increasing operational pressure, but decreased with decreasing ratio of underflow outlet to inlet sizes ($D_u/D_i$), while the underflow to overflow volumes showed contrary behavior. The total suspended solid (TSS) concentration ratio between the overflow and inflow ($TSS_{over/in}$) decreased as a function of the operational pressure, while the corresponding ratio of underflow to inflow ($TSS_{under/in}$) increased. There was no visible difference in the $TSS_{over/in}$ with increasing $D_u/D_i$ ratio, but the $TSS_{under/in}$ decreased sharply. The particle removal efficiency was mainly affected by the particle size.

An Application of the Localized Finite Element Method to 3-dimensional Free Surface Wave Problems (3차원 자유표면파 문제에서의 국소유한요소법의 응용)

  • K.J.,Bai;Se-Eun,Kim
    • Bulletin of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 1987
  • In this paper, the localized finite element method(LFEM) is applied to 3-dimensional ship motion problems in water of infinite depth. The LFEM used here is based on the functional constructed by Bai & Yeung(1974). To test the present numerical scheme, a few vertical axisymmetric bodies are treated by general 3-dimensional formulation. The computed results of hydrodynamic coefficients for a few vertical spheroids and vertical circular cylinders show good agreement with results obtained by others. The advantages of the present numerical method compared with the method of integral equation are as follows; (i) The cumbersome existence of irregular frequencies in the method of conventional integral equation is removed. (ii) The final matrix is banded and symmetric and the computation of the matrix elements is comparatively easier, whereas the size of the matrix in the present scheme is much larger. (iii) In the future research, it is possible to accommodate with the nonlinear exact free surface boundary condition in the localized finite element subdomain, whereas the linear solution is assumed in the truncated(far field) subdomain.

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Theory of Coagulation(I) Coagulation Theory Including Hydrodynamics and Interparticle Forces (응집의 이론 (I) - 수리동역학과 입자간 작용력을 고려한 응집의 모델 -)

  • Han, Moo Young
    • Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.65-77
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    • 1995
  • The kinetics of flocculation of heterodisperse suspension like those in water treatment plants and natural water system are usually described by the Smoluchowski equation, which incorporates collision frequency functions for particle collisions by Brownian motion, fluid shear, and differential sedimentation. These collisionfrequeney functions have been based on a rectilinear view of collisions, i.e., one that ignores short-range forces and changes in fluid motion as particles approach one another. In this research, a curvilinear approach, i.e., one that accounts for hydrodynamic forces and particle interaction in the collision of two different size particles is developed. Collision efficiency factors of each mechanism can be calculated by trajectory analysis (fluid shear and differential sedimentation) or the solution of diffusion equation (Brownian motion). The results are presented as a set of corrections to the rectilinear collision frequency functions for each mechanism.

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NUMERICAL STUDY ON ELECTROPHORETIC MOTION OF A BIO-POLYMER THROUGH A NANO-PORE (나노 세공을 통한 비드 체인의 전기영동에 관한 수치해석적 연구)

  • Alapati, Suresh;Suh, Yong-Kweon
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2010.05a
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    • pp.575-580
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    • 2010
  • In this work, the electrophoretic motion of dsDNA molecule represented by a polymer through an artificial nano-pore in a membrane is simulated using the numerical method combining the lattice Boltzmann and Langevin molecular dynamic method. The polymer motion is represented by Langevin molecular dynamics technique while the fluid flow is taken into account by fluctuating lattice-Boltzmann method. The hydrodynamic interactions between the polymer and solvent in a confined space with a membrane having a hole are considered explicitly through the frictional and the random forces. The electric field intensity over the space is obtained from a finite difference method. Initially, the polymer is placed at one side of the space, and an electric field is applied to drive the polymer to the other side of the space through the nano-pore. In future, we plan to study the effect of the polymer size and the electric field on the electrophoretic velocity.

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Integrated CFD on Atomization Process of Lateral Flow in Injector Nozzle

  • Ishimoto, Jun
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2006.10a
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    • pp.7-8
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    • 2006
  • The governing equations for high-speed lateral atomizing injector nozzle flow based on the LES-VOF model in conjunction with the CSF model are presented, and then an integrated parallel computation are performed to clarify the detailed atomization process of a high speed nozzle flow and to acquire data which is difficult to confirm by experiment such as atomization length, liquid core shapes, droplets size distributions, spray angle and droplets velocity profiles. According to the present analysis, it is found that the atomization rate and the droplets-gas two-phase flow characteristics are controlled by the turbulence perturbation upstream of the injector nozzle, hydrodynamic instabilities at the gas-liquid interface, shear stresses between liquid core and periphery of the jet. Furthermore, stable and a high-resolution computation can be attained in the high density ratio (pl/ pg = 554) conditions conditions by using our numerical method.

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A Study on the Bow Collapse of High-Speed Passenger Craft in Collision with Bridge Pier (고속 여객선의 교각 충돌에 대한 연구)

  • 신영식;박명규
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 1999
  • During the last 10 years, the various type of high speed craft have been greatly developed, and since around of 1990 the large size of high speed passenger and/or cargo vessels are also introduced and took into the service in the various routes over the world. In a marine traffic way some bridge need to build across a rivers, cannals or a waterways. This one will be an obstruction and potential risk of collision in the way of high speed craft. Accordingly some of collision accident have been reported, which were caused by a lost control, wind and hydrodynamic forces, fog or human errors. In this paper a high speed craft having 40 m length is assumed to be collided with a circular type of bridge piers at right angle. The mode of deformation, penetration depth of collapse, impact forces, reduction of speed, loss of kinetic energy, and influence of scantlings, etc. have been calculated in each speed with a time variation to find a maximum values within a limit, and are graphically presented.

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