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Wind Load and Flow Field Change with Respect to Various Configurations of a Drillship (드릴십 형상에 따른 풍하중 및 유동장 변화)

  • Jung, Youngin;Kwon, Kijung
    • Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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    • v.52 no.3
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    • pp.255-264
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    • 2015
  • Wind load and flow field of a drillship with respect to various super structures were experimentally investigated in KARI 1m-wide wind tunnel with an atmospheric boundary layer simulation. Six-component external balance and Particle image velocimetry technique were used to measure wind load and velocity vectors in the flow-field around the model respectively. The experimental model was an imaginary shaped drillship with an approximated model which has 1/640 scale compared with recent typical drillships. The test Reynolds number based on the overall length was about 1.5×106. It was found that dominant factors influencing on ship wind load are cabin shape and cabin height. Round cabin has smaller axial wind load and narrow boundary layer around the ship than rectangular one, but its yawing moment at certain angles becomes higher. Low cabin height also show positive effects on axial wind load too. Hull shape and forecastle shape show relatively small influences on wind loads except for slight changes around ±45° wind directions.

Aerodynamic characteristics of NACA 4412 airfoil section with flap in extreme ground effect

  • Ockfen, Alex E.;Matveev, Konstantin I.
    • International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.1-12
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    • 2009
  • Wing-in-Ground vehicles and aerodynamically assisted boats take advantage of increased lift and reduced drag of wing sections in the ground proximity. At relatively low speeds or heavy payloads of these craft, a flap at the wing trailing-edge can be applied to boost the aerodynamic lift. The influence of a flap on the two-dimensional NACA 4412 airfoil in viscous ground-effect flow is numerically investigated in this study. The computational method consists of a steady-state, incompressible, finite volume method utilizing the Spalart-Allmaras turbulence model. Grid generation and solution of the Navier-Stokes equations are completed using computer program Fluent. The code is validated against published experimental and numerical results of unbounded flow with a flap, as well as ground-effect motion without a flap. Aerodynamic forces are calculated, and the effects of angle of attack, Reynolds number, ground height, and flap deflection are presented for a split and plain flap. Changes in the flow introduced with the flap addition are also discussed. Overall, the use of a flap on wings with small attack angles is found to be beneficial for small flap deflections up to 5% of the chord, where the contribution of lift augmentation exceeds the drag increase, yielding an augmented lift-to-drag ratio.

NUMERICAL STUDY ON COOLING CHARACTERISTICS OF MULTIPLE IMPINGING JETS INCLUDING THE EFFECT OF TURBULENCE (난류 효과를 포함한 다중 충돌 제트의 냉각 특성에 대한 수치적 연구)

  • Jeon, J.H.;Son, G.H.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.04a
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    • pp.321-328
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    • 2009
  • Free surface impinging jet on a moving plate, which is applicable to cooling of hot metals in a steel-making process, is investigated numerically by solving the Navier-Stokes equations in the liquid and gas phases. The free surface of liquid-gas interface is tracked by a level-set method which is improved by incorporating the ghost fluid approach based on a sharp-interface representation. The method is further improved by employing a nonequilibrium $\kappa-\varepsilon$ turbulence model including the effect of low Reynolds number. The computations are made to investigate the effects of the nozzle pitch, moving velocity of plate and jet velocity on the interfacial motion and the associated flow and temperature fields.

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A Simple Lagrangian PDF Model for Wall-Bounded Turbulent Flows

  • Lee, Chang-Hoon;Kim, Byung-Gu;Kim, Nam-Hyun
    • Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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    • v.14 no.8
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    • pp.900-911
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    • 2000
  • A simple Lagrangian pdf model is proposed with a new numerical algorithm for application in wall-bounded turbulent flows. To investigate the performance of the Lagrangian model, we minimize model's dependence on empirical constants by selecting the simplest model for turbulent dissipation rate. The effect of viscosity is also included by adding a Brownian random walk calculate the position of a particle. For the no-slip condition at the wall and correct nearwall behavior of velocity, we develop a new boundary treatment for the particles that strike the wall. By applying the model to a fully developed turbulent channel flow at low Reynolds number, we investigate the model's performance through comparison with direct numerical simulation result.

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Numerical Simulations of Gravity Currents Using Unsteady Statistical Turbulence Models (비정상 통계적 난류모형을 이용한 중력류의 수치모의)

  • Paik, Joong-Cheol
    • Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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    • 2009.05a
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    • pp.570-574
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    • 2009
  • 벽 근처에서의 흐름(near wall flow)을 해석하기 위한 낮은 레이놀즈수 수정(low-Reynolds number modification)을 포함하는 통계학적 난류모형을 이용한 3차원 비정상 레이놀즈-평균 나비어-스톡스 (URANS) 계산을 실시하여 사각형 수로에서의 중력류를 모의하였다. 3차원 계산 결과를 2차원 URANS 모의에 의한 계산 결과 그리고 실험결과와 비교하였다. 이 연구 결과는 적정 시 공간적 수치해상도를 가지고 벽 근처에서의 흐름을 주의 깊게 직접 해석하는 3차원 URANS 수치모의는 2차원 계산으로는 해석할 수 없는 대규모 Kelvin-Helmholtz 와구조 (vortical structure)의 붕괴(breakdown) 그리고 중력류 선단부에서 발달하는 Lobe-and-Cleft 흐름 불안정 등을 포함하는 중력류의 동적 특성을 높은 정확도로 재현할 수 있음을 보여준다.

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A Numerical Simulation for the Propulsion of Axisymmetric Micro-Hydro-Machine by Contractive and Dilative Motion (수축팽창 운동에 의한 축대칭 마이크로-하이드로-머신의 추진을 위한 수치 시뮬레이션)

  • Kim Moon-Chan
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2001.05a
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    • pp.30-37
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    • 2001
  • A Numerical simulation for the propulsion of axisymmetric body by contractive and dilative motion is carried out. The present analysis shows that a propulsive force can be obtained in highly viscous fluid by a contractive and dilative motion of axisymmetric body. An axisymmetric analysis code is developed with unstructured grid system for the simulation of complicated motion and geometry. The developed code is validated by comparing with the results of stokes approximation with the problem of uniform flow past a sphere in low Reynolds number($R_n=1$). The validated code is applied to the simulation of contractive and dilative motion of body. The simulation is extended to the analysis of waving surface with projecting part for finding out the difference of hydrodynamic performance according to the variation of waving surface configuration. The present study will be the basic research for the development of the propulsor of an axisymmetric micro-hydro-machine.

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Flamelet Modeling for Combustion Processes of Hybrid Rocket Engine (화염편 모델을 이용한 하이브리드 로켓의 연소과정 해석)

  • Lim, Jae-Bum;Kim, Yong-Mo;Yoon, Myung-Won
    • 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2006.08a
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    • pp.245-248
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    • 2006
  • Hybrid propulsion systems provide many advantages in terms of stable operation and safety. However, classical hybrid rocket motors have lower fuel regression rate and combustion efficiency compared to solid propellant rocket motor. Accordingly, the recent research efforts are focused on the improvement of engine efficiency and regression rate in the hybrid rocket engine. The present study has numerically investigated the combustion processes in the hybrid rocket engine. The turbulent combustion is represented by the flamelet model and Low Reynolds number $k-{\varepsilon}$ turbulent model is employed to reduce the uncertainties for convective heat transfer near solid fuel surface having strong blowing effect. Based on numerical results, the detailed discussions have been made for the effects of oxygen injection methods and oxygen injection flow rate on flame structure and regression rate in the vortex hybrid rocket engines

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Unstructured Pressure Based Method for All Speed Flows (전 속도영역 유동을 위한 비정렬격자 압력기반해법)

  • Choi, Hyung-Il;Lee, Do-Hyung;Maeng, Joo-Sung
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.26 no.11
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    • pp.1521-1530
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    • 2002
  • This article proposes a pressure based method for predicting flows at all speeds. The compressible SIMPLE algorithm is extended to unstructured grid framework. Convection terms are discretized using second-order scheme with deferred correction approach. Diffusion term discretization is based on structured grid analogy that can be easily adopted to hybrid unstructured grid solver. This method also uses node centered scheme with edge based data structure for memory and computing time efficiency of arbitrary grid types. Both incompressible and compressible benchmark problems are solved using the above methodology. The demonstration of this method is extended to slip flow problem that has low Reynolds number but compressibility effect. It is shown that the proposed method can improve efficiency in memory usage and computing time without losing any accuracy.

Wet Surface Performance Test of PF Heat Exchanger (PF열교환기의 습표면 성능시험)

  • Cho, J.P.;Kim, N.H.;Choi, K.K.
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2000.11b
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    • pp.314-320
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    • 2000
  • In this study, the wet surface heat transfer coefficients and friction factors of PF heat exchangers are presented. Two sample with different fin pitch(1.25mm, 1.5mm) were tested. Tests were conducted in a open loop wind tunnel. The wet surface heat transfer coefficient was reduced following the procedure given in ARI 410-81. Results showed that the heat transfer coefficients of the heat exchanger with 1.5mm fin pitch were approximately the same as those with 1.25mm fin pitch, except at low reynolds number(Re<100), where the heat transfer coefficients of 1.5mm fin pitch were slighly higher than those with 1.25mm fin pitch. The friction factors of the 1.25mm fin pitch, however was 120 % to 160 % higher than those of the 1.5mm fin pitch. The wet surface heat transfer coefficients were lower than those of the dry surface. The wet surface friction factors, however, were higher than those of the dry surface.

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A Study on the Cooling Performance of Cutting Oil of Inclined Thermosyphon (경사 열사이폰의 절삭유 냉각성능에 관한 연구)

  • 이정한;이기백;조동현;이종선
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers
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    • v.11 no.5
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    • pp.38-44
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    • 2002
  • An experimental investigation was performed to observe the cooling performance of cutting oil and the effect of inclination angle on the transport behaviour of a inclined thermosyphons with low integral-fins. Relatively high rates of heat transfer have been achieved by operating this manner. Water has been used as the working fluid. The inclimation angle of thermoryphon and the ratio of Reynolds number of cooling to hot fluid have been used as the experimental parameters. Heat transfer coefficients at the condenser and the evaporator are estimated from experimental results. The experimental results have been assessed and compared with existing theory. Good agreement with the theory of Yiwei has been found. The maximum heat flow rate in the thermosyphon proved to depend upon the inclination angle.