• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권3호
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• pp.1118-1124
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• 2023

Experimental study on the fluidelastic instability (FEI) of a curved tube bundle in single phase downward cross flow is investigated for the design qualification and analysis input preparation of helical coiled steam generator tubing. A 6×9 normal square curved tube array with equal and different vertical/horizontal pitch-to-diameter ratio was under-tested up to 6 m/s in term of gap flow velocity to measure the critical velocity for FEI. The critical velocity for FEI was measured at the turning point from the vibration amplitude plot along the gap flow velocity. Our test results were compared with straight tube results and published data in the design guideline. The applicability of the current design guidelines to a curved tube bundle is also assessed. We found that introducing frequency difference in a curved tube array increases the critical velocity for fluidelastic instability.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제55권9호
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• pp.3320-3325
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• 2023

The scaled water-cooled Reactor Cavity Cooling System (RCCS) experimental facility reproduces a passive safety feature to be implemented in Generation IV nuclear reactors. It keeps the reactor cavity and other internal structures in operational conditions by removing heat leakage from the reactor pressure vessel. The present work uses Flownex one-dimensional thermal-fluid code to model the facility and predict the experimental thermal-hydraulic behavior. Two representative steady-state cases defined by the bulk volumetric flow rate are simulated (Re = 2,409 and Re = 11,524). Results of the cavity outlet temperature, risers' temperature profile, and volumetric flow split in the cooling panel are also compared with the experimental data and RELAP system code simulations. The comparisons are in reasonable agreement with the previous studies, demonstrating the ability of Flownex to simulate the RCCS behavior. It is found that the low Re case of 2,409, temperature and flow split are evenly distributed across the risers. On the contrary, there's an asymmetry trend in both temperature and flow split distributions for the high Re case of 11,524.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권3호
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• pp.867-876
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• 2022

An experimental study has been conducted to investigate the heat transfer characteristics of supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO₂) uniformly heated in the horizontal circular smooth tube. The results illustrated that there was a significant difference in heat transfer between the top wall and bottom wall due to the buoyancy. Bulk flow acceleration cannot be negligible in the high heat flux region, which leads to heat transfer deterioration. A new heat transfer correlation is proposed, in which the buoyancy parameter and bulk flow acceleration have been taken into account. The new correlation and six classic correlations for sCO₂ are examined in horizontal tubes. The comparison indicates that the new correlation has a better performance for sCO₂ flowing through a horizontal heating tube under natural circulation conditions. For example, 94.9% of the calculated results using the new heat transfer correlation were within ±30% of the experimental results while only 87.9% of that using the Jackson correlation (the best of the six) were within the same error bands.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.395-406
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• 2014

This study provides a fundamental understanding of a cold finger melt crystallization technique by exploring the heat and mass transfer processes of cold finger separation. A series of experiments were performed using a simplified LiCl-CsCl system by varying initial CsCl concentrations (1, 3, 5, and 7.5 wt%), cold finger cooling rates (7.4, 9.8, 12.3, and 14.9 L/min), and separation times (5, 10, 15, and 30 min). Results showed a potential recycling rate of 0.36 g/min with a purity of 0.33 wt% CsCl in LiCl. A CsCl concentrated drip formation was found to decrease crystal purity especially for smaller crystal formations. Dimensionless heat and mass transfer correlations showed that separation production is primarily influenced by convective transfer controlled by cooling gas flow rate, where correlations are more accurate for slower cooling gas flow rates.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제41권9호
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• pp.1191-1204
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• 2009

In this study, a CFD methodology is employed to address the problem of the prediction of the flow in a T-junction. An Unsteady Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes (URANS) approach has been selected for its low computational cost. Moreover, Unsteady Reynolds Navier-Stokes methodologies do not need complex boundary formulations for the inlet and the outlet such as those required when using Large Eddy Simulation (LES) or Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS). The results are compared with experimental data and an LES calculation. In the past, URANS has been tried on T-junctions with mixed results. The biggest limit observed was the underestimation of the oscillatory behavior of the temperature. In the present work, we propose a comprehensive approach able to correctly reproduce the root mean square (RMS) of the temperature directly downstream of the T-junction for cases where buoyancy is not present.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.9-17
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• 2007

본 논문은 페트리 넷 기반의 멀티미디어 프로그래밍 방법을 제안한다. 이를 위하여 멀티미디어 시나리오를 표현할 MPN(Multimedia Petri Net)을 정의하고, 또한 MPN을 분석하여 시나리오의 결함을 찾아낼 수 있는 방법을 소개한다. 멀티미디어 프로그램은 MPN을 해석하여 멀티미디어 시나리오를 재생한다. 이렇게 작성한 우리의 멀티미디어 프로그램은 정지, 빠른 재생 되감기, 빠른 되감기 등의 조작 기능을 제공한다. 멀티미디어 시나리오 모델링을 위해 페트리 넷을 이용한 사례는 존재하지만, 이들은 모두 시간적 동기화 분석을 위한 것으로, 멀티미디어 시나리오의 재생을 목적으로 사용된 사례는 아직 없다. 이에 반하여, MPN은 시나리오의 흐름은 물론 시나리오를 구성하는 데이터들의 정보까지도 모두 표현함으로써 재생에 필요한 모든 정보를 나타낼 수 있다.

• 수산해양기술연구
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.74-83
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• 1995

모형 그물에 대한 어군행동의 수치모델링에 관한 연구의 일환으로서 어군행동의 모델링을 위하여 어군행동을 나타내는 운동방정식을 구성하는 각종 힘들의 parameter를 추정하기 위한 기초자료를 제공하고자, 모형 그물을 설치하지 않은 상태에서의 유속 변화에 따른 무지개송어의 유영행동을 화성처리하여 각 개체 위치좌표로부터 계산된 유영속도, 유영깊이, 수조의 변과 개체 사이의 거리, 개체상호간의 최근접거리, 어구의 3차원적 구조 등의 유역특성을 조사 분석한 결과는 다음과 같다. 유영궤적으로부터 무지개송어의 유영행동을 살펴보면, 정수상태에서는 수종 중앙부에서 유영하는 빈도가 높았으며, 수조 벽면으로부터 상당히 떨어져서 유회운동을 하는 것으로 나타났다. 정수상태에서의 평균 유영속도는 21.6~23.6cm/sec(2.5~2.9BL cm/sec)로서 개체수가 많을수록 체장당 유영속도가 빠른 것으로 나타났으며, 유속의 변화에 따른 어군의 평균유영속도는 유속이 증가할수록 유영속도도 증가하여 유속이 25cm/sec인 경우에는 유영속도가 30.6 cm/secd(3.8BLcm/sec)에 달하였다. 어군의 평균 유영깊이는 17~38cm로서 주로 중층의 깊이에서 유영하였으며, 유속이 빨라질수록 유영 깊이가 깊어지고 유영 깊이의 변화가 적어졌다. 수조의 벽과 개체 사이의 평균 거리는 17.6~21.4cm였으며, 유속이 빨라질수록 수조의 벽과 개체사이의 거리가 다소 멀어지는 경향을 나타내었다. 개체상호간의 최근거리는 개체수가 많을수록 가까워지며, 유속의 변화에 따른 개체상호간의 최근접거리 평균치는 3.0~5.9cm(0.4~0.7BL cm)로 나타났다. 어군의 3차원적 구조는 군을 형성하는 개체수가 증가함에 따라 군의 형상이 길이, 폭 및 깊이의 모든 방향으로 넓어지며, 유속이 빨라질수록 길이방향과 폭 방향의 크기가 깊이 방향에 비해 상대적으로 커져 각 방향의 평균 상태비는 2.8 : 2.7 : 1이었다.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제16권9호
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• pp.123-134
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• 1999

A new forming technology has been developed to fabricate near-net shape components by using aluminum alloys with globular microstructure. The estimations of filling characteristic in the forging simulation with arbitrarily shaped dies of SSM are calculated by finite element method with proposed algorithm. The proposed model and various boundary conditions for arbitrarily shaped die are investigated with the coupling calculation between the liquid phase flow and the solid phase deformation. The simulation processes with arbitrarily shaped dies are performed on the isothermal conditions and axisymmetric problems. To analyze the forging process simulation with SSM, new stress-strain relationship for semi-solid behaviour is described, and forging the liquid flow. Furthermore, For the purpose of getting net shape of SSM, it is important to be obtain a solid fraction in forging process with arbitrarily shaped dies. To produce a automotive part which have good mechanical properties, the filling pattern in accordance with die velocity and solid fraction distribution has to be estimated for arbitrarily shaped die.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.349-358
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• 2007

A single-beam gamma densitometer is utilized to measure the average void fraction in a small diameter stainless steel pipe under critical flow conditions. A typical design of a single-beam gamma densitometer is composed of a sealed gammaray source, a collimator, a scintillation detector, and a data acquisition system that includes an amplifier and a single channel analyzer. It is operated in the count mode and can be calibrated with a test pipe and various types of phantoms made of polyethylene. A good average void fraction is obtained for a small diameter pipe with various flow regimes of the core, annular, stratified, and bubbly flows. Several factors influencing the performance of the gamma densitometer are examined, including the distance between the source and the detector, the measuring time, and the ambient temperature. The void fraction is measured during an adiabatic downward two-phase critical flow in a vertical pipe. The test pipe has an inner diameter of 10.9 mm and a thickness of 3.2 mm. The average void fraction was reasonably measured for a two-phase critical flow in the presence of nitrogen gas.

• 전자공학회논문지S
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• 제34S권10호
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• pp.9-25
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• 1997

Personal Communication Networks will be composed of ATM-based broadband ISDN in the future. However, unlike the wired networks, many challenges will arise in the wireless communication service such as PCS. These callenges are frequency alteration of cell routing path, relatively very high error rate at transmission over the wireless interface, etc. Particularly, the alteration of cell routing path caused by handoff makes temporary deterioration of QoS. In this paper, the signaling flows of handoff scenarios which may occur on Personal Communication Networks are presented, and verified by Pertri-Net toolkit. In addition, the cell flow control scheme which minimizes the lagging gap between cells and maintains the cell sequence during handoff is proposed. The proposed scheme can be summarized as the differentiation of normal queue and handoff queue, and the cell flow control between these queues. For verification of the proposed scheme, we used two approaches, which are mathermatical manipulation and SLAM simulation.