• 한국가시화정보학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2006.12a
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• pp.7-10
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• 2006

An experimental study has been conducted to quantitatively characterize the motion of neutrally buoyant particles in 2-dimensional Poiseuille flow through the micron-sized circular capillaries in the range of Re (Reynolds number) $\approx0.1\sim100$. $A{\mu}-PTV$ (Particle Tracking Velocimetry) system is adopted, which consists of a double-headed Nd:YAG laser, an epi-fluorescence microscope and a cooled CCD camera. Since high shear rate can be induced due to the scale effect even at low Re, it is shown that in micro scale neutrally buoyant particles in Poiseuille flow drift away from the wall and away from the center of the capillary. Consequently, particles accumulate at the equilibrium position of $0.52\sim0.64R$ with R being the radius of the capillary, which is analogous to that of tube flow in macro scale. There is a plateau in equilibrium position at small Re, while equilibrium position starts increasing at $Re\approx30$. The outermost edge of particle cluster is closer to the center of the capillary than that in previous studies due to low Re effect. The present study quantitatively presents characteristics of particle motion in circular capillaries. Furthermore, it is expected to give optimum factors for designing microfluidic systems that are to be used fur plasma separation from the blood.

• Korea-Australia Rheology Journal
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.203-207
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• 2002

Particle-particle interaction is of great importance in the study of suspension rheology. In this research we have investigated the hydrodynamic interaction between two identical cylinders in viscoelastic fluids numerically as a model problem for the study of viscoelastic suspension. We confine two neutrally buoyant cylinders between two parallel plates and impose a shear flow. We determine the migration velocity of two cylinders. The result shows that cylinders move toward or away from each other depending upon the initial distance between them and that there is an equilibrium distance between two cylinders in viscoelastic fluids regardless of the initial distance. In the case of Newtonian fluid, there is no relative movement as expected. The results partly explain the chaining phenomena of spherical particles in shear flows of viscoelastic fluids.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• v.18 no.8
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• pp.1418-1427
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• 2004

Combined formulation developed for the fluid-particle mixture is introduced to simulate the biocube-fluid mixture flow, which is utilized for sewage disposal. Some tricky boundary conditions are introduced in order to simulate the effect of screen wall and air bubble, which is injected from the bottom of sewage reservoir. It has been shown that a circulated flow pattern, which was observed in experiment, is reproduced from the present numerical simulation. Furthermore, the effect of biocube density on the distribution pattern of biocube is also studied. It has been shown that a biocube whose density is slightly smaller than that of surrounding fluid or neutrally buoyant one are optimal for the uniform distribution of biocube.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.22 no.8
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• pp.1141-1151
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• 1998

An effective thermal conductivity measurement for suspensions of microparticles in oil mixture is conducted in order to evaluate the shear rate-dependence of the thermal conductivity of suspensions. Measurements are made for rotating Couette flows between two concentric cylinders. The rotating outer cylinder is immersed into a constant temperature water bath while the stationary inner cylinder is subject to a uniform heat fluff. Test fluids are made to be homogeneous suspensions, in which neutrally buoyant microparticles ($d=25{\sim}300{\mu}m$) are uniformly dispersed. The present measurements show strong shear-rate dependent thermal conductivities for the suspensions, which are higher than those at zero shear rate. The shear rate dependent thermal conductivity increases with the particle size and volume concentration.4 new model for shear rate-dependent thermal conductivity of microparticle suspensions is proposed; the correlation covers from zero shear rate value to asymptotic plateau value at moderately high shear rates.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.2120-2124
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• 2007

본 연구에서는 천해역에서 수평 방향으로 방류되는 비부력 원형 난류제트에 대한 수리모형실험을 수행하여, 파랑이 제트의 확산에 미치는 영향을 검토하였다. 수리모형실험시 대상 파랑은 진폭이 작은 규칙파를 적용하였으며, 난류제트의 순간적인 유속장은 입자화상유속계(particle image velocimetry, PIV)기법을 이용하여 측정하였다. 평균유속장은 PIV기법으로 측정된 순간유속장을 위상평균하여 계산하였으며, 파의 진폭을 변화시키며 실험을 수행하였고, 파의 진폭변화에 따른 제트의 유속분포로부터 제트의 중심선과 제트단면을 추정하였다. 제트의 중심선속도는 파의 진폭이 증가함에 따라 중심선속도의 감소 시점이 빨라졌으며, 제트의 횡단면분포의 고유특성인 자기상사성(self-similarity)이 단계적으로 사라졌다. 제트 중심선의 속도와 제트 유속 단면은 제트의 확산정도를 알 수 있는 중요한 인자로서 파랑 진폭의 크기에 따른 이들 인자의 변화로부터 파랑의 분산이 난류제트의 확산현상에 미치는 영향을 알 수 있었다.