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Numerical Prediction of Aviation Fuel Temperatures in Unmanned Air Vehicles

  • Baek, Nak-Gon;Lim, Jin-Shik
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.379-384
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    • 2011
  • This paper performs numerical prediction of fuel temperature in the fuel tanks of unmanned air vehicles for both ground static non-operating and in flight transient conditions. The calculation is carried out using a modified Dufort-Frankel scheme. For this calculation, it is assumed that a non-operating vehicle on the ground is subjected to repeating daily cycles of ambient temperature with solar radiation and wind under 1%, with a 20% probability of hot day conditions. The energy conservation equation is used as the governing equation to calculate heat transfer between the fuel tank surface and the ambient environment. Results of the present analysis may be used as the estimated initial values of fuel temperatures in a vehicle's fuel tank for the purpose of analyzing transient fuel temperatures during various flight missions. This research also demonstrates that the fuel temperature of the front tank is higher than that of the rear tank, and that the difference between the two temperatures increases in the later phases of flight due to the consumption of fuel.

Analytical Study on the Prestress Losses of Prestressed Concrete Bridges (PSC 교량의 프리스트레스 손실에 관한 해석적 연구)

  • Kim, Woon-Hak;Ra, Jeong-Kyoun;Kim, Tae-Hoon;Shin, Hyun-Mock
    • Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.131-138
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    • 2003
  • This paper presents an analytical prediction of the prestress losses of prestressed concrete bridges. In this study a numerical procedure and computer program is developed to analyze the behavior of prestressed concrete bridges considering the time-dependent properties of material. It accounts for the aging, creep and shrinkage of concrete and the stress relaxation of prestressed steel. The structural model uses two dimensional plane frame elements with three nodal degree of freedom and is analyzed based on the finite element method. Member cross section can consist of concrete, reinforcement and prestressing steel. Two different set of equations for the prediction of time-dependent material properties of concrete are presented, which are ACI, CEB-FIP. The proposed numerical method for the prestress losses of prestressed concrete bridges is verified by comparison with reliable experimental results.

Numerical Design and Performance Prediction of Low Specific Speed Centrifugal Pump Impeller

  • Yongxue, Zhang;Xin, Zhou;Zhongli, Ji;Cuiwei, Jiang
    • International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.133-139
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    • 2011
  • In this paper, Based on Two-dimensional Flow Theory, adopting quasi-orthogonal method and point-by-point integration method to design the impeller of the low specific speed centrifugal pump by code, and using RANS (Reynolds Averaged N-S) Equation with a standard k-${\varepsilon}$ two-equation turbulence model and log-law wall function to solve 3D turbulent flow field in the impeller of the low specific speed pump. An analysis of the influences of the blade profile on velocity distributions, pressure distributions and pump performance and the investigation of the flow regulation pattern in the impeller of the centrifugal pump are presented. And the result shows that this method can be used as a new way in low speed centrifugal pump impeller design.

On the Prediction of Ventilation Characteristics in case Diesel Trains Run in Double Track Subway Tunnels (복선전철 구간 내 디젤차량 운행시 환기특성 예측에 관하여)

  • Hong, S.W.;Kim, H.G.;Kim, N.Y.;Lee, S.B.;Kwon, T.S.
    • Proceedings of the SAREK Conference
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    • 2007.11a
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    • pp.270-275
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    • 2007
  • Pollutants emitted by Diesel trains seriously affected on the ventilation characteristics in the subway or railway tunnel network systems. Thus, numerical prediction results and analyses are required to engineers who should design ventilation facilities. So here, this paper presents some numerical results about the ventilation characteristics, such as pollutants distributions and a suitability of the ventilation facilities pre-designed in case that diesel trains use the same railway track with normal passenger trains

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A Numerical Simulation of Marine Water Quality in Ulsan Bay using an Ecosystem Model (생태계모델을 이용한 울산만의 수질 시뮬레이션)

    • Journal of Korean Port Research
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.313-322
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    • 1998
  • The distributions of chemical oxygen demand (COD) and suspended solid (SS) in Ulsan Bay were simulated and reproduced by a numerical ecosystem model for the practical application to the management of marine water quality and the prediction of water quality change due to coastal developments or the constructions of breakwater and marine facilities. Comparing the computed with the observed data of COD and SS in Ulsan bay the results of simulation were found to be good enough to satisfy the practical applications.

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Computational Grid Generation for Aero-Performance Prediction of Multi-staged Axial Compressors (다단축류압축기의 공력성능 예측용 계산격자 생성기법 연구)

  • Chung, H.T.;Kim, J.S.
    • Journal of Power System Engineering
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.39-44
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    • 1998
  • Computational grids used in the numerical simulation of multi staged turbomachinery flow fields are generated. A multiblock structure simplifies the creation of structured H-grids about complex turbomachinery geometries and facilitate the creation of a grid for multi-row topologies. The numerical algorithm adopts the combination of the algebraic and elliptic method to create the internal grids efficiently and quickly. The input module is made of the results of the preliminary design, i.e., flow-path, aerodynamic conditions along the spanwise direction, and the blade profile data. The final grids generated from each module of the system are used as the preprocessor for the performance prediction of the single row cascades and the flow simulation inside the multi staegd blade passage. Application to low pressure compressor of industrial gas turbine engines was demonstrated to be very reliable and practical in support of design activities.

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A Study on the Simplified Presumption Method for the Prediction of Cooling and Heating Performance in a Fresh Air Load Reduction System by Using Geothermal Energy (지열 이용 외기부하 저감시스템의 냉각 및 가열효과 예측 간이추정법에 관한 연구)

  • Son, Won-Tug;Choi, Young-Sik
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.169-181
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    • 2010
  • This paper presents a feasibility study of a fresh air load reduction system by using an underground double floor space. The fresh air is introduced into the double slab space and passes through the opening bored into the footing beam. The air is cooled by the heat exchange with the inside surface of the double slab space in summer, and heated in winter. This system not only reduces sensible heat load of the fresh air by heat exchange with earth but also reduces latent heat load of the fresh air by ad/de-sorption of underground double slab concrete. In this paper, we proposed a simplified presumption method for the prediction of cooling and heating performance in the system. In conclusion the proposed method has been verified by comparing with the calculated value of the numerical analysis model by using nonlinear two-dimension hygroscopic question.

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A Study on the Whirling Critical Speeds of Marine Propeller Shafts (선박 추진축의 선회임계속도에 관한 연구)

  • Yong-Chul Kim;Gun-Do Lee
    • Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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    • v.31 no.2
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    • pp.29-37
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    • 1994
  • In this paper the modelling procedure and analysis technique for the prediction of accurate critical speeds of marine propeller shafts are suggested. As a solution method the transfer matrix method is employed to calculate the critical speeds, which are correspond to natural frequencies of the shaft in lateral vibration, and whirling responses. Furthermore, in order to check the validity of the simple prediction formulae, such as Jasper's formula and Panagopulos's formula, numerical calculations were performed. From the numerical results it was found that the critical speed of the propeller shaft is sensitive to the position and the supporting conditions of journal bearings.

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Prediction of propagated wave profiles based on point measurement

  • Lee, Sang-Beom;Choi, Young-Myoung;Do, Jitae;Kwon, Sun-Hong
    • International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.175-185
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    • 2014
  • This study presents the prediction of propagated wave profiles using the wave information at a fixed point. The fixed points can be fixed in either space or time. Wave information based on the linear wave theory can be expressed by Fredholm integral equation of the first kinds. The discretized matrix equation is usually an ill-conditioned system. Tikhonov regularization was applied to the ill-conditioned system to overcome instability of the system. The regularization parameter is calculated by using the L-curve method. The numerical results are compared with the experimental results. The analysis of the numerical computation shows that the Tikhonov regularization method is useful.

Research on total resistance of ice-going ship for different floe ice distributions based on virtual mass method

  • Guo, Wei;Zhao, Qiao-sheng;Tian, Yu-kui;Zhang, Wan-chao
    • International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.957-966
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    • 2020
  • This paper presents the virtual mass method to implement the prediction of total resistance for ice-going ship in floe ice region based on the combined method of CFD and DEM. Two ways of floe ice distribution are adopted for the analysis and comparison. The synthetic ice model test has been conducted to determine the optimal virtual mass coefficients for the two different floe ice distributions. Moreover, the further verification and prediction are developed in different ice conditions. The results show that, the fixed and random distributions in numerical method can simulate the interaction of ship and ice vividly, the trend of total resistance varying with the speed and ice concentration obtained by the numerical simulation is consistent with the model test. The random distribution of floe ice has higher similarity and better accuracy than fixed distribution.