• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제49권5호
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• pp.440-446
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• 2012

A twisted cylinder has been newly designed by rotating the elliptic cross section along the spanwise direction in order to reduce the drag and vorticies in wake region. The flow around the twisted cylinder at a subcritical Reynolds number (Re) of 3000 is investigated to analyze the effect of twisted spiral pattern on the drag reduction and vortex suppression using large eddy simulation (LES). The instantaneous wake structures of the twisted cylinder are compared with those of a circular and a wavy cylinder at the same Re. The shear layer of the twisted cylinder covering the recirculation region is more elongated than that of the circular and the wavy cylinder. Successively, vortex shedding of the twisted cylinder is considerably suppressed, compared with those of the circular and the wavy cylinder. Consequently, the mean drag coefficient and the fluctuating lift of the twisted cylinder are less than those of the circular and the wavy cylinder.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.331-336
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• 2010

원형실린더가 균일한 유입유동에서 자유수면 으로부터 깊이를 달리했을 경우 박리점, 경계층 및 칼만 와열의 주기 등의 변화로 인하여 시스템 전체 에너지에 변화를 초래한다. 본 연구에서는 원형실린더의 침수 깊이를 변화시키며 $Re=1.0{\times}10^3$에서 유동장을 계측하였다. 2차원 그레이 레벨 상호상관 PIV기법을 이용하여 원형실린더 주위의 유동특성을 알아보기 위하여 상호 비교하는 방법을 적용하였다. 자유수면의 점성과 마찰에 의해 발생하는 원형실린더 주변유동은 경계층을 변화시키고 후류유동에 교란을 일으킨다. 특히, 몰수체의 깊이가 d=1.0D의 경우에 있어서 경계층의 변화가 후류로 길게 형성되었다. 원형실린더의 깊이가 d=1.5D에서부터 자유수면의 영향이 감소하고 칼만 와열이 발달하였다.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제37권8호
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• pp.729-736
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• 2009

벌새(Selasphorus rufus)의 날갯짓 운동에 의한 양력발생 및 추력발생 메커니즘을 이해하고자 2차원 수치해석을 수행하였다. 날갯짓 운동의 궤적은 풍동 실험에서 관찰된 결과를 모델링하여 해석하였다. 비행속도에 따라 날갯짓 운동 궤적이 달라지고, 그 결과 양력 및 추력의 발생 메커니즘이 변화하는 것을 알 수 있었다. 본 연구에서는 이를 통하여 비행속도를 저속비행과 고속비행으로 구분하여 물리적인 이해를 하고자 하였다. 양력발생의 경우에는 기존의 날갯짓 비행의 주된 양력발생 메커니즘인 앞전와류효과(Leading Edge Vortex Effect), 실속지연(Delayed Stall), 후류포착(Wake capture)등의 메커니즘을 확인하였으며, 벌새에서 유일하게 관찰되는 Upstroke에서의 양력발생 메커니즘을 유동특성 분석을 통하여 확인하였다. 추력발생의 경우에는 벌새의 골격 구조, 와류형성 및 압력구배에 따른 합력 성분의 분해를 통하여 이해할 수 있었다.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제48권11호
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• pp.891-903
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• 2015

본 연구는 식재된 개수로에서 흐름특성을 모의할 수 있는 수심 적분된 2차원 수치모형을 이용하여 원형 식생역 주변의 흐름을 수치모의하였다. 식생영향을 고려하기 위해 식생항력 항을 지배방정식에 추가하였고 다양한 식생체적비율(SVF) 조건에 따른 수치모의를 수행하였다. 흐름이 원형 식생역을 통과하고 하류에 저유속 구간인 후류영역(wake region)을 형성하며 식생체적비율이 0.08 이상이면 재순환 영역이 발생하였다. 재순환 발생위치는 식생체적비율이 감소하면 식생역에서 더욱 하류로 이동하였다. 후류영역을 지나 원형 식생역 양 측면에서 유발된 전단층들의 상호작용에 의해 von $K{\acute{a}}rm{\acute{a}}n$ 와열이 발생하였다. 원형 식생역 하류에서 발생하는 와류는 식생체적비율이 0.08 이상이 되면 나타나기 시작하였고 발생위치는 난류운동에너지가 최대값을 보이는 위치와 일치하였다. 최대 난류운동에너지는 식생체적비율이 감소하면 줄어드는 것으로 나타났고 최대값의 발생위치는 점점 하류로 이동하였다.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.1-20
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• 2022

This research work presents an experimental study's outcomes to reveal the impact of an O-ring on the flow control over a sphere placed in a turbulent boundary layer. The investigation is performed quantitatively and qualitatively using particle image velocimetry (PIV) and dye visualization. The sphere model having a diamater of 42.5 mm is located in a turbulent boundary layer flow over a smooth plate for gap ratios of 0≤G/D≤1.5 at Reynolds number of 5 × 10³. Flow characteristics, including patterns of instantaneous vorticity, streaklines, time-averaged streamlines, velocity vectors, velocity fluctuations, Reynolds stress correlations, and turbulence kinetic energy (), are compared and discussed for a naked sphere and spheres having O-rings. The boundary layer velocity gradient and proximity of the sphere to the flat plate profoundly influence the flow dynamics. At proximity ratios of G/D=0.1 and 0.25, a wall jet is formed between lower side of the sphere and flat plate, and velocity fluctuations increase in regions close to the wall. At G/D=0.25, the jet flow also induces local flow separations on the flat plate. At higher proximity ratios, the velocity gradient of the boundary layer causes asymmetries in the mean flow characteristics and turbulence values in the wake region. It is observed that the O-ring with various placement angles (𝜃) on the sphere has a considerable alteration in the flow structure and turbulence statistics on the wake. At lower placement angles, where the O-ring is closer to the forward stagnation point of the sphere, the flow control performance of the O-ring is limited; however, its impact on the flow separation becomes pronounced as it is moved away from the forward stagnation point. At G/D=1.50 for O-ring diameters of 4.7 (2 mm) and 7 (3 mm) percent of the sphere diameter, the -ring exhibits remarkable flow control at 𝜃=50° and 𝜃=55° before laminar flow separation occurrence on the sphere surface, respectively. This conclusion is yielded from narrowed wakes and reductions in turbulence statistics compared to the naked sphere model. The O-ring with a diameter of 3 mm and placement angle of 50° exhibits the most effective flow control. It decreases, in sequence, streamwise velocity fluctuations and length of wake recovery region by 45% and 40%, respectively, which can be evaluated as source of decrement in drag force.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.8-15
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• 2010

The flow around a two-dimensional, rectangular cylinder that is freely falling in a channel was simulated using the immersed boundary method with direct forcing to determine the interactions between the fluid and the structure. The results of the present study were in good agreement with previous experimental results. Regardless of the H/L ratio (where H and L are the height and width of the rectangular cylinder, respectively), the flow structures had essentially the same pattern as the two symmetrical circulations that form about the horizontal center of the cylinder, with those centers located at each lateral position near the wake. When the cylinder approaches very close to the bottom, a jet-like flow appeared between the bottom of the rectangular cylinder and the channel. When the jet-like flow goes through the channel, surrounding fluids are sucked into this jet, forming the secondary vortices.

• 천문학회보
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.37.1-37.1
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• 2017

Since the seminal work of Perrin, physicists have understood in the context of kinetic theory how ink slowly diffuses in a glass of water. The fluctuations of the stochastic forces acting on water molecules drive the diffusion of the ink in the fluid. This is the archetype of a process described by the so-called fluctuation-dissipation theorem, which universally relates the rate of diffusion to the power spectrum of the fluctuating forces. For stars in galaxies, a similar process occurs but with two significant differences, due to the long-range nature of the gravitational interaction: (i) for the diffusion to be effective, stars need to resonate, i.e. present commensurable frequencies, otherwise they only follow the orbit imposed by their mean field; (ii) the amplitudes of the induced fluctuating forces are significantly boosted by collective effects, i.e. by the fact that, because of self-gravity, each star generates a wake in its neighbours. In the expanding universe, an overdense perturbation passing a critical threshold will collapse onto itself and, through violent relaxation and mergers, rapidly converge towards a stationary, phase-mixed and highly symmetric state, with a partially frozen orbital structure. The object is then locked in a quasi-stationary state imposed by its mean gravitational field. Of particular interests are strongly responsive colder systems which, given time and kicks, find the opportunity to significantly reshuffle their orbital structure towards more likely configurations. This presentation aims to explain this long-term reshuffling called gravity-driven secular evolution on cosmic timescales, described by extended kinetic theory. I will illustrate this with radial migration, disc thickening and the stellar cluster in the galactic centre.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.411-431
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• 2013

A computational study of vortex-induced transverse vibrations of a cylinder with low mass-damping is presented. An Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) formulation of the Unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes equations (URANS), along with the Spalart-Allmaras (SA) one-equation turbulence model, are coupled conservatively with rigid body motion equations of the cylinder mounted on elastic supports in order to study the amplitude and frequency response of a freely vibrating cylinder, its flow-induced motion, Vortex Street, near-wake flow structure, and unsteady loading in a moderate range of Reynolds numbers. The time accurate response of the cylinder from rest to its limit cycle is studied to explore the effects of Reynolds number on the start of large displacements, motion amplitude, and frequency. The computational results are compared with published physical experiments and numerical studies. The maximum amplitudes of displacements computed for various Reynolds numbers are smaller than the experimental values; however, the overall agreement of the results is quite satisfactory, and the upper branch of the limit-cycle displacement amplitude vs. reduced velocity response is captured, a feature that was missed by other studies. Vortex shedding modes, lock-in phenomena, frequency response, and phase angles are also in agreement with experiments.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.31-45
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• 2024

This paper examines the flow characteristics around an inclined prism with a U-shaped cross-section ("U-profile") and investigates the connection between the flow and flow-induced vibrations. The study employs a combined approach that involves wind tunnel experiments and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) using an unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) turbulence model. Distinct vortex formation patterns are observed in the flow field surrounding the stationary inclined profile. When the cavity of the profile faces away from the incoming flow, large vortices develop behind the profile. Conversely, when the cavity is oriented towards the oncoming flow, these vortices form within the cavity. Notably, due to the slow movement of these large vortices through the cavity, the frequency at which vortices are shed in the negative inclination case is lower compared to the positive inclination, where they form in the wake. Wind tunnel experiments reveal an intermittent transition between the two vortex formation patterns at zero inclination. Large vortices sporadically emerge both in the cavity and behind the profile. The simulation results demonstrate that when these large vortices occur at a frequency close to the structure's natural frequency, they induce prominent pitch vibrations. This phenomenon is also sought after and presented in coupled vibration experiments. Additionally, the simulations indicate that when the natural frequency of the structure is considerably lower than the vortex shedding frequency, this type of vibration can be observed.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제37권5호
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• pp.331-346
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• 2023

This work investigates the effects of transverse inclination on an aeroelastic prism through forced-vibration wind tunnel experiments. The aerodynamic characteristics are tri-parametrically evaluated under different wind speeds, inclination angles, and oscillation amplitudes. Results show that transverse inclination fundamentally changes the wake phenomenology by impinging the fix-end horseshoe vortex and breaking the separation symmetry. The aftermath is a bi-polar, one-and-for-all change in the aerodynamics near the prism base. The suppression of the horseshoe vortex unleashes the Kármán vortex, which significantly increases the unsteady crosswind force. After the initial morphology switch, the aerodynamics become independent of inclination angle and oscillation amplitude and depend solely on wind speed. The structure's upper portion does not feel the effect, so this phenomenon is called Base Intensification. The phenomenon only projects notable impacts on the low-speed and VIV regime and is indifferent in the high-speed. In practice, Base Intensification will disrupt the pedestrian-level wind environment from the unleashed Bérnard-Kármán vortex shedding. Moreover, it increases the aerodynamic load at a structure base by as much as 4.3 times. Since fix-end stiffness prevents elastic dissipation, the load translates to massive stress, making detection trickier and failures, if they are to occur, extreme, and without any warnings.