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Wind tunnel effect analysis for MEXICO wind turbine model (MEXNEXT 풍력발전기 풍동 시험에 대한 풍동 영향 분석)

  • Shin, Hyungki;Lim, Jongsoo;Jang, Moonseok
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2011.05a
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    • pp.59.1-59.1
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    • 2011
  • In this research, CFD calculation was implemented to analyze wind tunnel effect or rotor experiment in wind tunnel. One case included model wind turbine and all wind tunnel geometries. The other case include only rotor and nacelle system. Star-CCM+ was used for CFD analysis and rigid body motion around rotor area was applied to simulate rotating rotor. As for turbulence model, K-omega SST was used. The results were compared in 15m/s inflow condition. These results shows a good agreement with the measurement. Then, the result without wind tunnel was slightly different to the result with wind tunnel. Thus, in the case of Mexnex wind tunnel measurement, the wind tunnel don't affect the measurement result. Then, this wind tunnel and rotor size ratio can be reference for wind tunnel experiment of wind turbine rotor.

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Effect of Root Amount on Wind Damage in Rice

  • Chang, Jae-Ki;Yeo, Un-Sang;Oh, Byong-Geun;Kang, Jung-Hoon;Yang, Sae-Jun;Kim, Soon-Chul
    • KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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    • v.48 no.2
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    • pp.108-112
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    • 2003
  • Foehn damage on rice plant is one of the important abiotic stresses in eastern costal area of Korea. To know the relationship between foehn impact and morphological traits of rice, wind tunnel method was used with 106 rice cultivars. Less influencing traits on foehn were short panicle, large panicle number per hill, thin panicle neck, and the flag leaf of narrow, short and thick. Leaf pubescence reduced the impact on foehn. 'Naepungbyeo' belong-ed to foehn tolerant varietal group, while 'Ansanbyeo' belonged to the opposite group. Three levels of root cutting treatment with two rice cultivars were conducted to evaluate the foehn impact using wind tunnel. The severity of wind damages was followed the sigmoidal curve duration of wind tunnel treatment were prolonged. Different responses of root cutting to wind tunnel treatment could be used to evaluate the severity of the foehn impact. 'Naepungbyeo' was one of the less implausible cultivars on foehn. 'Nae-pungbyeo' showed tolerant response to wind under 21% root removing treat-ment (20㎝ root cutting), however 'Ansanbyeo' was wilted under the same treatment. In case of 35 % root removing treatment(10㎝ root cutting), both rice cultivars failed to alive against foehn wind.

Wind tunnel test research on aerodynamic means of the ZG Bridge

  • He, Xiangdong;Xi, Shaozhong
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.119-125
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    • 1999
  • The ZG Bridge(preliminary design), with unfavorable aerodynamic stability characteristics, is a truss-stiffened suspension bridge, its critical wind speed of flutter instability is much lower than that of code requirement, In the present paper, based on both aerostatic and aeroelastic section model wind tunnel test, not only effects of some aerodynamic means on aerodynamic stability of its main girder are investigated, but also such effective aerodynamic means of it as flap and plate-like center stabilizer are concluded.

Unsteady aerodynamic forces on a vibrating long-span curved roof

  • Ding, Wei;Uematsu, Yasushi;Nakamura, Mana;Tanaka, Satoshi
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.19 no.6
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    • pp.649-663
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    • 2014
  • The present paper discusses the characteristics of unsteady aerodynamic forces on long-span curved roofs. A forced vibration test is carried out in a wind tunnel to investigate the effects of wind speed, vibration amplitude, reduced frequency of vibration and rise/span ratio of the roof on the unsteady aerodynamic forces. Because the range of parameters tested in the wind tunnel experiment is limited, a CFD simulation is also made for evaluating the characteristics of unsteady aerodynamic forces on the vibrating roof over a wider range of parameters. Special attention is paid to the effect of reduced frequency of vibration. Based on the results of the wind tunnel experiment and CFD simulation, the influence of the unsteady aerodynamic forces on the dynamic response of a full-scale long-span curved roof is investigated on the basis of the spectral analysis.

Development of wind power simulator using MATLAB SIMULINK (MATLAB_SIMULINK를 이용한 풍력 발전 시뮬레이터 개발)

  • Park, won-hyeon;Gebreslassie, Mihret;Park, Ji-Hyeon;Byun, Gi-Sik;Kim, Gwan-Hyung
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2016.10a
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    • pp.665-667
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    • 2016
  • Due to the depletion of fossil fuels and the environmental problems of recent years it has been increasing every year the interest in renewable energy. Renewable energy is clean and the typical method using solar and wind power and solar power as an energy source reusable. Wind power generation system of which it is a method of using the natural wind, convert the kinetic energy of the wind into electrical energy. Traditionally, implementing a wind power system, wind tunnel tests was to configure an environment similar to a real wind tunnel experiments. However, it costs a lot of money problems hagieneun configure these wind tunnel tests. Therefore, by this paper, in consideration of the fact, the characteristics of the generator in the wind tunnel experiment to experiment with such a wind tunnel test using a bad test by configuring the motor and controls the motor generator to obtain a result similar to the wind tunnel experiment.

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A Comparison of the Wind Resistance Characteristic of a Container Crane According to the Increase to the Lifting Capacity (권상용량 증가에 따른 컨테이너 크레인의 내풍특성 비교)

  • Lee, Seong-Wook;Kim, Hyung-Hoon;Han, Dong-Seop;Han, Geun-Jo;Kim, Tae-Hyung
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2007.05a
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    • pp.204-209
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    • 2007
  • This study was carried out to analyze the effect of wind load on the structural stability of a container crane according to the increase of the lifting capacity using wind tunnel test and provided a container crane designer with data which can be used in a wind resistance design of a container crane assuming that a wind load at 75m/s wind velocity is applied on a container crane. Data acquisition conditions for this experiment were established in accordance with the similarity. The scale of a container crane dimension, wind velocity and time were chosen as 1/200, 1/13.3 and 1/15. And this experiment was implemented in an Eiffel type atmospheric boundary-layer wind tunnel with $11.52m^{2}$ cross-section area. Each directional drag and overturning moment coefficients were investigated.

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Wind-Resistant Safety Reviews of Traffic Signal Structures by Wind Tunnel Tests (풍동실험을 통한 교통신호 구조물의 내풍 안전성 검토)

  • Taik-Nyung Huh
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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    • v.27 no.4_2
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    • pp.833-840
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    • 2024
  • According to recent data from the Korea Meteorological Administration(KMA), the frequency of typhoons around the Korea Peninsula is almost unchanged, but the intensity is on the rise due to climate change. A typhoon that has become so powerful can cause partial or complete damage to the traffic signal structures, limiting the operation of the vehicle and causing traffic congestion. If the traffic signal structure fails to function properly due to the influence of the typhoon, not only the v ehicle operation will be disrupted, but also direct damage to the traffic signal structure will occur. In addition, if the social overhead cost of traffic congestion is included, the recovery cost caused by the typhoon will increase to an extent that it is difficult to estimate. Therefore, in this study, a wind tunnel experiment was performed by producing a wind tunnel model of an existing fixed traffic signal structure and a traffic signal structure in which signs and traffic lights are hinged. Also, The fixed and hinge structures were modeled as 3D finite elements, and wind-resistant analysis was performed by wind speed, and, wind-resistant safety of traffic signal structures were analyzed and examined through wind-resistant analyses. From the comparative analysis of the results of experiment and FE analysis, it was known that the stress reduction rate of the hinge connection structure was at least 30% compared to that of the fixed connection structure from the results of the wind tunnel experiment and FE analysis. And As a result of finite element analysis for the maximum design wind speed of 50m/s, it was found that the maximum stress generated in the existing structure exceeded all the yield stress, but the maximum stress of the hinge connection structure was within the yield stress. Finally The hinge connection structure showed a relatively large stress reduction rate as the wind speed increased and the length of the lateral beam was shorter at the same wind speed.

Wind tunnel test of wind turbine in United States and Europe (미국과 유럽의 풍력터빈 풍동실험)

  • Chang, Byeong-Hee
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.06a
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    • pp.42-46
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    • 2005
  • In spite of fast growing of prediction codes, there is still not negligible uncertainty in their results. This uncertainty affects on the turbine structural design and power production prediction. With the growing size of wind turbine, reducing this uncertainty is becoming one of critical issues for high performance and efficient wind turbine design. In this respect, there are international efforts to evaluate and tune prediction codes of wind turbine. As the reference data for this purpose, field test data is not appropriate because of its uncontrollable wind characteristics and its inherent uncertainty. Wind tunnel can provide controllable wind. For this reason, NREL has done the full scale test of the 10m turbine at NASA-Ames. With this reference data, a blind comparison has been done with participation of 18 organizations with 19 modeling tools. The results were not favorable. In Europe, a similar project is going on. Nine organizations from five countries are participating in the MEXICO project to do full scale wind tunnel tests and calculation with prediction codes. In this study. these two projects were reviewed in respect of wind tunnel test and its contribution. As a conclusion, it is suggested that scale model wind tunnel tests can be a complementary tool to calculation codes which were evaluated worse than expected.

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Low Speed Wind Tunnel Testing to Measure Drag with Velocity Variation on a Cube Body

  • Rahmanto, R. Hengki;Choe, Gwang-Hwan;Go, Dong-Gyun
    • 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.11a
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    • pp.96-102
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    • 2008
  • For centuries now, wind tunnels have been a key element in scientific research in a number of fields. Experimenting with racecars, airplanes, weather patterns, birds, and various other areas has been made much easier because of its development. In the racing field, for example, the information gathered from this testing can mean the difference between winning and losing a race. Weather simulations can also provide valuable information regarding building stability and safety. This has become very important when designing buildings today. Valuable information concerning bird flight has also been collected based on wind tunnel testing. Wind tunnels have a variety of important uses in the world today. Wind tunnel that used here is an open loop low speed wind tunnel. The fundamental principles of this tunnel is moving the air using exhaust fan In the rear side, and placing the cube in the external balance system which used to measure the working force. This experiment is using 50mm cube of finished wood. From this experiment we can get Drag Force (FD), The Reynolds Number (Re) and The Coefficient of Brae (CD).

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A Study on the Estimation of the Structural Stability of a Container Crane According to the Change of the Boom Shape using Wind Tunnel Test

  • Lee, Seong-Wook;Han, Dong-Seop;Han, Geun-Jo;Kim, Tae-Hyung
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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    • 2006.10a
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    • pp.87-94
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    • 2006
  • In this study we carried out to analyze the effect of wind load on the structural stability of a container crane according to the change of the boom shape using wind tunnel test and provided a container crane designer with data which can be used in a wind resistance design of a container crane assuming that a wind load at 75m/s wind velocity is applied on a container crane. Data acquisition conditions for this experiment were established in accordance with the similarity. The scale of a container crane dimension, wind velocity and time were chosen as 1/200, 1/13.3 and 1/15. And this experiment was implemented in an Eiffel type atmospheric boundary-layer wind tunnel with $11.52m^2$ cross-section area. Each directional drag and overturning moment coefficients were investigated and uplift forces at each supporting point due to the wind load were analyzed.

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