• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.126-133
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• 2003

The aerodynamic characteristics of automobiles have received substantial interest recently. Detailed knowledge of the vehicle aerodynamics is essential to improve fuel efficiency and enhance stability at high-speed cruising. In this study, a numerical simulation has been carried out for three-dimensional turbulent flows around a commercial bus body. Also, the effect of rear-spoiler attached at rear end of bus body was investigated. The Wavier-Stokes equation is solved with SIMPLE method in general curvilinear coordinates system. RNG $k-\varepsilon$ turbulence model with the MARS scheme was used for the evaluating aerodynamic forces, velocity and pressure distribution. The results showed details of the three-dimensional wake flow in the immediate rear of bus body and the effect of rear-spoiler on the wake structure. A maximum of 14% reduction in drag coefficient was achieved for a model with a rear-spoiler.

• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.371-385
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• 2020

A forward-facing aerospike attached to a payload fairing of a satellite launch vehicle significantly alters its flowfield and decreases the aerodynamic drag in transonic and low supersonic speeds. The present payload fairing is an axisymmetric configuration and consists of a blunt-nosed body along with a conical section, payload shroud, boat tail and followed by a booster. The main purpose of the present numerical simulations is to evaluate flowfield and assess the performance of aerodynamic drag coefficient with and without aerospike attached to a payload fairing of a typical satellite launch vehicle in freestream Mach number range 0.8 ≤ M_∞ ≤ 3.0 and freestream Reynolds number range 33.35 × 10⁶/m ≤ Re_∞ ≤ 46.75 × 10⁶/m whichincludes the maximum aerodynamic drag and maximum dynamic conditions during ascent flight trajectory of the satellite launch vehicle. A numerical simulation has been carried out to solve time-dependent compressible turbulent axisymmetric Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations. The closure of the system of equations is achieved using the Baldwin-Lomax turbulence model. The aerodynamic drag reduction mechanism is analysed employing numerical results such as velocity vector plots, density and Mach contours in conjunction with the experimental flow visualization pictures. The variations of wall pressure coefficient over the payload fairing with and without aerospike are exhibiting different kind of flowfield characteristics in the transonic and low supersonic speeds. The numerically computed results are compared with schlieren pictures, oil flow patterns and measured wall pressure distributions and exhibit good agreement between them.

• 한국전산유체공학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.66-71
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• 2008

This research computes the viscous flow field and aerodynamics around the model of a commercial passenger airplane, Boeing 747-400, which cruises in transonic speed. The configuration was realized through the reverse engineering based on the photo scanning measurement. In results, the pressure coefficients at the several wing section on the wing surface of the airplane was described and discussed to obtain the physical meaning. The lift coefficient increased almost linearly up to $17^{\circ}$. Here the maximum lift occurred at $18^{\circ}$ according to the angle of attack. And the minimum drag is expected at $-2^{\circ}$. The maximum lift coefficient occurred at the Mach number 0.89, and the drag coefficient rapidly increased after the Mach number of 0.92. Also shear-stress transport model predicts slightly lower aerodynamic coefficients than other models and Chen's model shows the highest aerodynamic values. The aerodynamic performance of the airplane elements was presented.

• EDISON SW 활용 경진대회 논문집
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• 제3회(2014년)
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• pp.539-543
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• 2014

임의의 물체가 유체 내에서 운동하거나 정지해 있을 때 유체에 의해서 운동에 방해가 되는 힘을 형상저항이라고 한다. 형상저항은 레이놀즈수에 의한 경계층의 흐름형태에 따라 변화하며, 경계층의 흐름형태는 레이놀즈수가 $10^5$보다 작은 경우 층류로, 그 이상의 경우 난류로 나타난다. 본 연구에서는 유체 내에 물체가 정지해 있을 경우 조도에 따른 형상저항의 변화를 알아보기 위해 각기 다른 조도를 가진 실린더를 모델링해 EDISON_CFD을 이용하여 전산 해석을 하였다. 실린더의 표면에 파장의 주기와 진폭, 층류와 난류 영역에서의 항력계수의 변화에 대해 검토하였다.

• EDISON SW 활용 경진대회 논문집
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• 제3회(2014년)
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• pp.562-567
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 교육 및 연구를 위한 CFD 해석 프로그램인 EDISON_CFD를 이용하여 Symmetric airfoil(NACA0012)과 Cambered airfoil(NACA4412)의 뒷전 두께에 따른 공력 특성을 분석해보았다. Chord 길이의 0%, 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%에 해당하는 뒷전 두께를 가지는 Blunt trailing edge airfoil의 받음각에 따른 공력 특성을 비교 및 분석하고, 어떠한 장단점을 가지는지 확인하였다. 그 결과 Chord 길이의 1% 뒷전 두께를 가질 때를 제외하면 뒷전 두께가 두꺼워질수록 최대양력계수는 증가하였고, 양항비와 실속각은 감소하였다. 또한, 뒷전 두께가 두꺼워질수록 Symmetric airfoil에서는 받음각 $0^{\circ}$를 기준으로 양력곡선기울기가 증가하였고, Cambered airfoil에서는 전체적으로 양력계수가 증가함과 동시에 양력곡선기울기 또한 증가하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제36권7호
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• pp.628-633
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• 2008

십자형 낙하산은 원형 낙하산에 비해 제작상의 이점과 비용상의 이점이 있지만, 비정상 상태의 조건에 대해 많은 제약을 가지고 있다. 본 연구는 십자형 낙하산의 단점을 개선하여 더 나은 형태의 낙하산을 개발하는데 목적을 두고 있으며, Reefing을 통해 이러한 단점들을 개선 할 수 있을 것이라 기대하고 있다. 공력 특성 중에 낙하산의 성능에 가장 크게 작용하는 항력, 안정성, 진동에 대해 풍동 시험을 진행 하였으며, Reefing 효과로 인해 변화되는 낙하산의 형태와 성능들에 대해 연구 할 수 있었다.공력 계수를 얻기 위한 풍동시험은 6분력 피라미달 밸런스와 전방 고정부에 설치된 로드셀에 의해 측정이 되었다. 4개의 십자형 낙하산을 제작하였고, 각각의 값들을 비교하였다. Reefing line ratio에 따라 공력계수들의 변화를 알 수 있었다. 또한 reefing 효과에 따라 separation edge가 발생되어 십자형 낙하산의 안전성 향상을 확인할 수 있었다. 본 연구를 통해 기존 십자형 낙하산의 단점인 안정성을 향상시켜 다양한 분야에서 새로운 십자형 낙하산이 사용될 것이라 기대된다.

• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.177-194
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• 2024

The objective of this paper is to compute entire flow field over Apollo-II, Aerospace Reentry Demonstrator (ARD), Orbital Experiment (OREX) with sharp shoulder and rounded shape shoulder and Space Recovery Experiment (SRE) at different flare-cone half-angle of 20° and 35°. This paper addresses numerical solutions of the compressible three-dimensional Euler equations on hexahedral meshes for a freestream Mach 6 and at an angle of incidence 5°. Furthermore, spatial discretization is accomplished by a cell centred finite volume formulation solution and advanced in time by an explicit multi-stage Runge-Kutta method. The flow field characteristics, distribution of surface pressure coefficient and Mach number on fore-body and aft-body are presented as a function of the geometrical parameters of many reentry capsules. The surface pressure variation is numerically integrated to obtain the aerodynamic drag and compared well with impact theory. The present numerical study has observed the significant dependence of the blunt body and the aft-body geometry of the vehicle and can be used to study atmospheric conditions during re-entry trajectory. The numerical analysis reveals the significant influence of capsule geometry on the flow characteristics of the mechanism of upstream and structure of the flow near the wake region and aerodynamic drag coefficient.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.617-631
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• 2020

Wake-induced aerodynamics of yawed circular cylinders with smooth and grooved surfaces in a tandem arrangement was studied. This pair of cylinders represent sections of stay-cables with smooth surfaces and high-voltage power conductors with grooved surfaces that are vulnerable to flow-induced structural failure. The study provides some insight for a better understanding of wake-induced loads and galloping problem of bundled cables. All experiments in this study were conducted using a pair of stationary section models of circular cylinders in a wind tunnel subjected to uniform and smooth flow. The aerodynamic force coefficients and vortex-shedding frequency of the downstream model were extracted from the surface pressure distribution. For measurement, polished aluminum tubes were used as smooth cables; and hollow tubes with a helically grooved surface were used as power conductors. The aerodynamic properties of the downstream model were captured at wind speeds of about 6-23 m/s (Reynolds number of 5×10⁴ to 2.67×10⁵ for smooth cable and 2×10⁴ to 1.01×10⁵ for grooved cable) and yaw angles ranging from 0° to 45° while the upstream model was fixed at the various spacing between the two model cylinders. The results showed that the Strouhal number of yawed cable is less than the non-yawed case at a given Reynolds number, and its value is smaller than the Strouhal number of a single cable. Additionally, compared to the single smooth cable, it was observed that there was a reduction of drag coefficient of the downstream model, but no change in a drag coefficient of the downstream grooved case in the range of Reynolds number in this study.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.51-61
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• 1995

A coast down test mothod has been used to determine the resistance forces on running vehicle due to the aerodynamic drag, rolling resistance and driveline resistance. Most of the tests, however, are based on the Velocity-Time measurements, which require a sophisticated velocity measuring device and contain much error by nature. In the present study a coast down test method based on Distance-Time measurements is introduced, which contains the original idea of Russian scientist Prof. Petrushov along with the suggestions for improvement of the accuracy.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제11권8호
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• pp.2750-2757
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• 2010

현재 전문대학의 자동차 학과에서 제공되는 교육이 이론교육에 치우쳐 실제 산업현장에서 적용과 응용능력에 문제점이 있다고 지적이 있어왔다. 이 연구는 창의적인 자동차설계 능력을 배양하기 위하여 A 대학의 모터스포츠 전공에서 차량 공기역학에 $CO_2$ 경주차 설계를 수행한 성공적인 수업내용의 사례를 살펴본다. $CO_2$ 모형 경주차 제작 규정, 제작 과정, 성능 시험 등시 제시 되었으며, $CO_2$ 모형 경주차의 속도 및 항력이 측정되었다. 공학설계가 학생들의 학습에 미친 영향을 알아보기 위하여 2008년 봄 학기에 설문조사를 실시하였다. 설문조사에 따른면 학생들의 공학설계 능력과 만족도에 높은 가치를 부여하였다.