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NUMERICAL STUDY ON TWO-DIMENSIONAL MULTIPHASE FLOWS DUE TO DENSITY DIFFERENCE WITH INTERFACE CAPTURING METHOD (경계면 포착법을 사용한 밀도차에 따른 다상유동에 관한 수치해석적 연구)

  • Myong, H.K.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.10a
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    • pp.214-219
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    • 2007
  • Both the bubble rising in a fully filled container and the droplet splash are simulated by a solution code(PowerCFD). This code employs an unstructured cell-centered method based on a conservative pressure-based finite-volume method with interface capturing method (CICSAM) in a volume of fluid(VOF) scheme for phase interface capturing. The present results are compared with other numerical solutions found in the literature. It is found that the present code simulate complex free surface flows such as multi phase flows due to large density difference efficiently and accurately.

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PRECONDITIONED NAVIER-STOKES COMPUTATION FOR WEAKLY COMPRESSIBLE FLOW ANALYSIS ON UNSTRUCTURED MESH (비정렬격자와 예조건화 기법을 이용한 저압축성 점성유동해석)

  • Son, S.J.;Ahn, H.T.
    • Journal of computational fluids engineering
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.79-86
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    • 2013
  • Preconditioned compressible Navier-Stokes equations are solved for almost incompressible flows. Unstructured meshes are utilized for spatial discretization of complex flow domain. Effectiveness of the current preconditioning algorithm, with respect to various Reynolds numbers and Mach numbers, is demonstrated by the solution of canonical problems for incompressible flows, e.g. driven cavity flows.

Numerical Analysis of Flows in Butterfly Valves to Prevent Cavitation (공동 현상 방지를 위한 버터플라이 밸브의 유동장 해석)

  • Yoon, Joon-yong;Lee, Seng-jun;Kim, Eun-suk
    • The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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    • v.7 no.1 s.22
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    • pp.9-16
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    • 2004
  • A three-dimensional numerical analysis was carried out on incompressible flows in butterfly valves by using commercial FLUENT/UNS code. Characteristics of complex flows including cavitation effect were investigated for different valve disk angles. The butterfly-valves that had different disk angles and different disk shapes were compared with each other in detail. This study focused on the flow analysis in the conventional butterfly valve and the newly designed butterfly valve in order to prevent cavitation. The newly designed valve shows great improvement on performance and endurance.

Calculation of Turbulent Flows around a Ship Model in Drift Motion (사항중인 모형선 주위의 난류 유동 계산)

  • Kim Y. G.;Kim J. J.;Kim H. T.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1999.05a
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    • pp.66-72
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    • 1999
  • A numerical simulation method has been under development for solving turbulent flows around a ship model in maneuvering motion using the Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes equations. The method used second-order finite differences, collocated grids, pressure-Poisson equation and four-stage Runge-Kutta scheme as key components of the solution method. A modified Baldwin-Lomax model is used for the turbulence closure. This paper presents a preliminary result of the computational study on turbulent flows past a ship model in drift motion. Calculations are carried out for a Series 60 $C_B=0.6$ ship model, for which detailed experimental data are available. The results of the present calculations are compared with the experimental data for hydrodynamic forces acting on the model as well as velocity distributions at longitudinal sections. Only fair agreements has been achieved. The computational results show the complex asymmetrical shear flow patterns including three-dimensional separations followed by formation of bilge vortices both in bow and stern regions.

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The Organization of Spatial Networks by the Velocity of Network Flows (네트워크 흐름의 속도에 따른 공간구조 변화)

  • Han, Yi-Cheol;Lee, Jeong-Jae;Lee, Seong-Woo
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.53 no.1
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2011
  • The nature of a network implies movement among vertices, and can be regarded as flows. Based on the flow concept which network follows the hydraulic fluid principle, we develop a spatial network model using Bernoulli equation. Then we explore the organization of spatial network and growth by the velocity of network flows. Results show that flow velocity determines network connections or influence of a vertex up to a point, and that the overall network structure is the result of pull force (pressure) and flow velocity. We demonstrate how one vertex can monopolize connections within a network.

Computational Analysis of EFP Design (EFP 설계의 전산 해석)

  • 최서원;강호철;홍종태;이상길
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.110-116
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    • 1999
  • Supersonic flows over an EFP(explosively formed projectile) have been calculated by a high-order conservation law scheme and two-layer $$textsc{k}$-{\varepsilon}$ model on hybrid viscous unstructured mesh. To verify the accuracy and robustness of the developed code, two basic flows about airfoils are computed and results are compared with existing experimental data and computational results. The comparisons confirm the validity of the code and justify our use for such a highly supersonic and viscous flow over a blunt body. Complex flow features of supersonic flows over an EFP are clearly captured and show agreements with the flow visualization. From the interaction of oblique shocks near the surface of flare, flow structures, that were not identified by previous experimental results, are discovered as a result of present computation.

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A Study on the Techniques of Grid Control for Numerical Grid Generation (격자 조절기법에 관한 연구)

  • Yoon Yong Hyun
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.84-87
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    • 2002
  • When computing the flow around complex three dimensional configurations, the generation of grid is the sunt time consuming part of any calculation. The object of this study is to develop the grid duster techniques capable of resolving complex flows with shock waves, expansion waves, shear layers, and cursive shapes, The Dot insert method of Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines is described as a id control method.

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NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF MULTIPHASE FLOW BY NUFLEX (NUFLEX를 이용한 다상유동의 수치해석)

  • Yu, Tae-Jin;Suh, Young-Ho;Son, Gi-Hun;Hur, Nahm-Keon
    • Journal of computational fluids engineering
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.21-25
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    • 2007
  • A general purpose program NUFLEX has been extended for two-phase flows with topologically complex interface and cavitation flows with liquid-vapor phase change caused by large pressure drop. In analysis of two-phase flow, the phase interfaces are tracked by employing a LS(Level Set) method. Compared with the VOF(Volume-of-Fluid) method based on a non-smooth volume-fraction function, the LS method can calculate an interfacial curvature more accurately by using a smooth distance function. Also, it is quite straightforward to implement for 3-D irregular meshes compared with the VOF method requiring much more complicated geometric calculations. Also, the cavitation process is computed by including the effects of evaporation and condensation for bubble formation and collapse as well as turbulence in flows. The volume-faction and continuity equations are adapted for cavitation models with phase change. The LS and cavitation formulation are implemented into a general purpose program for 3-D flows and verified through several test problems.

Large Eddy Simulation of a High Reynolds Number Swirling Flow in a Conical Diffuser

  • Duprat, Cedric;Metais, Olivier;Laverne, Thomas
    • International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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    • v.2 no.4
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    • pp.346-352
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    • 2009
  • The objective of the present work is to improve numerical predictions of unsteady turbulent swirling flows in the draft tubes of hydraulic power plants. We present Large Eddy Simulation (LES) results on a simplified draft tube consisting of a straight conical diffuser. The basis of LES is to solve the large scales of motion, which contain most of the energy, while the small scales are modeled. LES strategy is here preferred to the average equations strategies (RANS models) because it resolves directly the most energetic part of the turbulent flow. LES is now recognized as a powerful tool to simulate real applications in several engineering fields which are more and more frequently found. However, the cost of large-eddy simulations of wall bounded flows is still expensive. Bypass methods are investigated to perform high-Reynolds-number LES at a reasonable cost. In this study, computations at a Reynolds number about 2 $10^5$ are presented. This study presents the result of a new near-wall model for turbulent boundary layer taking into account the streamwise pressure gradient (adverse or favorable). Validations are made based on simple channel flow, without any pressure gradient and on the data base ERCOFTAC. The experiments carried out by Clausen et al. [1] reproduce the essential features of the complex flow and are used to develop and test closure models for such flows.

Visualization of Passenger Flows of the Metropolitan Seoul Subway System (서울 수도권 지하철 교통망 승객 흐름의 시각화)

  • Kim, Ho-Sun;Park, Jong-Soo;Lee, Keum-Sook
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.397-405
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    • 2010
  • This study proposes visualization methods of the diurnal passenger flows on the Metropolitan Seoul Subway system (MSSs) and examines the passenger trip behaviors of major central business districts (CBDs). We mine the MSS passenger flow information from a single day T-card passenger trip transaction database. It is practically intractable to analyze such flows, involving huge, complex space-time data, by means of general statistical analysis. On the other hand, dynamic visualizations of the passenger flows make it possible to analyze intuitively and to grasp effectively characteristics of the passenger flows. We thus propose several methods to visualize the passenger flow information. In particular, we visualize dynamic passenger flows of each link on the subway network and analyze the time-space characteristics of passenger ridership for the three major CBDs. As the result, we can ascertain the strong association between CBD and subway line and clarify the distinction among three major CBDs in the diurnal patterns of subway passenger flow.