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Rheological Perspectives on Direct Printing Processes

  • An, Gyeong-Hyeon
    • Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2011.05a
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    • pp.1.2-1.2
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    • 2011
  • With recent advances in materials and products, materials processing experiences new challenges. More particles and polymers in material side and thinner and faster deformations in processing side. It happens in most emergying industries such as manufacturing of batteries, solar cells, multi-layer chips, displays, printed electronics, to list a few. In most cases, they are manufactured by coating or printing process, which is defined as a process in which gas is replaced by liquid on a substrate. In this sense, casting, inkjet printing, and roll-to-roll printing are all included. The printing process consists of three unit processes. As the materials used in the above mentioned applications typically contain a large amount of particles with polymers and solvents, they continuously change microstructures during preparation, flow, and even drying. However, little is known about the flow characteristics of such complex fluids and less is known about how to design and control the process. Therefore, for better control of the process and for better quality of the product, we need to understand the flow characteristics of these complex fluids under extremely fast flow environment.

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A Study on the Development of Air Pollution Model Applicable to the Complex Terrain (복잡지형에서의 대기순환모델에 관한 연구)

  • Yoon J. Y.;Yi S. C.;Hong M. S.
    • Journal of computational fluids engineering
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.109-116
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    • 1997
  • The objective of this paper is to develop a computational model for the prediction of the pollutant spread from a mass source over a complex terrain. The model comprises a two-dimensional, steady state flow model and a concentration model which employs the results of the computed flow field. The computational model is applied to predict the spread of pollutants for Sanbon city, and the two cases have been compard with the results of SF/sub 6/ trace experiments.

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Finite Element Formulation using Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian Method for Saturated Porous Media

  • Park, Taehyo;Jung, Sochan
    • Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.375-382
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    • 2003
  • Porous media consist of physically and chemically different materials and have an extremely complicated behavior due to the different material properties of each of its constituents. In addition, the internal structure of porous media has generally a complex geometry that makes the description of its mechanical behavior quite complex. Thus, in order to describe and clarify the deformation behavior of porous media, constitutive models for deformation of porous media coupling several effects such as flow of fluids of thermodynamical change need to be developed in frame of Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian (ALE) description. The aim of ALE formulations is to maximize the advantages of Lagrangian and Eulerian methods, and to minimize the disadvantages. Therefore, this method is appropriate for the analysis of porous media that are considered for the behavior of solids and fluids. First of all, governing equations for saturated porous media based on ALE description are derived. Then, weak forms of these equations are obtained in order to implement numerical method using finite element method. Finally, Petrov-Galerkin method Is applied to develop finite element formulation.

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DEVELOPMENT OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL MULTI-BLOCK STRUCTURED GRID DEFORMATION CODE FOR COMPLEX CONFIGURATIONS (복잡한 형상에 관한 삼차원 변형 Multi-Block 정렬격자 프로그램 개발)

  • Hoang, A.D.;Lee, Y.M.;Jung, S.K.;Nguyen, A.T.;Myong, R.S.
    • Journal of computational fluids engineering
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.28-37
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    • 2007
  • In this study, a multi-block structured grid deformation code based on a hybrid of a transfinite interpolation algorithm and spring analogy was developed. The configuration was modeled by a Bezier surface. A combination of the spring analogy for block vertices and the transfinite interpolation for interior grid points helps to increase the robustness and makes it suitable for distributed computing. An elliptic smoothing operator was applied to the block faces with sub-faces in order to maintain the grid smoothness and skewness. The capability of this code was demonstrated on a range of simple and complex configurations including an airfoil and a wing-body configuration.

Investigations on the Chain Conformation of Weakly Charged Polyelectrolyte in Solvents by Using Efficient Hybrid Molecular Simulations

  • Chun, Myung-Suk;Lee, Hyun-Su
    • Macromolecular Research
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    • v.10 no.6
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    • pp.297-303
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    • 2002
  • We have investigated the microstructural properties of a weakly charged polyelectrolyte modeled with both Hookean spring and Debye-Huckel potential, by employing a novel hybrid scheme of molecular dynamics (MD) and Monte Carlo (MC) simulations. Although the off-lattice pivot step facilitates the earlier computations stage, it gives rise to oscillations and hinders the stable equilibrium state. In order to overcome this problem, we adopt the MC off-lattice pivot step in early stage only, and then switch the computation to a pure MD step. The result shows that the computational speed-up compared to the previous method is entirely above 10 to 50, without loss of the accuracy. We examined the conformations of polyelectrolyte in solvents in terms of the end-to-end distance, radius of gyration, and structure factor with variations of the screening effects of solvent and the monomer charges. The emphasis can favorably be given on the elongation behavior of a polyelectrolyte chain, with observing the simultaneous snapshots.

Material Characterization of MR Fluids at High Frequencies (고주파 영역에서의 MR 유체 특성연구)

  • Park, Kyoung-Mi;Kim, Jae-Hwan;Choi, Seung-Bok;Kim, Kyung-Su
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2002.11b
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    • pp.210-215
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    • 2002
  • MR(Magnetorheogical) fluid composed of fine iron powders dispersed in silicon oil is utilized to many smart structures and devices because of its significant rheological property change by the application of an external magnetic field. When we deal with the shock wave attenuation of warship structures, we should be able to characterize the high frequency behavior of MR fluids. So far, however, many efforts have been focused on the material characterization of MR fluids at low frequencies below 100Hz. In this paper, the MR fluid property characterization at high frequency region is performed. An experimental setup based on wave transmission technique is made and the storage modulus as well as the loss modulus of MR fluids are found from the measured data of speed sound and attenuation. Details of the experiment are addressed and the obtained storage and loss moduli are addressed at $50kHz{\sim}100kHz$.

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Selection of Working fluid for the Organic Rankine Cycle to Utilize Low-Temperature Waste Heat (저온 폐열을 이용하기 위한 유기랭킨 사이클의 작동유체 선정에 관한 연구)

  • Cho, Soo-Yong;Cho, Chong-Hyun
    • New & Renewable Energy
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.36-46
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    • 2014
  • Low-grade heats are wasted even though an amount of their energy is huge. In the small and medium industrial complex sites, large amount of low-grade thermal energy generated during the manufacturing process is wasted if it is not used directly for building heating or air-conditioning. In order to utilize this waste thermal energy more efficiently, organic Rankine cycle (ORC) was adopted. The range of operating temperature of ORC was set to $60^{\circ}C$ from $30^{\circ}C$ applicable low-temperature waste heat. A study was conducted to select an appropriate organic working fluid based on these operating conditions. More than 60 working fluids were screened. Eleven working fluids were selected based on the requirements as working fluid for ORC such as environmentally friendly, safety, and good operation on the expander. Finally, six working fluids were selected by considering the operating temperature ranges. Then, a cycle analysis was conducted with these six working fluids. As a results, R-245fa and R-134a appeared as appropriate working fluids for ORC operating at low-temperature condition based on the system efficiency and the turbine output power.

Numerical Analysis Method for the Flow Analysis in the Engine Cylinder (엔진실린더내의 유동해석을 위한 수치해석방법)

  • Choi J. W.;Lee Y. H.;Park C. K.
    • Journal of computational fluids engineering
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2000
  • In general, FDM(finite difference method) and FVM(finite volume method) are used for analyzing the fluid flow numerically. However it is difficult to apply them to problems involving complex geometries, multi-connected domains, and complex boundary conditions. On the contrary, FEM(finite element method) with coordinates transformation for the unstructured grid is effective for the complex geometries. Most of previous studies have used commercial codes such as KIVA or STAR-CD for the flow analyses in the engine cylinder, and these codes are mostly based on the FVM. In the present study, using the FEM for three-dimensional, unsteady, and incompressible Navier-Stokes equation, the velocity and pressure fields in the engine cylinder have been numerically analyzed. As a numerical algorithm, 4-step time-splitting method is used and ALE(arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian) method is adopted for moving grids. In the Piston-Cylinder, the calculated results show good agreement in comparison with those by the FVM and the experimental results by the LDA.

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A Physics-Based Modelling of Multipbase Fluid Phenomena (물리적 모델에 기반한 다상 유체 현상 애니메이션)

  • Song, Oh-Young;Shin, Hyun-Cheol;Ko, Hyeong-Seok
    • Journal of the Korea Computer Graphics Society
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.52-60
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    • 2004
  • This paper presents a physically based technique for simulating complex multiphase fluids. This work is motivated by the "stable fluids" method developed by Stam to handle gaseous fluids. We extend this technique to water, which calls for the development of methods for modeling multiphase fluids and suppressing dissipation. We construct a multiphase fluid formulation by combining the Navier-Stokes equations with the level set method. By adopting constrained interpolation profile (CIP)-based advection, we reduce the numerical dissipation and diffusion significantly. We further reduce the dissipation by converting potentially dissipative cells into droplets or bubbles that undergo Lagrangian motion. Due to the multiphase formulation, the proposed method properly simulates the interaction of water with surrounding air, instead of simulating water in a void space. Moreover. the introduction of the non-dissipative technique means that, in contrast 10 previous methods, the simulated water does not unnecessarily lose mass and its motion is not damped to an unphysical extent. Experiments showed that the proposed method is stable and runs fast. It is demonstrated that two-dimensional simulation runs in real-time.

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