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Implementation of functional expansion tally method and order selection strategy in Monte Carlo code RMC

  • Wang, Zhenyu;Liu, Shichang;She, Ding;Su, Yang;Chen, Yixue
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.53 no.2
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    • pp.430-438
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    • 2021
  • The spatial distribution of neutron flux or reaction rate was calculated by cell or mesh tally in traditional Monte Carlo simulation. However, either cell or mesh tally leads to the increase of memory consumption and simulation time. In this paper, the function expansion tally (FET) method was developed in Reactor Monte Carlo code RMC to solve this problem. The FET method was applied to the tallies of neutron flux distributions of uranium block and PWR fuel rod models. Legendre polynomials were used in the axial direction, while Zernike polynomials were used in the radial direction. The results of flux, calculation time and memory consumption of different expansion orders were investigated, and compared with the mesh tally. Results showed that the continuous distribution of flux can be obtained by FET method. The flux distributions were consistent with that of mesh tally, while the memory consumption and simulation time can be effectively reduced. Finally, the convergence analysis of coefficients of polynomials were performed, and the selection strategy of FET order was proposed based on the statistics uncertainty of the coefficients. The proposed method can help to determine the order of FET, which was meaningful for the efficiency and accuracy of FET method.

Particle-Size Distribution Dependent upon Crushing Mechanism and Crushing Circuit (파쇄 메카니즘과 파쇄회로에 따른 입도분포)

  • Choi, Do-Young;Kim, Wan-Tae;Kim, Sang-Bae
    • Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Korea
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.297-303
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    • 2010
  • We report the particle-size distribution and comminution charactersitics of dolomite depending upon crushing equipment (hammer crusher and roll crusher) and crushing circuit (open and closed). The quantity of fine particles (< 100 mesh) produced by hammer crusher was 34 wt.% which is about three times that by roll crusher. The quantity of 14~25 mesh size fraction by roll crusher was 20 wt.% higher than that produced by hammer crusher. 80 wt.% of the crushing products by hammer crushing was under 35 mesh in size, while the particles produced by roll crushing were relatively coarse. The particle size of both the hammer and roll crushers decreased by employing closed crusing circuit in comparison to open circuit. Products of required particle-size were obtained effectively depending on appropriate crushing equipment and crushing circuit.

A Watermarking of 3D Mesh Model using EGI Distributions of Each Patch (패치별 EGI 분포를 이용한 3D 메쉬 모델 워터마킹)

  • 이석환;김태수;김병주;김지홍;권기룡;이건일
    • Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.80-90
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    • 2004
  • Watermarking algorithm for 3D mesh model using EGI distribution of each patch is proposed. The proposed algorithm divides a 3D mesh model into 6 patches to have the robustness against the partial geometric deformation. Plus, it uses EGI distributions as the consistent factor that has the robustness against the topological deformation. To satisfy both geometric and topological deformation, the same watermark bits for each subdivided patch are embedded by changing the mesh normal vectors. Moreover, the proposed algorithm does not need not only the original mesh model but also the resampling process to extract the watermark. Experimental results verify that the proposed algorithm is imperceptible and robust against geometrical and topological attacks.

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Stress Analysis of the Soft Golf Clubs using FEM (소프트골프 클럽의 유한요소 모델 응력해석)

  • Kim Y.K.;Kim S.M.;Sim K.J.;Kwon T.K.;Kim N.G.;Lee S.C.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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    • 2005.06a
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    • pp.2028-2031
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    • 2005
  • This paper concerns stress distribution of the soft golf clubs using FEM. The identification of the stress distribution of the soft golf clubs used the finite element method using ABAQUS. The soft golf clubs which were designated is a new golf clubs to keep a good health for the elderly. To design the soft golf clubs, we concerns two main purpose ; First, our efforts concentrate to reduce the weight of the soft golf clubs. We considers the change of material and geometry of the golf club‘s head and shaft. Second, it is to increase the size and shape of 'sweet spot' of the soft golf club’s head face. To accomplish this purpose, we made the various type of the soft golf club's head. In this paper, we simulates putter models of the soft golf clubs. The pre-processing which generates the mesh of the model used HyperMesh with geometry data by CATIA ver 5.0 This paper compares the stress distribution of putter type which was loaded.

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Adaptive Finite Element Method by Selective p-Distribution (선택적 p-분배에 의한 적응적 유한 요소법)

  • 조준형;우광성;박진환;안재석
    • Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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    • 2003.04a
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    • pp.288-295
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    • 2003
  • An adaptive procedure in finite element analysis is presented by p-refinement of meshes in conjunction with a posteriori error estimator that is based on the recovery technique. In case of the recovery technique, the SPR(superconvergent patch recovery) approach has been modified for p-adaptive mesh refinement. The strategy of finding a nearly optimal distribution of polynomial degrees on a fixed finite element mesh is discussed such that a particular element has to be refined automatically to obtain an acceptable level of accuracy by increasing p-levels non-uniformly. To verify the proposed algorithm, the limit value approach is proposed which utilizes the exact strain energy computed from the extrapolation equation. A new pre-processor is developed for the p-version finite element program in which the vector graphic editor is used for the automatic generation of node connection and coordinate by halfedge solid data structure according to uniform or nonuniform p-distribution. The general 2-D algorithm is also developed to generate face modes and internal modes in accordance with different mesh types. The quality of the error estimator is investigated with the help of two mumerical examples. The results show that the sequences of p-distributions obtained by the proposed error indicator closely follow the optimal trajectory.

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Numerical Simulation of Wind Pressures on a High-rise Building by Auto-mesh System

  • Tang, Yuanzhe;Cao, Shuyang
    • International Journal of High-Rise Buildings
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.255-264
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    • 2019
  • This paper describes large eddy simulation of wind pressures on a square cylinder in a uniform flow and a high-rise building immersed in an atmospheric turbulent boundary layer. For the atmospheric boundary layer case, the inflow turbulence is generated by a numerical wind tunnel. In the numerical simulation, particular attention is devoted to the performance of an auto hexahedral non-structural mesh. Both simulations are performed for three grid systems: an auto hexahedral non-structured grid, a structured Cartesian grid and a non-structured triangular prism grid, and for three grid numbers. The present study shows that the auto hexahedral unstructured mesh achieves the best simulation results for wind pressures on the square cylinder and the high-rise building. When the grid number is sufficiently large, the differences among the results obtained from the three investigated grid systems are not significant. However, the advantage of the auto hexahedral unstructured mesh becomes clear when the grid number decreases, because it enables a balanced distribution of orthogonal grids. The results described in this paper demonstrate that the auto hexahedral non-structured mesh has good potential applicability to simulation of urban flows.

Adaptive finite element wind analysis with mesh refinement and recovery

  • Choi, Chang-Koon;Yu, Won-Jin
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.111-125
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    • 1998
  • This paper deals with the development of variable-node element and its application to the adaptive h-version mesh refinement-recovery for the incompressible viscous flow analysis. The element which has variable mid-side nodes can be used in generating the transition zone between the refined and unrefined element and efficiently used for the construction of a refined mesh without generating distorted elements. A modified Guassian quadrature is needed to evaluate the element matrices due to the discontinuity of derivatives of the shape functions used for the element. The penalty function method which can reduce the number of the independent variables is adopted for the purpose of computational efficiency and the selective reduced integration is carried out for the convection and pressure terms to preserve the stability of solution. For the economical analysis of transient problems in which the locations to be refined are changed in accordance with the dynamic distribution of velocity gradient, not only the mesh refinement but also the mesh recovery is needed. The numerical examples show that the optimal mesh for the finite element analysis of a wind around the structures can be obtained automatically by the proposed scheme.

A Study on the Temperature Distribution and Computational Effort of Rectangular Cross-Section by the Finite Dynamic Element Method (유한 요소법에 의한 구형단면의 온도분포와 Computational Effort에 관한 연구)

  • Yong, Ho-Taek
    • The Magazine of the Society of Air-Conditioning and Refrigerating Engineers of Korea
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.10-15
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    • 1984
  • The aims of this study are to obtain a suitable method and a proper mesh for investigation of the temperature distribution and heat transfer. The relative errors of temperature distribution and heat transfer for each mesh are acquired in accordance with linear finite element (FEM 3), square finite element (FEM 6), cubic finite element (FEM 10), and finite difference method (FDM). It has been found that FEM 10 is the most accurate measure to obtain the temperature distribution and heat transfer. However, no significant results have been obtained successfully, because when higher order finite element methods are used the more computational efforts are necessary due to the distribution of elements. The results of this study are as follows ; 1 . In case of a=b=L, meshes for less than $1\%$ relative errors (temperature distribution) acquired in various methods to exact solution are $2\times2,\;4\times4,\;8\times8\;and\;8\tiems8$ for each FEM 10, FEM 6, FEM 3 and FDM and a=L, b=1/2L are $10\times5$ for each FEM 3 and FDM. And the tendency of results acquired of heat transfer is similar to those above. 2 . In computational efforts (a=b=L), FEM 6 has taken 21 times. and FEM 10 154times FEM 3 and FDM and FEM 3 is the sane as FDM.

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Study on Temperature Distribution in Cold Storage of Korean Garlic in Wire Mesh Pallet Container Using CFD Analysis (CFD 해석을 이용한 철망 파렛트 컨테이너 적입 마늘의 저온 저장고내 온도 분포 연구)

  • Dong-Soo Choi;Yong-Hoon Kim;Jin-Se Kim;Chun-Wan Park;Hyun-Mo Jung;Jong-Min Park
    • KOREAN JOURNAL OF PACKAGING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.195-201
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    • 2023
  • Garlic (Allium sativum)is a major crop in most Asian countries, and its consumption in Asia-Pacific countries exceeds 90% of the global consumption. It contains beneficial ingredients and numerous essential nutrients, such as manganese, vitamin B6, and vitamin B1. Garlic demand is rising not only in Asian countries but also around the world. Particularly, garlic demand has been steadily increasing in European countries, such as Spain, France, Italy, and the American continent. In South Korea, 331,671 tons and 387,671 tons of garlic was produced in 2018 and 2019, respectively, making the country the fifth ranking garlic producer in the world, and the production has been increasing every year. In this study, the study on temperature distribution in cold storage of Korean garlic in folding wire mesh pallet container using CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) analysis was performed and Computations were based a commercial simulation software (ANSYS Workbenh Ver. 18.0). Considering the respiration heat of garlic, the decreasing rate of temperature in the area in contact with the cold air was fast due to the inflow of cold air inside, while the decreasing rate of temperature in the center of the pallet was very low. In order to maintain a uniform temperature distribution inside the agricultural product storage pallet in a low-temperature warehouse, it is considered desirable to install an air passageway to allow low-temperature air to flow into the wire mesh pallet.

An analysis method Flexural Crack Propagation Behavior of Concrete with Aggregate Distribution of Section (단면의 골재분포를 고려한 콘크리트의 휨균열 진전 거동해석기법)

  • Chae, Young-Suk;Song, Kwan-Kwon;Min, In-Ki
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.28 no.6
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    • pp.57-63
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    • 2013
  • This paper discusses 2D models of beams for simulating the fracture of brittle materials. A simulation of an experiment on a concrete beam subjected to bending, in which two overlapping cracks occur, is used to study the effect of individual beam characteristics and different arrangements of the beams in the overall network mesh. It was found that any regular orientation of the beams influences the resulting crack patterns. Methods to implement a wide range of poisson's ratios are also developed, the use of the mesh to study arbitrary micro-structures is outlined. The crack pattern that are obtained with mesh are in good agreement with the experimental results. Also, numerical simulations of the tests were performed by means of a model, and non-integer dimensions were measured on the predicted mesh damage patterns.