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Optimization of a Wire-Spacer Fuel Assembly of Liquid Metal reactor

  • Ahmad, Imteyaz;Kim, Kwang-Yong
    • 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.12a
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    • pp.240-243
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    • 2005
  • This study deals with the shape optimization of a wire spacer fuel assembly of Liquid Metal Reactors (LMRs). The Response Surface based optimization Method is used as an optimization technique with the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes analysis of fluid flow and heat transfer using Shear Stress Transport (SST) turbulence model as a turbulence closure. Two design variables namely, pitch to fuel rod diameter ratio and lead length to fuel rod diameter ratio are selected. The objective function is defined as a combination of the heat transfer rate and the inverse of friction loss with a weighting factor. Three level full-factorial method is used to determine the training points. In total, nine experiments have been performed numerically and the resulting datas have been analysed for optimization study. Also, a comparison has been made between the optimized surface and the reference one in this study.

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Flow Analysis and Performance Evaluation of a Ventilation Axial-Flow Fan Depending on the Position of Motor (환기용 축류송풍기의 유동해석 및 모터 위치에 따른 성능 특성 연구)

  • Kim, Jae-Woo;Kim, Jin-Hyuk;Kim, Kwang-Yong
    • The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.25-30
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    • 2010
  • Flow analysis and performa nce evaluation have been performed for a ventilation axial-flow fan with different positions of the motor. Two different positions of motor have been tested; one is in front of the impeller and the other is behind the impeller. Flow analyses are performed by solving three-dimensional Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations through a finite-volume solver. Preliminary numerical calculations are carried out to test the performances of different turbulence models, i.e., SST model, k-$\omega$ model, and k-$\varepsilon$ model with and without using empirical wall function in the flow analysis. The validation of numerical analyses has been performed in comparison with the experimental data. The numerical results for the performance characteristics of the ventilation axial-flow fan with two different positions of the motor have been presented.

Numerical Analysis of the Turbulent Flow and Heat Transfer in a Heated Rod Bundle

  • In Wang-Kee;Shin Chang-Hwan;Oh Dong-Seok;Chun Tae-Hyun
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.36 no.2
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    • pp.153-164
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    • 2004
  • A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis has been performed to investigate the turbulent flow and heat transfer in a triangular rod bundle with pitch-to-diameter ratios (P/D) of 1.06 and 1.12. Anisotropic turbulence models predicted the turbulence-driven secondary flow in a triangular subchannel and the distributions of the time mean velocity and temperature, showing a significantly improved agreement with the measurements from the linear standard $k-{\epsilon}$ model. The anisotropic turbulence models predicted the turbulence structure for a rod bundle with a large P/D fairly well, but could not predict the very high turbulent intensity of the azimuthal velocity observed in the narrow flow region (gap) for a rod bundle with a small P/D.

EFFECTS OF TURBULENCE MODEL AND EDDY VISCOSITY IN SHOCK-WAVE / BOUNDARY LAYER INTERACTION (충격파 경계층 상호작용에서 난류모델 및 난류점성의 효과)

  • Jeon, Sang Eon;Park, Soo Hyung;Byun, Yung Hwan
    • Journal of computational fluids engineering
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.56-65
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    • 2013
  • Two compression ramp problems and an impinging shock problem are computed to investigate influence of turbulence models and eddy viscosity on the shock-wave / boundary layer interaction. A Navier-Stokes boundary layer generation code was applied to the generation of inflow boundary conditions. Computational results are validated well with the experimental data and effects of turbulence models are investigated. It is shown that the behavior of turbulence (eddy) viscosity directly affects both the extent of the separation and shock-wave positions over the separation.

A study on the reduction in Ground Turbulence by the fence in the vicinity of airport runway (활주로 주변에 설치된 fence로 인한 Ground Turbulence의 감소 대한 연구)

  • Sheen, Dong-Jin;Hong, Gyo-Young;Kim, Young-In
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.32-41
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    • 2009
  • This paper presents the work being carried out in order to reduce the ground turbulence by the fence in the vicinity of airport runway. In preliminary study, we knows that cross-wind effect in the vicinity of runway is highly dependent on the shape of the buildings and have predicted results confirmed reduction of wind-effect by doing that set up the building with a fence, terraced shape or gap. This study is to figure out effect of ground turbulence by the building with fence, which is changing fence height, in using two-dimensional computational fluid dynamics analysis.

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A Parametric Study on Inlet Duct Treatment for Improving the Operational Stability of a Centrifugal Compressor (운전안정성 향상을 위한 원심 압축기의 유입부 형상변화에 관한 연구)

  • Seo, Tae-Wan;Heo, Man-Woong;Kim, Kwang-Yong
    • The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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    • v.19 no.5
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    • pp.12-19
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    • 2016
  • In present study, a parametric study of a centrifugal compressor with inlet treatment has been performed numerically using three-dimensional Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations. The shear stress transport turbulence model was used for analysis of turbulence. The finite volume method and unstructured grid system were used for the numerical solution. Tested parameters were related to the geometry of the inlet duct. It was found that the application of circumferentially distributed holes in the inlet duct improves operational stability of the compressor compared to that with conventional inlet duct.

Fluid/Structure Coupled Analysis of 3D Turbine Blade Considering Stator-rotor Interaction (스테이터-로터 상호간섭 효과를 고려한 3차원 터빈 블레이드의 유체/구조 연계해석)

  • Kim, Yu-Sung;Kim, Dong-Hyun;Kim, Yo-Han;Park, Oung
    • Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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    • v.19 no.8
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    • pp.764-772
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    • 2009
  • In this study, fluid/structure coupled analyses have been conducted for 3-D stator and rotor configuration. Advanced computational analysis system based on computational fluid dynamics(CFD) and computational structural dynamics(CSD) has been developed in order to investigate fluid/structure responses of general stator-rotor configurations. To solve the fluid/structure coupled problems, fluid domains are modeled using the structural grid system with dynamic moving and local deforming techniques. Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations with Spalart-Allmaras(S-A) and SST ${\kappa}-{\omega}$ turbulence models are solved for unsteady flow problems. A fully implicit time marching scheme based on the Newmark direct integration method is used for computing the coupled aeroelastic governing equations of the 3-D turbine blades for fluid-structure interaction(FSI) problems. Detailed fluid/structure analysis responses for stator-rotor interaction flow conditions are presented to show the physical performance and flow characteristics.

Fluid/structure Coupled Analysis of 3D Turbine Blade Considering Stator-Rotor Interaction (스테이터-로터 상호간섭 효과를 고려한 3차원 터빈 블레이드의 유체/구조 연계해석)

  • Kim, Yu-Sung;Kim, Dong-Hyun;Kim, Yo-Han;Park, Oung
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2008.11a
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    • pp.563-569
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    • 2008
  • In this study, fluid/structure coupled analyses have been conducted f3r 3-D stator and rotor configuration. Advanced computational analysis system based on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and computational structural dynamics (CSD) has been developed in order to investigate fluid/structure responses of general stator-rotor configurations. To solve the fluid/structure coupled problems, fluid domains are modeled using the structural grid system with dynamic moving and local deforming techniques. Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations with Spalart-Allmaras (S-A) and SST ${\kappa}-{\omega}$ turbulence models are solved for unsteady flow problems. A fully implicit time marching scheme based on the Newmark direct integration method is used for computing the coupled aeroelastic governing equations of the 3-D turbine blades for fluid-structure interaction (FSI) problems. Detailed fluid/structure analysis responses for stator-rotor interaction flow conditions are presented to show the physical performance and flow characteristics.

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Numerical Study on the Effect of the Internal Temperature Distribution in the Cyclone Dust Collector (사이클론 집진장치의 내부 온도 변화에 따른 집진효율에 관한 전산해석적 연구)

  • Hyun, Daegeun;Cha, Hyuksang
    • Particle and aerosol research
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.155-162
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    • 2014
  • The internal temperature will change depending on operation conditions and material of cyclone dust collector. This study compares the results of collection efficiency and temperature distribution on the different heat flux at wall of dust collector. The previous researcher's experiment results were used to confirm the reliability of CFD(Computational Fluid Dynamics) model. Based on this verified CFD model, we extended the analysis on the cyclone dust collectors. In CFD study, we used RNG k-epsilon model for analysis of turbulence flow, fluid is air, the velocity at inlet is 10 m/s, the temperature of air is $600^{\circ}C$. Because of the difference of outer vortex and inner vortex temperature, the collection efficiency will reduce with the increase of heat flux, showed the highest collection efficiency at heat insulation.

CFD-FSI simulation of vortex-induced vibrations of a circular cylinder with low mass-damping

  • Borna, Amir;Habashi, Wagdi G.;McClure, Ghyslaine;Nadarajah, Siva K.
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.16 no.5
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    • pp.411-431
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    • 2013
  • A computational study of vortex-induced transverse vibrations of a cylinder with low mass-damping is presented. An Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) formulation of the Unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes equations (URANS), along with the Spalart-Allmaras (SA) one-equation turbulence model, are coupled conservatively with rigid body motion equations of the cylinder mounted on elastic supports in order to study the amplitude and frequency response of a freely vibrating cylinder, its flow-induced motion, Vortex Street, near-wake flow structure, and unsteady loading in a moderate range of Reynolds numbers. The time accurate response of the cylinder from rest to its limit cycle is studied to explore the effects of Reynolds number on the start of large displacements, motion amplitude, and frequency. The computational results are compared with published physical experiments and numerical studies. The maximum amplitudes of displacements computed for various Reynolds numbers are smaller than the experimental values; however, the overall agreement of the results is quite satisfactory, and the upper branch of the limit-cycle displacement amplitude vs. reduced velocity response is captured, a feature that was missed by other studies. Vortex shedding modes, lock-in phenomena, frequency response, and phase angles are also in agreement with experiments.