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On the domain size for the steady-state CFD modelling of a tall building

  • Revuz, J.;Hargreaves, D.M.;Owen, J.S.
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.313-329
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    • 2012
  • There have existed for a number of years good practice guidelines for the use of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in the field of wind engineering. As part of those guidelines, details are given for the size of flow domain that should be used around a building of height, H. For low-rise buildings, the domain sizes produced by following the guidelines are reasonable and produce results that are largely free from blockage effects. However, when high-rise or tall buildings are considered, the domain size based solely on the building height produces very large domains. A large domain, in most cases, leads to a large cell count, with many of the cells in the grid being used up in regions far from the building/wake region. This paper challenges this domain size guidance by looking at the effects of changing the domain size around a tall building. The RNG ${\kappa}-{\varepsilon}$ turbulence model is used in a series of steady-state solutions where the only parameter varied is the domain size, with the mesh resolution in the building/wake region left unchanged. Comparisons between the velocity fields in the near-field of the building and pressure coefficients on the building are used to inform the assessment. The findings of the work for this case suggest that a domain of approximately 10% the volume of that suggested by the existing guidelines could be used with a loss in accuracy of less than 10%.

Finite Element Analysis for Dielectric Liquid Discharge under Lightning Impulse Considering Two-Phase Flow (절연유체 내 2상유동을 고려한 뇌임펄스 응답 유한요소해석)

  • Lee, Ho-Young;Lee, Jong-Chul;Chang, Yong-Moo;Lee, Se-Hee
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.60 no.11
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    • pp.2097-2102
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    • 2011
  • Discharge analysis technique for dielectric liquid was presented by using the Finite Element Analysis (FEA) under a lightning impulse incorporating two-phase flow phenomena which described gas and liquid phases in discharge space. Until now, the response of step voltage has been extensively explored, but that of lightning impulse voltage was rarely viewed in the literature. We, therefore, developed an analyzing technique for dielectric liquid in a tip-sphere electrode stressed by a high electric field. To capture the bubble phase, the Heaviside function was introduced mathematically and the material functions for the ionization, dissociation, recombination, and attachment were defined in liquid and bubble, respectively. By using this numerical setup, the molecular dissociation and ionization mechanisms were tested under low and high electric fields resulted from the lightning impulse voltage of 1.2/50 ${\mu}s$. To verify our numerical results, the velocity of electric field wave was measured and compared to the previous experimental results which can be viewed in many papers. Those results had good agreement with each other.

A Study on the Effects of Hot Phonon in Electron Transport at Millimeter-wave Frequencies (밀리미터 주파수에서 전자의 운동에 대한 Hot Phonon의 영향 연구)

  • 윤태섭
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.11 no.12
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    • pp.1070-1078
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    • 1998
  • A density of phonon is increased by application of electric field. At this time the phonon which has higher energy than around is called hot phonon is disappeared after 7 picosecond by scattering with electron and loss energy. Since the lifetime of phonon is very short, the effects of hot phonon can be neglected in the low speed semiconductor device, but it must be considered in high speed devices. DC and AC electric fields are applied to bulk GaAs, and the density of phonon is obtained and analyzed for its effects on electron velocity and electron distribution using Monte Carlo simulation method. Under high electric filed the density of hot phonon increased and energy of hot phonon is decreased by scattering with electron on the other hand the energy of electron is increased. Therefore electron move from central valley of conduntion band to satellite vallies and the valocity of electron decrease since the mass of electron in satellite vally is heavier than central vally. In millimeter wave frequencies, the effects of hot phonon increased at higher frequencies.

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PIV Applications for Flow Analysis of Tetrapod and Artificial Reef (소파블록과 인공어초 주위의 유동 해석을 위한 PIV 적용)

  • Lee Gyoung-Woo;Jo Dae-Hwan;Kim Ho;Lee Seung-Keon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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    • 2005.10a
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    • pp.141-146
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    • 2005
  • This paper an application example of PIV system for analyzing the flow of submerged structure. In this paper, we introduce an analysis method to predict the characteristics of flow around the neighboring fields of tetrapod and fishing reef in order to develop a high performance model. Flowing phenomenon according to velocity distribution and flow separation around the submersed body were obtained by PIV system. Flow visualization has conducted in a circulating water channel by a high speed camera and etc.

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Effects of Various Densities and Velocities to Gaseous Hydrocarbon Fuel on Near Nozzle Flow Field in Laminar Coflow Diffusion Flames

  • Ngorn, Thou;Jang, Sehyun;Yun, Seok Hun;Park, Seol Hyeon;Lee, Joo Hee;Choi, Jae Hyuk
    • 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2015.12a
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    • pp.291-293
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    • 2015
  • The experimental study on flow characteristic in various laminar coflow diffusion flame has been conducted with a particular focus on the buoyancy force exerted from gaseous hydrocarbon fuels. Methane ($CH_4$), Ethylene ($C_2H_4$) and n-Butane ($C_4H_{10}$) were used as fuels. Coflow burner and Schlieren technique were used to observe the fuel flow field near nozzle exit and flow characteristics in flames. The result showed that the vortices in n-Butane with density heavier than air were appeared near the nozzle exit with the strong negative buoyancy on the fuel stream. As Reynolds number increases by the control of velocity, the vortices were greater and the vortices tips were moved up from the nozzle exit. In addition, it can be found that the heated nozzle can affect to the flow fields of fuel stream near the nozzle exit.

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The Effect of Ultrasonic Vibration on Heat Transfer Augmentation of Forced Convective Flow in Circular Pipes (초음파 진동이 관내 강제대류 유동의 열전달 증진에 미치는 영향)

  • Jeong Ji Hwan
    • Journal of Energy Engineering
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.275-280
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    • 2004
  • Augmentation of heat transfer by ultrasonic vibration in pipes are investigated. Measurements of convective heat transfer coefficients on circular pipe walls are made with and without ultrasonic vibration applied to water. These data are compared with each other to quantify the effects of ultrasonic vibration on heat transfer enhancement. Numerical analysis has been also performed in order to extend the ranges of examined temperature and flow rate. FLUENT Ver.6.1 is used to simulate velocity and temperature fields and evaluate heat transfer coefficient with and without ultrasonic vibration. The results show that the ultra- sonic vibration enhances the Nusselt number of forced convection flow and the increase rate strongly depends on flow rate.

Simulation for the Flowing Water Purification with Spring Shape Inside Chamber (챔버 내측에 스프링형상을 갖는 유수형 자외선 살균장치 시뮬레이션)

  • Jung, Byung-Gyeon;Jeong, Byeong-Ho;Lee, Jin-Jong;Jung, Byeong-Soo
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers P
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    • v.59 no.4
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    • pp.411-416
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    • 2010
  • Interest in application of ultraviolet light technology for primary disinfection of potable water in drinking water treatment plants has increased significantly in recent years. The efficacy of disinfection processes in water purification systems is governed by several key factors, including reactor hydraulics, disinfectant chemistry, and microbial inactivation kinetics. The objective of this work was to develop a computational fluid dynamics(CFD) model to predict velocity fields, mass transport, chlorine decay, and microbial inactivation in a continuous flow reactor. In this paper, It describe the how to design optimal UV disinfection device for ground water, BWT and rainwater. Spring shape instrument silver coated located in inner side of disinfection chamber. It make lead the active flowing movement target water and maximize disinfection performance. To search the optimal design method, it was performed computer simulation with 3D-CFD discrete ordinates model and manufactured prototype. Using proposed design method, performed simulation and proved satisfied performance.

Analysis of the Molten Metal Direct Rolling for Magnesium Considering Thermal Flow Phenomena (열 유동 현상을 고려한 마그네슘 용탕 직접 압연공정 해석)

  • Bae J.W.;Kang C.G.;Kang S.B.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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    • 2005.10a
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    • pp.786-789
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    • 2005
  • The proper parameters in a twin roll strip casting are important to obtain the stabilization of the Mg sheet. What is examined in this paper is the quantitative relationships of the important control parameters such as the roll speed, height of pool region, outlet size of nozzle, solidification profile and the final point of solidification in a twin roll strip casting Unsteady conservation equations were used for transport phenomena in the pool region of a twin roll strip casting in order to predict a velocity, temperature distributions of fields and a solidification process of molten magnesium. The energy equation of cooling roll Is solved simultaneously with the conservation equations of molten magnesium In order to consider the heat transfer through the cooling roil. The finite difference method (2-D) and the finite element method (2-D) are used in the analysis of pool region and cooling roil to reduce computing time and to improve the accuracy of calculation respectively.

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Solidification Analysis for Surface Defect Prediction of Rheology Forming Process Considering Flow Phenomena of Liquid and Solid Region (액상과 고상의 유동현상을 고려한 레오로지 성형공정의 표면결함예측을 위한 응고해석)

  • Seo, Pan-Ki;Jung, Young-Jin;Kang, Chung-Gil
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.26 no.10
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    • pp.1971-1981
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    • 2002
  • Two-dimensional solidification analysis during rheology forming process of semi-solid aluminum alloy has been studied. Two-phase flow model to investigate the velocity field and temperature distribution is proposed. The proposed mathematical model is applied to the die shape of the two types. To calculate the velocities and temperature fields during rheology forming process, the each governing equations correspondent to the liquid and solid region are adapted. Therefore, each numerical model considering the solid and liquid coexisting region within the semi-solid material have been developed to predict the defects of rheology forming parts. The Arbitrary Boundary Maker And Cell(ABMAC) method is employed to solve the two-Phase flow model of the Navier-Stokes equation. Theoretical model basis of the two-phase flow model is the mixture rule of solid and liquid phases. This approach is based on using the liquid and solid viscosity. The Liquid viscosity is pure liquid state value, however solid viscosity is considered as a function of the shear rate, solid fraction and power law curves.

Construction of a System for the Generation and Analysis of Design Waves using the Genetic Algorithms (유전자 알고리즘을 이용한 설계파 생성 및 해석 시스템 구축)

  • Jeong, Seong-Jae;Shin, Jong-Keun;Choi, Jin
    • Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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    • v.43 no.1 s.145
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    • pp.96-102
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    • 2006
  • In this study, an optimization routine with genetic algorithms is coupled for the selection of free variables for the production of a control signal for the motion of wave board in the numerical wave tank. An excitation function for the controlling of the wave board is formulated on basis of amplitude modulation for the generation of nonlinear wave packets. The found variables by the optimization serve for the determination of wave board motion both with the computation and with the experiment. The breaking criterion of the water waves is implemented as boundary condition for the optimization procedure. With the analysis of the time registration on the local position in the wave tank the optimization routine is accomplished until the given design wave with defined surface elevation is found. Water surface elevation and associated fields of velocity and pressure are numerically computed.