• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.1-9
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• 1999

Applicability of the pressure gradient method which is formulated based on pressure gradient is verified against turbulent flow analysis. In the pressure gradient method, pressure gradient instead of pressure itself is obtained using continuity constraint. Since correct pressure gradient is found only when mass conservation is satisfied, pressure gradient method can reflect physics of flow field properly The pressure gradient method is formulated with semi-staggered grid system which locates each primitive variables on the same grid point but evaluates pressure gradient in-between. This grid system ensures easy programming and reflection of correct physics in analysis. For verifying applicability of this method, the pressure gradient method is applied to turbulent flow analysis with low Reynolds number $\kappa$-$\varepsilon$ model. Turbulent flows include fully developed channel flow, backward-facing step flow, and conical diffuser flow. Prediction results show that the pressure gradient method can be applied to turbulent flow analysis. However, the pressure gradient method requires somewhat long computation time. Proper way to find optimum under-relaxation factor, $\gamma$, is also need to be developed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1996.05a
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• pp.15-20
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• 1996

이 논문에서는 육방형 노심 해석용으로 제작된 코드인 HEXFEM의 연소계산 결과의 정확성을 VVER-1000 연소계산 벤치마크 문제를 통하여 검증하였으며 집합체내 연소도 구배효과에 따른 오차를 분석하였다. 집합체내 연소도 구배효과를 고려했을 때 집합체내 균일한 연소도를 가정했을 때보다 오차가 현저히 감소하였으며 Cubic Option의 결과는 제어봉이 삽입된 1주기초(BOC1 ARI), 1주기초(BOC1), 1주기말(EOC1), 2주기초(BOC2)에 대해 집합체별 상대출력 오차가 최대 0,4%로 매우 정확한 결과를 얻었고 Quadratic Option외 결과도 최대 2.0%로 비교적 정확한 결과를 얻었다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.29 no.10 s.241
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• pp.1353-1360
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• 2005

Injection-molded products serve a wide range of applications in our modem lives and their significance is ever increasing. However, difficulty of communication among related companies under the present system results in increase of lead time and decrease of production efficiency. The objective of this paper is the development of a web-based draft verification system in mold design processes. Although several commercial CAD systems offer draft verification functions, those systems are very expensive and inadequate to perform collaborative works. For collaborative work under the distributed environment, the proposed system uses native file transforming of CAD data into optimal format by using the ACIS kernel and InterOp. Functions of draft verification modules are constructed over the ActiveX control using the visual C++ and OpenGL. Therefore, collaborators related to the development of a new product are able to verify the draft and undercut over the Internet without commercial CAD systems. The system helps to reduce production cost, errors and lead-time to the market. Performance of the system is confirmed through various case studies.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1998.05a
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• pp.137-142
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• 1998

이 연구의 목적은 혼합핵연료 장전노심에서와 같이 스펙트럼이 상이한 인접핵연료의 영향으로 나타나는 노드내 스펙트럼 이력효과를 보정해 주고자 하는 것이다. 이를 위해 이 연구에서는 노드내 13개 지역에서 국부적 미시연소를 수행하여 스펙트럼 이력이 각각 다른 13 개의 독립적인 핵단면적을 구하였고 이로부터 노드내 핵단면적의 분포를 다항식으로 근사하였다. 스펙트럼 이력구배 효과의 보정은 노드내 중성자속 가중평균 핵단면적과 노드내 핵단 면적의 분포에 따른 불연속인자로 보정하였다. 이 스펙트럼 이력구배 효과 보정방법을 혼합 핵연료와 우라늄핵연료가 Checkerboard 형으로 무한히 장전된 경우에 대하여 검증계산을 수행하여 참조해인 CASMO-3 결과와 비교하였다. 스펙트럼 이력분포가 고려되지 않은 경우는 연소도 40 MWD/kgHM에서 노심 반응도에서 약 0.38%, 봉출력에서 최대 11.2 %, 평균 4.3%의 오차를 보였으나 스펙트럼 이력분포를 반영함으로서 노심 반응도에서 0.12 %, 봉출력에서 최대 4.9%, 평균 1.3%의 오차를 보였다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.35 no.9
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• pp.1041-1050
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• 2011

An elasto-plastic finite element method using the theory of strain gradient plasticity is proposed to evaluate the size dependency of structural plasticity that occurs when the configuration size decreases to micron scale. For this method, we suggest a low-order plane and three-dimensional displacement-based elements, eliminating the need for a high order, many degrees of freedom, a mixed element, or super elements, which have been considered necessary in previous researches. The proposed method can be performed in the framework of nonlinear incremental analysis in which plastic strains are calculated and averaged at nodes. These strains are then interpolated and differentiated for gradient calculation. We adopted a strain-gradient-hardening constitutive equation from the Taylor dislocation model, which requires the plastic strain gradient. The developed finite elements are tested numerically on the basis of typical size-effect problems such as micro-bending, micro-torsion, and micro-voids. With respect to the strain gradient plasticity, i.e., the size effects, the results obtained by using the proposed method, which are simple in their calculation, are in good agreement with the experimental results cited in previously published papers.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.35 no.6
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• pp.633-640
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• 2011

In this study, the stabilization of an edge flame and the intensity variation of a diffusion branch were investigated using a multi-slot combustor under conditions of high temperature and small fuel-concentration gradient (FCG). The combustor consists of three narrow channels: a quartz channel and two side-heating combustors. For the accuracy of this experimental study, quantitative analysis was carried out for each boundary condition. Stable edge flames could be observed under high-temperature conditions by controlling the FCG and fuel dilution ratio. Moreover, it was found that the intensity of the diffusion flame was increased by increasing the temperature of the mixture. On the contrary, the intensity of the diffusion flame was decreased by increasing the dilution ratio. It was also found that a propane flame is more sensitively affected by these experimental parameters than a methane flame.

• Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.202-208
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• 2001

Explicit approximation has been developed to estimate the run-up height on S-berm breakwater on the basis of Saville's hypothetical slope method. For the explicit expression of run-up height several relations are developed to represent the ratio of run-up height against breakwater slope with various conditions of water depth and wave steepness. For the verification of explicit approximation the results are compared with Saville's measurement data and simple expression of Delft Hydraulic Laboratory.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.18 no.10
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• pp.777-784
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• 2017

Energy harvesting through a thermoelectric module normally makes use of the temperature gradient in the system's operational environment. Therefore, it is difficult to obtain the desired output power when the system is subjected to an environment in which a low temperature gradient is generated across the module, because the power generation efficiency of the thermoelectric device is not optimized. The utilization of solar energy, which is a form of renewable energy abundant in nature, has mostly been limited to photovoltaic solar cells and solar thermal energy generation. However, photovoltaic power generation is capable of utilizing only a narrow wavelength band from the sunlight and, thus, the power generation efficiency might be lowered by light scattering. In the case of solar thermal energy generation, the system usually requires large-scale facilities. In this study, a simple and small size thermoelectric power generation system with a solar concentrator was designed to create a large temperature gradient for enhanced performance. A solar tracking system was used to concentrate the solar thermal energy during the experiments and a liquid circulating chiller was installed to maintain a large temperature gradient in order to avoid heat transfer to the bottom of the thermoelectric module. Then, the setup was tested through a series of experiments and the performance of the system was analyzed for the purpose of evaluating its feasibility and validity.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.485-496
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• 1992

본 연구에서는 제철, 제강공정에서 많이 사용하고 있는 C22FR1.4형의 주형을 상사적으로 축소시킨 주철제(GC25) 주형에 순알루미늄(순도99%)의 주물을 용입하여 응고 및 냉각 과정의 주물 및 주철제 주형에 미치는 열의 영향에 관하여 2차원 비정상 열전도 문제를 경계요소법으로 해석하고 실험을 통하여 검증하였다.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.34 no.1
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• pp.66-74
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• 2015

Conventional hydrophones can only measure acoustic pressure. To measure both acoustic pressure and incident direction, various types of vector hydrophones have been researched. In this paper, we deal with a ring-type multimode vector hydrophone divided into 4 elements and present a direction-of-arrival (DoA) estimation method based on the pressure gradient-acceleration relationship. The performance of the presented method is analyzed by the simulation based on the sensor modeling and is verified by the water tank experiment. The proposed method could work under the multi-frequency condition and may be utilized in many applications due to its low computation complexity.