• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.229-235
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• 2010

Optimum values of fin performance and dimensions for an annular fin with a rectangular profile and a pipe with variable inner radius are determined by using a variable separation method. The range of ambient convection characteristic number that results in optimum heat loss is listed. The optimum heat loss, corresponding optimum fin effectiveness, fin length, and fin height are presented as a function of the inner radius of the pipe, inner fluid convection characteristic number, fin volume, and ambient convection characteristic number. One of the results shows that the optimum heat loss, fin effectiveness and fin length increase linearly with the inner radius of the pipe when both the fin volume and fin-base radius are fixed.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.46 no.2
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• pp.114-123
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• 2018

Wind power tower (WPT) has been used to augment the performance of vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT). However, the performance of the WPT depends on several design parameters, such as inner and outer radius, or number of guide walls. Therefore, an experimental study was conducted to investigate efficient design parameters on the WPT. A wind tunnel was utilized and its test section dimension was 2m height and 2.2m width. One story model of the WPT was manufactured with seven guide walls and a VAWT was installed within the WPT. Three different sizes of guide walls were applied to test with various design parameters. The power coefficients were measured along the azimuthal direction in a state of equal inlet velocity in order to compare its performance relatively. The experimental results showed that the gap between the inner radius of the WPT and the rotating radius of the VAWT was a major parameter to improve the performance of VAWT within the WPT.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.233-236
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• 2007

In this paper, thermal sensitivity of the solid fuel grain in the hybrid rocket motor was investigated. When the heat from the non-reacting hot flow passing the grain ports is transferred to the solid fuel grain, the temperature fields in the solid fuel was numerically analyzed. These numerical analyzes were performed under the different nine port radii, and the critical distance between the ports in which the temperature in the solid fuel is sensibly responding was determined. Thus, the critical distance between the ports would be the important consideration for the design of the fuel grain because the high temperature in the fuel can bring the structural problems.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.47 no.12
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• pp.848-855
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• 2019

Eco-friendly gas turbine combustors are getting attention due to emission regulations. Swirler is important design factor for flame stability and flashback inside the combustor. Design methods of the axial swirler and the radial swirler were discussed and the suitability of the swirl number calculation considering the geometric design variables and the flow loss was examined in the radial swirl for gas turbine combustor. The swirl number of flow was calculated by computational fluid dynamics and compared with swirl number according to each design method.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.133-135
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• 2007

본 연구에서는 미사일의 내부 잡음특성을 모델로 연구하였으며 실린더의 크기에 따른 효과도의 차이를 분석하였다. 미사일 구조물의 길이와 반경을 바꾸며 실린더 내부의 전계강도를 측정한 결과 후방 도어의 크기보다도 전체 원형 구조의 크기에 주도되는 것을 확인하였다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.1269-1281
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• 1989

본 연구에서는 H를 고정하고 L을 변화시켜가며 내부의 유동구조가 어떻게 변하는가를 살펴보고, 특히 재부착이 일어나는 경우에는 급확대 부분만 존재하는 기존 실험결과와 비교분석하여 하류의 급축소부분이 전체 유동구조에 어떤 영향을 미치는가를 살펴보고자 한다. 실험에서 사용된 작동유체는 공기이며, 입구관 직경은 110mm, 급확대점과 급축소점사이의 연결부 직경은 220mm, 연결부의 길이는 L=300, 600 그리고 900mm의 3가지를 선택하였으며 기준속도는 입구관의 중심속도로 9.71 m/s이다. 입구직경(110mm)을 기준으로 한 Reynolds 수는 $R_{e}$=73,000 이고 입구관반경과 연결부반경의 차이인 계단높이(H=55mm)를 기준으로 하면 $R_{e=36}$ ,500이다. 연결부 의 급확대부분에서 입구관반경을 기준으로 한 반경확대비는 2이고 급축소부분의 반경 축소비는 1/2이다. 측정항목은 유동방향의 벽면압력분포, 유동방향의 평균속도분포 및 난류강도 등이며, L=900mm인 경우는 반경방향과 원주방향의 난류강도, Reynolds 전단응력도 측정되었다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.38 no.12
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• pp.975-982
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• 2014

This study evaluates the effect of a heated circular cylinder's size on three-dimensional natural convection in a cubical enclosure. The Rayleigh number was varied between $10^3$ and $10^5$, and the Prandtl number was maintained at 0.7. In this study, the radius of the circular cylinder was changed by 0.1 L within a range of 0.1-0.4 L. The thermal and fluid flow characteristics were regarded to be independent of time in the range of the Rayleigh number and cylinder radius considered in this study. The surface-averaged Nusselt numbers of the cylinder and the enclosure were found to increase with the increase in the radius of the cylinder. The effect of the cylinder's size on natural convection in the enclosure was analyzed across the thermal and flow fields, and the distributions of the Nusselt numbers.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.31-39
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• 2011

The flowfield in a solid rocket motor was simulated at the wall-injection test model, which has a fin-slot grain and submerged nozzle, and visualized by a smoke-wire. The high speed CCD camera captured the visualized images around the nozzle inlet through the grain center port. The vortical tube structure and circumferential flow patterns at the nozzle throat were visualized. The radial momentum transfer caused by the shear-interactions of slot-outlet flow, fin-base flow and grain port flow from upstream worked as the source of these phenomena.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.8 no.3 s.24
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• pp.8-15
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• 2004

This paper presents von Mises stress, deformation, and rotating distortion moment characteristics of inner tank bottom plate as a function of a cryogenic temperature difference along the radial distance from the center area to the corner one. The calculated results show that the filling level of LNG at the beginning of the cool-down process is very important for the design safety analysis of the inner tank. Obviously the thermal loading by a temperature difference between the LNG vapor gas of $-80^{\circ}C$ and a LNG temperature of $-162^{\circ}C$ affects to the thermal related characteristics of the bottom plates and annular one. From the computed results, the temperature difference by a vapor gas and liquid of LNG may lead to the thermal instability of the bottom plate. This phenomenon may cause the system failure of an inner tank.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.219-222
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• 2009

Pyrostarters play a role as a turbopump starter in liquid propellant propulsion systems by supplying pressurized gas to power turbines for engine start. A rupture disk in pyrostarters, which is usually installed behind a nozzle throat, not only isolates the charged solid propellants from the external environment but also improves the ignitability of the solid propellants by increasing a chamber pressure at the beginning of combustion. Experimental tests have been performed to study the effects of rupture disk thickness, depth and shape of scores, and pressure build-up rates on burst pressures and burst diameters. The experimental results show that the developed rupture disk fulfills the performance requirements expected in a real operational condition.