• Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.61-65
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• 2012

Air-water flow measurements are of importance for the coastal and ocean engineering fields. Although kinematic investigations of the multi-phase flows have been conducted for long time, velocity measurements still are concerned with many researchers and engineers in coastal and ocean areas. In the present study, an imaging technique using shadowgraphy and fiber optic probe for velocity measurements of air bubbles is introduced. The shadow graphy image technique is modified from the typical image velocimetry methods, and optical fibers are used for the well-known intrusive coupled phase-detection probe system. Since the imaging technique is a non-intrusive optical method from the air, it is usually applied for 2D flows. On the other hand, the double fiber optic probes touch flows regardless of flow patterns. The results of the flow measurements by both methods are compared and discussed. The methods are also applied to the measurements of overtopping flows by a breaking wave over the structure fixed on the free surface.

• Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.157-167
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• 2008

The aeration of an overtopping wave on a vertical structure generated by a plunging wave was investigated through laboratory measurements of void fraction. The overtopping wave occurring after wave breaking becomes multi-phased and turbulent with significant aeration, so that the void fraction of the flow is of importance. In this study, fiber optic reflectometer and bubble image velocimetry were employed to measure the void fraction, velocity, and layer thickness of the overtopping flow. Mean properties were obtained by ensembleand time-averaging the repeated instantaneous void fractions and velocities. The mean void fractions show that the overtopping wave is very high-aerated near the overtopping wave front and relatively low-aerated near the deck surface and rear free surface of the wave. The flow rate and momentum of the overtopping flow estimated using the measured data show that the void ratio is an important parameter to consider in the multiphase flow. From the similarity profiles of the depth-averaged void fraction, velocity, and layer thickness, one-dimensional empirical equations were obtained and used to estimate the flow rate and momentum of the overtopping flow.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.592-596
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• 2007

본 연구에서는 구조물 전면에서 발생하는 권파와 그 이후 발생하는 처오름과 월파의 유속장을 계측하기 위하여 수리모형실험을 실시하였으며, 실험결과를 이용하여 월파의 유속분포를 나타내는 경험식을 제안하였다. 구조물 전면에서 내습파랑이 쇄파된 이후, 구조물을 월파하는 동안에 유체의 흐름은 넓은 연행기포의 지역을 형성하며 다위상(multiphase)상태가 된다. 쇄파에 의한 구조물 주위에서의 유체흐름 중 연행기포가 없는 영역의 유속 측정에는 입자화상유속계(particle image velocimetry, PIV)기법을, 연행기포 영역에서의 유속 측정에는 기포화상유속계(particle image velocimetry, BIV)기법을 적용하였다. 두 기법을 이용하여 측정된 유속장으로부터 구조물 주위에서의 쇄파, 처오름 및 월파시의 최대유속을 계측하였다. 구조물 위로 월파된 유체 흐름 분포는 비선형적인 특성을 보여주며, 시간별 최대유속은 주로 유체의 전면부에서 발생하는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 무차원화된 유속분포로부터 구조물 위에서의 월파시 유속분포가 자기상사성(self-similarity)을 갖는다는 것을 알 수 있었으며, 이를 이용하여 월파의 유속분포를 위한 실험적 경험식을 제시하였다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.606-613
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• 2007

This study investigates the behavior of a plunging wave and its associated runup and overtopping through velocity measurements and suggests an empirical formula for overtopping velocities on a structure. The plunging wave breaking in front of the structure generates very bubbly flow fields. For measurements of the two phase flow field of the breaking wave, particle image velocimetry and a modified optical method were employed. The obtained velocity fields were discussed in respect of the process of wave impinging, runup and overtopping. The overtopping velocity distribution is found to have a nonlinear profile showing a maximum magnitude at its front part. The relationship of self-similarity among dimensionless parameters is observed and used to obtain the regression formula to depict the overtopping velocity.