• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.88-96
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• 2015

Gear pump has a simple structure high reliability, easy operation and maintenance, widely used as a source of hydraulic system of hydraulic. In general, the gear pump was designed using variety of variables, the variables through the analysis of the mass flow rate and efficiency. In this paper, three-dimensional flow of the gear pump, in order to produce the optimal design of product, analysis was performed by using commercial software ANSYS v15.0 CFX. And then, combination of design parameters selected by ANSYS was carried out to confirm the simulation result. The efficiency and mass flow rate of the gear pump were studied by varying its rotational speed and the clearance between the gear tip and the housing. In the simulation results, as the rotational speed were increased, the average mass flow rate and efficiency increased. Furthermore, as the clearance between the gear tip and the housing was increased, the average mass flow rate and efficiency decreased.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.35 no.2
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• pp.183-190
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• 2011

As the number of mobile subscribers has increased recently, the demand for more number of base stations has increased. However, because of the shortage of sites for constructing base stations, a mobile communication module needs to be small in size. To minimize the size of the module, the size of the heat sink attached to the outside of the module should be minimized. Furthermore, the temperature of each electronic component of the module should be lower than the allowable temperature so that thermal stability can be maintained. A commercial PIDO (process integration and design optimization) tool PIAnO and a commercial CFD (computational fluid dynamics) tool FLOTHERM are used to minimize the size of the module while the constraints on the temperatures of the twelve electronic components are satisfied. As a result of design optimization, the volume of the heat sink is reduced by 41.9% while all the constraints on the temperature of the twelve electronic components of the module are satisfied.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.42-53
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• 2009

Gas turbine engine simulation program has been developed. In compressor and turbine, 2-D NS implicit code is used with k-$\omega$ SST turbulent model. In combustor, 0-D lumped method chemical equilibrium code is adopted under the limitations, the products are only 10 species of molecular and air-fuel is perfectly mixed state with 100% combustion efficiency at constant pressure. Fluid properties are shared on interfaces between engine components. The outlet conditions of compressor have been used as the inlet condition of combustor. The inlet condition of turbine comes from the compressor The back pressure in compressor outlet is transferred by the inlet pressure of turbine. Unsteady phenomena at rotor-stator in compressor and turbine is covered by mixing-plane method. The state of engine can be determined only by given inlet condition of compressor, outlet condition of turbine, equivalence ratio and rotating speed.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.746-751
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• 2014

In this paper, ship performance prediction solver was developed using open source computational fluid dynamics (CFD) libraries. The mass- and momentum-conservation equations and turbulent model with a wall function for the turbulent closer were considered. The volume fraction transport equation with a high-resolution interface capturing scheme were selected for free-surface simulation. The predicted wave pattern around KRISO container ship (KCS) using developed program showed good agreement against existing experimental data. For the revolution of a propeller in the propulsive test, general grid interface (GGI) library was used. The predicted propulsive performance showed 7 % difference against experimental data. Two-phase mixture model was developed to simulate a cavitation and applied to a propeller. The sheet cavitation on the propeller was predicted well. From results, the potential of the numerical tank developed by open source libraries was verified by applying it to KCS.

• Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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• v.35 no.1
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• pp.35-43
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• 2015

A numerical simulation on the wake flow of a wind turbine which is a scaled version of a multi-megawatt wind turbine has been performed. Two different inlet conditions of averaged wind speed including one below and one above the rated wind speed were used in the simulation. Steady-state pitch angles of the blade associated with the two averaged wind speeds were imposed for the simulation. The steady state analysis based on the Reynolds averaged Navier-Stokes equations with the method of frame motion were used for the simulation to find the torque of the rotor and the wake field behind the wind turbine. The simulation results were compared with the results obtained from the wind tunnel testing. From comparisons, it was found that the simulation results on the turbine power are pretty close to the experimental values. Also, the wake results were relatively close to the experimental results but there existed some discrepancy in the shape of velocity deficit. The reason for the discrepancy is considered due to the steady state solution with the frame motion method used in the simulation. However, the method is considered useful for solutions with much reduced calculation time and reasonably good accuracy compared to the transient analysis.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.178-178
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• 2022

일반적으로 하천은 상류에서 하류로 흐르지만, 하구에서 일어나는 해안으로부터의 염수의 역류 혹은 상류에서 홍수 발생 시 순간적으로 나타나는 역류 등 주 흐름을 거스르는 흐름이 종종 발생하는데 이는 예상치 못한 피해를 가져올 수 있으므로 최대한 방지해야 한다. 즉, 양방향 흐름이 일어나는 지역을 단방향 흐름으로 바꿔줄 수 있는 수리 구조물의 설치가 필요하다. 역방향 흐름을 제어하는 대표적인 예로는 보가 있는데, 보는 충분한 수위 확보뿐만 아니라 하구에서 역류하는 해수를 방지하는 역할도 한다. 다만, 상류와 하류를 수직적으로 분리함에 따라 물고기의 자유로운 이동을 제한하는 등 생태계를 단절시키는 부작용이 나타날 뿐만 아니라, 최근 정부의 정책에 따라 세종보, 죽산보 등의 보 해체 결정이 이루어지면서 이를 대체할 방안이 필요하다. 따라서 이번 연구에서는 수직적인 구조물이 아닌 수평적인 수리 구조물을 고안함으로써 생태계에 큰 영향을 주지 않으면서 가장 효과적으로 양방향 흐름을 제어할 수 있는 구조물 설계 모형을 탐구해보았다. 구조물 설계 아이디어는 심장의 판막에서 고안하였다. 판막은 특정한 방향성을 갖는 구조로 이루어져 있으면서 혈액의 역류를 방지하는 기관으로, 비슷한 방식으로 하천에도 특정 각도를 갖는 구조물의 설치를 통해 단방향 흐름을 유도할 수 있다고 판단하였다. 실제 하천 규모에서의 실험은 불가능하다고 판단, 전산 유체 프로그램 OpenFOAM을 이용하여 가상 수로의 모델링을 진행하였다. 얇은 판 형태의 흐름 제어 구조물을 수로 측면에 각각 설치 후, 같은 조건에서 정방향 흐름과 역방향 흐름에 대해 각각 시뮬레이션을 진행하였다. 이때, 두 흐름의 하류 유량 크기의 차이를 단방향 흐름을 정량화하는 수치로 산정한다. 시뮬레이션은 구조물과 흐름 방향이 이루는 각도, 구조물의 개수 및 간격, 구조물의 비대칭성 등 여러 가지 조건을 바꿔가면서 진행하고, 유속 분포 및 후류의 크기 등의 수리학적 현상을 파악하여 계산 결과를 분석한다. 분석 결과를 바탕으로 하류의 유량 차이가 가장 크게 나타나는 수리 구조물의 조건을 결정하고, 해당 구조물의 실제 적용 가능 여부를 판단한다.

• Journal of Wetlands Research
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.41-50
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• 2014

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the High Rate Spiral Clarifier(HRSC) availability for the improvement of polluted retention pond water quality. A lab scale and a pilot scale test was performed for this. The fluid flow patterns in a HRSC were studied using Fluent which is one of the computational fluid dynamic(CFD) programs, with inlet velocity and inlet diameter, length of body($L_B$) and length of lower cone(Lc), angle and gap between the inverted sloping cone, the lower exit hole installed or not installed. A pilot scale experimental apparatus was made on the basis of the results from the fluid flow analysis and lab scale test, then a field test was executed for the retention pond. In the study of inside fluid flow for the experimental apparatus, we found out that the inlet velocity had a greater effect on forming spiral flow than inlet flow rate and inlet diameter. There was no observable effect on forming spiral flow LB in the range of 1.2 to $1.6D_B$(body diameter) and Lc in the range of 0.35 to $0.5L_B$, but decreased the spiral flow with a high ratio of $L_B/D_B$ 2.0, $Lc/L_B$ 0.75. As increased the angle of the inverted sloping cone, velocity gradually dropped and evenly distributed in the inverted sloping cone. The better condition was a 10cm distance of the inverted sloping cone compared to 20cm to prevent turbulent flow. The condition that excludes the lower exit hole was better to prevent channeling and to distribute effluent flow rate evenly. From the pilot scale field test it was confirmed that particulate matters were effectively removed, therefore, this apparatus could be used for one of the plans to improve water quality for a large water body such as retention ponds.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.28 no.8
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• pp.860-865
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• 2006

The characteristics of flow field and turbulent mixing efficiency of SS in non-aerated contacting reactor are critical design parameters directly affecting on the efficiency of the overall process of wastewater treatment system. To this end, in this study numerical fluid dynamic calculation has been made to investigate the flow field and concentration distribution of SS in terms of specification(shape and dimension) of impeller and other operating conditions. As the first step, the performance of the computer program developed was successfully evaluated by the comparison of the typical flow field with the type of impeller with that appeared in open literature. Further, a series of parametric investigations are made in terms of interesting parameters such as the type and dimension of impeller, location, and number of impeller, etc. A number of useful conclusions obtained by numerical calculation are the superiority of mixing efficiency of pitched type than the flat one together with the visible increase of the overall mixing effect by the employment of the larger impeller and increase of the impeller number, etc.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.71-78
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• 2014

There is a big risk of bullet impact because military rotorcraft is run in the battle environment. Due to the bullet impact, the rapid increase of the internal pressure can cause the internal explosion or fire of fuel cell. It can be a deadly damage on the survivability of crews. Then, fuel cell of military rotorcraft should be designed taking into account the extreme situation. As the design factor of fuel cell, the internal fluid pressure, structural stress and bullet kinetic energy can be considered. The verification test by real object is the best way to obtain these design data. But, it is a big burden due to huge cost and long-term preparation efforts and the failure of verification test can result in serious delay of a entire development plan. Thus, at the early design stage, the various numerical simulations test is needed to reduce the risk of trial-and-error together with prediction of the design data. In the present study, the bullet impact numerical simulation based on SPH(smoothed particle hydrodynamic) is conducted with the commercial package, LS-DYNA. Then, the resulting equivalent stress, internal pressure and bullet's kinetic energy are evaluated in detail to examine the possibility to obtain the configuration design data of the fuel cell.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.95-101
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• 2020

The wind turbine blades should be designed to possess a high stiffness and should be fabricated with a light and high strength material because they serve under extreme combination of lift and drag forces, converting kinetic energy of wind into shaft work. The goal of this study is to understand the basic knowledge required to curtail the process time consumed during the construction of small wind turbine blades using carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) prepeg composites. The configuration of turbine rotor was determined using the QBlade freeware program. The fluid dynamics module simulated the loads exerted by the wind of a specific speed, and the stress analysis module predicted the distributions of equivalent von Mises stress for representing the blade structures. It was suggested to modify the shape of test specimen from ASTM D638 to decrease the variance in measured tensile strengths. Then, a series of experiments were performed to confirm that the bladder compression molded CFRP prepreg can provide sufficient strength to small wind turbine blades and decrease the cure time simultaneously.