• Journal of KSNVE
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• v.10 no.5
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• pp.873-879
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• 2000

Experimental investigation was conducted to study the effects of pitch angle maximum camber on the performance and noise of an axial-flow fan used in outdoor-unit of air -conditioner. For this study the axial-flow fan whose pitch angle can be varied was made and the Specific sound Pressure Level and other coefficients were measured using the anechoic fan tester. It is found that pitch angle affects more severly than the maximum camber on the fan performance. On the while the maximum camber affects much on the specific sound power level. Present results show that it is important to choose the optimum pitch angle and maximum camber to design the high-performance and low-noise axial-flow fan and specific noise measured in the anechoic fan tester can be sued effectively for the design of low-noise fan.

• Proceeding of EDISON Challenge
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• 2014.03a
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• pp.654-658
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• 2014

풍력발전은 재생에너지로써 유망한 대체 에너지원으로 각광받고 있으며, 국내에서는 이미 영덕, 영양 등의 풍력단지가 가동 중에 있다. 그러나 장기간 사용되어온 터빈이 반 이상이며, 그 중에서도 바람의 영향을 많이 받는 블레이드는 끝단 Tip이 벌어지는 파손이 발생하곤 한다. Blade Field의 유지보수를 통해 수명연장이 가능하나, 형상변화로 공력특성에 영향을 미치게 된다. 본 연구에서는 MEXICO 터빈용 블레이드의 Tip부분에 대해서 EDISON을 활용하여, 수리로 인해 변경된 Blade의 공력특성 변화를 분석하였다. 형상변경은 상용 프로그램 Pontwise로 작업했으며, 익형 주위의 유동을 2D비압축성 유동으로 가정하고 EDISON CFD의 2D_Incomp-2.1_P solver를 수치해석을 수행하였다.

• Proceeding of EDISON Challenge
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• 2015.03a
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• pp.563-568
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• 2015

풍력터변의 성능을 높이기 위한 방법으로 최근 해외에서는 쉬라우드를 장착하여 유입 유량을 증진시키는 형상에 대한 새로운 아이디어가 제안되고 시범적으로 적용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 쉬라우드가 장착된 수평축 풍력터빈에 대해서 EDISON CFD를 이용하여 쉬라우드 내부로 유입되는 질량 유량의 변동을 몇 가지 형상에 대해 수치적으로 비교 분석하였다. 유동장은 비압축성 난류유동으로 가정하였으며, 수치 해석 결과로부터 쉬라우드 주변의 순환의 세기를 형상 변동에 따라 도출하였다. 쉬라우드 형상으로는 캠버를 갖는 goe 417 에어포일을 두 개의 받음각(5도, 10도)에 대해서 수치해석을 수행하였으며, 브림을 갖는 디퓨저 형상(Wind-lens)에 대해서도 유입 유량 변동과 순환 세기에 대해 수치해석을 수행하고 결과를 상호 비교하였다. 본 연구를 통해 쉬라우드가 발생시키는 순환에 의한 유입 유량 증가 현상을 파악할 수 있었으며, 이로써 풍력터빈의 출력을 증대시킬 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2001.06b
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• pp.688-693
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• 2001

It is almost impossible to have a straight web for processing in the continuous process systems. The cambered web usually causes the strip walking and damage during process. It is necessary to identify the lateral dynamics of the cambered web for the precise control of lateral behavior. In this paper, a dynamic model of the lateral behavior for a cambered web is developed by introducing the concept of steering angle equivalent to moment caused by the camber. This model can be extended to include terms associated with moment, induced by roller's tilting, web slippage, and shear force, etc. Using this model, a new feed-forward controller is proposed to enable the on-line camber estimation, which is difficult to be measured directly, and the prediction of lateral deflection caused by camber. Computer simulation study shows that the proposed controller successfully eliminates the effect of camber and has better control performance than that of the existing PID controller.

• Journal of Industrial Technology
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• v.18
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• pp.335-341
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• 1998

A numerical investigation was performed to determine the effect of a Gurney flap on a NACA 23012 airfoil. A Navier-Stokes code, RAMPANT, was used to calculate the flow field about airfoil. The fully turbulent results were obtained using the standard $k-{\varepsilon}$ two-equation turbulence model. To provide a check case for our computational method, computations were performed for NACA 4412 airfoil which compared with Wedcock's experimental data. Gurney flap sizes of 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, and 2% of the airfoil chord were studied. The numerical solutions showed the Gurney flap increased both lift and drag. These results suggested that the Gurney flap served to increased the effective camber of the airfoil. But Gurney flap provided a significant increase in lift-to-drag ratio relatively at low angle of attack and for high lift coefficient. Also, it turned out that 0.5% chord size of flap was best one among them.

• Proceeding of EDISON Challenge
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• 2016.03a
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• pp.632-637
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• 2016

This study shows what difference would be made to the aerodynamic characteristic with different thickness ratio of the same airfoil, Eppler 387, at low Reynolds number, at the angle of attack of $0^{\circ}$. Konkuk Univ.'s airfoil has a bigger thickness ratio than that of the original Eppler 387 airfoil. The reason for the thicker camber is a Pt 100 ohm heater mounted inside the Konkuk Univ.'s airfoil and this was assumed to make some differences to aerodynamic characteristic. The comparison of these two airfoils' CFD data, provided by EDSION_CFD, with real experiment that had been made in subsonic wind tunnel at Konkuk Univ. is done. A finer result would come out if the complement of the homogeneity of the wind tunnel's fluid is done in the future.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.306-311
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• 2017

This paper deals with the design optimization of the kinematic characteristics of an automotive suspension system. The kinematic characteristics of the suspension determine the attitude of the wheels, such as the toe and camber, which not only relates to tire wear during driving, but also greatly affects the control of the vehicle and its stability, which corresponds to the motion performance of the vehicle. Therefore, it is very important to determine the characteristics of the suspension mechanism at the initial stage of the design. In this study, a displacement analysis is performed to determine the kinematic properties of the suspension for the McPherson strut suspension. For this purpose, a set of constraint equations for the joints constituting the suspension mechanism was established and a program was developed to solve them. We also used ADS, a design optimization program, to obtain the desired kinematic characteristics of the suspension. As the design variables for optimization, we used the coordinates of the hard points, which are the points of attachment of the suspension to the vehicle body, and are defined as the summation of the toe-in for the up and down movement of the wheel as the objective function. As the constraint functions, the maximum camber angle and minimum roll center height, which are design requirements, are considered. As a result of this study, it was possible to determine the optimal locations of the hard points that satisfy both constraint functions and minimize the change of the toe-in.

• Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• v.34 no.1
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• pp.11-23
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• 1997

This paper contains a new approach to blade section design method for marine propellers. The hydrodynamic characteristics of 2-D section are highly influenced by its geometrical parameters i.e., thickness and camber distributions and leading edge radius etc. To consider fully turbulent flow field near 2-D section. the finite volume method with k-${\varepsilon}$ turbulent model which solve Reynolds time averaged Navier-Stokes(RANS) equation is applied. In this study, O-type grid system that can provide many calculation points on blade surface is used. The results were compared with those of the experiment of NACA0012 to confirm the accuracy of the developed codes. The goal of this study is the development of a blade section with high efficiency and low drag. To achieve this, we carried out the tests of lift, drag and cavitation characteristics in cavitation tunnel. The results of experiment were compared with numerical results in order to validate the proposed blades design method. By comparing the numerical results with the experiments, we found that the new blade section, KH28 allows superior performance in efficiency and cavitation avoidance characteristics. We further investigated the blade section design method and an application study of this section, KH28 to apply to the marine propeller. In order to improve the accuracy of numerical results on prediction of lift and drag, we conclude here that the 2-layer boundary model must be used.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.24 no.6
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• pp.67-76
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• 2020

This paper reports an experimental study to evaluate the flexural behavior of concrete beams reinforced using Fe based shape memory alloy (Fe-SMA) bars. For the experiment, a concrete beam of 200mm×300mm×2,200mm was produced, and a 4% pre-strained Fe-SMA bar was used as a tensile reinforcement. As experimental variables, type of tensile reinforcement (SD400, Fe-SMA), reinforcement ratio (0.2, 0.39, 0.59, 0.78), activation of Fe-SMA (activation, non-activation), and joint method of Fe-SMA bar (Continuous, welding, coupler) were considered. The electric resistance heating method was used to activate the Fe-SMA bar, and a current of 5A/㎟ was supplied until the specimen reached 160℃. After the upward displacement of the specimen due to the camber effect was stabilized, a three-point flexural loading experiment was performed using an actuator of 2,000 kN capacity. As a result of the experiment, it was found that the upward displacement occurred due to the camber effect as the Fe-SMA bar was activated. The specimen that activated the Fe-SMA bar had an initial crack at a higher load than the specimen that did not activate it. However, as with general prestressed concrete, the effect of the prestress by Fe-SMA activation on the ultimate state of the beam was insignificant.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.7 no.9
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• pp.195-202
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• 1999

The kinematic and complicance characteristics of torsion beam axle is structurally related to the location and section profile of torsion beam and the span from body mounting point to wheel center. This paper presents the effect of section properties in torsion beam on the structural characteristics and roll behavior of suspension. The structural characteristics is on the maximum stress on the welding area of torsion beam and the roll behavior is on roll steer and roll-camber of suspension which are important for controllability and stability in cornering. Four factors are used for the section design of torsion beam, which are thickness , midline length, are inner radius, and sector half angle . Through the structural and quasi-static analysis made for six torsion beam axle models, it can be noticed that roll steer and the structural durability of suspension are closely related to warping constant and shear center in section properties of torsion beam.