• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.58-65
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• 2018

To improve the performance of high-speed vehicles, various studies have been carried out on the head of vehicles. In this study, tests are conducted on flow characteristics and drag reduction using counterflow air jets in supersonic flow. The flow is visualized by the Schlieren method using a high-speed camera, and the drag is measured using a torque sensor according to the injection pressure conditions. The results of the measurements indicate that the flow changes from unsteady state to steady state for injection pressure ratios between 1.58 and 1.70, and drag reduction is observed as the pressure of the counterflow air jets increases.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.50 no.6
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• pp.419-427
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• 2017

In mountainous rivers, the drag force acting on cobbles abundant in the riverbed surface is important in predicting behavior and response of the river. However there is little research for the drag coefficients of cobbles. This paper is to carry out the experiments for drag force of cobble and analyze the relation between the cobble shape and the drag coefficient. The effects of the shape factor on the drag coefficients $C_D$ when the long axis or the short axis of the cobbles are parallel to the direction of flow velocity were analyzed. The coefficient of drag force increased with the nominal diameter Reynolds number $R_{ep}$. The drag coefficients are greater in short axis than long axis. The coefficient of determination of the relation between $C_D$ and $R_{ep}$ is greater in long axis than short axis. This means that the drag forces acting on the irregularly-shaped cobbles depend on the axis. A change of the drag force distribution has brought about the alternative swing of cobbles. For $R_{ep}$ > 12,000, the amplitude of the swing has been increased sharply and especially was greater in short axis than long axis.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.39 no.11
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• pp.861-869
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• 2015

In this study, wall to bed heat transfer and hydrodynamic characteristics in a conical fluidized bed combustor was investigated using computational fluid dynamics method. A two-fluid Eulerian-Eulerian model was used with applying the kinetic theory for granular flow(KTGF). The effects of the two drag models, Gidaspow and the Syamlal-O'Brien model, different inlet velocities($1.4U_{mf}{\sim}4U_{mf}$) and different particle sizes on the hydrodynamics and heat transfer were studied. The results showed that the hydrodynamic characteristics such as bed expansion ratio and pressure drop were not affected significantly by the drag models. But the heat transfer coefficient was different for the two drag models, especially at lower gas inlet velocities and small particle sizes.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.39 no.3
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• pp.243-247
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• 2015

The characteristics of the fluid force reduction of a square prism having a small triangular prism at the upstream side was investigated by measuring of lift and drag on the square prism The experimental parameters were the width ratios (H/B=0.2~0.6) of triangular prisms to the prism width and the gap ratios (G/B=0~3) between the square prism and the triangular prism. The drag reduction rate of the square prism was increased and then decreased with G/B in case of the same H/B, and was increased with H/B in case of the same G/B. The maximum drag reduction rate was represented by 78.5% at H/B=0.6 and G/B=1.5. The lift reduction rate of the square prism was hardly not affected by the width and gaps ratios, the average value was about 52.4%.

• Proceeding of EDISON Challenge
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• 2014.03a
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• pp.591-596
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 EDISON_전산열유체 시스템을 활용하여 군집주행 형태 변화에 따른 항력계수 및 연료효율 변화를 분석하였다. 해석 대상은 자동차 형상을 단순화한 모델인 아흐메드 형상(Ahmed body)을 이용하였다. 동종차량 간 거리변화에 따른 항력계수 및 연료효율의 변화, 이종차량의 배열순서변화에 따른 항력계수 및 연료효율을 분석하며 연구를 수행하였다. 연구 결과, 4대의 동종차량 군집주행시 항력계수를 최대 69% 감소할 수 있으며 이에 따라 km 당 0.073L의 연료를 절감할 수 있다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.40 no.6
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• pp.373-381
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• 2016

In this study, we investigate the characteristics of the drag reduction of a circular cylinder having a detached splitter plate at the wake side. We measure the fluid force on a circular cylinder and visualize the field using particle image velocimetry (PIV) with a high Reynolds number, Re = 10,000. The experimental paraeters used were the width ratios (H/B = 0.5~1.5) of splitters to the prism width and the gap ratios (G/B = 0~2) between the prism and the splitter plate. The drag-reduction rate of the circular cylinder increased with H/B in the case of the same G/B, and it increased and then decreased with G/B in the case of the same H/B. The vortices of the opposite direction on the upper and lower sides of the detached splitter plate were generated by installing the plate. Reverse flow was caused by the vortices at the wake region of the circular cylinder, and the drag of the circular cylinder was decreased by the reverse flow.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.36 no.1
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• pp.94-100
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• 2012

The passive control by vertical splitter plate of fluid force acting on a square prism near a plane wall was studied by measuring of fluid force on the prism and by visualization of the flow field using PIV. The hight of the splitter plate was 10% of the square width. The experimental parameters were the attaching position of vertical splitter plate and the space ratios G/B to the prism height. Time variation of vorticity was most remarkable at 3.0B(B: prism height) position toward wake direction from the center of the prism. The point of inflection of average lift coefficient and Strouhal number on the prism were represented at the space ratio G/B=0.4~0.6 for the prism having vertical splitter plate. The drag of the prism was reduced average 5.0% with the space ratios by attaching the vertical splitter plate at the upper and rear corner on the prism. In this case, the size of the separated region on the upside of the prism was smaller than that of prism having no the splitter plate.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2002.08a
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• pp.475-478
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• 2002

Maximum drag reduction (MDR) in turbulent channel flow by polymer additives is studied by direct numerical simulation. An Oldroyd-B model is adopted to express the polymer stress because it is believed that MDR is closely related to the elasticity of the polymeric liquids. The Reynolds number based on the bulk velocity and the channel height is 40000. MDR in the present study is $44{\%}$ and this is in a good agreement with the Virk's asymptote. Turbulence statistics are also in good agreements with the experimental observation. In the 'large drag reduction', the decrease of turbulent kinetic energy is compensated by the increase of energy transfer from the polymer to the flow. Therefore, MDR is a dynamic equilibrium state of the energy transfer between the polymer and the flow.

• Proceeding of EDISON Challenge
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• 2012.04a
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• pp.25-28
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• 2012

항공기가 지면 혹은 해면 위를 낮게 비행할 때 양력이 증가하고 항력이 감소하는 이른바 해면 효과(ground effect)가 발생하게 된다. 위그선 (WIG)선은 이러한 해면 효과를 이용한 선박으로 시속 100~500km의 속도 범위에서 해면 위를 낮게 비행하는 선박을 뜻하며 차세대 초고속 해상 수송수단으로 떠오르고 있다. 본 연구에서는 해면효과로 인한 2차원 위그선 날개 주위의 양항력 변화를 알아보기 위하여 유한체적법 기반의 EDISON-CFD를 사용하였다. 위그선 날개 주위의 유동은 날개와 해면사이의 거리에 영향을 받으므로 날개와 해면사이의 거리에 따른 계산 영역과 격자를 각각 생성 하였다. 본 연구를 통해 날개와 해면 사이의 거리가 가까워 질수록 해면효과에 의하여 위그선 날개의 양력이 증가하였고 항력은 감소되는 결과를 확인할 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2002.08a
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• pp.463-466
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• 2002

In order to examine the possibility of using a cavity as a passive device for reduction of skin friction and heat transfer, an intensive parametric study over a broad range of the cavity depth and length at different Reynolds numbers is performed for both laminar and turbulent boundary layers in the present study. Direct and large eddy simulation techniques are used for turbulent boundary layers at low and moderate Reynolds numbers, respectively. for both laminar and turbulent boundary layers over a cavity, a flow oscillation occurs due to the shear layer instability when the cavity depth and length are sufficiently large and it plays an important role in the determination of drag and heat-transfer increase or decrease. For a cavity sufficiently small to suppress the flow oscillation, both the total drag and heat transfer are reduced. Therefore, the applicability of a cavity as a passive device for reduction of drag and heat transfer is fully confirmed in the present study. Scaling based on the wall shear rate of the incoming boundary layer is also proposed and it is found to be valid in steady flow over a cavity.