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Numerical Analysis of Flow around Bridge Pier using FLOW-3D (FLOW-3D를 이용한 교각주변 흐름의 수치해석)

  • Kim, Chang-Sung;Kang, Joon-Gu;Yeo, Woon-Kwang
    • Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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    • 2005.05b
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    • pp.953-958
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    • 2005
  • 최근 들어 다양한 산업에서 3차원 수치해석을 이용하는 영역이 넓혀지고 있다. 국내에서도 3차원 수치해석을 이용하여 댐이나 정수처리시설 설계 등 수리분야에 적용하였고, 점점 그 이용이 확대되고 있다. 특히 교량 및 수제 등의 수공구조물로 인한 주변 흐름형상은 2차원 해석이 불가능하여 현재 수리모형실험을 통한 해석이 주를 이루고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 현재 3차원 수치해석에 많이 이용되는 상용모델인 FLOW-3D를 이용하여 3차원 흐름에 대한 수치해석을 수행하였으며 수리모형 결과와 비교하여 적용성을 검토하였다. 그 결과 모의 및 실험결과 수리모형과 수치모의 결과는 서로 비슷한 흐름양상을 보이고 있었다. 또한 조도계수(Roughness)를 매개변수로 하여 다양한 상태에서의 FLOW-3D의 민감도를 검토하였으나 실제 흐름과는 상이함을 보였다 또한 다양한 난류모형을 적용하여 그 결과를 실제 흐름과 비교해보았다. 그 결과 3차원모형에서는 교각 후면부와 좌, 우측면부에서의 흐름이 실제 수리 모형과는 상이한 결과를 보이는데 이는 FLOW-3D의 벽 경계 및 와류에 대한 난류모델에 따른 수치해석적인 차이로 사료된다.

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Initial Shape Analysis of Suspension Bridge System under Dead Load (고정하중을 받는 현수교 시스템의 초기형상 결정법)

  • Kim, Min;Kim, Moon-Young
    • Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction
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    • v.22 no.6
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    • pp.511-521
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    • 2010
  • This paper presents a simplified analysis method of determining the initial shape of suspension bridges, including the horizontal tension force of the main cable and the locations of each hanging point, considering the force equilibrium condition of each hanging point. This method is effective because it requires less effort than the methods used in other studies, for which complicated non-linear analysis was used, to comparatively determine the exact initial shape. The accuracy and validity of the present method are demonstrated by comparing the results of this study with those of previous researchers' numerical examples, including 2D and 3D models.

Hydraulic conductivity of cemented sand from experiments and 3D Image based numerical analysis

  • Subramanian, Sathya;Zhang, Yi;Vinoth, Ganapathiraman;Moon, Juhyuk;Ku, Taeseo
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.21 no.5
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    • pp.423-432
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    • 2020
  • Hydraulic conductivity is one of the engineering properties of soil. This study focusses on the influence of cement content on the hydraulic conductivity of cemented sand, which is investigated based on the results from numerical analysis and laboratory testing. For numerical analysis the cemented samples were scanned using X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) while laboratory testing was carried out using a triaxial setup. Numerical analysis enables us to simulate flow through the sample and provides insight to the microstructure. It quantifies the pore volume, proportion of interconnected voids and pore size distribution in both cemented and uncemented samples, which could be computed only through empirical equations in case of laboratory testing. With reduction in global voids, the interconnecting voids within the samples also reduce with cement content. Gamma cumulative distribution function is used to predict the percentage of voids lesser than a given pore volume. Finally, the results obtained from both numerical analysis and laboratory testing are compared.

Parametric Study on Straightness of Steel Wire in Roller Leveling Process Using Numerical Analysis (수치해석을 이용한 선재 롤러교정공정 주요인자의 직진도 영향 분석)

  • Bang, J.H.;Song, J.H.;Lee, M.G.;Lee, H.J.;Sung, D.Y.;Bae, G.H.
    • Transactions of Materials Processing
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    • v.31 no.5
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    • pp.296-301
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    • 2022
  • In this study, influence of the process parameters of the roller leveling process on the straightness of the steel wire was analyzed using numerical analysis. To construct the numerical analysis model, cross-sectional and longitudinal element sizes, which affect the prediction accuracy of longitudinal stress caused by bending deformation of the steel wire, were optimized, and mass scaling that satisfies prediction accuracy while reducing computational time was confirmed. By using the constructed numerical analysis model, the influence of various process parameters such as input direction of the steel wire, initial diameter of the steel wire, back tension and intermesh on the straightness was confirmed. The simulation result shows that the 3rd and 4th roller of vertical straightener had a significant influence on vertical shape of the steel wire.

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL SUBSONIC TURBULENT CAVITY FLOWS (3차원 아음속 난류 공동 유동에 대한 수치적 연구)

  • Choi, Hong-Il;Kim, Jae-Soo
    • Journal of computational fluids engineering
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.35-40
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    • 2008
  • Generally flight vehicles have many cavities such as wheel wells, bomb bays and windows on their external surfaces and the flow around these cavities makes separation, vortex, shock and expansion waves, reattachment and other complex flow phenomenon. The flow around the cavity makes abnormal and three-dimensional noise and vibration even thought the aspect ratio (L/D) is small. The cavity giving large effects to the flow might make large noise, cause structural damage or breakage, harm the aerodynamic performance and stability, or damage the sensitive devices. In this study, numerical analysis was performed for cavity flows by the unsteady compressible three dimensional Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations with Wilcox's $\kappa-\omega$ turbulence model. The MPI(Message Passing Interface) parallelized code was used for calculations by PC-cluster. The cavity has the aspect ratios of 2.5, 3.5 and 4.5 with the W/D ratio of 2 for three-dimensional cavities. The Sound Pressure Level (SPL) analysis was done with FFT to check the dominant frequency of the cavity flow. The dominant frequencies were analyzed and compared with the results of Rossiter's formula and Ahuja& Mendoza's experimental datum.

Dynamic analysis of piezoelectric perforated cantilever bimorph energy harvester via finite element analysis

  • Yousef A. Alessi;Ibrahim Ali;Mashhour A. Alazwari;Khalid Almitani;Alaa A Abdelrahman;Mohamed A. Eltaher
    • Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.179-202
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    • 2023
  • This article presents a numerical analysis to investigate the natural frequencies and harmonic response of a perforated cantilever beam attached to two layers of piezoelectric materials by using the finite element method for the first time. The bimorph piezoelectric is composed of 3 layers; two of them at the outer are piezoelectric, and the inner isotropic material. A higher order 3-D 20-node solid element that exhibits quadratic displacement behavior is exploited to discretize the isotropic layer, and coupled piezoelectric 3D element with twenty nodes is used to mesh the top and bottom layers. CIRCU94 element is added to act as a resistor part of the model. The proposed model is validated with previous works. The numerical parametric studies are presented to illustrate the effects of perforation geometry, the number of rows, the resistance on the natural frequencies, frequency response, and power. It is found that the thickness has a positive relationship with the natural frequency. Perforations help in producing higher voltage, and the best shape is rectangular perforations, and to produce higher voltage, two rows of rectangular perforations should be applied.

A Study on the Side Shear Developed during Pullout of Suction Pile in Clays using 3D Numerical Analysis (3차원 수치해석을 이용한 점토지반에 설치된 석션파일 인발 시 발현되는 전단응력에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Myungjae;Youn, Heejung
    • Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.59-66
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    • 2014
  • This paper presents the pullout behavior of suction pile using finite difference method; and the commercial software, FLAC3D, was employed for the numerical analyses. The ultimate pullout capacity of suction pile was predicted using conventional equations, and the results were compared with the results from numerical analyses with varying pile diameter, pile length, and the undrained shear strength of clays. Based on the results from 24 analyses, it was found that the failure pattern depends not only on the drainage condition of suction pile, but also on the pile dimensions and the material properties of surrounding soils. The developed side shear (DSS) along the internal surface of the suction pile was collected from numerical analyses, which was used to classify the failure type between sliding failure and tensile failure. Regardless of the external DSS, the high internal DSS tends to result in sliding failure in the numerical analyses, which conforms well to the estimation from conventional equations.

Determination of the bearing capacity of model ring footings: Experimental and numerical investigations

  • Turedi, Yakup;Emirler, Buse;Ornek, Murat;Yildiz, Abdulazim
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.29-39
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    • 2019
  • In this paper, it was presented an investigation on the load-settlement and vertical stress analysis of the ring footings on the loose sand bed by conducting both laboratory model tests and numerical analyses. A total of twenty tests were conducted in geotechnical laboratory and numerical analyses of the test models were carried out using the finite element package Plaxis 3D to find the ultimate capacities of the ring footings. Moreover, the results obtained from both foregoing methods were compared with theoretical results given in the literature. The effects of the ring width on bearing capacity of the footings and vertical stresses along the depth were investigated. Consequently, the experimental observations are in a very good agreement with the numerical and theoretical results. The variation in the bearing capacity is little when $r_i/R_o$ <0.3. That means, when the ring width ratio, $r_i/R_o$, is equal to 0.3, this option can provide more economic solutions in the applications of the ring footings. Since, this corresponds to less concrete consumption in the ring footing design.

Three-dimensional Vibration Analysis of Thick, Complete Conical Shells of Revolution (두꺼운 완전 원추형 회전셸의 3차원적 진동해석)

  • Sim Hyun-Ju;Kang Jae-Goon
    • Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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    • v.15 no.4 s.97
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    • pp.457-464
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    • 2005
  • A three-dimensional (3-D) method of analysis is presented for determining the free vibration frequencies and mode shapes of thick, complete (not truncated) conical shells of revolution, Unlike conventional shell theories, which are mathematically two-dimensional (2-D). the present method is based upon the 3-D dynamic equations of elasticity. Displacement components $u_{r},\;u_{z},\;and\;u_{\theta}$ in the radial, axial, and circumferential directions, respectively, are taken to be sinusoidal in time, periodic in , and algebraic polynomials in the r and z directions. Potential (strain) and kinetic energies of the conical shells are formulated, the Ritz method is used to solve the eigenvalue problem, thus yielding upper bound values of the frequencies by minimizing the frequencies. As the degree of the polynomials is increased, frequencies converge to the exact values. Convergence to four-digit exactitude is demonstrated for the first five frequencies of theconical shells. Novel numerical results are presented for thick, complete conical shells of revolution based upon the 3-D theory. Comparisons are also made between the frequencies from the present 3-D Ritz method and a 2-D thin shell theory.

GOTHIC-3D APPLICABILITY TO HYDROGEN COMBUSTION ANALYSIS

  • LEE JUNG-JAE;LEE JIN-YONG;PARK GOON-CHERL;LEE BYUNG-CHUL;YOO HOJONG;KIM HYEONG-TAEK;OH SEUNG-JONG
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.37 no.3
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    • pp.265-272
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    • 2005
  • Severe accidents in nuclear power plants can cause hydrogen-generating chemical reactions, which create the danger of hydrogen combustion and thus threaten containment integrity. For containment analyses, a three-dimensional mechanistic code, GOTHIC-3D has been applied near source compartments to predict whether or not highly reactive gas mixtures can form during an accident with the hydrogen mitigation system working. To assess the code applicability to hydrogen combustion analysis, this paper presents the numerical calculation results of GOTHIC-3D for various hydrogen combustion experiments, including FLAME, LSVCTF, and SNU-2D. In this study, a technical base for the modeling oflarge- and small-scale facilities was introduced through sensitivity studies on cell size and bum modeling parameters. Use of a turbulent bum option of the eddy dissipation concept enabled scale-free applications. Lowering the bum parameter values for the flame thickness and the bum temperature limit resulted in a larger flame velocity. When applied to hydrogen combustion analysis, this study revealed that the GOTHIC-3D code is generally able to predict the combustion phenomena with its default bum modeling parameters for large-scale facilities. However, the code needs further modifications of its bum modeling parameters to be applied to either small-scale facilities or extremely fast transients.