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PREDICTION OF THE AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF AN ORBITAL BLOCK OF A LAUNCH VEHICLE IN THE RAREFIED FLOW REGIME USING DSMC APPROACH (DSMC 해석기법을 이용한 희박유동 환경에서의 발사체 Orbital Block 공력특성 예측)

  • Kim, Young-Hoon;Ok, Ho-Nan;Choi, Young-In;Kim, In-Sun
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.04a
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    • pp.79-82
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    • 2007
  • The aerodynamic coefficients of Apollo capsule are calculated using a DSMC solver, SMILE, and the results agree very well with the data predicted by NASA. The aerodynamic characteristics of an orbital block which operates at high altitudes in the free molecule regime are also predicted. For the nominal flow conditions, the predicted aerodynamic force is very small since the dynamic pressure is extremely low. And the additional aerodynamic coefficients for the analysis of the attitude control are presented as the angle of attack and the side slip angle vary from $+45^{\circ}\;to\;-45^{\circ}$ of the nominal angle.

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A Study for Aerodynamic Drag Reduction on Variable Message Sign using Flow Analysis (유동해석 기반 도로전광표지 공기저항 저감 구조 연구)

  • Lim, Se-Mi;Song, Dae-Young;Park, Kyeung-U;Park, Jun-Seok
    • The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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    • v.10 no.6
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    • pp.140-146
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    • 2011
  • As the demand of Variable Message Sign(VMS) has become pervasive in fulfilling the ITS policy, the costs of maintaining the Variable Message Sign operation have also increased. This paper proposes the U-curved figure, the C-curved figure and the ventilated figure type for aerodynamic drag reduction on Variable Message Sign and shows the analysis of aerodynamic drag effects using Flow Analysis. As a results of the flow analysis for right-angled, 45 degrees from side to side and 45 degrees from up or down, the C-curved figure and the ventilated figure type show about 30% aerodynamic drag reduction in all direction. And the U-curved figure type shows vivid aerodynamic drag reduction for right-angled and 45 degree from side to side, but trivial aerodynamic drag reduction for 45 degree from up or down. It is possible to reduce not only the damage on Variable Message Sign due to typhoon because of the aerodynamic drag reduction, but also installation constraints because of lighter Variable Message Sign support structure by appling the proposed structure and analysis in this paper.

Experimental and numerical studies of aerodynamic forces on vehicles and bridges

  • Han, Yan;Hu, Jiexuan;Cai, C.S.;Chen, Zhengqing;Li, Chunguang
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.163-184
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    • 2013
  • An accurate identification of the aerodynamic characteristics of vehicles and the bridge is the premise for the coupled vibration analysis of a wind-vehicle-bridge system. At present, the interaction of aerodynamic forces between the road vehicles and bridge is ignored in most previous studies. In the present study, an experimental setup was developed to measure the aerodynamic characteristics of vehicles and the bridge for different cases in a wind tunnel considering the aerodynamic interference. The influence of the wind turbulence, the wind speed, the vehicle interference, and the vehicle position on the aerodynamic coefficients of vehicles, and the influence of vehicles on the static coefficients of the bridge were investigated, based on the experimental results. The variations in the aerodynamic characteristics of vehicles and the bridge were studied and the measured results were validated according to the results of surface pressure measurements on the vehicle and the bridge. The measured results were further validated by comparing the measured results with values derived numerically. The measured results showed that the wind turbulence, the vehicle interference, and the vehicle position significantly affected the aerodynamic coefficients of vehicles. However, the influence of the wind speed on the aerodynamic coefficients of the studied vehicle is small. The static coefficients of the bridge were also significantly influenced by the presence of vehicles.

Analysis of Drag Force on Leading car using CFD (수치해석을 통한 철도차량 전두부의 공기저항 해석)

  • Ko T. H.;Kim J. S.;Goo D. H.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.08a
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    • pp.132-138
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    • 2003
  • The optimal design for a leading car considering the aerodynamic resistance is required on the high-speed train due to increasing of ratio of drag force with proportion for the square of velocity. The aerodynamic analysis using CFD in the stage of concept design offers more economical analysis method which is used to estimate the influence of flow and pressure around the leading car than the experimental method using the Mock-up. In this study, we want to assist the artistic design with aerodynamics analysis in order to get the optimal design for leading car with the operation speed of 180km/h. The results of aerodynamic analysis for two leading car models which one is expressed with lineal beauty and the other is with curvaceous beauty are compared with each other and they offer the proposal of modification for two models in order to decrease the drag force. The shape of curvaceous model is better for the pressure force but slightly worse for the viscous force than the other. The Fluent software is used for the calculation of flow profile in this study.

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Experimental Investigation of Aerodynamic Force Coefficients and Flutter Derivatives of Bridge Girder Sections (교량단면의 공기력계수 및 플러터계수에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Cho, Jae-Young;Lee, Hak-Eun;Kim, Young-Min
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.26 no.5A
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    • pp.887-899
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    • 2006
  • The aim of this study is to investigate a correlation between fundamental data on aerodynamic characteristics of bridge girder cross-sections, such as aerodynamic force coefficients and flutter derivatives, and their aerodynamic behaviour. The section model tests were carried out in three stages. In the first stage, seven deck configurations were studied, namely; Six 2-edge girders and one box girder. In this stage, changes in aerodynamic force coefficients due to geometrical shape of girders, incidence angle of flow, wind directions and turbulence intensities were studied by static section model tests. In the second stage, the dynamic section model tests were carried out to investigate the relativity of static coefficients to dynamic responses. And finally, the two-dimensional (lift-torsion) aerodynamic derivatives of three bridge deck configurations were investigated by dynamic section model tests. The aerodynamic derivatives can be best described as a representation of the aerodynamic damping and the aerodynamic stiffness provided by the wind for a given deck geometry. The method employed here to extract these unsteady aerodynamic properties is known as the initial displacement technique. It involves the measurement of the decay in amplitude with time of an initial displacement of the deck in heave and torsion, for various wind speeds, in smooth flow. It is suggested that the proposed aerodynamic force coefficients and flutter derivatives of bridge girder sections will be potentially useful for the aeroelastic analysis and buffeting analysis.

Computational Analysis of the Aerodynamic Performance of a Long-Endurance UAV

  • Jin, Wonjin;Lee, Yung-Gyo
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.374-382
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    • 2014
  • This paper presents the computational aerodynamic analysis of a long-endurance UAV that was developed by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), named EAV-2. EAV-2 is a technical demonstrator of aerodynamically efficient design, as well as a hybrid electric-propulsion system for future long-endurance UAVs. We evaluated the aerodynamic characteristics of six low-Reynolds number airfoils, using a panel method code, XFOIL, to select an optimal airfoil for the long-endurance mission of EAV-2. The computational results by a CFD code, FLUENT, suggested that the aerodynamic performance of EAV-2 would be notably improved after adopting SG6043 airfoil, and modifying the fuselage design. This reduced the total drag by 43%, compared to that of a previous KARI model, EAV-1, at the target lift of $C_L=1.0$. Also, we achieved a drag reduction of approximately 14% by means of the low-drag fuselage configuration.

The Aerodynamic Comparisons between Pathologic Whispers and Phonation in Patients with Muscle Misuse Dysphonia (병리적 속삭임과 발성의 공기역학적 비교 -근오용성음성장애를 가진 동일 환자를 대상으로-)

  • Seo, Inhyo;Hwang, Youngjin;Seong, Cheoljae
    • Phonetics and Speech Sciences
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.55-62
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    • 2013
  • This study compared the aerodynamic multiparameters of whispers and phonation in patients with muscle misuse dysphonia(MMD) to evaluate the voice aerodynamic analysis for discrimination between whispers and phonation. Eleven patients with muscle misuse dysphonia were examined. Whispers were shorter with a maximum phonation time(MPT; p<.01), a lower phonatory sound pressure level(SPLp; p<.01), a higher phonatory flow rate (PFR; p<01), lower phonatory efficiency(PE; p<.01), and a lower phonatory resistance (PR; p<.05) than phonation. The subglottal pressure level was not significantly different between whispers and phonation. (Psub; p>.05). The ROC analysis showed that the threshold of 23.83 ppm for PE achieved a good classification for whispers, with the perfect sensitivity(100%) and specificity(100%). Those results indicate PE reliably distinguished between whispers and phonation. The results also suggest that PE may provide a useful tool for studying the laryngeal source.

Whirl Flutter Analysis of a 2-DOF Rotor-Nacelle System Using Quasisteady Aerodynamic Theory (준정상 공력이론을 이용한 2자유도계 로터-낫셀 시스템의 훨플러터 해석)

  • Yang, Yong-Joon;Kim, Dong-Hyun;Jung, Se-Un;Kim, Hyun-Jung;Alexander, Boby
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2005.05a
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    • pp.301-307
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    • 2005
  • In this study, simplified whirl flutter analyses using quasisteady aerodynamic theory have been performed for a 2-DOF tilt-rotor system with both pitch and yaw motions of a rotor-nacelle. The present dynamic system consists of the rotor (propeller), forming the gyroscopic and aerodynamic element, supported horizontally by a pylon that is pivoted at some wing attachment point. Several design parameters (or rotor-nacelle system are considered and the effect of whirl flutter stability are also investigated for various design parameters.

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Whirl Flutter Analysis of a 2-DOF Rotor-Nacelle System Using Quasisteady Aerodynamic Theory (준정상 공력이론을 이용한 2자유도계 로터-낫셀 시스템의 훨플러터 해석)

  • Kim, Dong-Hyun;Yang, Yong-Joon
    • Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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    • v.15 no.7 s.100
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    • pp.843-850
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    • 2005
  • In this study, simplified whirl flutter analyses using quasisteady aerodynamic theory have been Performed for a 2-DOF tiIt-rotor system with both pitch and Yaw motions of a rotor-nacelle. The present dynamic system consists of the rotor (propeller) , forming the gyroscopic and aerodynamic element, supported horizontally by a pylon that is pivoted at some wing attachment point. Several design parameters for rotor-nacelle system are considered to practically investigate the effects of whirl flutter stability.

A Study on Aerodynamic Analysis and Design of Wind Turbine Blade (풍력터빈용 날개 설계 및 공력해석에 관한 연구)

  • 김정환;이영호;최민선
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.28 no.5
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    • pp.847-852
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    • 2004
  • The wind turbine blade is the equipment converted wind into electric energy. The effect of the blade has influence of the output power and efficiency of wind turbine. The design of blade is considered of lift-to-drag ratio. structure. a condition of process of manufacture and stable maximum lift coefficient, etc. This study is used the simplified method for design of the aerodynamic blade and aerodynamic analysis used blade element method This Process is programed by delphi-language. The Program has any input values such as tip speed ratio blade length. hub length. a section of shape and max lift-to-drag ratio. The Program displays chord length and twist angle by input value and analyzes performance of the blade.