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Analysis on Aerodynamic Heating on Spike and Dome Configuration (스파이크와 돔 형상의 공력 가열 해석)

  • Jung Suk Young;Yoon Sung Joon;Byon Woosik
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.109-113
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    • 2002
  • Numerical analysis of aerodynamic heating for KPSAM is performed using aerodynamic heating model suitable to KPSAM, which has complex flow field resulting from the spike attached to the dome, such as large separation area and the strong shock/boundary layer interaction region around reattachment point on the dome. The aerodynamic heating model is validated and modified through the comparison between the flight test measurement and the thermal analysis results. TFD temperature sensors are installed on the dome to measure surface temperature during the flight. Computation results, obtained from the heat transfer analysis on the sensors, agree well with flight test data. The aerodynamic heating model provides heat transfer rate into surface as a boundary condition of unsteady 1D/axisymmetric thermal analysis on the missile structure. The axisymmetric thermal analysis using FLUENT is more versatile than the 1D analysis and can be applied to the heating problem related with complex structures and multi-dimensional heat transfer problems such as prediction of temperature rise at contact surface of different materials.

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Prediction of the Aerodynamic Noise Generated by Pantograph on High Speed Trains (고속철도 판토그래프의 공력소음 기여도 연구)

  • Han, Jae Hyun;Kim, Tae Min;Kim, Jeung Tae
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2013.04a
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    • pp.425-431
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    • 2013
  • Nowadays, high speed train has settled down as a fast and convenient environment-friendly transportation and it's need is gradually increasing. However increased train speed leads to increased aerodynamic noise, which causes critically affects comfortability of passengers. Especially, the pantograph of high speed train is protruded out of train body, which is the main factor for increased aerodynamic noise. Since aerodynamic noise caused pantograph should be measured in high speed, it is difficult to measure it and to analysis aerodynamic noise characteristics due to the various types of pantograph. In this research, aerodynamic noise of pantograph is predicted by CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamic) and FW-H (Ffowcs Williams-Hawkings) equation. Also, Wind tunnel test results and numerical simulation results were compared. As a result, Simulation results predicting sound pressure level is very similar with wind tunnel test result. To analyze contribution of the pantograph to the noise of high-speed train, simulation results compared with measurement results of exterior noise. The simulation reuslts found that pantograph is a dominant noise source of high-speed trains's exterior noise in low frequency section. This dominant noise was come out from vortex shedding of the panhead in the pantograph. This research will be utilized for reduce sound pressure level of pantograph.

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Aerodynamic Analysis of Tilt-Rotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle with Computational Fluid Dynamics

  • Kim Cheol-Wan;Chung Jin-Deog
    • Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.561-568
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    • 2006
  • CFD simulation for one of tilt-rotor UAV configurations, TR-E2S1, was performed to investigate its aerodynamic characteristics. Control surfaces such as elevator and rudder were deflected and wing incidence angle was changed. Also aerodynamic stabilities were analyzed with the variation of pitch and yaw angles. The comparison of CFD with wind tunnel test results reveals the same trends in the aerodynamic characteristics and stabilities. However 12% scale wind tunnel test model is too small for accurate data collection and should build a high fidelity model for quantitative data comparison.

A Study on Aerodynamic Design of a Transonic Mixed-Flow Compressor for UAV (무인항공기용 천음속 사류형 압축기의 공력 설계)

  • Choi, Jae-Ho
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.152-160
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    • 2008
  • In the present paper, a transonic mixed-flow compressor that has relatively lower frontal area than that of centrifugal compressors is discussed, and aerodynamic design as well as performance prediction are performed. Main design constraints are compressor exit Mach number of 0.3 and flow angle of 30degrees at the design point, and maximum overall compressor diameter of 177mm, that is 7.0inch. The mass flow rate of design point and pressure ratio are 1.05kg/s and 5.2:1, respectively. The aerodynamic design results show that the transonic compressor designed with forward-swept inducer and curved diffuser can have the target performance with efficiency of 75% within the given constraints. And the compressor exit flow characteristics are discussed here.

PREDICTION OF AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS AND BODY VORTICES OVER SUPERSONIC MISSILES (초음속 유도탄의 동체 와류 예측 및 공력 특성 분석)

  • Yoon, S.H.;Kim, Chang-Am;Hur, K.H.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2010.05a
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    • pp.308-314
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    • 2010
  • In this study, NASA test model with four cruciform fins is utilized to validate the in-house code. Sur face pressure distribution and aerodynamic coefficients are compared with experimental data. Through extensive validation work, it is verified that the code has capability to predict aerodynamic characteristics of missile configuration. In inviscid analysis through a relatively low computational time, analysis result close to experimental data can be confirmed. However, at high angle of attack more than 20 degree, the accuracy of analysis is gradually decreased due to massive separation. In addition, it has been seen that Reynolds number, turbulence model and numerical method have effects on body vortices and aerodynamic characteristics.

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Aerodynamic Performance Prediction of Multistage Axial-Flow Compressors with Its Applications (다단축류압축기의 공력성능 예측기법 개발 및 적용연구)

  • Chung, H.T.;Park, C.H.
    • Journal of Power System Engineering
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    • v.3 no.3
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    • pp.54-59
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    • 1999
  • The purpose of the present study was to develop the numerical method for predicting the on-design and off-design performance of multistage axial-flow compressors. The aerodynamic properties in blade rows were analyzed by incorporating the streamline curvature method as a quasi 3D analysis with the imperical modeling of exit flow angle and loss coefficients. The present calculation procedure has been tested by applying to 5-stage compressors and good agreement with experiments has been found. The detail analysis of aerodynamic performances has been done on the compression part of the bench-scaled gas turbine engines. The predicted performance map at the variable speedline and flow rates could be used as a guide of the engine operation.

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Prediction of Aerodynamic Coefficients of Bridges Using Computational Fluid Dynamics (전산유체역학 해석에 의한 교량 단면의 공력 특성값 추정)

  • Hong, Young-Kil
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.28 no.1
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    • pp.57-62
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    • 2013
  • Aerodynamic characteristics of cross section shape is an important parameter for the wind response and structural stability of long span bridges. Numerical simulation methods have been introduced to estimate the aerodynamic characteristics for more detailed flow analysis and cost saving in place of existing wind tunnel experiment. In this study, the computational fluid dynamics(CFD) simulation and large eddy simulation( LES) technique were used to estimate lift, drag and moment coefficients of four cross sections. The Strouhal numbers were also determined by the fast Fourier transform of time series of the lift coefficient. The values from simulations and references were in a good agreement with average difference of 16.7% in coefficients and 8.5% in the Strouhal numbers. The success of the simulations is expected to attribute to the practical use of numerical estimation in construction engineering and wind load analysis.

Deep learning-based Approach for Prediction of Airfoil Aerodynamic Performance (에어포일 공력 성능 예측을 위한 딥러닝 기반 방법론 연구)

  • Cheon, Seongwoo;Jeong, Hojin;Park, Mingyu;Jeong, Inho;Cho, Haeseong;Ki, Youngjung
    • Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.17-27
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    • 2022
  • In this study, a deep learning-based network that can predict the aerodynamic characteristics of airfoils was designed, and the feasibility of the proposed network was confirmed by applying aerodynamic data generated by Xfoil. The prediction of aerodynamic characteristics according to the variation of airfoil thickness was performed. Considering the angle of attack, the coordinate data of an airfoil is converted into image data using signed distance function. Additionally, the distribution of the pressure coefficient on airfoil is expressed as reduced data via proper orthogonal decomposition, and it was used as the output of the proposed network. The test data were constructed to evaluate the interpolation and extrapolation performance of the proposed network. As a result, the coefficients of determination of the lift coefficient and moment coefficient were confirmed, and it was found that the proposed network shows benign performance for the interpolation test data, when compared to that of the extrapolation test data.

CFD PREDICTION OF AERODYNAMIC DRAG ACTING ON ALPINE DOWNHILL SKIER (알파인 스키 활강 선수에 작용하는 공기 저항 예측)

  • Kim, J.S.;Cho, T.S.;Ahn, H.T.
    • Journal of computational fluids engineering
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.71-76
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    • 2016
  • In speed skiing, aerodynamic forces play an important role in determining performance of the skier. To predict aerodynamic effects of the posture of the skier on alpine downhill skiing, we constructed equation of motion of the skier and performed the corresponding CFD simulations. Comparing drag and lift of three different skier postures, it has been shown that drag decreases significantly by tucking upper body to lower body and stretching arms forward. Also, aerodynamic lift which worked as downforce in standing posture worked upward in tuck posture, reducing friction force between snow and ski. This indicates that tuck posture have advantages over standing posture in dual mechanism, namely by reducing drag and also increasing lift. By this two-dimensional initial study we could reveal the general tendency of the aerodynamic force over the skier's body. This study not only provides a theoretical foundation for the athletes to understand the aerodynamic effects of skier postures but also shed a light on towards more accurate and rational three-dimensional CFD simulation of skiers in the near future study.

Prediction of Aerodynamic Loads for NREL Phase VI Wind Turbine Blade in Yawed Condition

  • Ryu, Ki-Wahn;Kang, Seung-Hee;Seo, Yun-Ho;Lee, Wook-Ryun
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.157-166
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    • 2016
  • Aerodynamic loads for a horizontal axis wind turbine of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Phase VI rotor in yawed condition were predicted by using the blade element momentum theorem. The classical blade element momentum theorem was complemented by several aerodynamic corrections and models including the Pitt and Peters' yaw correction, Buhl's wake correction, Prandtl's tip loss model, Du and Selig's three-dimensional (3-D) stall delay model, etc. Changes of the aerodynamic loads according to the azimuth angle acting on the span-wise location of the NREL Phase VI blade were compared with the experimental data with various yaw angles and inflow speeds. The computational flow chart for the classical blade element momentum theorem was adequately modified to accurately calculate the combined functions of additional corrections and models stated above. A successive under-relaxation technique was developed and applied to prevent possible failure during the iteration process. Changes of the angle of attack according to the azimuth angle at the specified radial location of the blade were also obtained. The proposed numerical procedure was verified, and the predicted data of aerodynamic loads for the NREL Phase VI rotor bears an extremely close resemblance to those of the experimental data.