• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.918-927
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• 2020

Flows induced by hybrid CRP pod propulsion systems (CRP-POD) are fundamentally characterized by unsteadiness. This work presents a numerical study on the unsteady flow of a CRP-POD at behind-hull condition based on CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics). Unsteady RANS method is adopted, coupled with SST k-u turbulence model and sliding mesh method. The propeller thrusts and torques obtained by CFD is validated by model tests and acceptable agreements are obtained. The time histories of shingle-blade loads and pressures near the hull surface are recorded for the analysis of unsteady flow features. The cases of forward propeller alone and aft propeller alone are also computed to distinguish the hull-propeller interaction and propeller-propeller interaction. The results show the blade loads of both forward and aft propellers strongly fluctuate with phase angles. For the forward propeller, the blade load fluctuation is mainly governed by the hull-propeller interaction, while the aft blade load is remarkably affected by the propeller-propeller interaction in terms of the load average and fluctuation pattern. The fields of pressure, vorticity and velocity are also analyzed to reveal the unsteady flow features.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.67-72
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• 2011

Turbine blades operate under high temperature and pressure. The influence changes according to its width and angle. Thermal stress and pressure are important factors to analyze the stress distribution. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of loads on the gas turbine blade using thermal stress analysis. These analysis results show the gas fluid flow with a high pressure around the surface of blade. Gas temperature is related to the pressure of flow around the blade. The stress concentration around blade is shown and the concentration is due to the difference between suction side and pressure side of combustion gas.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.703-720
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• 2020

This paper investigates the safety of the wind turbine blade against excessive deformation. For this purpose, the performance of the blade in the along-wind direction is improved by longitudinal stiffener made of shape memory alloy. The rationale behind the selection of this smart material is due to its ability to offer excellent thermo-mechanical behaviour at low strain. Here, Liang-Roger model is adopted for vibration control, and the super-elastic effects are utilised for blade stiffening. Turbulent wind fields are generated at the hub height using TurbSim and the corresponding loads are evaluated using blade element momentum theory. An efficient switching algorithm is developed along with performance curves that enable the designer to select an optimal mode of heating depending upon the operational scenario. Numerical results presented in this paper clearly demonstrate the performance envelope of the proposed stiffener and its influence on the reliability of the blade.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.471-485
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• 2021

Onshore wind turbines may experience substantially different wind loads depending on their working conditions, i.e. rotation velocity of rotor blades, incoming freestream wind velocity, pitch angle of rotor blades, and yaw angle of the wind-turbine tower. In the present study, aerodynamic loads acting on a horizontal axis wind turbine were accordingly quantified for the high tip speed ratio (TSR) at high yaw angles because these conditions have previously not been adequately addressed. This was analyzed experimentally on a small-scale wind-turbine model in a boundary layer wind tunnel. The wind-tunnel simulation of the neutrally stratified atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) developing above a flat terrain was generated using the Counihan approach. The ABL was simulated to achieve the conditions of a wind-turbine model operating in similar inflow conditions to those of a prototype wind turbine situated in the lower atmosphere, which is another important aspect of the present work. The ABL and wind-turbine simulation length scale factors were the same (S=300) in order to satisfy the Jensen similarity criterion. Aerodynamic loads experienced by the wind-turbine model subjected to the ABL simulation were studied based on the high frequency force balance (HFFB) measurements. Emphasis was put on the thrust force and the bending moment because these two load components have previously proven to be dominant compared to other load components. The results indicate several important findings. The loads were substantially higher for TSR=10 compared to TSR=5.6. In these conditions, a considerable load reduction was achieved by pitching the rotor blades. For the blade pitch angle at 90°, the loads were ten times lower than the loads of the rotating wind-turbine model. For the blade pitch angle at 12°, the loads were at 50% of the rotating wind-turbine model. The loads were reduced by up to 40% through the yawing of the wind-turbine model, which was observed both for the rotating and the parked wind-turbine model.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.297-304
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• 2012

블레이드의 성능 평가를 위하여 실제 사용 환경과 근접한 하중 모사에 따른 이축 하중의 필요성이 제기되고 있으며, 본 본문에서는 이러한 이축 하중에 따른 블레이드의 거동을 해석하였다. 100kW급 풍력 블레이드를 대상으로 하였으며, ANSYS를 사용하여 정적거동을 분석하였다. 정적거동은 파손해석과 좌굴거동으로 분석하였으며, 파손 평가는 Puck이 제안한 파손 방정식을 이용하여 섬유 파손과 섬유간 파손 기준을 검토하였다. 이축하중의 하중비가 증가함에 따라 루트부 단면이 변하는 후연부와 루트에서 Z+ 3300~3600인 지점에서 응력이 상대적으로 크게 나타났다. 또한 이축 하중비가 증가함에 따라 블레이드 좌굴 지점이 루트부 쪽으로 이동되고 있음을 확인하였다. 따라서 블레이드의 사용 신뢰성을 검증하기 위해서는 이축 하중에 의한 시험이 요구되고 있음을 본 해석을 통해서 확인하였다.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.84-91
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• 2002

본 연구에서는 열전달 해석을 통하여 발전용 터빈 블레이드의 온도 분포를 계산하였고, 열하중과 원심력에 의한 선형응역 해석을 수행하였다. 정상상태 열전달 해석 결과, 블레이드의 앞전과 끝단에서 높은 온도 분포가 나타났으며 열응력은 다른 부분에 비해 압력면 부분에서 높게 나타났다. 온도의 영향을 고려하지 않은 원심응력 해석에는 fir tree 앞전 부분에서 가장 높은 등가 응력이 나타났다. 온도와 원심력을 모두 고려한 해석 결과에서도 최대 등가 응력은 fir tree부분에서 발생하였다. 열하중과 원심력에 대한 선형응력 해석 결과 GTD111 터빈 블레이드는 항복응력에 도달하지 않아 안전하다.

• 대한기계학회논문집
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.162-174
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• 1992

본 연구에서는 경제성이 있는 GFRP를 사용하여 국내지형과 기상조건에 적합한 소형 풍차날개를 제작하기 위한 효율적인 설계기법을 제시한다. Fig.1에 나타낸 바 와 같이 먼저 재료역학에 바탕을 두고 풍차날개의 기본구조를 결정하고 최종형상은 유 한요소해석을 통해 결정한다.

• 항공우주기술
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.11-19
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• 2011

스마트무인기 로터 블레이드의 국산화 개발이 수행되었다. 국산화 개발은 원소재와 물성치가 가장 유사한 국내 생산 복합소재의 선정, 새로운 소재의 물성치 데이터 구축을 위한 쿠폰시험, 블레이드 단면 물성치의 재계산, 공진, 정적/피로 강도, 공탄성 안정성의 구조동역학 설계요구조건에 대한 검증 등을 포함하며, 그 결과에 대하여 기술하였다. 또한 본 논문에서는 스마트무인기 국산화 블레이드 개발과정에서 개선된 공정에 대하여 간략히 기술하였다.

• Journal of Advanced Research in Ocean Engineering
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.73-84
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• 2015

The turbine is one of the most important components in the tidal current power device which can convert current flow to rotational energy. Generally, a tidal turbine has two or three blades that are subjected to hydrodynamic loads. The blades are continuously deformed by various incoming flow velocities. Depending on the velocities, blade size, and material, the deformation rates would be different that could affect the power production rate as well as turbine performance. Surely deformed blades would decrease the performance of the turbine. However, most studies of turbine performance have been carried out without considerations on the blade deformation. The power estimation and analysis should consider the deformed blade shape for accurate output power. This paper describes a fluid-structure interaction (FSI) analysis conducted using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and the finite element method (FEM) to estimate practical turbine performance. The loss of turbine efficiency was calculated for a deformed blade that decreased by 2.2% with maximum deformation of 216mm at the blade tip. As a result of the study, principal causes of power loss induced by blade deformation were analysed and summarised in this paper.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제22권12호
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• pp.1164-1171
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• 2012

Recently, researches related to the green energy generation systems have increased significantly. Among them wind turbines are the most spread practical green energy generation systems. In order to enhance the power generation capacity of the wind turbine blade, the length of wind turbine blade has increased. It might cause undesirable excessive dynamic loads. Therefore dynamic characteristics of a wind turbine blade system should be identified for a safe design of the system. In this study, the equations of motion of a wind turbine blade system undergoing gravitational force are derived considering wind force and pitch angle. Effects of wind speed, variation of pitch angle of the wind turbine blade, rotating speed, and the blade length on its stability characteristics are investigated.