• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2008년 영문 학술대회
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• pp.743-750
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• 2008

Asymmetric tip clearance in an axial compressor induces pressure and velocity redistributions along the circumferential direction in an axial compressor. This paper presents the mechanism of the flow redistribution due to the asymmetric tip clearance with a simple numerical modeling. The flow field of a rotor of an axial compressor is predicted when an asymmetric tip clearance occurs along the circumferential direction. The modeling results are supported by CFD results not only to validate the present modeling but also to investigate more detailed flow fields. Asymmetric tip clearance makes local flow area and resultant axial velocity vary along the circumferential direction. This flow redistribution 'seed' results in a different flow patterns according to the flow coefficient. Flow field redistribution patterns are largely dependent on the local tip clearance performance at low flow coefficients. However, the contribution of the main flow region becomes dominant while the tip clearance effect becomes weak as the flow coefficient increases. The flow field redistribution pattern becomes noticeably strong if a blockage effect is involved when the flow coefficient increases. The relative flow angle at the small clearance region decreases which result in a negative incidence angle at the high flow coefficient. It causes a recirculation region at the blade pressure surface which results in the flow blockage. It promotes the strength of the flow field redistribution at the rotor outlet. These flow pattern changes have an effect on the blade loading perturbations. The integration of blade loading perturbation from control volume analysis of the circumferential momentum leads to well-known Alford's force. Alford's force is always negative when the flow blockage effects are excluded. However when the flow blockage effect is incorporated into the modeling, main flow effects on the flow redistribution is also reflected on the Alford's force at the high flow coefficient. Alford's force steeply increases as the flow coefficient increases, because of the tip leakage suppression and strong flow redistribution. The predicted results are well agreed to CFD results by Kang and Kang(2006).

• Wind and Structures
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.21-36
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• 2010

A new full scale testing apparatus generically named the Wall of Wind (WoW) has been built by the researchers at the International Hurricane Research Center (IHRC) at Florida International University (FIU). WoW is capable of testing single story building models subjected up to category 3 hurricane wind speeds. Depending on the relative model and WoW wind field sizes, testing may entail blockage issues. In addition, the proximity of the test building to the wind simulator may also affect the aerodynamic data. This study focuses on the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) assessment of the effects on the quality of the aerodynamic data of (i) blockage due to model buildings of various sizes and (ii) wind simulator proximity for various distances between the wind simulator and the test building. The test buildings were assumed to have simple parallelepiped shapes. The computer simulations were performed under both finite WoW wind-field conditions and in an extended Atmospheric Boundary Layer (ABL) wind flow. Mean pressure coefficients for the roof and the windward and leeward walls served as measures of the blockage and wind simulator proximity effects. The study uses the commercial software FLUENT with Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes equations and a Renormalization Group (RNG) k-${\varepsilon}$ turbulence model. The results indicated that for larger size test specimens (i.e. for cases where the height of test specimen is larger than one third of the wind field height) blockage correction may become necessary. The test specimen should also be placed at a distance greater than twice the height of the test specimen from the fans to reduce proximity effect.

• 한국자원공학회지
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• 제55권6호
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• pp.596-603
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• 2018

국내 도심지의 도로는 차량수요 증가 및 부도심의 발달로 교통정체가 빈번히 발생되고 있다. 이를 해결하기 위한 방안으로 대심도 복층터널 시공을 위한 설계가 계획되고 있지만 주로 소형차전용으로써 터널높이가 낮고 단면이 작아 화재발생 시 인명피해가 발생될 가능성이 높다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 대심도 복층터널의 화재 시 인명피해 발생 최소화 방안으로 화재연기 확산지연장치 개발하였으며, 확산지연장치의 효과를 극대화할 수 있는 최적 설치간격 및 차폐율을 찾기 위해 3차원 전산수치해석(CFD)을 이용하여 Case Study를 수행하였다. 수행결과 확산지연장치의 설치간격이 짧을수록 지연효과가 높아졌지만 일정거리 이상에서는 효율변화가 미비한 경향이 발견되었고, 차폐율이 클수록 화재연기 지연효과가 높아지는 경향이 나타났지만, 차폐율이 작은 경우에는 설치간격에 따른 화재연기의 지연효과의 차이는 미소한 것으로 분석되었다.

• 한국분무공학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.13-21
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• 2017

The fog screen is a device projecting the media to the aerosol flow field. As major parameters to generate dense and steady fog screen, shear stress, optical blockage ratio and SMD were obtained result through experiment. The micro droplet was generated by the piezo oscillation element, and the aerosol flow mixed with an air flow was sprayed into the vertical direction from the top of the fog screen through the 280 mm slot. For produce a dense, uniform fog screen, the shear effect, optical blockage ratio and SMD between aerosol and air curtain were measured. The minimum and maximum shear stress conditions were selected and it was confirmed that the optical transmission deviation of the aerosol flow field was small when the aerosol and air curtain flow rates were changed. When the aerosol and air curtain flow power were 18 V (1.51 m/s) and 24 V (2.55 m/s), respectively, under the condition of the minimum shear stress and laminar flow, the optical blockage ratios with the spray length were small, and it produced a most stable and high density uniform fog screen by injecting a constant of $10{\mu}m$ or less.

• 대한기계학회논문집
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.509-518
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• 1995

A study for the flame stability and the combustion characteristics of coaxial diffusion flame was conducted. The fuel employed was natural gas. The experimental variables were rim thickness of fuel tube, blockage ratio of the outer diameter of fuel tube to the inner diameter of air tube, and momentum ratio of fuel to air. It was consequently found that the stability in the neighborhood of the fuel rim depended on the rim thickness, especially in the case of above 3 mm, and that the stable region of the flame extended remarkably due to the formation of recirculation zone above rim. The effect of the blockage ratio on the flame stability was found to be minor in the case of above 3 mm of rim thickness. Between the momentum ratio 2 and 3, the stable flame zone was widely established as well good combustion. With increasing the fuel-air momentum ratio, axial velocity, turbulence intensity, and Reynolds stress increased.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.139-150
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• 2005

The present study has numerically investigated two-dimensional laminar flow over a circular cylinder with a uniform planar shear, where the free-stream velocity varies linearly across the cylinder. Numerical simulations using the immersed boundary method are performed for the ranges of $50{\le}Re{\le}160,\;K{\le}0.2$, and B=0.1 and 0.05 where Re, K and B are the Reynolds number, the non-dimensionalized velocity gradient and the blockage ratio, respectively. Results show that the flow depends significantly on B as well as Re and K. It is found, especially, that the blockage effect accounts for some causes of apparent discrepancies among previous studies on the flow. With increasing K, the vortex shedding frequency and the mean drag stay nearly constant or slightly decrease whereas the mean lift, acting from the higher-velocity side to the lower, increases linearly. Flow statistics as well as instantaneous flow fields are presented to identify the characteristics of the flow and then to understand the underlying mechanism.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.54-61
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• 2015

본 연구에서는 공정 플랜트시설의 설비 밀집정도에 따른 폭발크기의 경향을 파악하기 위해 CFD 해석을 수행하였다. 설비의 밀집정도는 VBR(Volume Blockage Ratio)과 장애물의 평균크기로 단순화하였다. 밀집정도에 따른 이상적인 형태의 공간에 대해 폭발전용해석 코드인 FLACS를 이용하여 폭발의 특성을 파악하였다. 해석결과 VBR과 장애물의 수가 증가할수록 폭발압력은 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 장애물의 개수가 25개 이하에서는 VBR의 영향은 크지 않았다. 본 연구의 결과 공정에서 가연성 가스 누출 사고시 설비혼잡도를 고려한 피해저감 설계의 기초자료로 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.46-53
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• 2008

Flow structures in an axial compressor with a non-uniform tip clearance were predicted by solving a simple prediction method. For more reliable prediction at the off-design condition, off-design flow characteristics such as loss and flow blockage were incorporated in the model. The predicted results showed that flow field near the design condition is largely dependent on the local tip clearance effect. However overall flow field characteristics are totally reversed at off-design condition, especially at the high flow coefficient. The tip clearance effect decreases, while the local loss and flow blockage make a complicated effect on the compressor flow field. The resultant fluid induced Alford's force has a negative value near the design condition and it reverses its sign as the flow coefficient increases and shows a very steep increase as the flow coefficient increases.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산유체공학회 1998년도 추계 학술대회논문집
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• pp.160-166
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• 1998

In this paper, incompressible two-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations are numerically solved for the study of steady laminar flow around a body with the wall effect. A second-order finite difference method is used for the spatial discretization on the nonstaggered grid system and the 4-stage Runge-Kutta scheme for the numerical integration in time. The pressure field is obtained by solving the pressure-Poisson equation with the Neumann boundary condition. To investigate the wall effect, numerical computations are carried out for the NACA 0012 section at the various blockage ratios. The pressure and skin friction on the foil surface, velocity pronto in its wake and drag coefficient are investigated as functions of the blockage ratio.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.66-75
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• 1993

캐비테이션 터널에서 모형선 혹은 부분모형선을 사용하여 3차원 반류분포를 재현시키고자 할 때, 유동조절체를 사용하여 터널 위벽효과(Tunnel wall effect)를 감소시키는 경우가 있다. 유동조절체가 선미후류 유동에 미치는 영향과 터널 위벽효과를 해석하기 위하여 직사각형 단면의 시험부에 설치되어 있는 모형선과 유동조절체 주위 유동을 표면양력판 이론을 사용하여 해석하였다. Sydney Express 모형선 주위 유동에 대한 계산결과에 의하면 선체 표면 압력분포에 미치는 캐비테이션 터널의 위벽효과는 막음비(Blockage)가 5% 이내인 경우에는 무시할 정도이며, 막음비가 20% 이상인 경우에는 상당히 큼을 알 수 있다. 유동조절체를 선미 부근 터널벽에 설치함으로써 선미 유동중 축방향속도가 증가되었으며, 선체표면에서의 압력구배(pressure gradient)는 선미 경계층의 두께가 덜 증가되는 방향으로 변화되었음을 알 수 있었다. 유동조절체를 설치하여 재현된 반류분포는 등속도곡선의 폭이 좁아지기 때문에 추정된 실선반류 분포를 재현하기 위하여 유동조절체를 사용하는 경우가 있다. 표면양력판에 의해 계산된 반류분포는 이상유체 가정을 토대로 계산되었기 때문에 계측된 반류분포와의 차이를 보정하기 위해서는 경계층 계산이나 점성유동계산이 필요하다.