• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제30권11호
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• pp.1107-1116
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• 2006

The droplet ejection process driven by an evaporating bubble in a thermal inkjet printhead is investigated by numerically solving the conservation equations for mass, momentum and energy. The phase interfaces are tracked by a level set method which is modified to include the effect of phase change at the interface and extended for multiphase flows with irregular solid boundaries. The compressibility effect of a bubble is also included in the analysis to appropriately describe the bubble expansion behaviour associated with the high pressure caused by bubble nucleation. The whole process of bubble growth and collapse as well as droplet ejection during thermal inkjet printing is simulated without employing a simplified semi-empirical bubble growth model. Based on the numerical results, the jet breaking and droplet formation behaviour is observed to depend strongly on the bubble growth and collapse pattern. Also, the effects of liquid viscosity, surface tension and nozzle geometry are quantified from the calculated bubble growth rate and ink droplet ejection distance.

• 한국결정성장학회지
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.595-599
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• 1996

결정입계를 갖는 $CaF_{2}$ 결정을 annealing할 때, 내부에 존재하는 bubbles의 거동을 결정학적으로 분석하였다. 이들 bubbles는 결정 내에서 일어나는 slip 현상처럼 $CaF_{2}$ 결정구조에 의존하여 특정한 방향으로 배향되어 있음이 확인되었다. 또한, AFM(atomic force microscope)으로 분석한 결과, 이들의 움직임은 negative grain growth에 의한 S-surface를 형성하고 있음이 관찰되었다.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.16-27
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• 2002

이유체 비압축성 점성 유동장내에서의 이차원 기포의 운동과 변형을 레벨셋 방법을 도입하여 해석하였다. 지배방정식은 유한체적법을 사용하여 해석하였다. 본 방법의 수치계산결과는 발표된 실험결과와 계산결과의 비교를 통해 검증하였다. 수치계산에서는 초기상태에 유동장 내에 두 유체의 비교란 자유표면이 존재할 때 단일 및 다수의 기포의 운동과 변형을 해석하였다. 해석을 통해 표면장력의 변화와 밀도비의 변화에 따른 기포거동의 변화를 살펴볼 수 있었다. 자유표면은 기포가 자유표면으로 상승할 때 기포의 거동에 큰 영향을 끼친다. 레벨셋법을 사용하여 계산된 본 연구의 결과들을 통해서 기포거동의 특성을 살펴볼 수 있었다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.477-488
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• 2011

A formulation is proposed for modelling the process of intra-granular diffusion of fission gas during irradiation of $UO_2$ under both normal operating conditions and power transients. The concept represents a simple extension of the formulation of Speight, including an estimation of the contribution of bubble motion to fission gas diffusion. The resulting equation is formally identical to the diffusion equation adopted in most models that are based on the formulation of Speight, therefore retaining the advantages in terms of simplicity of the mathematical-numerical treatment and allowing application in integral fuel performance codes. The development of the new model proposed here relies on results obtained by means of molecular dynamics simulations as well as finite element computations. The formulation is proposed for incorporation in the TRANSURANUS fuel performance code.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.603-608
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• 2009

Activated sludge sewage treatment processes are difficult to be controlled because of their complex and nonlinear behaviour, however, the control of the dissolved oxygen level in the reactors plays an important role in the operation of the facility. For this reason, this study is designed to present a system which accurately measures DO, MLSS, pH and ORP in the aeration tank to alleviate situations above and provide the automatization of a sewage treatment plant (STP) using new DO control system. The automatic control systems must be guaranteed the accuracy. Therefore, the proposed automatic DO control system in this study could be commercial applications in the aeration tanks by means of operating cost analysis and user-friendly for operation and maintenance. We could get accurate data from the lab tank which has water quality checker because there was no vortex and air bubble during the measurement process. Improvement of confidence in the lab tank enabled effective and automatic operation of sewage treatment plants so that operation costs and manpower could be saved. If this result is put in place in every sewage treatment plant nationwide for practical purposes, it is estimated to cost 18.5 million dollars in installing the lab tank and to save 9.8 million dollars in management cost a year, except for cost saved by automation.

• 한국세라믹학회지
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• 제56권5호
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• pp.513-520
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• 2019

This study reports the improvement of mechanical properties of Al₂O₃ porous ceramics from colloidal suspension with the addition of carbon fiber by direct foaming. The initial colloidal suspension of Al₂O₃ was partially hydrophobized by surfactant to stabilize wet foam with the addition of carbon fiber from 2 to 8 wt% as stabilizer. The influence of carbon fiber on the air content, bubble size, pore size and pore distribution in terms of wet foam stability and physical properties of porous ceramics were discussed. The viscosity of the colloidal suspension was increased giving solid like properties with the increased in carbon fiber content. The mechanical properties of the sintered porous samples were investigated by Hertzian indentation test. The results show the wet foam stability of more than 90% corresponds to compressive loading of 156.48 N and elastic modulus of 57.44 MPa of sintered sample with 8 wt% of carbon fiber content.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권8호
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• pp.2771-2782
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• 2022

When assessing the radiological consequences of postulated accident scenarios, it is of primary interest to determine the amount of radioactive fission gas accumulated in the fuel rod free volume. The state-of-the-art semi-empirical approach (ANS 5.4-2010) is reviewed and compared with a mechanistic approach to evaluate the release of radioactive fission gases. At the intra-granular level, the diffusion-decay equation is handled by a spectral diffusion algorithm. At the inter-granular level, a mechanistic description of the grain boundary is considered: bubble growth and coalescence are treated as interrelated phenomena, resulting in the grain-boundary venting as the onset for the release from the fuel pellets. The outcome is a kinetic description of the release of radioactive fission gases, of interest when assessing normal and off-normal conditions. We implement the model in SCIANTIX and reproduce the release of short-lived fission gases, during the CONTACT 1 experiments. The results show a satisfactory agreement with the measurement and with the state-of-the-art methodology, demonstrating the model soundness. A second work will follow, providing integral fuel rod analysis by coupling the code SCIANTIX with the thermo-mechanical code TRANSURANUS.