• International Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.68-73
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• 2009

In this paper, a numerical study has been carried out to investigate the influence of volute geometries on the performance of a sirocco fan. In order to achieve an optimum volute design and explain the interactions between the different geometric configurations in the volute system, three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics and the 'design of experiment' method have been applied. Several geometric parameters, such as the volute expansion angle, the cut-off position and the bell mouth shape, are employed to improve efficiency and performance. $2^k$ factorial designs were performed to screen the most influential parameters and interactions, and showed that the cut-off position and the bell mouth shape are the most significant parameters. The optimum design was selected as a result of the response surface methodology, and effects of these parameters and their interactions were presented. From the results of computational analyses and experimental data, the performance and efficiency of the sirocco fan were successfully improved. Also, detailed effects of geometric variables of the volute system on the fan performance were discussed.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.39-44
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• 2011

In this study, performance analyses have been conducted for a 5MW class wind turbine blade model. Advanced computational analysis system based on computational fluid dynamics(CFD) and computational structural dynamics(CSD) has been developed in order to investigate detailed dynamic responsed of wind turbine blade. Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations with K-${\epsilon}$ turbulence model are solved for unsteady flow problems of the rotating turbine blade model. A fully implicit time marching scheme based on the Newmark direct integration method is used for computing the coupled aeroelastic governing equations of the 3D turbine blade for fluid-structure interaction (FSI) problems. Predicted aerodynamic performance considering structural deformation effect of the blade show different results compared to the case of rigid blade model.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.161-171
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 CFDRC 사의 상용 CFD 소프트웨어인 CFD-ACE+로 전산유체역학 기법을 적용하여 수치 해석을 수행하여 배연탈황 설비에서 Induced Draft Fan(I.D.Fan) 출구부터 Booster Up Fan(B.U.Fan) 입구까지 난류 유동장과 연소 유동 문제를 모사하여 배기가스 계통 설비의 유동 특성을 해석하였다. 배기가스가 I.D.Fan 출구 ~ B.U.Fan 입구 구간을 적정속도로 균일하게 유동하여 B.U.Fan로 균일하게 유입되도록 하며 압력손실이 적게 발생하도록 설계기준 보일러 부하와 최대연속 정격유량의 보일러 부하에서 이 구간의 안내깃을 검토하였다. 검토한 결과에 대해 CFD 해석을 수행하여 I.D.Fan 출구에서 안내깃을 제거하고 B.U.Fan 입구 전에 안내깃을 보강할 수 있도록 설계를 변경하였다. 배기가스 계통에 변경된 설계를 적용하여 수치모사한 결과에서 배연탈황 설비 내부의 배기가스 압력손실이 줄어들고 유속과 유선이 균일하게 유동할 수 있어 배연탈황 시스템의 효율이 향상한 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2009년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.652-653
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• 2009

In this study, flow-induced vibration (FIV) analyses have been conducted for a 3D compressor blade model. Advanced computational analysis system based on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and computational structural dynamics (CSD) has been developed in order to investigate detailed dynamic responses of designed compressor blades. Fluid domains are modeled using the computational grid system with local grid deforming and remeshing techniques. Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations with $\kappa-\varepsilon$ turbulence model are solved for unsteady flow problems of the rotating compressor model. A fully implicit time marching scheme based on the Newmark direct integration method is used for computing the coupled aeroelastic governing equations of the 3D compressor blade for fluid-structure interaction (FSI) problems. Detailed dynamic responses and instantaneous pressure contours on the blade surfaces considering flow-separation effects are presented to show the multi-physical phenomenon of the rotating compressor blade.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.551-559
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• 2009

In this study, flow-induced vibration(FIV) analyses have been conducted for a 3D compressor blade model. Advanced computational analysis system based on computational fluid dynamics(CFD) and computational structural dynamics(CSD) has been developed in order to investigate detailed dynamic responses of designed compressor blades. Fluid domains are modeled using the computational grid system with local grid deforming and remeshing techniques. Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations with $\kappa-\epsilon$ turbulence model are solved for unsteady flow problems of the rotating compressor model. A fully implicit time marching scheme based on the Newmark direct integration method is used for computing the coupled aeroelastic governing equations of the 3D compressor blade for fluid-structure interaction(FSI) problems. Detailed dynamic responses and instantaneous pressure contours on the blade surfaces considering flow-separation effects are presented to show the multi-physical phenomenon of the rotating compressor blade.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산유체공학회 1997년도 추계 학술대회논문집
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• pp.126-130
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• 1997

A new and efficient method is presented for design optimization, which is based on a computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The method is applied to design an airfoil configuration. The Navier-Stokes equations are solved for the viscous analysis of the flow, which provides the object function. The CFD analysis is then coupled with the optimization procedure that used a conjugate gradient method. During the one-dimensional search of the optimization procedure, an approximate flow analysis based on a first-order Taylor series expansion is used to reduce the computational cost, (This study is supported by Korean Ministry of Education through Research Fund)

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.41-46
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• 2003

The hydraulic design optimization and performance analysis of mixed-flow pumps for waterjet marine vehicle propulsion has been carried out using mean streamline analysis and three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code. In the present study, the conceptual design optimization has been formulated with a non-linear objective function to minimize the fluid dynamic losses, and then the commercial CFD code was incorporated to allow for detailed flow dynamic phenomena in the pump system. Newly designed mixed-flow model pump has been tested in the laboratory. Predicted performance curves by the CFD code agree very well with experimental data for a newly designed mixed-flow pump over the normal operating conditions. The design and prediction method presented herein can be used efficiently as a unified hydraulic design process of mired-flow pumps for waterjet marine vehicle propulsion.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제56권1호
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• pp.133-138
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• 2018

2000년대 이후 대두된 안전, 환경 이슈들로 인해 안전 관리는 더욱 더 중요해졌다. 하지만 안전 관리는 많은 경험적 데이터들을 요구하므로 한계점들이 많다. 안전 분야 중 하나인 배관 안전의 경우 현재 배관을 관리하는 시뮬레이션 프로그램들이 존재하지만, 배관 내부 침식에 대해서는 데이터를 얻기 힘들어 시뮬레이션에 반영이 잘 되어있지 않은 상태이다. 이러한 문제점에서 착안해 본 연구에서는 전산유체역학(CFD)을 이용하여 배관 내부의 곡면에 일어나는 침식을 모사하였고, 계산한 침식 속도를 바탕으로 한계상태함수를 이용하여 배관의 실패 주기를 분석하였다. CFD 대상 배관의 경우 여수 산업 단지에 실제로 운영되고 있는 표본을 사용하였다. DPM (Discrete Phase Model)과 부식 모델을 이용하여 CFD 결과로 $3.093mm{\cdot}yr^{-1}$ 수치의 침식 속도를 얻을 수 있었고, 이 결과를 한계상태함수에 적용한 결과 배관에 누출(leak)을 유발하는데 14.2년, 파열(burst)를 유발하는데 28.2년이라는 실패 주기를 얻어낼 수 있었다. 이러한 과정들을 통해 배관 곡면 침식이 배관 안전 진단에 유효한 실패 모드임을 도출할 수 있었다. 본 연구는 실패 연도를 구할 수 있는 방법론들을 제시하여 데이터의 한계점을 극복하고, 배관 안전 진단에 좀 더 정밀하고 발전된 방법을 제시한 것에 대해 의의를 가진다.

• 청정기술
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.263-268
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 집진성능이 다른 6개의 서로 다른 형상의 사이클론 집진장치 내에서 이루어지는 압력강하에 대해 기존이론식과 CFD (computational fluid dynamics) 해석 결과를 비교하였다. 이론 계산에는 Shepherd와 Lapple (1939, 1940), First (1950), Alexander (1949), Stairmand (1949) 그리고 Barth (1956)의 식이 사용되었다. CFD 연구에서 난류 유동을 해석하기 위해 standard k-epsilon 모델을 사용하였고, 유체는 $25^{\circ}C$ 공기, 입구에서 유속은 10 m/s, 온도는 $25^{\circ}C$로 설정하였다. CFD 해석 결과 사이클론의 형상과 관계없이 압력분포는 일정한 형태를 나타내었다. 하지만 이론식에 의한 추정의 경우 형상에 따른 압력강하는 큰 차이를 보였으며, 오직 First (1950)의 식이 CFD 결과와 아주 유사한 결과를 나타내었다.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제62권2호
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• pp.183-192
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• 2019

Objective : The objective of this study was to analyze patient-specific blood flow in ruptured aneurysms using obtained non-Newtonian viscosity and to observe associated hemodynamic features and morphological effects. Methods : Five patients with acute subarachnoid hemorrhage caused by ruptured posterior communicating artery aneurysms were included in the study. Patients' blood samples were measured immediately after enrollment. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) was conducted to evaluate viscosity distributions and wall shear stress (WSS) distributions using a patient-specific geometric model and shear-thinning viscosity properties. Results : Substantial viscosity change was found at the dome of the aneurysms studied when applying non-Newtonian blood viscosity measured at peak-systole and end-diastole. The maximal WSS of the non-Newtonian model on an aneurysm at peak-systole was approximately 16% lower compared to Newtonian fluid, and most of the hemodynamic features of Newtonian flow at the aneurysms were higher, except for minimal WSS value. However, the differences between the Newtonian and non-Newtonian flow were not statistically significant. Rupture point of an aneurysm showed low WSS regardless of Newtonian or non-Newtonian CFD analyses. Conclusion : By using measured non-Newtonian viscosity and geometry on patient-specific CFD analysis, morphologic differences in hemodynamic features, such as changes in whole blood viscosity and WSS, were observed. Therefore, measured non-Newtonian viscosity might be possibly useful to obtain patient-specific hemodynamic and morphologic result.