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Transition of Turbulent Boundary Layer with a Step Change from Smooth to Rough Surface (표면 형상 변화에 따른 난류경계층 유동장 분석)

  • Lee, Jae Hwa
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Visualization
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.15-20
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    • 2014
  • Direct numerical simulation (DNS) dataset of a turbulent boundary layer (TBL) with a step change from smooth to rough surface is analyzed to examine spatially developing flow characteristics. The roughness elements are periodically arranged two-dimensional (2-D) spanwise rods with a streamwise pitch of ${\lambda}=8k$ ($=12{\theta}_{in}$), and the roughness height is $k=15{\theta}_{in}$, where ${\theta}_{in}$ is the inlet momentum thickness. The step change is introduced $80{\theta}_{in}$ downstream from the inlet. For the first time, full images from the DNS data with the step change from the smooth to rough walls is present to get some idea of the geometry of turbulent coherent structures over rough wall, especially focusing on their existence and partial dynamics over the rough wall. The results show predominance of hairpin vortices over the rough wall and their spanwise scale growth mechanism by merging.

Effect of design spectral shape on inelastic response of RC frames subjected to spectrum matched ground motions

  • Ucar, Taner;Merter, Onur
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.69 no.3
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    • pp.293-306
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    • 2019
  • In current seismic design codes, various elastic design acceleration spectra are defined considering different seismological and soil characteristics and are widely used tool for calculation of seismic loads acting on structures. Response spectrum analyses directly use the elastic design acceleration spectra whereas time history analyses use acceleration records of earthquakes whose acceleration spectra fit the design spectra of seismic codes. Due to the fact that obtaining coherent structural response quantities with the seismic design code considerations is a desired circumstance in dynamic analyses, the response spectra of earthquake records used in time history analyses had better fit to the design acceleration spectra of seismic codes. This paper evaluates structural response distributions of multi-story reinforced concrete frames obtained from nonlinear time history analyses which are performed by using the scaled earthquake records compatible with various elastic design spectra. Time domain scaling procedure is used while processing the response spectrum of real accelerograms to fit the design acceleration spectra. The elastic acceleration design spectra of Turkish Seismic Design Code 2007, Uniform Building Code 1997 and Eurocode 8 are considered as target spectra in the scaling procedure. Soil classes in different seismic codes are appropriately matched up with each other according to $V_{S30}$ values. The maximum roof displacements and the total base shears of considered frame structures are determined from nonlinear time history analyses using the scaled earthquake records and the results are presented by graphs and tables. Coherent structural response quantities reflecting the influence of elastic design spectra of various seismic codes are obtained.

ESTIMATION OF SEAWATER LEVEL ON SEA FARMS USING L-BAND RADAR INTERFEROMETRY

  • Kim, Sang-Wan;Won, Joong-Sun
    • Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.312-316
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    • 2002
  • Satellite radar interferometry data shows a strong coherent signal on oyster sea farms where artificial structures installed on the bottom. We obtained 21 highly coherent interferograms from eleven JERS-1 SAR data sets despite of large orbital baseline (~2 km) or large temporal baseline (~l year). The phases observed in sea farms are probably induced by double bouncing on sea surface, and consequently reveal a tide height variation. To restore the absolute sea level changes we counted the number of wrapping by exploiting the intensity of backscattering. Backscattering intensity is closely correlated with the change in water surface height, while interferometry gives the detailed variation within the limit of 2$\pi$ (or 15.3 cm). Comparing the radar measurements with the tide gauge records yielded a correlation coefficient of 0.96 and an ms error of 6.0 cm. The results demostrate that radar interferometry is promising to measure sea level.

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Dynamic Characteristics Analysis of the Cryogenic Nitrogen Injection of Swirl Injector using POD and DMD (POD와 DMD를 이용한 와류형 분사기의 극저온 질소 분무 동적 특성 분석)

  • Kang, Jeongseok;Sung, Hong-Gye;Sohn, Chae Hoon
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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    • v.21 no.5
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 2017
  • The cryogenic nitrogen spray of a swirl injector has been numerically investigated using three dimensional LES turbulence model to analyze the dynamic characteristics under supercritical condition. To predict the precise nitrogen properties under supercritical condition, SRK equation of state, Chung's method for viscosity and thermal conductivity and Takahashi's correlation based on Fuller's theory for diffusion coefficient are implemented. The complex flow structures due to interaction between flow field and acoustic field are observed inside and outside the injector under supercritical condition. FFT, POD, and DMD techniques are employed to understand the coherent structures. By implementing the FFT, the dominant frequencies are identified inside and outside the injector. The coherent flow structures related to the dominant frequencies are visualized using the POD and DMD techniques. In addition, the DMD provides the damping coefficient which is related with the instability prediction.

Investigation of Twin Vortices in Turbulent Compound Open-Channel Flows using DNS Data (DNS 자료를 이용한 복단면 개수로에서 쌍와(雙渦)에 관한 연구)

  • Joung, Younghoon;Choi, Sung-Uk
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.26 no.3B
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    • pp.253-262
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    • 2006
  • The present paper presents a direct numerical simulation of turbulent flows in a compound open-channel. Mean flows and turbulence structures are provided, and they are compared with the numerical data and measured data available in the literature. The simulated results show that twin vortices are generated near the juncture of the main channel and the floodplain and their maximum magnitude is about 5% of bulk streamwise velocity. At the juncture, the simulated wall shear stress becomes the maximum unlike the experimental data. A quadrant analysis shows that both sweeps and ejections become the main contributor to production of Reynolds shear stresses. A conditional quadrant analysis reveals that the directional tendency of dominant coherent structures determines the production of Reynolds shear stress and the pattern of twin vortices.

Generalized equivalent spectrum technique

  • Piccardo, G.;Solari, G.
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.1 no.2
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    • pp.161-174
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    • 1998
  • Wind forces on structures are usually schematized by the sum of their mean static part and a nil mean fluctuation generally treated as a stationary process randomly varying in space and time. The multi-variate and multi-dimensional nature of such a process requires a considerable quantity of numerical procedures to carry out the dynamic analysis of the structural response. With the aim of drastically reducing the above computational burden, this paper introduces a method by means of which the external fluctuating wind forces on slender structures and structural elements are schematized by an equivalent process identically coherent in space. This process is identified by a power spectral density function, called the Generalized Equivalent Spectrum, whose expression is given in closed form.

Properties of Surface Modes Used for Directional Emission from Photonic Crystal Waveguides

  • Chung, K.B.
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.7-12
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    • 2008
  • Directional emission of light exiting a photonic crystal waveguide by a coherent action of radiative surface modes was recently demonstrated, and subsequently the substantial enhancement of the directional emission was achieved by engineering the surface and adjusting relevant parameters. Here we present the analysis of surface modes causing the enhanced emission by the plane wave expansion method and the finite-difference time-domain method. In particular, surface band structures are calculated for nonradiative and radiative surface modes, respectively, and intensity profiles of some representative modes for nonradiative and radiative cases are given.

Crystal Structure of $TiO_2-SnO_2$ Fine Powders Prepared by Coprecipitation (공침법에 의해 제조된 $TiO_2-SnO_2$ 미분말의 결정구조)

  • 이종흔;박순자
    • Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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    • v.30 no.9
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    • pp.740-746
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    • 1993
  • TiO2-SnO2 fine powders prepared by coprecipitation from TiCl4-SnCl4 aqueous solution, and their crystal structures were studied. All the TiO2-SnO2 fine powders calcined at 180~$700^{\circ}C$ showed the complete solid solution between TiO2(rutile structure) and SnO2(rutile structure). This crystal structure of TiO2-SnO2 powders is thought to be originated mainly from the heterogeneous nucleation of Ti-hydroxde on the Sn-hydroxide with coherent structure.

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Theoretical Modeling of Web Characteristics on the Needle Punching Production Line

  • Bok Jin-Seon;Kim Dong-Cheol;Ju Chang-Hwan
    • Proceedings of the Korean Fiber Society Conference
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    • 1998.10a
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    • pp.414-417
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    • 1998
  • Needle punching is a process for converting fiber webs into coherent structures by using barb needles. The results are the mechanical interlocking of fibers into webs. Nonwovens by needle punching is most versatile among the various methods and is widely used in the industry. The original process for the production of mechanical bonds in nonwoven fabrics is that which employs the natural felting characteristics of the wool fiber. (omitted)

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