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Research of the impact of material and flow properties on fluid-structure interaction in cage systems

  • Mehmet Emin Ozdemir;Murat Yaylaci
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.36 no.1
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    • pp.31-40
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    • 2023
  • This paper investigates the mechanical behavior of full-scale offshore fish cages under hydrodynamic loads. To simulate different cases, different materials were used in the fish cage and analyzed under different flow velocities. The cage system is studied in two parts: net cage and floating collar. Analyses were performed with the ANSYS Workbench program, which allows the Finite Element Method (FEM) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) method to be used together. Firstly, the fish cage was designed, and adjusted for FSI: Fluid (Fluent) analysis. Secondly, mesh structures were created, and hydrodynamic loads acting on the cage elements were calculated. Finally, the hydrodynamic loads were transferred to the mechanical model and applied as a pressure on the geometry. In this study, the equivalent (von Mises) stress, equivalent strain, and total deformation values of cage elements under hydrodynamic loads were investigated. The data obtained from the analyses were presented as figures and tables. As a result, it has been shown that it is appropriate to use all the materials examined for the net cage and the floating collar.

The Prediction of Aeroelasticity of F-5 Aircraft's Horizontal Tail with Various Shape of External Stores (외부 장착물 형상에 따른 F-5 항공기 수평미익의 공탄성 특성 예측)

  • Lee, Ki-Du;Lee, Young-Shin;Lee, Dae-Yearl;Kim, In-Woo;Lee, In-Won
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.39 no.9
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    • pp.823-831
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    • 2011
  • According to the development of loading equipments, it is usual to change or replace the existing stores. It has been known that pylon-mounted under stores strongly affect aircraft dynamics characteristics due to the change of aerodynamics. To predict the aerodynamics and aero-elasticity is essentially requested with considering the configuration and shape of external stores during the development of aircraft and/or external stores. In this paper, computational fluid dynamics and computational structure dynamics interaction methodology are applied for prediction of aerodynamic characteristics for F-5 aircraft's horizontal tail with various shape of external stores. FLUENT and ABAQUS were used to calculate fluid and structural dynamics. Code-bridge was made base on the globally supported radial basis function to execute interpolation and mapping. As a result, even though the aeroelasticity of the horizontal tail slightly changes according to the shape of external store, the flutter was not occurred at the considered flight conditions in this study.

A Short Review on the Application of Combining Molecular Docking and Molecular Dynamics Simulations in Field of Drug Discovery

  • Kothandan, Gugan;Ganapathy, Jagadeesan
    • Journal of Integrative Natural Science
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.75-78
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    • 2014
  • Computer-aided drug design uses computational chemistry to discover, enhance, or study drugs and related biologically active molecules. It is now proved to be effective in reducing costs and speeding up drug discovery. In this short review, we discussed on the importance of combining molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulation methodologies. We also reviewed the importance of protein flexibility, refinement of docked complexes using molecular dynamics and the use of free energy calculations for the calculation of accurate binding energies has been reviewed.

Numerical Requirements for the Simulation of Detonation Cell Structures (데토네이션 셀 구조 모사를 위한 수치적 요구 조건)

  • Choi Jeong-Yeol;Cho Deok-Rae
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.1-14
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    • 2006
  • Present study examines the numerical issues of cell structure simulation for various regimes of detonation phenomena ranging from weakly unstable to highly unstable detonations. Inviscid fluid dynamics equations with $variable-{\gamma} $ formulation and one-step Arrhenius reaction model are solved by a MUSCL-type TVD scheme and 4th order accurate Runge-Kutta time integration scheme. A series of numerical studies are carried out for the different regimes of the detonation phenomena to investigate the computational requirements for the simulation of the detonation wave cell structure by varying the reaction constants and grid resolutions. The computational results are investigated by comparing the solution of steady ZND structure to draw out the minimum grid resolutions and the size of the computational domain for the capturing cell structures of the different regimes of the detonation phenomena.

Intra-luminal Thrombus Reduces Stress in the Aneurysm Wall: Fluid-Structure Interaction in Pulsatile Flow

  • Kim S. Y.;Kim Y. H.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.147-149
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    • 2003
  • Using computational fluid dynamics with the fluid-structure interaction, structural effects of intra-luminal thrombus were determined in thrombosed axisymmetric abdominal aorta aneurysm (AAA) models under pulsatile flow. Four different models, varying dilatations of the aneurysm and Young's moduli of intra-luminal thrombus, were defmed. Compared with unthrombosed AAA models, both von Mises stress and radial displacements in the aneurysm wall significantly decreased. Stiffer intra-luminal thrombus reduced von Mises stress in the aneUtysm wall. The present study supported that intra-luminal thrombus might reduce wall stress in the aneurysm.

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FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION ANALYSIS OF AUTOMOTIVE REFRIGERANT COMPRESSOR (자동차 냉매 압축기의 FSI(Fluid-Structure Interaction) 해석)

  • Son, I.G.;Pae, S.M.;Kim, K.I.;Yoon, Y.S.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2010.05a
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    • pp.93-98
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    • 2010
  • One of the most effective key factors to improve performance of automotive reciprocating compressor is the design of suction and discharge reed valves. Reed valves are also the major sources of compressor noise. Valve motion is highly coupled with refrigerant flow. In this study, a process of fluid-structure interaction analysis was developed to predict the cylinder inner flow and the dynamic behavior of valve simultaneously. Interface programs computational structural dynamics code. The full cycle simulations of compressor were performed using FSI analysis was alidated by comparing the simulation results with the experimental results.

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A Study on the Evaluation for the Application of a Comn CFD Code to Flow Analysis of a HAWTs (수평축 풍력발전용 터빈의 유동 해석을 위한 상용 CFD 코드의 적용성 평가에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, B. S.;Kim, J. H.;Nam, C. D.;Lee, Y. H.
    • 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2002.12a
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    • pp.396-401
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    • 2002
  • The purpose of this 3-D numerical simulation is evaluate the application of a commercial CFD code to predict 3-D flow characteristics of wind turbine. The experimental approach, which has been main method of investigation, appears to be its limits, the cost increasing disproportionally with the size of the wind turbines, and is hence mostly limited to observing the phenomena. Hence, the use of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) techniques and Wavier-Stokes solvers are considered a very serious contender. The flow solver CFX-TASCflow is employed in all computations presented in this paper. The 3-D flow separation and the wake distribution of 2 bladed Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines (HAWTs) are compared to Heuristic model and visualized result by NREL(National Renewable Energy Laboratory). Simulated 3-D flow separation structure on the rotor blade is very similar to Heuristic model and the wake structure of the wind turbine is good agree with visualized results.

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The Remodelling of Hydraulic Structure in a Distribution Channel for Improving the Equality of the Flow Distribution (I): Design Using CFD Simulation (수리구조 개선을 통한 분배수로 균등분배 성능 향상에 관한 연구(I) : CFD를 이용한 설계 중심으로)

  • Park, No-Suk;Kim, Seong-Su;Park, Jong-Yoon;Yoon, Cheol-Hwan;Kim, Chung-Hwan
    • Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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    • v.21 no.5
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    • pp.571-579
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    • 2007
  • This study was conducted to qualify the equality of the flow distribution from open channel between rapid mixing basin and flocculation basins in a domestic full-scale water treatment plant, and suggest a remedy for improving the equality. In order to evaluate the feasibility of the suggested remedy, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) technique are used, and for verifying the CFD simulation results wet tests were carried out for the pilot scale channel based on geometric similarity. From the results of CFD simulation and wet tests, it was investigated that the modification of hydraulic structure in the distribution channel, which is to install the longitudinal orifice baffle in flow direction, could improve the equality of the flow distribution. Also, in the case that Froude number is relatively small (Froude number <<0.03), the open ratio of orifices on the installed baffle hardly affects the equality of flow distribution.

Performance evaluation of sea water heat exchanger installed in the submerged bottom-structure of floating architecture

  • Sim, Young-Hoon;Hwang, Kwang-Il
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.39 no.10
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    • pp.1062-1067
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    • 2015
  • Floating architecture is a type of building that is geographically located on a sea or a river. It floats under the influence of buoyancy, and does not have an engine for moving it. Korea is a peninsula surrounded by sea except on the north side, so floating architectures have been mainly focused on two points: solving the issue of small territory and providing various leisure & cultural spaces. Floating architectures are expected to save energy effectively, if they use sea water heat, which is known to be clean energy with infinite reserves. To use sea water heat as the heat source and/or heat sink, this study proposes a model in which a sea water heat exchanger is embedded in the concrete structure in the lower part of the floating architecture that is submerged under the sea. Based on the results of performance evaluations of the sea water heat exchanger using CFD (computational fluid dynamics) analysis and mock-up experiments under various conditions, it is found out that the temperature difference between the inlet and outlet of the heat exchanger is in the range of $3.06{\sim}9.57^{\circ}C$, and that the quantity of heat transfer measured is in the range of 3,812~7,180 W. The CFD evaluation results shows a difference of 5% with respect to the results of mock-up experiment.

Motion behavior research of liquid micro-particles filtration at various locations in a rotational flow field

  • Yan, Yan;Lin, Yuanzai;Cheng, Jie;Ni, Zhonghua
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.62 no.2
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    • pp.163-170
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    • 2017
  • This study presents a particle-wall filtration model for predicting the particle motion behavior in a typical rotational flow field-filtration in blower system of cooker hood. Based on computational fluid dynamics model, air flow and particles has been simulated by Lagrangian-particle/ Eulerian-gas approaches and get verified by experiment data from a manufacturer. Airflow volume, particle diameter and local structure, which are related to the particle filtration has been studied. Results indicates that: (1) there exists an optimal airflow volume of $1243m^3/h$ related to the most appropriate filtration rate; (2) Diameter of particle is the significant property related to the filtration rate. Big size particles can represent the filtration performance of blower; (3) More than 86% grease particles are caught by impeller blades firstly, and then splashed onto the corresponding location of worm box internal wall. These results would help to study the micro-particle motion behavior and evaluate the filtration rate and structure design of blower.