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Conjugate finite-step length method for efficient and robust structural reliability analysis

  • Keshtegar, Behrooz
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.65 no.4
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    • pp.415-422
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    • 2018
  • The Conjugate Finite-Step Length" (CFSL) algorithm is proposed to improve the efficiency and robustness of first order reliability method (FORM) for reliability analysis of highly nonlinear problems. The conjugate FORM-based CFSL is formulated using the adaptive conjugate search direction based on the finite-step size with simple adjusting condition, gradient vector of performance function and previous iterative results including the conjugate gradient vector and converged point. The efficiency and robustness of the CFSL algorithm are compared through several nonlinear mathematical and structural/mechanical examples with the HL-RF and "Finite-Step-Length" (FSL) algorithms. Numerical results illustrated that the CFSL algorithm performs better than the HL-RF for both robust and efficient results while the CFLS is as robust as the FSL for structural reliability analysis but is more efficient.

Transient Conjugate Heat Transfer of Turbine Rotor-Stator System

  • Okita, Yoji
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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    • 2004.03a
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    • pp.831-838
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    • 2004
  • A fluid-solid conjugate solver has been newly developed and applied to an actual engine disk system. Most of the currently available conjugate solvers lack the special thermal modeling for turbomachinery disk system applications. In the present new code, these special models are implemented to expand the applicability of the conjugate method and to reduce the required computational resources. Most of the conjugate analysis work so far are limited to the axisymmetric framework. However, the actual disk system includes several non-axisymmetric components which inevitably affect the local heat transfer phenomena. Also the previous work devoted to this area usually concentrate their efforts on the steady-state thermal field, although the one in the transient condition is more critical to the engine components. This paper presents full 3D conjugate analysis of a single stage high pressure turbine rotor-stator disk system to assess the three-dimensional effects (Fig. 1). The analysis is carried out not only in the steady-state but also in the engine accelerating transient condition. The predicted temperatures shows good agreement with measured data.

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Numerical Analysis of Optimum Air-Layer Thickness in a Double Glazing Window (이중창 공기층의 최적두께에 관한 수치해석)

  • Hwang Ho June;Choi Hyoung Gwon
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.191-199
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    • 2005
  • Double pane window system, in which an air layer with a finite width is filled between glasses, is used in order to increase the insulation efficiency. In the present study, a conjugate heat transfer problem of a double pane window system has been studied numerically in order to investigate the effect of an air layer on the heat transmittance of the double pane window system using a finite element method based on P2P1 basis function. In this study on the conjugate heat transfer of a double pane window system, numerically predicted Nusselt numbers with or without conjugate heat transfer effect have been compared with an available existing empirical formula. It has been found that a Nusselt number from an existing formula for an enclosed space is different from that obtained from the present conjugate heat transfer analysis mainly due to the effects of a very high aspect ratio and conjugate heat transfer mechanism. Furthermore, it has been shown that the numerically estimated optimal air thickness of the double pane window system with conjugate heat transfer effect is a little bit longer than that obtained without considering conjugate heat transfer effect.

Three Dimensional Heat Transfer Analysis of a Thermally Stratified Pipe Flow (열성층 배관 유동에 대한 3차원 열전달 해석)

  • Jo Jong Chull;Kim Byung Soon
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2002.08a
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    • pp.103-106
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    • 2002
  • This paper presents an effective numerical method for analyzing three-dimensional unsteady conjugate heat transfer problems of a curved pipe subjected to infernally thermal stratification. In the present numerical analyses, the thermally stratified flows in the pipe are simulated using the standard $k-{\varepsilon}$turbulent model and the unsteady conjugate heat transfer is treated numerically with a simple and convenient numerical technique. The unsteady conjugate heat transfer analysis method is implemented in a finite volume thermal-hydraulic computer code based on a non-staggered grid arrangement, SIMPLEC algorithm and higher-order bounded convection scheme. Numerical calculations have been performed far the two cases of thermally stratified pipe flows where the surging directions are opposite each other i.e. In-surge and out-surge. The results show that the present numerical analysis method is effective to solve the unsteady flow and conjugate heat transfer in a curved pipe subjected to infernally thermal stratification.

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A Finite Element Analysis of Conjugate Heat Transfer Inside a Cavity with a Heat Generating Conducting Body (고체 열원이 존재하는 공동 내의 복합열전달 문제의 유한요소해석)

  • Ahn, Young-Kyoo;Choi, Hyoung-Gwon;Yong, Ho-Taek
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.33 no.3
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    • pp.170-177
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    • 2009
  • In the present study, a finite element analysis of conjugate heat transfer problem inside a cavity with a heat-generating conducting body, where constant heat flux is generated, is conducted. A conduction heat transfer problem inside the solid body is automatically coupled with natural convection inside the cavity by using a finite element formulation. A finite element formulation based on SIMPLE type algorithm is adopted for the solution of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations coupled with energy equation. The proposed algorithm is verified by solving the benchmark problem of conjugate heat transfer inside a cavity having a centered body. Then a conjugate natural heat transfer problem inside a cavity having a heat-generating conducting body with constant heat flux is solved and the effect of the Rayleigh number on the heat transfer characteristics inside a cavity is investigated.

Synthesis of Polyrotaxane-biotion Conjugates and Surface Plasmon Resonance Analysis of Streptavidin Recognition

  • Ooya, Tooru;Kawashima, Tomokatsu;Yui, Nobuhiko
    • Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.293-300
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    • 2001
  • A polyrotaxane-biotin conjugate was synthesized and its interaction with streptavidin measured using surface plasmon resonance(SPR) detection. A biodegradable polyrotaxane in which ca, 22 molecules of ${\alpha}$-cyclodextrina(${\alpha}$-CDs) were threaded onto a poly(ethylene oxide) chain(M$\sub$n:4,000) capped with benzyloxycarbonyl-L-phenylalanine was conjugated with a biotin hydorazide and 2-aminoethanol after activing the hydroxyl groups of ${\alpha}$-CDs in the polyrotaxane using N, N'-carbonyldiimidazole. The results of the high-resolution $^1$H-nyclear lmagnetic resonance($^1$H-NMR)spectra and gel permeation chromatography of the conjugate showed that ca, 11 biotin molecules were actually introduced to the polyrotaxane scaffold. An SPR analysis showed that the binding curves of the biotin molecules in the conjugate on the streptavidin-deposited surface changed in a concentration dependent manner, indicating that the biotin in the conjugate was ac-tually recognized by streptavidin. The association equilibrium constant(K$\sub$a/) of the interaction be-tween the conjugate and steptavidin tetramer was of the order 10$\^$7/. These results suggest that polyrotaxane is useful for scaffolds as a polymeric ligand in biomedical fields.

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Combined Streamline Upwind Petrov Galerkin Method and Segregated Finite Element Algorithm for Conjugate Heat Transfer Problems

  • Malatip Atipong;Wansophark Niphon;Dechaumphai Pramote
    • Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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    • v.20 no.10
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    • pp.1741-1752
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    • 2006
  • A combined Streamline Upwind Petrov-Galerkin method (SUPG) and segregated finite element algorithm for solving conjugate heat transfer problems where heat conduction in a solid is coupled with heat convection in viscous fluid flow is presented. The Streamline Upwind Petrov-Galerkin method is used for the analysis of viscous thermal flow in the fluid region, while the analysis of heat conduction in solid region is performed by the Galerkin method. The method uses the three-node triangular element with equal-order interpolation functions for all the variables of the velocity components, the pressure and the temperature. The main advantage of the presented method is to consistently couple heat transfer along the fluid-solid interface. Four test cases, which are the conjugate Couette flow problem in parallel plate channel, the counter-flow in heat exchanger, the conjugate natural convection in a square cavity with a conducting wall, and the conjugate natural convection and conduction from heated cylinder in square cavity, are selected to evaluate efficiency of the presented method.

Conjugate Heat Transfer of Laminar Film Condensation Along a Horizontal Plate (강제대류 층류 막응축에서 복합열전달)

  • Lee Euk-Soo
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.30 no.3 s.246
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    • pp.238-245
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    • 2006
  • This paper proposes appropriate conjugate parameters and dimensionless temperatures to analysis the conjugate problem of heat conduction in solid wall coupled with laminar film condensation flow adjacent to horizontal flat plate. An efficient methods for some fluids are proposed for its solution. The momentum and energy balance equations are reduced to a nonlinear system of ordinary differential equations with four parameters: the Prandtl number, Pr, Modified Jacob number, $Ja^*/Pr$, defined by an overall temperature difference, a property ratio $\sqrt{\rho_l{\mu}_l/{\rho_v{\mu}_v}$ and the conjugate parameter $\zeta$. The obtained similarity solution reveals the effect of the conjugate parameter, and the results are compared with the simplified solution. The variations of the heat transfer rates as well as the interface temperature and frictions along the plate are shown explicitly.

Complementary Analysis in Reduced Dimension (of Mutual Inductance Imbedded Network)

  • 이태원;안수길
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics
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    • v.10 no.5
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    • pp.39-44
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    • 1973
  • In general, solution of electric networks requires both node and loop analysis, in which node pair voltages and loop currents are treated as network variables, but the conjugate quantities of these variables (the branch currents and node pair voltages respectively) are to be obtained through additional solving operation. In case of networks with magnetic coupling, however, the coupling keeps the conjugate variables mutually dependent and its final solution requires further calculation. In this paper is analyzed the method of obtaining the conjugate quantities through treatment of the problrm in a subspace with dimensions of number of magnetically coupled branches.

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