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NUMERICAL FLOW FIELD ANALYSIS OF AN ARCJET THRUSTER (Arcjet Thruster 유동의 전산해석)

  • Shin, Jae-Ryul;Choi, Jeong-Yeol
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2006.10a
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    • pp.101-105
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    • 2006
  • The computational fluid dynamic analysis has been conducted for the thermo-chemical flow field in an arcjet thruster with mono-propellant Hydrazine (N2H4) as a working fluid. The Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations are modified to analyze compressible flows with the thermal radiation and electric field. The Maxwell equation, which is loosely coupled with the fluid dynamic equations through the Ohm heating and Lorentz forces, is adopted to analyze the electric field induced by the electric arc. The chemical reactions of Hydrazine were assumed to be infinitely fast due to the high temperature field inside the arcjet thruster. The chemical and the thermal radiation models for the nitrogen-hydrogen mixture and optically thick media respectively, were incorporated with the fluid dynamic equations. The results show that performance indices of the arcjet thruster with 1kW arc heating are improved by amount of 180% in thrust and 200% in specific impulse more than frozen flow. In addition to thermo-physical process inside the arcjet thruster is understood from the flow field results.

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Visualization of Electro-osmotic Flow Instability in a T-shape Microchannel (T자형 마이크로 채널 내부 전기삼투 유동의 불안정성 가시화)

  • Han, Su-Dong;Lee, Sang-Joon
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Visualization
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.45-50
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    • 2005
  • Electro-osmotic flow (EOF) instability in a microchannel has been experimentally investigated using a micro-PIV system. The micro-PIV system consisting of a two-head Nd:Yag laser and cooled CCD camera was used to measure instantaneous velocity fields and vorticity contours of the EOF instability in a T-shape glass microchannel. The electrokinetic flow instability occurs in the presence of electric conductivity gradients. Charge accumulation at the interface of conductivity gradients leads to electric body forces, driving the coupled flow and electric field into an unstable dynamics. The threshold electric field above which the flow becomes unstable and rapid mixing occurs is about 1000V/cm. As the electric field increases, the flow pattern becomes unstable and vortical motion is enhanced. This kind of instability is a key factor limiting the robust performance of complex electrokinetic bio-analytical devices, but can also be used for rapid mixing and effective flow control fer micro-scale bio-chips.

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Electric Discharge Analysis Using Nonlinarly-Coupled Equation of Electromagnetic Field and Charge Transport (방전현상 해석을 위한 전자장 및 전하이동 방정식의 비선형 결합 알고리즘)

  • Lee, Se-Yeon;Park, Il-Han;Lee, Se-Hee
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2006.07c
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    • pp.1494-1495
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    • 2006
  • A complete finite element analysis method for discharge onset process, which is governed and coupled by charge transport equation and electric field equation, was presented. The charge transport equation of first order was transformed into a second-order one by utilizing the artificial diffusion scheme. The two second-order equations were analyzed by the finite element formulation which is well-developed for second-order ones. The Fowler-Nordheim injection boundary condition was adopted for charge transport equation. After verifying the numerical results by comparing to the analytic solutions using parallel plane electrodes with one carrier system, we extended the result to blade-plane electrodes in 2D xy geometry with three carriers system. Radius of the sharp tip was taken to be 50 ${\mu}m$. When this sharp geometry was solved by utilizing the space discretizing methods, the very sharp tip was found to cause a singularity in electric field and space charge distribution around the tip. To avoid these numerical difficulties in the FEM, finer meshes, a higher order shape function, and artificial diffusion scheme were employed.

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Short-Ended Electromagnetically Coupled Coaxial Dipole Array Antenna

  • Kim, Joong-Pyo;Lee, Chang-Won
    • Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.87-92
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    • 2002
  • A short-ended electromagnetically coupled coaxial dipole array antenna is investigated theoretically. The antenna has an advantage of structural simplicity. The integral equations are derived for the proposed structure by use of the Fourier transform and mode expansion, and the simultaneous linear equations are obtained. The slot electric field and strip current are obtained by solving the simultaneous linear equations. The effects of slot and strip numbers on the radiation efficiency, beamwidth and directivity gain of the antenna are presented.

Static behavior of thermally loaded multilayered Magneto-Electro-Elastic beam

  • Vinyas, M.;Kattimani, S.C.
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.63 no.4
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    • pp.481-495
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    • 2017
  • The present article examines the static response of multilayered magneto-electro-elastic (MEE) beam in thermal environment through finite element (FE) methods. On the basis of the minimum total potential energy principle and the coupled constitutive equations of MEE material, the FE equilibrium equations of cantilever MEE beam is derived. Maxwell's equations are considered to establish the relation between electric field and electric potential; magnetic field and magnetic potential. A simple condensation approach is employed to solve the global FE equilibrium equations. Further, numerical evaluations are made to examine the influence of different in-plane and through-thickness temperature distributions on the multiphysics response of MEE beam. A parametric study is performed to evaluate the effect of stacking sequence and different temperature profiles on the direct and derived quantities of MEE beam. It is believed that the results presented in this article serve as a benchmark for accurate design and analysis of the MEE smart structures in thermal applications.

Ignition Characteristics Analysis of Pseudospark Discharge using Fluid Method (유체법을 이용한 유사스파크 방전의 기동 특성 해석)

  • 심재학;주흥진;고광철;강형부
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 1997.04a
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    • pp.95-98
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    • 1997
  • Theoritical predictions are given of the time dependence of charged particle densities and electric field in a pseudospark discharge. Our medel is based on a numerical solution of the continuity equation for electrons and positive ions and coupled with Poisson's equation for the electric field. From numerical results, we can identify phisical mechanisms that lead to the rapid rise in current in the onset of a pseudospark discharge.

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Transient wave propagation in piezoelectric hollow spheres subjected to thermal shock and electric excitation

  • Dai, H.L.;Wang, X.
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.441-457
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    • 2005
  • An analytical method is presented to solve the problem of transient wave propagation in a transversely isotropic piezoelectric hollow sphere subjected to thermal shock and electric excitation. Exact expressions for the transient responses of displacements, stresses, electric displacement and electric potentials in the piezoelectric hollow sphere are obtained by means of Hankel transform, Laplace transform, and inverse transforms. Using Hermite non-linear interpolation method solves Volterra integral equation of the second kind involved in the exact expression, which is caused by interaction between thermo-elastic field and thermo-electric field. Thus, an analytical solution for the problem of transient wave propagation in a transversely isotropic piezoelectric hollow sphere is obtained. Finally, some numerical results are carried out, and may be used as a reference to solve other transient coupled problems of thermo-electro-elasticity.

Stress and Electric Potential Fields in Piezoelectric Smart Spheres

  • Ghorbanpour, A.;Golabi, S.;Saadatfar, M.
    • Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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    • v.20 no.11
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    • pp.1920-1933
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    • 2006
  • Piezoelectric materials produce an electric field by deformation, and deform when subjected to an electric field. The coupling nature of piezoelectric materials has acquired wide applications in electric-mechanical and electric devices, including electric-mechanical actuators, sensors and structures. In this paper, a hollow sphere composed of a radially polarized spherically anisotropic piezoelectric material, e.g., PZT_5 or (Pb) (CoW) $TiO_3$ under internal or external uniform pressure and a constant potential difference between its inner and outer surfaces or combination of these loadings has been studied. Electrodes attached to the inner and outer surfaces of the sphere induce the potential difference. The governing equilibrium equations in radially polarized form are shown to reduce to a coupled system of second-order ordinary differential equations for the radial displacement and electric potential field. These differential equations are solved analytically for seven different sets of boundary conditions. The stress and the electric potential distributions in the sphere are discussed in detail for two piezoceramics, namely PZT _5 and (Pb) (CoW) $TiO_3$. It is shown that the hoop stresses in hollow sphere composed of these materials can be made virtually uniform across the thickness of the sphere by applying an appropriate set of boundary conditions.

Extraction of Even and Odd Impedance for a Coupled-line Waveguide Structure using the Vector finite Element Method (벡터유한요소법을 이용한 결합선로 구조를 갖는 도파관 구조의 우.기모드 임피던스 추출)

  • Kim, Young-Tae;Park, Jun-Seok;Ahn, Dal;Kim, Hysons-Seok
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2000.07c
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    • pp.2216-2218
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    • 2000
  • This paper deals with finite element eigenvalue problem using electric field intensity to extract the even and odd impedance for a coupled-line waveguide structure. Calculations for the even-and-odd impedance of a coupled line waveguide structure are achieved based on the relative impedance concept for a waveguide with electric and magnetic wall containes.

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Design of Chipless RFID Tags Using Electric Field-Coupled Inductive-Capacitive Resonators (전계-결합 유도-용량성 공진기를 이용한 Chipless RFID 태그 설계)

  • Junho Yeo;Jong-Ig Lee
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.25 no.6
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    • pp.530-535
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    • 2021
  • In this paper, the design method for a chipless RFID tag using ELC resonators is proposed. A four-bit chipless RFID tag is designed in a two by two array configuration using three ELC resonators with different resonant peak frequencies and one compact IDC resonator. The resonant peak frequency of the bistatic RCS for the IDC resonator is 3.125 GHz, whereas those of the three ELC resonators are adjusted to be at 4.225 GHz, 4.825 GHz, and 5.240 GHz, respectively, by using the gap between the capacitor-shaped strips in the ELC resonator. The spacing between the resonators is 1 mm. Proposed four-bit tag is fabricated on an RF-301 substrate with dimensions of 50 mm×20 mm and a thickness of 0.8 mm. It is observed from experiment results that the resonant peak frequencies of the fabricated four-bit chipless RFID tag are 3.290 GHz, 4.295 GHz, 4.835 GHz, and 5.230 GHz, respectively, which is similar to the simulation results with errors in the range between -2.3% and 0.2%.