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A study of aerodynamic pressures on elevated houses

  • Abdelfatah, Nourhan;Elawady, Amal;Irwin, Peter;Chowdhury, Arindam
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.31 no.4
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    • pp.335-350
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    • 2020
  • In coastal residential communities, especially along the coastline, flooding is a frequent natural hazard that impacts the area. To reduce the adverse effects of flooding, it is recommended to elevate coastal buildings to a certain safe level. However, post storm damage assessment has revealed severe damages sustained by elevated buildings' components such as roofs, walls, and floors. By elevating a structure and creating air gap underneath the floor, the wind velocity increases and the aerodynamics change. This results in varying wind loading and pressure distribution that are different from their slab on grade counterparts. To fill the current knowledge gap, a large-scale aerodynamic wind testing was conducted at the Wall of Wind experimental facility to evaluate the wind pressure distribution over the surfaces of a low-rise gable roof single-story elevated house. The study considered three different stilt heights. This paper presents the observed changes in local and area averaged peak pressure coefficients for the building surfaces of the studied cases. The aerodynamics of the elevated structures are explained. Comparisons are done with ASCE 7-16 and AS/NZS 1170.2 wind loading standards. For the floor surface, the study suggests a wind pressure zoning and pressure coefficients for each stilt height.

Hydraulic Modal Analysis of High-Pressure Common-rail Fuel Injection System for Passenger Vehicle (승용 CR 연료분사시스템에 대한 유압 Modal 분석)

  • Sung, Gisu;Kim, Sangmyeong;Kim, Jinsu;Lee, Jinwook
    • Journal of ILASS-Korea
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.14-19
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    • 2015
  • Recently, R&D demand for environmental friendly vehicle has rapidly increased due to its global environmental issues such as global warming, energy and economic crisis. Under this situation, the most realistic alternative way for environmental friendly vehicle is a clean diesel vehicle. The common-rail fuel injection system, as key technology of clean diesel vehicle, consists of a high pressure pump, common-rail, high pressure fuel line and electronic control injector. In common-rail high-pressure fuel injection system, high pressure wave of injection system and geometry of injector elements have a major effects on high-pressure fuel spray. Therefore, in this study, the numerical model was developed for analysis about the common-rail fuel pressure pulsation by using AMESim code. We could secure stability of common-rail high-pressure fuel injection system through optimal design of fuel line.

Air-Soil Partitioning of PCBs in Rural Area

  • Yeo, Hyun-Gu;Park, Min-Kyu;Chun, Man-Young;Young, Sun-Woo
    • Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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    • v.19 no.E1
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 2003
  • The soil concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were measured at 12 sites in Ansung, Kyonggi province, Korea. Correlation coefficient (r) between total PCBs and organic matter content (OM) was significant (r=0.562, p< 0.05). It suggests that organic matter may be a key factor of soil absorption of PCBs. The PCB concentrations of low chlorinated congeners with high vapor pressure were relatively abundant in air but high chlorinated congeners with low vapor pressure were mainly dominated by soil. The results indicated the influence of physicochemical properties of PCBs such as vapor pressure, octanol - air partition coefficient ( $K_{OA}$ ). The calculated soil/air fugacity quotients suggested that the soil may be a source of heavier molecular PCBs (>penta-CBs) to the atmosphere, where lighter molecular PCBs appear to be affected by a movement from air to soil, especially tetra-CBs. Therefore, PCB homologs with low vapor pressure might have been influenced by revolatilization from soil.

Pressure measurements on inclined square prisms

  • Hu, Gang;Tse, K.T.;Kwok, K.C.S.;Chen, Z.S.
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.383-405
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    • 2015
  • This study investigated aerodynamic characteristics of an inclined square prism experimentally. Pressure measurements were performed on a static square prism with a series of inclinations including forward inclinations (inclined to the upwind direction) and backward inclinations (inclined to the downwind direction). The prism with a vertical attitude was also tested for comparisons. Based on the pressure data, influences of the inclinations on aerodynamic characteristics (e.g., force coefficients, pressure distributions on the surfaces, and vortex shedding features) of the square prism were evaluated in detail. The results show that the inclinations have significant effects on these aerodynamic characteristics. Furthermore, the influences of the forward and backward inclinations are quite different.

Optimum design of direct spring loaded pressure relief valve in water distribution system using multi-objective genetic algorithm (다목적 유전자 알고리즘을 이용한 상수관망에서 스프링 서지 완화 밸브의 최적화)

  • Kim, Hyunjun;Baek, Dawon;Kim, Sanghyun
    • Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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    • v.32 no.2
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    • pp.115-122
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    • 2018
  • Direct spring loaded pressure relief valve(DSLPRV) is a safety valve to relax surge pressure of the pipeline system. DSLPRV is one of widely used safety valves for its simplicity and efficiency. However, instability of the DSLPRV can caused by various reasons such as insufficient valve volume, natural vibration of the spring, etc. In order to improve reliability of DSLPRV, proper selection of design factors of DSLPRV is important. In this study, methodology for selecting design factors for DSLPRV was proposed. Dynamics of the DSLPRV disk was integrated into conventional 1D surge pressure analysis. Multi-objective genetic algorithm was also used to search optimum design factors for DSLPRV.

Prediction of Pulse Pressure and Pulse Interval of Change in Operation Conditions of a Pulse Air Jet Bag Filter (충격기류식 여과집진장치의 운전조건 변화에 따른 적정 탈진주기 및 탈진압력 설정)

  • Lee, Deok-Gi;Lim, Woo-Taik;Cho, Jae-Hwan;Choi, Kum-Chan;Shin, Hyun-Moo;Jang, Seong-Ho;Suh, Jeong-Min
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.27 no.6
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    • pp.349-358
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    • 2018
  • In this study, using coke dust from ironwork, the pulse pressure on a pulse air jet bag filter was investigated considering the influence of the pressure loss due to filtration velocity and pressure intervals. The research on the optimal pulse pressure prediction of a pulse air jet type bag filter using coke dust showed the following results. Pressure loss volatility produced by the pulse pressure under low dust concentration(0.5, $1g/m^3$) and low face velocity(1.25 m/min) was less than $10mmH_2O$. This suggests that the pulse pressure has a low impact on the pressure loss. In contrast, pressure loss volatility under high dust concentration($3g/m^3$) and high face velocity(1.75 m/min) was $25mmH_2O$. Therefore, pulse pressure with high dust concentration and high face velocity has a strong influence on the pressure loss volatility, compared to the condition of low dust concentration and low face velocity. The optimal pulse pressure of inlet dust concentration($0.5g/m^3$) was $6kg/cm^2$ under the same face velocity(1.75 m/min). As concentration increased from 1 to $2g/m^3$, the pulse pressure gradually reached $5kg/cm^2$ thus indicating that the pulse pressure($5kg/cm^2$) is pertinent at a high concentration($3g/m^3$). The pulse intervals: 20, 25 and 30 sec, which are relatively longer than 10 and 15 sec, corresponded to high pressure loss volatility produced by the pulse pressure. Furthermore, low pressure loss volatility was noted at $5kg/cm^2$ of the overall pulse pressure.

Effect of Operating Conditions on the Fouling of UF Membrane in Treatment of Dissolved Organic Matter (UF를 이용한 용존성 유기물질 제거시 운전조건이 파울링에 미치는 영향)

  • Kwon, Eun-Mi;Yu, Myong-Jin
    • Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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    • v.22 no.7
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    • pp.1183-1191
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    • 2000
  • Operating conditions for reduction of membrane fouling in treatment of dissolved organic matter by UF membrane process were investigated by pilot-scale plant using various operating conditions. As inlet pressure increased, increament of transmembrane pressure and flux decline were faster. The reason was due to the increase in adsorption of dissolved organic matter and the development of cake layer compression on the membrane surface. When efficient pressure (the difference of pressure between backwash and transmembrane pressures) was high, small amount of pollutant was retained on the membrane surface. When backwash was frequently conducted, low concentration of pollutant was maintained in recycling water. Therefore, backwash could be efficiently conducted with high efficient pressure and high frequency. Fouling rate was correlated with backwash and inlet pressures, recovery rate and cumulative permeated volume. Among the operating parameters backwash pressure was most closely related to fouling rate and inlet pressure was next to backwash pressure. It seems that the fouling was strongly related to pressure which leads to the cake layer compression and adsorption of dissolved organic matter.

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Mechanism of Seismic Earth Pressure on Braced Excavation Wall Installed in Shallow Soil Depth by Dynamic Centrifuge Model Tests (동적원심모형실험을 이용한 얕은 지반 굴착 버팀보 지지 흙막이 벽체의 지진토압 메커니즘 분석)

  • Yun, Jong Seok;Park, Seong Jin;Han, Jin Tae;Kim, Jong Kwan;Kim, Dong Chan;Kim, DooKie;Choo, Yun Wook
    • Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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    • v.27 no.5
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    • pp.193-202
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    • 2023
  • In this paper, a dynamic centrifuge model test was conducted on a 24.8-meter-deep excavation consisting of a 20 m sand layer and 4.8 m bedrock, classified as S3 by Korean seismic design code KDS 17 10 00. A braced excavation wall supports the hole. From the results, the mechanism of seismically induced earth pressure was investigated, and their distribution and loading points were analyzed. During earthquake loadings, active seismic earth pressure decreases from the at-rest earth pressure since the backfill laterally expands at the movement of the wall toward the active direction. Yet, the passive seismic earth pressure increases from the at-rest earth pressure since the backfill pushes to the wall and laterally compresses at it, moving toward a passive direction and returning to the initial position. The seismic earth pressure distribution shows a half-diamond distribution in the dense sand and a uniform distribution in loose sand. The loading point of dynamic thrust corresponding with seismic earth pressure is at the center of the soil backfill. The dynamic thrust increased differently depending on the backfill's relative density and input motion type. Still, in general, the dynamic thrust increased rapidly when the maximum horizontal displacement of the wall exceeded 0.05 H%.

Prediction of Venturi Effect on Pressure Drop in Pulse Air Jet Bag Filter (충격기류식 여과집진장치에서 벤츄리가 압력손실에 미치는 영향)

  • Moon-Sub Jung;Jung-Kwon Kim;Yong-Hyun Chung;Jeong-Min Suh
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.32 no.9
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    • pp.659-669
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    • 2023
  • The purpose of this study is to predict the pressure drop due to the installation of venturi under diverse operating conditions such as dust concentration, pulse interval and pressure, and filtration velocity using algebraic-linear regression model and use it as an economic data and efficient operating condition for a pulse air jet bag filter. A pilot scale bag filter with a filter a filter size(Ø140 × 850ℓ, 12) was used, and the filters used in the experiment were the polyester filters most commonly used in real industrial sites. The SAS 9.4 program (SAS Institute, USA) was used to predict and to determine the effects of inlet concentration (Ci), pulse interval (Pi) and pressure (Pp), filtration velocity (Vf), presence or absence of venturi, etc. The results are shown below. The variation in pressure drop with or without venturi installation was 38.8 mmAq when venturi is installed and 47.6 mmAq when venturi is not installed, indicating a difference in pressure drop of 8.8 mmAq depending on venturi installation. It is estimated that the efficiency can be improved by about 18.5% if the venturi is installed.