• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.185-192
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• 2004

The aeroacoustic characteristics of a centrifugal fan for a vacuum cleaner and its noise reduction method are studied in this paper. The major noise source of a vacuum cleaner is the centrifugal fan. The impeller of the fan rotates at over 30000 rpm, and generates very high-level noise. It was revealed that the dominant noise source is the aerodynamic interaction between the rotating impeller and stationary diffuser. The directivity of acoustic pressure showed that most of the noise propagates backward direction of the fan-motor assembly. In order to reduce the high tonal sound generated from the aerodynamic interaction, unevenly pitched impeller and diffuser, and tapered impeller designs were proposed and experiments were performed. Uneven pitch design of the impeller changes the sound quality while the overall sound power level (SPL) and the performance remains similar. The effect of the tapered design of impeller was evaluated. The trailing edge of the tapered fan is inclined. This reduces the flow interaction between the rotating impeller and the stationary diffuser because of some phase shifts. The static efficiency of the new impeller design is slightly lower than the previous design. However, the overall SPL is reduced by about 4 dB(A). The SPL of the fundamental blade passing frequency (BPF) is reduced by about 6 dB (A) and the 2$\^$nd/ BPF is reduced about 20 dB (A). The vacuum cleaner with the tapered impeller design produces lower noise level than the previous one, and the strong tonal sound was dramatically reduced.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제40권7호
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• pp.574-581
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• 2012

로터를 이용한 무인비행체는 노출된 블레이드로 운용 시 위험이 따른다. 반면 덕티드팬은 블레이드 주위를 덕트로 감싸 위험요소를 줄여주고, 동일 동력 하중을 사용한 로터보다 향상된 추력성능을 보인다. 본 논문에서는 덕티드 팬의 장점을 적용하고자 세 개의 덕티드 팬으로 구성된 삼중 덕티드 팬 비행체 형상을 제안한다. 크기가 동일한 두 개의 덕티드 팬과, 크기가 다른 한 개의 덕티드 팬으로 구성되며 3개의 덕티드 팬 중 하나는 추력 방향 조절을 통해 신속한 자세 제어가 가능하다. 삼중 덕티드 팬 비행체의 운동방정식을 유도 하였고, 리아푸노프 함수를 적용하여 시스템을 안정하게 하는 제어 입력을 도출하였다. 그리고 비행체 초기모델의 파라미터를 적용하여 비선형 모델 시뮬레이션을 통해 안정한 자세각이 출력됨을 확인하고 결과를 분석하였다.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.17-23
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• 2004

Aeroacoustic characteristics of sirocco fan used in Over-The-Range (OTR) has been analyzed in this paper. A microwave hood combination over the gas range is short for the OTR. The flow phenomena of the double-sided sirocco fan was analyzed numerically and experimentally by using commercial code and three dimensional PIV for flow visualization. Also, microphone array is used in order to understand acoustic characteristics of OTR. Two dimensional unsteady flow and acoustic simulation is tried to qualitatively estimate the effects of tonal noise and broadband noise on the overall sound pressure level. It is found that tonal sound is generated from the strong interaction between the impeller and cutoff while broadband sound is generated from the strong secondary flows along the scroll surface. To reduce the noise level, the V-shape cut-off was applied to improve the sound quality by reducing tonal noise. So the peak noise at BPF (Blade Passing Frequency) was almost reduced. The shape of flow-guide to suppress the secondary flow over the scroll surface was carefully checked. It is found that this affects flow pattern at the fan exit and reduces the broad band noise. Through this numerical and experimental study, the sound pressure level was lowered by 4dBA compared to that of the previous fan at the operating point.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.396-403
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• 2018

본 논문에서는 쾌적한 운전 환경을 제공하기 위해 자동차 시트를 냉각시키기 위한 고성능 및 저소음 원심팬을 개발하였다. 먼저 팬 성능 테스터 및 전산유체역학(Computational Fluid Dynamics, CFD) 시뮬레이션을 이용하여 기존 팬 장치의 유동 특성을 분석하였다. 예측한 유동장 분석을 통하여 팬 허브 팁 근처의 와류 및 팬 허브 상단의 정체된 유동 현상이 관측되었다. 이러한 와류 및 정체 유동을 줄이기 위해 두 가지 설계 요소를 고안하였다. 첫째, 팬 날개와 팬 하우징 최소 간극(cut-off)를 증가시켜 난류강도를 줄이고 그 결과로 전체적인 음압 레벨을 줄이고자 하였다. 둘째, 허브 형상은 정체 유동을 줄이기 위해 형상을 변경하였다. 제안된 설계의 타당성을 수치해석을 통해 확인하였다. 수치해석결과를 바탕으로 프로토타입을 제작하고 팬 테스터에서 측정한 성능 곡선(P-Q curve)과 반무향실에서 측정한 음압 레벨의 분석을 통해서 유동과 소음 성능의 향상을 확인하였다.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.44-48
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• 2006

Comprehensive experimental works are carried out for the optimal design of a centrifugal blower adopted in an indoor unit of an air-conditioner. The models for consideration are typical multi-blade turbo blower and limit loaded one, respectively. The main interest lies on the fluid dynamics performance when the blower Is installed in the practical system. The methodologies are an experimental estimations with a wind tunnel for blower performance and PIV measurement for the detail flow information. A centrifugal blower with limit loaded fan shows pronounced performances in terms of the flow rate and static pressure rise and the reason is explained by the precise measurement of the flows between blades using PIV. Consequently, it is found that the blower is proper for the flows with a resistance in down stream such as a heat exchanger.

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.24-29
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• 2010

Axial fans for an air-conditioning unit are designed to equip the system with an expected flow-rate and low noise level by applying the blade design method of multi-sectioning and local camber generation. In this study, the distributions of chord length, stagger angle, and camber angle are globally and locally determined for the given specific speed, which is considered to be relatively high. The mock-up fans are observed to satisfy the aerodynamic performance and the noise level for the system simultaneously and discussed in terms of local flow patterns related to the emitted noise.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2002년도 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.772-777
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• 2002

A BEM is highly efficient method in the sense of economic computation. However, boundary integration is not easy for the complex and moving surface e.g. in a rotating blade. Thus, Kirchhoff surface is designed in an effort to overcome the difficulty resulting from complex boundary conditions. A Kirchhoff surface is a fictitious surface which envelopes acoustic sources of main concern. Acoustic sources may be distributed on each Kirchhoff surface element depending on its acoustic characteristics. In this study, an axial fan is assumed to have loading noise as a dominant source. Dipole sources can be computed based on the FW-H equation. Acoustic field is then computed by changing Kirchhoff surfaces on which near-field is implemented, to analyze the effect of Kirchhoff surface on it.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2004년도 춘계학술대회 논문요약집
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• pp.187-187
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• 2004

진공청소기는 가전 제품 중에서 인간의 일상생활에서 꼭 필요한 가전제품의 하나이다. 그러나, 성능 향상을 위한 과도한 회전 속도 때문에 큰 소음을 유발하며 그로 인해서 사용자에게 소음으로 인한 스트레스나 피로누적 등의 큰 불편을 초래하고 있다. 이것은 진공청소기내에 있는 팬 모터가 30000∼35000 rpm으로 고속회전을 통해서 측에 연결되어 있는 임펠러를 회전시켜 공기를 흡입, 배출시키는 일련의 작동을 하면서 여러 가지 진동 및 유체소음을 일으키기 때문이다. 이러한 진공청소기용 팬모터의 소음 저감 연구는 국내외 관련회사 및 연구소에서 활발히 진행되고 있다.(중략)

• International Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.24-30
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• 2015

In helicopter bearingless rotor design, the flexbeam is the key component of rotor system, which plays an importantrole in the blade flapping, lead-lag movement, torsion, and load transfer. Flexbeam must have the minimum torsion stiffness with enough tension strength. In this paper, we first investigated the torsion stiffness of different cross section configurations of the flexbeam through some simple experiments. Then we analyzed a rotor's dynamical characteristics with finite element method and got the rotor's fan plot. After that, we studied the relationship between the frequency changes with the spanwise distribution of mass and stiffness in bearingless rotor. Finally, we analyzed the influence of the flexbeam on dynamical characteristics of the bearingless rotor system, and completed the design of this type of rotor flexbeam.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제22권8호
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• pp.1164-1172
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• 1998

The three dimensional numerical method using actuator disk blade row model is applied for calculating the flowfield interaction between an outlet guide vane (OGV) and a pylon in a typical civil turbofan engine. The static pressure distortion produced by the pylon is decaying upstream but is still felt at the turbofan exit, and hence can significantly affect the fan performance. The OGV amplifies the static pressure perturbation decaying upstream. The calculation results show that cyclic OGV which consists of three types of blades with different exit angles can reduce more than half of the asymmetries of total pressure and static pressure propagated through the OGV with uniform exit blade angle.