• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.62-70
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• 2009

In this paper, the fluid flow behavior past a pair of rectangular cylinders placed in a two dimensional horizontal channel has been investigated using Lattice-Boltzmann Method(LBM). The LBM has built up on the D2Q9 model and the single relaxation time method called the Lattice-BGK(Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook)model. Streamlines, velocity, vorticity and pressure contours are provided to analyze the important characteristics of the flow field for a wide range of non dimensional parameters that present in our simulation. Special attention is paid to the effect of spacing(d) between two cylinders and the blockage ratio A(=h/H), where H is the channel height and h is the rectangular cylinder height. for different Reynolds numbers. The first cylinder is called upstream cylinder and the second one as downstream cylinder. The downstream fluid flow fields have been more influenced by its blockage ratios(A) and Reynolds numbers(Re) whereas the upstream flow patterns(in front of downstream cylinder) by the gap length(d) between two cylinders. Moreover, it is observed that after a certain gap, both upstream and downstream flow patterns are almost similar size and shape. The simulation result has been compared with analytical solution and it is found to be in excellent agreement.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제50권5호
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• pp.717-723
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• 2018

Thermal analysis of accident conditions is an important problem during safety assessment of the dry spent nuclear fuel storage facilities. Thermal aspects of accident conditions with channel blockage of ventilated storage containers are considered in this article. Analysis of flow structure inside ventilated containers is carried out by numerical simulation. The main mechanisms of heat and mass transfer, which take part in spent nuclear fuel cooling, were detected. Classification of accidents on the basis of their influence on the maximum temperatures inside storage casks is proposed.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.21-36
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• 2010

A new full scale testing apparatus generically named the Wall of Wind (WoW) has been built by the researchers at the International Hurricane Research Center (IHRC) at Florida International University (FIU). WoW is capable of testing single story building models subjected up to category 3 hurricane wind speeds. Depending on the relative model and WoW wind field sizes, testing may entail blockage issues. In addition, the proximity of the test building to the wind simulator may also affect the aerodynamic data. This study focuses on the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) assessment of the effects on the quality of the aerodynamic data of (i) blockage due to model buildings of various sizes and (ii) wind simulator proximity for various distances between the wind simulator and the test building. The test buildings were assumed to have simple parallelepiped shapes. The computer simulations were performed under both finite WoW wind-field conditions and in an extended Atmospheric Boundary Layer (ABL) wind flow. Mean pressure coefficients for the roof and the windward and leeward walls served as measures of the blockage and wind simulator proximity effects. The study uses the commercial software FLUENT with Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes equations and a Renormalization Group (RNG) k-${\varepsilon}$ turbulence model. The results indicated that for larger size test specimens (i.e. for cases where the height of test specimen is larger than one third of the wind field height) blockage correction may become necessary. The test specimen should also be placed at a distance greater than twice the height of the test specimen from the fans to reduce proximity effect.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산유체공학회 1997년도 추계 학술대회논문집
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• pp.131-135
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• 1997

Effect of wall curvature on flow characteristics is studied for mildly and strongly curved duct flows. The ducts are S-shaped, and the flow is partially blocked at the rear of the downstream. The presence of blockage in combination with curvature generates secondary flows on the concave surface; the magnitude of the secondary flow being dependent on the degree of wall curvature. Objectives are to compare the flow structures for mild and strong cases and to illuminate the changes in flow structure as the flow turns. Sensitivity on numerical solutions due to different inflow boundary conditions is also examined.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산유체공학회 1998년도 추계 학술대회논문집
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• pp.160-166
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• 1998

In this paper, incompressible two-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations are numerically solved for the study of steady laminar flow around a body with the wall effect. A second-order finite difference method is used for the spatial discretization on the nonstaggered grid system and the 4-stage Runge-Kutta scheme for the numerical integration in time. The pressure field is obtained by solving the pressure-Poisson equation with the Neumann boundary condition. To investigate the wall effect, numerical computations are carried out for the NACA 0012 section at the various blockage ratios. The pressure and skin friction on the foil surface, velocity pronto in its wake and drag coefficient are investigated as functions of the blockage ratio.

• 한국원자력학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국원자력학회 2003년도 춘계학술발표대회 요약집
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• pp.127.1-127.1
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• 2003

• 한국유체기계학회 논문집
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.5-12
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• 2015

This paper presents a numerical investigation of the effect of the dihedral stator on the loss in a transonic axial compressor. Four stator geometries with different stacking line variables are tested in the flow simulations over the whole operating range. It is found that a large shroud loss at the rotor outlet and the subsequent shroud corner separation in the stator passage occur at low mass flow rate. The hub dihedral stator and bowed blade generate unexpected hub-corner-separation, thereby causing a large total pressure loss over the entire operating range. However, the corresponding blockage forces the high momentum flow near the hub to divert toward the upper part of the passage suppressing the negative axial velocity region. The dihedral stator increases deflection angle and secondary vorticity near the endwall where the dihedral is applied. As a result, the endwall loss which is related to the endwall relative velocity decreases.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제38권11호
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• pp.7-17
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• 2022

본 연구에서는 중력식 사방댐 후면에 설치된 원통형 강성기둥 구조물의 배치변화가 토석류의 흐름거동 및 충격하중 변화에 미치는 영향을 확인하기 위해, 대책구조물들을 소형수로에 모사한 다음 원통형 구조물의 종방향 배열 수와유로 차단비율을 변화시켜가면서 실내모형실험을 수행하였다. 실험과정에서 대책구조물의 주변 흐름거동을 촬영하고, 중력식 사방댐의 작용하는 토석류의 충격하중을 측정하기 위해, 수로 측면과 상부에는 고속카메라를 설치하였고, 사방댐의 전면에는 로드셀을 설치하였다. 게다가, 글라스 비즈를 이용하여 토석류에 의해 동반되는 큰 직경의 거석들을 수로에 모사하였다. 실험결과, 중력식 사방댐 후면에 원통형 강성기둥 구조물의 설치는 토석류의 충격하중을 크게 감소시키는 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 대책구조물의 유로 차단비율을 증가시키면 거석을 동반한 토석류의 흐름억제를 증가시켜 충격하중을 더욱 감소시키는 것으로 나타났다.

• 대한기계학회논문집
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• 제19권10호
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• pp.2657-2666
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• 1995

In this study, the effects of design factors of finned-tube heat exchanger, such as fin spacing and fin array on the frost growth and heat exchanger performance are investigated under a frosting condition. The results show that the amount of frost, frost density and blockage ratio of air flow passage increase with decreasing fin spacing. Heat transfer rate increases momentarily at the initial stage of frosting and then decreases. After that heat transfer rate continues to increase again to reach a maximum value and then decreases dramatically. It is shown that the time required for heat transfer rate to reach a maximum value becomes shorter with decreasing fin spacing, and after a maximum value, heat transfer rate decreases very fast. The maximum allowable blockage ratio is introduced to determine the operation limit of a finned-tube heat exchanger operating under frosting condition and is obtained as a function of fin spacing. It is also shown that heat transfer rate of heat exchanger with staggered fin array increases about 17% and the amount of pressure drop of air increases about 1~2 mmH$_{2}$O, compared with those of in-line type heat exchanger under frosting condition.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2011년도 제36회 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.391-394
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• 2011

이 논문은 전투기나 미사일 등의 전면부에서 음속이상의 속도로 날아갈 때 발생하는 충격파의 각도와 영향을 수치데이터와 비교한 논문이다. 서울대학교 초음속풍동을 이용하여 원뿔형 모델에 대해서 마하수를 다르게 하여 충격파의 위치와 크기를 측정하여 보았다. 마하수 2.0, 3.0, 그리고 3.8에 대해서 실험을 수행했다. 그 결과 충격파의 위치와 크기는 실험의 속도, 받음각, 사이드 슬립각에 따라서 다르고 때에 따라 blockage effect가 발생한다는 것을 확인했다.