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Research on Turbulent Skin Friction Reduction with the aid of Direct Numerical Simulation

  • Fukagata, Koji
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.10a
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    • pp.347-354
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    • 2008
  • We introduce a series of studies on turbulent skin friction drag reduction in wall-turbulence. First, an identity equation relating the skin friction drag and the Reynolds shear stress (the FIK identity) is introduced. Based on the implication of the FIK identity, a new analytical suboptimal feedback control law requiring the streamwise wall-shear stress only is introduced and direct numerical simulation (DNS) results of turbulent pipe flow with that control is reported. We also introduce DNS of an anisotropic compliant surface and parameter optimization using an evolutionary optimization technique.

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Shape Optimization to Minimize The Response Time of Direct-acting Solenoid Valve

  • Shin, Yujeong;Lee, Seunghwan;Choi, Changhwan;Kim, Jinho
    • Journal of Magnetics
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.193-200
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    • 2015
  • Direct-acting solenoid valves are used in the automotive industry due to their simple structure and quick response in controlling the flow of fluid. We performed an optimization study of response time in order to improve the dynamic performance of a direct-acting solenoid valve. For the optimal design process, we used the commercial optimization software PIAnO, which provides various tools for efficient optimization including design of experiments (DOE), approximation techniques, and a design optimization algorithm. 35 sampling points of computational experiments are performed to find the optimum values of the design variables. In all cases, ANSYS Maxwell electromagnetic analysis software was used to model the electromagnetic dynamics. An approximate model generated from the electromagnetic analysis was estimated and used for the optimization. The best optimization model was selected using the verified approximation model called the Kriging model, and an optimization algorithm called the progressive quadratic response surface method (PQRSM).

Analysis on Performance and Noise Characteristics of the Design Parameters of a Cross-Flow Fan and its Optimization (횡류홴 설계 인자들의 성능/소음 특성 해석 및 최적화)

  • Cho Yong;Moon Young J.;Kwak Jiho
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2002.08a
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    • pp.767-770
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    • 2002
  • The performance and noise characteristics of the design parameters of a cross-flow fan are investigated by computational methods. The incompressible Wavier-Stokes equations in moving coordinates are time-accurately solved for obtaining the pressure fluctuations due to the aerodynamic interactions between the impeller blades and the stabilizer, and sound pressure is then computed by the Ffowcs Williams-Hawkings equation. Design parameters of the cross-flow fan include blade setting angle, exit-diffusion angle, and stabilizer installation angle. Also, an optimization of the aforementioned design parameters has been peformed using the Taguchi method.

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Optimal Flow Design of High-Efficiency, Cold-Flow, and Large-size Heat Pump Dryer (히트펌프를 이용한 고효율 냉풍 대형 건조기 유동 최적설계)

  • Park, Sang-Jun;Lee, Young-Lim
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers
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    • v.20 no.5
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    • pp.547-552
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    • 2011
  • Drying process, corresponding to a final process in the area of food engineering, requires a lot of heat energy. Thus, the energy efficiency is very important for dryers. Since the energy efficiency of heat pump dryers is much higher compared to that of electric dryers or other types of dryers, most of large-capacity dryers are adopting heat pump. In this study, shapes, positions and number of air-circulating fans, guide vanes, air inlet, outlet and top separator were varied for optimization of the flow of a large-capacity heat pump dryer. In addition, fans were modelled with performance curves and porous media were assumed for foods and heat exchangers. The simulation results were applied to the 12-ton dryer and the velocity distributions were experimentally examined. Finally, uniform drying in time was successfully accomplished through frozen pepper experiment.

Heat Transfer Optimization in a Tube with Circular-Sectored Fins (원관내 부채꼴 휜 주위에서의 열전달 최적화)

  • Yoo, Jae-Wook;Kim, Sung-Jin;Hyun, Jae-Min
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2000.04b
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    • pp.57-64
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    • 2000
  • The present work investigates the heat transfer characteristics for laminar fully developed forced convection in an internally finned tube with axially uniform heat flux and peripherally uniform temperature through analytical models of convection in a porous medium. Using the Brinkman-extended Darcy flow model and the two equation model fur heat transfer, analytical solutions fur fluid flow and heat transfer are obtained and compared with the exact solution for fluid flow and the numerical solutions for conjugate heat transfer to validate the porous medium approach. Using the analytical solutions, parameters of engineering importance are identified and their effects on fluid flow and heat transfer are studied. Also, the expression fur total thermal resistance is derived from the analytical solutions and minimized in order to optimize the thermal performance of the internally finned tubes.

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Adaptive Firefly Algorithm based OPF for AC/DC Systems

  • Babu, B. Suresh;Palaniswami, S.
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.791-800
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    • 2016
  • Optimal Power Flow (OPF) is an important operational and planning problem in minimizing the chosen objective functions of the power systems. The recent developments in power electronics have enabled introduction of dc links in the AC power systems with a view of making the operation more flexible, secure and economical. This paper formulates a new OPF to embrace dc link equations and presents a heuristic optimization technique, inspired by the behavior of fireflies, for solving the problem. The solution process involves AC/DC power flow and uses a self adaptive technique so as to avoid landing at the suboptimal solutions. It presents simulation results of IEEE test systems with a view of demonstrating its effectiveness.

Boundary Method for Shape Design Sensitivity Analysis in Solving Free-Surface Flow Problems

  • Choi Joo Ho;Kwak H. G.;Grandhi R. V.
    • Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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    • v.19 no.12
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    • pp.2231-2244
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    • 2005
  • An efficient boundary-based optimization technique is applied in the numerical computation of free surface flow problems, by reformulating them into the equivalent optimal shape design problems. While the sensitivity in the boundary method has mainly been calculated using the boundary element method (BEM) as an analysis means, the finite element method (FEM) is used in this study because of its popularity and easy-to-use features. The advantage of boundary method is that the design velocity vectors are needed only on the boundary, not over the whole domain. As such, a determination of the complicated domain design velocity field, which is necessary in the domain method, is eliminated, thereby making the process easy to implement and efficient. Seepage and supercavitating flow problem are chosen to illustrate the accuracy and effectiveness of the proposed method.

Design and Performance Analysis of Mixed-Flow Pump: for Waterjet Marine Propulsion (Waterjet 선박추진용 사류펌프의 설계 및 성능해석)

  • Hwang, Soon-Chan;Yoon, Eui-Soo;Oh, Hyoung-Woo;Choi, Bum-Seog;Park, Moo-Ryong;Ahn, Jong-Woo
    • 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2002.12a
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    • pp.47-53
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    • 2002
  • The hydraulic design optimization and performance analysis of mixed-flow pumps for waterjet marine vehicle propulsion has been carried out using mean streamline analysis and three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code. In the present study the conceptual design optimization has been formulated with a non-linear objective function to minimize the fluid dynamic losses and then the commercial CFD code was incorporated to allow for detailed flow dynamic phenomena in the pump system. New designed mixed-flow model pump has been tested in the laboratory. Predicted performance curves by the CFD code agree very well with experimental data for a newly designed mixed-flow pump over the normal operating conditions. The design and prediction methods presented herein can be used efficiently as a unified hydraulic design process of mixed-flow pumps for waterjet marine vehicle propulsion.

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Flow Analysis and Process Conditions Optimization in a Cavity during Semiconductor Chip Encapsulation (반도체 칩 캡슐화성형 유동해석 및 성형조건 최적화에 관한 연구)

  • 허용정
    • Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.67-72
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    • 2001
  • An Effort has been made to more accurately analyze the flow in the chip cavity, particularly to model the flow through the openings in the leadframe and correctly treat the thermal boundary condition at the leadframe. The theoretical analysis of the flow has been done by using the Hele-Shaw approximation in each cavity separated by a leadframe. The cross-flow through the openings in the leadframe has been incorporated into the Hele-Shaw formulation as a mass source term. The optimization program based on the complex method integrated with flow analysis program has been successfully used to obtain the optimal filling conditions to avoid short shot.

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Determination of Eccentric Axis for Pump Control Valve Using the Characteristic Function (특성함수를 이용한 펌프 제어 밸브의 편심축 결정)

  • Shin, Myung-Seob;Yi, Sang-Il;Park, Gyung-Jin;Yoon, Joon-Yong
    • The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.43-49
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    • 2008
  • The pump control valve is a butterfly valve that has an eccentric rotating axis. It is not only used as a butterfly valve to control the flow rate or pressure, but also as a check valve to prevent backward flow. A new design method of eccentric rotating axis is proposed to design the valve. The height of the rotating axis is determined through flow field analysis. A general purpose of computational fluid dynamics software system, Fluent is used to simulate the fluid flow. Flow field analysis is performed for various heights of the rotating axis and different opening angles of the valve. A characteristic function is defined for estimating the flow characteristics based on the results of flow field analysis. The characteristic function is defined in order to determine the height of the rotating axis. An optimization problem with a characteristic function is formulated to determine the amount of eccentricity. The height of the Totaling axis of the valve is determined through solving the optimization problem.