• International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
• /
• 제6권2호
• /
• pp.105-112
• /
• 2013

The application of contra-rotating rotors for higher specific speed pump has been proposed in our studies, which is in principle effective for reducing the rotational speed and/or the pump size under the same specification of conventional axial flow pump. In the previous experiments of our prototype, the cavitation inception at the tip region of the rear rotor rather than that of the front rotor and the strong potential interaction from the suction surface of the rear rotor blade to the pressure surface of the front one were observed, indicating the possibility to further improve the pump performance by optimizing rotational speed combination between the two rotors. The present research aims at the design of rear rotor with lower rotational speed. Considering the fact that the incoming flow velocity defects at the tip region of the rear rotor, an integrated inflow model of 'forced vortex' and 'free vortex' is employed. The variation of maximum camber location from hub to tip as well as other related considerations are also taken into account for further performance improvement. The ideas cited above are separately or comprehensively applied in the design of three types of rear rotor, which are subsequently simulated in ANSYS CFX to evaluate the related pump performance and therefore the whole low speed design idea. Finally, the experimental validation is carried out on one type to offer further proofs for the availability of the whole design method.

• International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
• /
• 제1권1호
• /
• pp.10-23
• /
• 2008

The development of pre-set wavelength G$\ddot{o}$rtler vortices are studied in the boundary-layer flows on concave surfaces of 1.0 and 2.0 m radius of curvature. The wavelengths of the vortices were pre-set by thin wires of 0.2 mm diameter placed 10 mm upstream and perpendicular to the concave surface leading edge. Velocity contours were obtained from velocity measurements using a single hot-wire anemometer probe. The most amplified or dominant wavelength is found to be 15 mm for free-stream velocity of 2.1 m/s and 3.0 m/s on the concave surface of R = 1 m and 2 m, respectively. The velocity contours in the cross-sectional planes at several streamwise locations show the growth and breakdown of the vortices. Three different regions can be identified based on the growth rate of the vortices. The occurrence of a secondary instability mode is also shown in the form of mushroom-like structures as a consequence of the non-linear growth of the G$\ddot{o}$rtler vortices. By pre-setting the vortex wavelength to be much larger and much smaller than the most amplified one, the splitting and merging of G$\ddot{o}$rtler vortices can be respectively observed.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 한국전산유체공학회 2009년 추계학술대회논문집
• /
• pp.223-227
• /
• 2009

In the present study, a least square weighted residual method and Taylor-Galerkin method were formulated and tested for the discretization of the two hyperbolic type equations of level set method; advection and reinitialization equations. The two approaches were compared by solving a time reversed vortex flow and three-dimensional broken dam flow by employing a four-step splitting finite element method for the solution of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. From the numerical experiments, it was shown that the least square method is more accurate and conservative than Taylor-Galerkin method and both methods are approximately first order accurate when both advection and reinitialization phase are involved in the evolution of free surface.

• 유체기계공업학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 유체기계공업학회 2003년도 유체기계 연구개발 발표회 논문집
• /
• pp.55-62
• /
• 2003

This paper describes the effect of the incidence angle on the turbulence structure in the wake of a turbine rotor blade at the low inlet free-stream turbulence level. For three incidence angles of -5, 0 and 5 degrees, mid-span energy spectrum as well as mid-span profiles of mean velocity magnitude and turbulence intensity are reported at three downstream locations in the wake. Vortex shedding frequencies are obtained from the energy spectrum. The result shows that as the incidence angle changes from-5 to 5 degrees, the boundary layer on the suction surface tends to be thickened, which results in widening of the wake. Strouhal numbers based on the shedding frequencies have a nearly constant value of 0.3, independent of tested incidence angles.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
• /
• 제54권2호
• /
• pp.565-578
• /
• 2022

Among Generation IV reactors, the sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR) is attracting attention as a system having great potential for commercial use. Gas entrainment is a thermal-hydraulic issue related to the safety problem of the reactor core in the SFR. Typically, a dipped plate or baffles are installed under the free surface to suppress gas entrainment. However, these approaches can cause gas entrainment in other locations and require many trial-and-error and verifications. In this study, a new strategy using magnetohydrodynamics to suppress gas entrainment in the SFR is proposed. In a counter-flow model, a judgment criterion of gas entrainment occurrence was developed for both water and liquid metal. Moreover, the gas entrainment can be completely suppressed by applying a magnetic field.

• 대한토목학회논문집
• /
• 제33권6호
• /
• pp.2267-2275
• /
• 2013

기존의 천수흐름 해석 상용모형에서는 내부 경계조건을 단순히 완전활동조건으로 가정하여 유체의 흐름을 해석함으로써 구조물 주위에서의 유속, 와도, 수위, 전단력의 분포, 항력 및 양력의 시간에 따른 변화 등을 올바르게 해석하지 못하였다. 본 연구에서는 구조물 주위에서의 흐름특성을 정확하게 예측할 수 있는 유한요소모형을 개발하고, 구조물에서의 경계조건을 활동길이를 이용한 부분활동조건으로 묘사하여 내부경계조건에 따른 원형 실린더 후면에서의 층류 흐름특성을 분석하였다. 종횡방향 유속 및 와도의 시간에 따른 변화, 후류길이, 활동길이에 따른 와류열의 변화와 질량보존율을 비교한 결과 완전활동조건을 부여한 경우에는 와류열이 전혀 형성되지 않고 완전한 층류흐름이 발생하였다. 부분활동조건을 입력한 경우 실린더 표면에서의 유속분포가 변화되어 전단력의 크기와 와도의 발생에 영향을 미치므로 무활조건을 부여한 경우에 비해 와류열의 발생 주기가 짧아졌다. 최대 질량보존 오차는 무활조건을 적용한 경우 0.73%로 나타났으며, 무활조건에 비해 부분활동조건을 부여한 경우의 오차율이 최대 0.21% 감소하였다.

• 한국항공우주학회지
• /
• 제30권5호
• /
• pp.109-117
• /
• 2002

옆미끄럼이 있는 조건에서 LEX를 갖는 삼각날개의 와류 특성을 유동의 가시화에 의한 실험적 방법으로 연구하였다. 모델은 $65^{\circ}$ 후퇴각의 갖는 평판 날개이다. 자유 유동속도는 6.2 m/s이며, 이 속도와 날개뿌리 시위를 기준으로 한 레이놀즈 수는 $4.4\times10^5$ 이다. 받음각 범위와 옆미끄림각 범위는 각각 $16^{\circ}\sim28^{\circ}$와 $0^{\circ}\sim-15^{\circ}$ 이다. 미세수적과 레이저 평면광에 의한 가시화는 오공 프로브에 의한 측정으로부터 얻을 수 없었던 보다 자세한 와유동 구조를 관찰 할 수 있도록 하였다. 옆미끄럼각이 있는 경우, 바람쪽은 LEX 와류와 날개 와류의 상호작용과 붕괴가 촉진되는 반면, 바람반대쪽은 두 와류의 상호작용과 붕괴가 억제되었다.

• 대한조선학회논문집
• /
• 제51권5호
• /
• pp.409-418
• /
• 2014

Simulation of flow past a complex marine structure requires a fine resolution in the vicinity of the structure, whereas a coarse resolution is enough far away from it. Therefore, a lot of grid cells may be wasted, when a simple Cartesian grid system is used for an Immersed Boundary Method (IBM). To alleviate this problems while maintaining the Cartesian frame work, we adopted an Adaptive Mesh Refinement (AMR) scheme where the grid system dynamically and locally refines as needed. In this study, We implemented a moving IBM and an AMR technique in our basic 3D incompressible Navier-Stokes solver. A Volume Of Fluid (VOF) method was used to effectively treat the free surface, and a recently developed Lagrangian Dynamic Subgrid-scale Model (LDSM) was incorporated in the code for accurate turbulence modeling. To capture vortex induced vibration accurately, the equation for the structure movement and the governing equations for fluid flow were solved at the same time implicitly. Also, We have developed an interface by using AutoLISP, which can properly distribute marker particles for IBM, compute the geometrical information of the object, and transfer it to the solver for the main simulation. To verify our numerical methodology, our results were compared with other authors' numerical and experimental results for the benchmark problems, revealing excellent agreement. Using the verified code, we investigated the following cases. (1) simulating flow around a floating sphere. (2) simulating flow past a marine structure.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
• /
• 한국진공학회 2012년도 제43회 하계 정기 학술대회 초록집
• /
• pp.169-169
• /
• 2012

The high-temperature superconductor YBa2Cu3O7-x (YBCO) have attached attentions because of a high superconducting transition temperature, low surface resistance, high superconducting critical current density (Jc), and superior superconducting capability under magnetic field. Moreover, the Jc of YBCO superconductors can be enhanced by adding impurities to the YBCO films for vortex-pinning. Understanding and controlling pinning centers are key factors to realize high Jc superconductors. We synthesized vertically-aligned ZnO nanorods on SrTiO3 (STO) substrates by catalyst-free metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD), and subsequently, deposited YBCO films on the ZnO nanorods/STO templates using pulsed laser deposition (PLD). The various techniques were used to analyze the structural and interfacial properties of the YBCO/ZnO nanorods/STO hybrid structures. SEM, TEM, and XRD measurements demonstrated that YBCO films on ZnO nanorods/STO were well crystallized with the (001) orientation. EXAFS measurements from YBCO/ZnO nanorods/STO at Cu K edge demonstrated that the local structural properties around Cu atoms in YBCO were quite similar to those of YBCO/STO.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
• /
• 제21권11호
• /
• pp.1538-1551
• /
• 1997

Kinetic energy conservation for fixed and moving grids is examined in time-accurate finite element computation of fully unsteady inviscid flows. As numerical algorithms, fractional step method (FSM) and modified SIMPLE are used. To simulate the flow in moving grid system, arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) method is adopted. In the present study, the energy conserving time integration rule for finite element algorithm is proposed and discussed schematically. It is shown that the discretization by Crank-Nicolson in time and Galerkin (central difference) in space must be used to ensure energy conservation. The developed code has been tested for a standing vortex in fixed or moving grid system, sloshing in a tank and propagation of a solitary wave, and has been shown to be a completely energy conserving algorithm.