• Wind and Structures
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.175-200
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• 2023

The large eddy simulation (LES) of the flow around a circular cylinder is not only affected by the sub-grid scale (SGS) model but also by the grid resolution of the computational domain. To study the influence of different grids on the LES results, the LES simulations of the flow around a circular cylinder with different grids at Reynolds number (Re) = 3900 was performed. A circular computational domain with different radial growth rates and circumferential and spanwise grid numbers was adopted for the simulations. Meanwhile, the aerodynamic forces, wind pressure coefficients, mean and instantaneous flow fields, and the effect of grid resolution on them were comprehensively analyzed. The results indicate that the lift coefficient, wind pressure coefficient, and recirculation length are significantly affected by the radial growth rate of the grid and the circumferential grid number. The spanwise grid number has a significant influence on the three-dimensionality of the flow and plays an important role in velocity fluctuations in the wake region. Nevertheless, the aerodynamic coefficients and recirculation length are not sufficiently sensitive to the grid number in the spanwise direction. By comparing the results, it can be concluded that suitable and reliable LES results can be obtained when the radial growth rate is 1.03 or 1.05, the circumferential grid number is 160, 200, or 240, and the spanwise grid number is 64. A radial growth rate 1.05, circumferential grid number 160, and spanwise grid number 64 are recommended to reduce the grid amount and further improve the efficiency.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.161-174
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• 2023

The analytical model of tornado vortices plays an essential role in tornado wind description and tornado-resistant design of civil structures. However, there is still a lack of guidance for the selection and application of tornado analytical models since they are different from each other. For single-cell tornado vortices, this study conducts a comparative study on the velocity characteristics of the analytical models based on numerically simulated tornado-like vortices (TLV). The single-cell stage TLV is first generated by Large-eddy simulations (LES). The spatial distribution of the three-dimensional mean velocity of the typical analytical tornado models is then investigated by comparison to the TLV with different swirl ratios. Finally, key parameters are given as functions of swirl ratio for the direct application of analytical tornado models to generate full-scale tornado wind field. Results show that the height of the maximum radial mean velocity is more appropriate to be defined as the boundary layer thickness of the TLV than the height of the maximum tangential mean velocity. The TLV velocity within the boundary layer can be well estimated by the analytical model. Simple fitted results show that the full-scale maximum radial and tangential mean velocity increase linearly with the swirl ratio, while the radius and height corresponding to the position of these two velocities decrease non-linearly with the swirl ratio.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• 제20권2E호
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• pp.30-45
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• 2001

This study considers the environmental factors affecting propagation loss and sonar performance in the continental regions of the East Coast Sea of Korea. Water mass distributions appear to change dramatically in a few weeks. Simple calculation with the case when the NKCW (North Korean Cold Water) develops shows that the difference in propagation loss may reach in the worst up to 10dB over range 5km. Another factor, an eddy, has typical dimensions of 100-200km in diameter and 150-200m in thickness. Employing a typical eddy and assuming frequency to be 100Hz, its effects on propagation loss appear to make lower the normal formation of convergence zones with which sonars are possible to detect long-range targets. The change of convergence zones may result in 10dB difference in received signals in a given depth. Thermal fronts also appear to be critical restrictions to operating sonars in shallow waters. Assuming frequency to be 200Hz, thermal fronts can make 10dB difference in propagation loss between with and without them over range 20km. An observation made in one site in the East Coast Sea of Korea reveals that internal waves may appear in near-inertial period and their spectra may exist in periods 2-17min. A simulation employing simple internal wave packets gives that they break convergence zones on the bottom, causing the performance degradation of FOM as much as 4dB in frequency 1kHz. An acoustic experiment, using fixed source and receiver at the same site, shows that the received signals fluctuate tremendously with time reaching up to 6.5dB in frequencies 1kHz or less. Ambient noises give negative effects directly on sonar performance. Measurements at some sites in the East Coast Sea of Korea suggest that the noise levels greatly fluctuate with time, for example noon and early morning, mainly due to ship traffics. The average difference in a day may reach 10dB in frequency 200Hz. Another experiment using an array of hydrophones gives that the spectrum levels of ambient noises are highly directional, their difference being as large as 10dB with vertical or horizontal angles. This fact strongly implies that we should obtain in-situ information of noise levels to estimate reasonable sonar performance. As one of non-stationary noise sources, an eel may give serious problems to sonar operation on or under the sea bottoms. Observed eel noises in a pier of water depth 14m appear to have duration time of about 0.4 seconds and frequency ranges of 0.2-2.8kHz. The 'song'of an eel increases ambient noise levels to average 2.16dB in the frequencies concerned, being large enough to degrade detection performance of the sonars on or below sediments. An experiment using hydrophones in water and sediment gives that sensitivity drops of 3-4dB are expected for the hydrophones laid in sediment at frequencies of 0.5-1.5kHz. The SNR difference between in water and in sediment, however, shows large fluctuations rather than stable patterns with the source-receiver ranges.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제28권5B호
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• pp.575-589
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• 2008

본 연구는 지진해일단파(tsunami bore) 혹은 조석단파(tidal bore)와 같은 단파의 동수역학적인 거동특성을 검토할 목적으로, 댐파괴류에서 단파의 형성과 동일한 방법, 즉 수조의 한쪽 끝단에 있는 고수위의 저수조(貯水槽) 게이트를 순간적으로 제거하는 방법으로 단파를 발생시킨다. 이러한 단파의 형성과 전파에 관한 수치시뮬레이션에 이상유(二相流)모델에 기초한 Navier-Stokes식을 적용하며, 이 때 비압축성 및 비혼합성의 액체와 기체흐름을 각각 고려한다. 기체와 액체의 접면을 VOF법으로 추적하고, Navier-Stokes방정식을 수치적으로 풀기 위하여 MCIP법을 적용한다. 1차원인 CIP법을 분할스텝기법을 사용하여 고차원으로 확장한 MCIP법은 수치확산이 매우 작고, 또한 안정된 스킴으로 알려져 있다. 게다가, 난류를 시뮬레이션하기 위하여 그의 유용성이 잘 알려져 있는 LES모델을 사용한다. 단파의 형성과 전파에 관한 수치해석결과를 검증하기 위하여 수리실험을 수행하였으며, 시간경과에 따른 수위변동과 평균유속변동에 대한 수치해석결과 및 실험결과를 비교하여 매우 양호한 상호대응관계를 확인할 수 있었다.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.167-181
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• 2010

To predict changes in the marine environment of the Beolgyo Stream Estuary in Jeonnam Province, South Korea, where cohesive tidal flats cover a broad area and a large bridge is under construction, this study conducted numerical simulations involving tidal flow and cohesive sediment transport. A wetting and drying (WAD) technique for tidal flats from the Princeton Ocean Model (POM) was applied to a large-scale-grid hydrodynamic module capable of evaluating the flow resistance of structures. Derivation of the eddy viscosity coefficient for wakes created by structures was accomplished through the explicit use of shear velocity and Chezy's average velocity. Furthermore, various field observations, including of tide, tidal flow, suspended sediment concentrations, bottom sediments, and water depth, were performed to verify the model and obtain input data for it. In particular, geologic parameters related to the evaluation of settling velocity and critical shear stresses for erosion and deposition were observed, and numerical tests for the representation of suspended sediment concentrations were performed to determine proper values for the empirical coefficients in the sediment transport module. According to the simulation results, the velocity variation was particularly prominent around the piers in the tidal channel. Erosion occurred mainly along the tidal channels near the piers, where bridge structures reduced the flow cross section, creating strong flow. In contrast, in the rear area of the structure, where the flow was relatively weak due to the formation of eddies, deposition and moderated erosion were predicted. In estuaries and coastal waters, changes in the flow environment caused by artificial structures can produce changes in the sedimentary environment, which in turn can affect the local marine ecosystem. The numerical model proposed in this study will enable systematic prediction of changes to flow and sedimentary environments caused by the construction of artificial structures.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제28권3B호
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• pp.261-270
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• 2008

최근 진행된 정밀 수치해석 기법의 비약적인 발전에도 불구하고 SPH 등과 같은 고급수치기법의 수자원 분야에서의 활용은 그리 활발해 보이지 않는다. 대규모 수계를 대상으로 한 flood routing의 경우 비선형 천수방정식으로 대표되는 depth averaged approach가 효과적이나 정밀한 범람고 예단에는 오류가 야기될 수 있다. 본 고에서는 SPH 수치해석 기법의 수자원 분야로의 적용가능성을 모색하기 위해 비교적 수리모형실험자료가 풍부한 제체붕괴로 인한 수리현상을 수치모의하였다 (Martin과 Moyce, 1952). 보다 완벽한 검증을 위해 수로에 장애물이 거치된 경우 (Koshizuka 등, 1995), 수문의 갑작스런 개방으로 인한 수로에서의 수리현상 (Janosi 등, 2004) 등 점진적으로 난이도를 높여 수치모의를 수행하였다. 동수역학 모형 방정식으로는 Navier-Stokes 방정식, 동수역학의 수치적 적분에는 Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics 기법을 채택하였다. 모의 결과 본 고에서의 수치모의가 기존에 선호되던 VOF, MAC의 수치 기법에 비해 우월한 결과를 보였다.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제33권8호
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• pp.1170-1179
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• 2009

본 연구의 목적은 수평축 풍력터빈인 NREL Phase VI를 대상으로 ANSYS FLUENT에서 제공하는 LES와 FW-H 상사식을 이용하여 풍력발전기로부터 방사되는 저주파 공력소음을 수치적으로 예측하는 것이다. 풍력발전기 공력소음에 관한 어떠한 실험적 자료가 존재하지 않으므로, 먼저 정격풍속에서 토크와 출력 등의 공력성능 수치결과를 실험결과와 비교하여 소음원 예측의 타당성을 검증한 후, 풍속 변화에 따른 공력소음 특성을 분석하였다. 그 결과 수치성능결과는 약0.8%이내에서 실험결과와 잘 일치하였다. 풍속이 증가함에 따라 사극자와 이극자에 의한 총음압레벨은 증가하는 경향을 나타내었다. 또한 풍력터빈 허브중심으로부터 거리가 증가함에 따라 원방에서는 $r^{-1}$, 근방에서는 $r^{-2}$에 비례하여 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 거리가 두배 증가함에 따른 총음압레벨은 약 6dB 감소하였다.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제36권12호
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• pp.1171-1179
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• 2008

난류고리와 스플래쉬 판에 의한 난류 혼합과 난류 생성에 관한 연구를 위하여 LES 해석이 가능한 CFD 코드를 개발하였으며 이를 사용하여 LES 해석을 수행하였다. 계산 결과에 의하면 난류고리는 유동장에 매우 강한 난류를 생성하여 후류에서 난류 혼합을 촉진하는 역할을 담당하는 것으로 밝혀졌다. 한편 난류고리 후류 방향으로 스플래쉬 판을 설치하면 난류고리만을 설치한 경우와 매우 다른 형태의 난류 에너지와 엔스트로피 생성을 관찰할 수 있었다. 이 경우의 난류혼합은 판 뒤에 생성되는 매우 강하며 집중적인 난류의 생성에 의하여 이루어지며 압력강하는 초기 압력의 1% 수준으로 매우 낮았다. 또한 계산결과에 의하면 난류고리의 형상이나 돌출 길이 변화는 생성되는 난류의 특성에 매우 커다란 영향을 미치지 못하였다. 난류 혼합을 가장 효과적으로 이룰 수 있는 판의 위치에 관한 연구 는 진행하지 못하였으나 지금까지 계산결과에 의하면 스플래쉬 판이 설치되었을 때 압력 강하도 낮은 수준이며 난류 혼합이 가장 효과적임을 알 수 있었다.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.197-205
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• 2017

We investigate the slat noise generation mechanism by using large-eddy simulation (LES) and simple source modeling based on linearized Euler equations. An incompressible LES of an MD 30P30N three-element airfoil in the high-lift configuration is conducted at $Re_c=1.7{\times}10^6$. Using the total derivative of the hydrodynamic pressure (DP/Dt) acquired from the incompressible LES, representative noise sources in the slat cove region are characterized in terms of simple sources such as frequency-specific monopoles and dipoles. Acoustic radiation around the 30P30N multi-element airfoil is effectively computed using the Brinkman penalization method incorporated with the linearized Euler equation. The directivity pattern of $p^{\prime}_{rms}$ at $r=20c_{slat}$ in the multiple sources is closely compared to that obtained by the application of the LES/Ffowcs-Williams and Hawking's methods to the entire flow field. The power spectrum of p' at ${\theta}=290^{\circ}$ is in good agreement with the data reported in BANC-III, especially the broadband part of the spectrum with a decaying slope ${\propto}f^{-3}$.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제47권10호
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• pp.907-919
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• 2014

본 연구는 LES와 유사이동 모형을 이용하여 군말뚝 주변 세굴과정 및 특성의 수치모의에 관한 내용이다. 군말뚝 주변에서 세굴 및 퇴적은 말뚝간격에 크게 영향을 받았다. 무차원 말뚝간격이 3.75보다 작은 경우에는 군말뚝 주변 국부세굴 뿐만 아니라 단면축소세굴이 발생하였다. 반면 무차원 말뚝간격이 3.75 이상이면 단면축소세굴은 사라지고 각각의 말뚝에서 국부세굴만발생하였다. 상류에 위치한 말뚝에서 세굴 심변화는 단일 말뚝의 경우와 유사한 경향을 보였지만 하류에 위치한 말뚝근처에서 세굴심은 상류말뚝 존재 때문에 세굴심이 낮게 나타났고 경향성도 상당히 다름을 보였다. 군말뚝 주변의 무차원 최대 세굴심은 말뚝간격이 증가할수록 감소하였다.