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Interpretation of Subsurface Fracture Characteristics by Fracture Mapping and Geophysical Loggings (단열조사 및 물리검층을 통한 지표 하 단열특성 해석)

  • Chae, Byung-Gon;Lee, Dae-Ha;Kim, Yu-Sung;Hwang, Se-Ho;Kee, Weon-Seo;Kim, Won-Young;Lee, Seung-Gu
    • Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.37-56
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    • 2001
  • As a preliminary study to establish fracture network model in crystalline rocks, detail investigation on fracture characteristics were performed. Five fracture sets were determined on the basis of regional survey of geological structures and fractures on outcrops. Among the fracture sets, S1 set has the highest density and longest trace length of fractures which was identified on surface in the study area. S4 and S5 sets are composed of foliations and foliation parallel shear joints of gneisses, which are very important sets at the aspect of weighting of fracture length. For characterization of subsurface fractures, detail core logging was performed to identify fractures and fracture zones from five boreholes. Acoustic televiewer logging and borehole geophysical loggings produced images, orientations and geophysical properties of fractures which intersect with boreholes. According to the result of the investigations, subsurface fractures can be grouped as three preferred orientations(B1, B2 and B3), which correspond to S1, S2 and S4/S5 of surface fracture sets, respectively. Actually, B1 set is expected to be intensely developed at subsurface. However, it has low frequency of intersection with boreholes due to its parallel or sub-parallel direction to boreholes. According to the inference of conductive fractures, B1 and B3 sets have possibilities of water flow and their intersection lines are also thought to consist of important conduits of groundwater flow. In particular, faults which are parallel to foliations control major groundwater flow in the study area.

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Three Dimensional Computational Study on Performance and Transport Characteristics of PEMFC by Flow Direction (유동방향 변화에 따른 고분자 전해질 연료전지의 성능 및 전달특성에 대한 3차원 수치해석적 연구)

  • Lee, Pil-Hyong;Han, Sang-Seok;Hwang, Sang-Soon
    • Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.51-58
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    • 2008
  • Many researches for effects of different flow configurations on performance of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell have extensively been done but the effects of flow direction at the same flow channel shape should be considered for optimal operation of fuel cell as well. In this paper a numerical computational methode for simulating entire reactive flow fields including anode and cathode flow has been developed and the effects of different flow direction at parallel flow was studied. Pressure drop along the flow channel and density distribution of reactant and products and water transport, ion conductivity across the membrane and I-V performance are compared in terms of flow directions(co-flow or counter-flow) using above numerical simulation method. The results show that the performance under counter-flow condition is superior to that under co-flow condition due to higher reactant and water transport resulting to higher ion conductivity of membrane.

Numerical Study on the Drag of a Car Model under Road Condition (주행조건에서의 자동차 모델 항력에 대한 수치해석적 연구)

  • Kim, Beom-Jun;Kang, Sung-Woo;Choi, Hyoung-gwon;Yoo, Jung-Yul
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.27 no.8
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    • pp.1182-1190
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    • 2003
  • A parallelized FEM code based on domain decomposition method has been recently developed for large-scale computational fluid dynamics. A 4-step splitting finite element algorithm is adopted for unsteady flow computation of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equation, and Smagorinsky LES model is chosen for turbulent flow computation. Both METIS and MPI Libraries are used for domain partitioning and data communication between processors, respectively. Tiburon model of Hyundai Motor Company is chosen as the computational model at Re=7.5 $\times$ 10$^{5}$ , which is based on the car height. The calculation is carried out under both the wind tunnel condition and the road condition using IBM SP parallel architecture at KISTI Super Computing Center. Compared with the existing experimental data, both the velocity and pressure fields are predicted reasonably well and the drag coefficient is in good agreement. Furthermore, it is confirmed that the drag under the road condition is smaller than that under the wind-tunnel condition.

Mixed Convection between Inclined Parallel Plates with different Temperatures (온도차를 갖는 경사진 평행평판 내의 혼합대류 열전달)

  • Piao, R.L.;Kwon, O.B.;Bae, D.S.
    • Journal of Power System Engineering
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.33-39
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    • 2005
  • Experiments are performed to study the mixed convection flow and heat transfer in an inclined parallel plates with the upper part cooled and the lower part heated uniformly. The Reynolds number ranges from $4.0{\times}10^{-3}\;to\;6.2{\times}10^{-2}$, the angle of inclination, ${\theta}$, from 0 to 45 degree from the horizontal line, and Pr of the high viscosity fluid is 909. In this paper, the PIV(Particle image velocimetry) with TLC(Thermo-sensitive liquid crystal) tracers is used for visualizing and analysis. This method allows simultaneous measurement of velocity and temperature field at a given instant of time. Quantitative data of the temperature and velocity are obtained by applying the color-image processing to a visualized image, and neural network is applied to the color-to-temperature calibration. This paper describes the methods, and presents the quantitative visualization of mixed convection. From this study, it is found that the flow pattern can be classified into three patterns which are affected by Reynolds number and the angle of inclination.

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VISUALIZATION OF THE INTERNAL WATER DISTRIBUTION AT PEMFC USING NEUTRON IMAGING TECHNOLOGY: FEASIBILITY TEST AT HANARO

  • Kim Tae-Joo;Jung Yong-Mi;Kim Moo-Hwan;Sim Cheul-Muu;Lee Seung-Wook;Jeon Jin-Soo
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.38 no.5
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    • pp.449-454
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    • 2006
  • Neutron imaging technique was used to investigate the water distribution and movement in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) at HANARO, KAERI. The Feasibility tests were performed in the first and second exposure rooms at the neutron radiography facility (NRF) at HANARO in order to check the ability of each exposure room, respectively. The feasibility test apparatus was composed of water and pressurized air before making up the actual test apparatus. Due to the low neutron intensity in the second exposure room, the exposure time was too long to investigate the transient phenomena of PEMFC. Although the exposure time was improved to 0.1 sec in the first exposure room, it was difficult to discriminate detail water movement at the channel due to the high noise level. Therefore, the experimental setup must be optimized according to the test conditions. Water discharge characteristics were investigated under different flow field geometries by using feasibility test apparatus and the neutron imaging technique. The water discharge characteristics of a 3-parallel serpentine are superior to those of a 1-parallel serpentine, but water at Membrane Electrode Assembly (MEA) was not removed, regardless of the flow field type.

Numerical simulation on fluid-structure interaction of wind around super-tall building at high reynolds number conditions

  • Huang, Shenghong;Li, Rong;Li, Q.S.
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.46 no.2
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    • pp.197-212
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    • 2013
  • With more and more high-rise building being constructed in recent decades, bluff body flow with high Reynolds number and large scale dimensions has become an important topic in theoretical researches and engineering applications. In view of mechanics, the key problems in such flow are high Reynolds number turbulence and fluid-solid interaction. Aiming at such problems, a parallel fluid-structure interaction method based on socket parallel architecture was established and combined with the methods and models of large eddy simulation developed by authors recently. The new method is validated by the full two-way FSI simulations of 1:375 CAARC building model with Re = 70000 and a full scale Taipei101 high-rise building with Re = 1e8, The results obtained show that the proposed method and models is potential to perform high-Reynolds number LES and high-efficiency two-way coupling between detailed fluid dynamics computing and solid structure dynamics computing so that the detailed wind induced responses for high-rise buildings can be resolved practically.

A parameter calibration method for PFC simulation: Development and a case study of limestone

  • Xu, Z.H.;Wang, W.Y.;Lin, P.;Xiong, Y.;Liu, Z.Y.;He, S.J.
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.97-108
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    • 2020
  • The time-consuming and less objectivity are the main problems of conventional micromechanical parameters calibration method of Particle Flow Code simulations. Thus this study aims to address these two limitation of the conventional "trial-and-error" method. A new calibration method for the linear parallel bond model (CM-LPBM) is proposed. First, numerical simulations are conducted based on the results of the uniaxial compression tests on limestone. The macroscopic response of the numerical model agrees well with the results of the uniaxial compression tests. To reduce the number of the independent micromechanical parameters, numerical simulations are then carried out. Based on the results of the orthogonal experiments and the multi-factor variance analysis, main micromechanical parameters affecting the macro parameters of rocks are proposed. The macro-micro parameter functions are ultimately established using multiple linear regression, and the iteration correction formulas of the micromechanical parameters are obtained. To further verify the validity of the proposed method, a case study is carried out. The error between the macro mechanical response and the numerical results is less than 5%. Hence the calibration method, i.e., the CM-LPBM, is reliable for obtaining the micromechanical parameters quickly and accurately, providing reference for the calibration of micromechanical parameters.