• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권7호
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• pp.2714-2719
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• 2022

The present paper proposes some new computational methods and results in the framework of flow computation through congested domains seen as porous media, as it can be found in the core of a Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR). The flow is thus mostly governed by the distribution of pressure losses, both through the porous structures, such as fuel assemblies, and in the thin fluid layers between them. The purpose of the present paper is to consider the question of the interaction of a flow and a rod bundle from an analytical point of view gathering all the contributions through a set of equations as simple and representative as possible. It aims at demonstrating a sound understanding of the relevant phenomena governing the flow establishment in the geometry of interest instead of relying mainly on a posteriori observations obtained both experimentally and numerically. Comparison with two set of experimental results showed good agreement. The model proposed being analytical it appears easily implementable for studies needing an expression of fluid forces in a rod array as for fuel assembly bowing issue. It would be interesting to test the reliability of the model on other geometry with different P/R ratios.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제49권3호
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• pp.293-306
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• 2023

This article focuses on the study of the buckling behavior of two-dimensional functionally graded (2D-FG) nanosize tubes, including porosity, based on the first shear deformation and higher-order theory of the tube. The nano-scale tube is simulated using the nonlocal gradient strain theory, and the general equations and boundary conditions are derived using Hamilton's principle for the Zhang-Fu's tube model (as a higher-order theory) and Timoshenko beam theory. Finally, the derived equations are solved using a numerical method for both simply-supported and clamped boundary conditions. A parametric study is performed to investigate the effects of different parameters, such as axial and radial FG power indices, porosity parameter, and nonlocal gradient strain parameters, on the buckling behavior of the bi-dimensional functionally graded porous tube. Keywords: Nonlocal strain gradient theory; buckling; Zhang-Fu's tube model; Timoshenko theory; Two-dimensional functionally graded materials; Nanotubes; Higher-order theory.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.629-639
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• 2011

구조모델의 하나인 Maxwell-Eucken(ME) 모델을 이용하여 불포화 다공성 매질의 유효열전도도를 예측할 수 있는 새로운 모델을 제시하였다. 제시된 모델은 기질, 물 그리고 공기가 각각 연속상으로 존재하는 경우에 해당하는 3개 ME모델의 선형조합으로 표현되며, 매질 내에서 각 성분의 상대적 연속성 정도를 나타내는 '연속성계수'의 개념을 도입하여 선형방정식의 계수로 이용하였다. 기질의 연속성계수는 공극률과 선형의 관계를, 물과 공기의 연속성계수는 포화도와 선형 또는 비선형의 관계를 갖는 것으로 가정하였다. 공극구조가 알려진 3개 시료에 대한 열전달 모사 결과와 3개 시료의 열전도도 실험 결과를 이용하여 제시된 모델의 신뢰성을 평가하였다. 6개 시료에 대한 모델 예측값의 결정계수($R^2$)는 선형모델의 경우 0.86-0.98, 비선형모델의 경우 0.88-0.99로 나타나 모델의 예측 신뢰도가 매우 높은 것으로 분석되었다. 또한, 6개 시료에 대한 분석 결과를 이용하여 기질의 연속성계수와 공극률과의 관계식을 제시하였다. 따라서 본 예측모델은 기질의 열전도도, 공극률 및 포화도로부터 불포화 다공성 매질의 유효열전도도를 계산하는 데 이용될 수 있다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제50권2호
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• pp.123-133
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• 2024

The paper deals with the propagation of Rayleigh waves in a nonlocal thermoelastic isotropic layer which is lying over a nonlocal thermoelastic isotropic half-space under the purview of Green-Lindsay model and Eringen's nonlocal elasticity in the presence of voids. The normal mode analysis is employed to the considered equations to obtain vector matrix differential equation which is then solved by eigenvalue approach. The frequency equation of Rayleigh waves is derived and different particular cases are also deduced. The effects of voids and nonlocality on different characteristics of Rayleigh waves are presented graphically.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제42권11호
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• pp.1005-1015
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• 2009

해안대수층의 염수침투에 의한 담수-염수 경계면 특성을, 가로 140 cm, 세로 70 cm, 두께 10 cm 의 직사각형 모래수조 모형을 이용하여 모의하였다. 대수층 모형의 특성과 염수의 염도에 따른 총 31가지의 실험을 수행하였으며, 위치흐름 해석법을 유도한 Glover (1959)의 이론식과 호도그래프를 이용한 Henry (1959) 해석식 및 위치흐름 해석법을 이용한 Strack (1976)의 해석해 결과와 비교하였다. 대수층의 수리전도도, 해수의 염도, 그리고 해안가 지표경사에 따른 담수-염수 경계면의 위치와 기울기를 모의하였다. 다공질매체의 수리전도도와 해수의 염도가 높을수록 평형을 이루려는 담수-염수의 수위비($H_F/H_S$)가 높아지고, 이에 따라 경계면이 염수조 방향으로 이동하였다. 또한 염수조 방향의 모래사면의 경사가 급해질수록 경계면의 기울가가 완만하게 형성되었다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 재36권6호
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• pp.671-687
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• 2020

The aim of this research is to analyze buckling and bending behavior of a sandwich Reddy beam with porous core and composite face sheets reinforced by boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) and shape memory alloy (SMA) wires resting on Vlasov's foundation. To this end, first, displacement field's equations are written based on the higher-order shear deformation theory (HSDT). And also, to model the SMA wire properties, constitutive equation of Brinson is used. Then, by utilizing the principle of minimum potential energy, the governing equations are derived and also, Navier's analytical solution is applied to solve the governing equations of the sandwich beam. The effect of some important parameters such as SMA temperature, the volume fraction of SMA, the coefficient of porosity, different patterns of BNNTs and porous distributions on the behavior of buckling and bending of the sandwich beam are investigated. The obtained results show that when SMA wires are in martensite phase, the maximum deflection of the sandwich beam decreases and the critical buckling load increases significantly. Furthermore, the porosity coefficient plays an important role in the maximum deflection and the critical buckling load. It is concluded that increasing porosity coefficient, regardless of porous distribution, leads to an increase in the critical buckling load and a decrease in the maximum deflection of the sandwich beam.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.244-251
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• 2009

Porous media have especially large surface area per volume, which contain complex fluid passage. If porous media can be applied to cool a CPU or an electronic device with large heat dissipation, it could result in heat transfer enhancement due to the enlargement of the heat transfer area and the flow disturbance. This study is aimed to identify the heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of high-porosity metal foams in a horizontal channel. Experiment is performed with the various heat flux, velocity and pore density conditions. Permeabilities, which is deduced from Non-Darcy flow model, become lower with increasing pore density. Nusselt number also decreases with higher pore density. High pore density with same porosity case shows higher pressure loss due to the increase of surface area per unit volume. The fiction factor decreases rapidly with increase of Reynolds number in Darcy flow region. However, it converges to a constant value of the Ergun coefficient in Non-Darcy flow region.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.223-231
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• 2011

During spray coating, especially in an air plasma spray (APS), pores, cracks, and splat boundaries are developed and those factors exert influence on thermomechanical properties such as elastic modulus, thermal conductivity, and coefficient of thermal expansion. Moreover, the thermo mechanical properties are crucial elements to determine the thermoelastic characteristics, for instance, temperature distribution, displacements, and stresses. Two types of thermal barrier coating (TBC) model, the dense and porous microstructures, are taken into account for the analysis of microstructural characterizations. $TriplexPro^{TM}$-200 system was applied to prepare TBC samples, and the METECO 204 C-NS powder is adopted for the relatively porous microstructure and METECO 204 NS powder for the dense microstructure in the top coat of TBCs. Governing partial differential equations were derived based on the thermoelastic theory and approximate estimates for the thermoelastic characteristics were obtained using a finite volume method for the governing equations.

• 폴리머
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.449-456
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• 2014

Ternary blends of poly(L-lactic acid) (PLLA), poly(${\varepsilon}$-caprolactone) (PCL) and polyethylene oxide (PEO) were produced with different concentrations of components via melt blending. By leaching the PEO from the samples by water, porous materials were obtained with potential application for bio scaffolds. Sample porosity was evaluated by calculating the ratio of porous scaffold density (${\rho}^*$) to the non-porous material density (${\rho}_s$). Highest porosity (51.42%) was related to the samples containing 50 wt%. of PEO. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) studies showed the best porosity resulted by decreasing PLLA/PCL ratio at constant concentration of PEO. Crystallization behavior of the ternary blend samples was studied using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Results revealed that the crystallinity of PLLA was improved by addition of PEO and PCL to the samples. The porosity plays a key role in governing the compression properties. Mechanical properties are presented by Gibson-Ashby model.

• 소성∙가공
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.93-99
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• 2018

An analytical solution for the tensile ductility in porous ductile materials was derived based on an Irwin's approach of the elastic-plastic deformation in fracture mechanics. This was in good agreement with the experimental results of a tensile ductility in a sintered pure Al, and could solve the discrepancies in the Brown and Embury, or the McClintock models. This model was also offered as an advanced analytical solution considering the effect of stress triaxiality of pore tip in addition to pore interactions, material properties of matrix, and local deformation effect around pore. The evaluation of an analytical solution in the sintered pure Al powder compacts showed that the tensile ductility depends not only on the volume fraction of pores, but also on the pore size and on the mechanical properties of the matrix. The tensile ductility of the sintered pure Al compacts decreased rapidly with the increasing of a pore volume fraction, despite of the excellent tensile ductility of the matrix. This significant decrease in the tensile ductility was mainly attributed to the low yield strength of the matrix and small pore size. Particularly, the effects of the large radius and high volume fraction of the pore on the tensile ductility in Al-Form, were thus reasonably predicted by this analytical equation.