• 한국전산유체공학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.81-87
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• 2015

For Underwater vehicles, Unwanted roll excursions are inevitable as they are caused by induced propeller torque, disturbances, and banking motion during turns. To estimate the manoeuvring performance of underwater vehicle, it is necessary to obtain the roll coefficient of body. This paper was covered estimation of roll coefficient of underwater vehicle using STAR-CCM+, commercial CFD(Computational Fluid Dynamics) code. The RANS equations for incompressible fluid flows was solved numerically by using a finite volume method. An MRF(Moving Reference Frame) Method was Also adopted for rotations of body. For the validation, the flow around a DARPA SUBOFF bare hull model was simulated and good agreement with experiments was obtained. And Pure roll coefficients were calculated and campared with the experimental data which were presented by Seoul National University. Finally, an underwater vehicle model with propeller was simulated and analyzed for estimation of roll coefficient variation caused by induced propeller torque.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.804-816
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• 2021

This paper investigates the effect of different flow models on the Pre-Swirl-Stator structural response from the perspective of a non-existing unified design procedure. Due to viscous effects near the propeller plane, the hydrodynamic solution is calculated by Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). Three different models are analysed: without the propeller, with the actuator disk and with the propeller. The main intention of this paper is to clarify the effects of the propeller model on the structural stresses in calm-water and waves which include the ship motion. CFD simulations are performed by means of OpenFOAM, while the structural response is calculated by means of the Finite Element Method (FEM) solver NASTRAN. Calm-water results have shown the inclusion of the propeller necessary from the design perspective, while the wave simulations have shown negligible propeller influence on the resulting stresses arising from the ship motions.

• 한국전산유체공학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.10-15
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• 2015

In this study, the characteristics of water treatment mixer with various propeller profiles are numerically invesitgated. The computation was conducted by solving the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations on unstructured tetrahedral elements with k-${\varepsilon}$ turbulence model. It was found that the spreading angle and swirl magnitude of the jet are important factors for the mixer efficiency, since they clearly characterize the propeller and the frontal surface area of the propeller but not so much affected by the skew angle if it exceeds 30 degrees. The case1 and case2 models are found to show the best propeller efficiency. The case2 with low blade angle, however, requires the lowest power input for the same discharge capacity as the case1.

• International Journal of Ocean System Engineering
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.169-174
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• 2013

The computational fluid dynamics software FLUENT is used to calculate and compare the hydrodynamic performance of the propeller-rudder system of a 42-m trawler, which is installed with a ducted propeller. The effects of rudder on the hydrodynamic performance of the ducted propeller and the wake flow behind the propeller are firstly investigated. In addition, the different rudder angles are also considered to further study the performance of this system.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제40권12호
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• pp.1017-1024
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• 2012

깃끝단 후퇴각을 가지는 최신 터보프롭 항공기의 프로펠러 블레이드에 대한 공력설계 및 해석을 수행하였다. 프로펠러 형상 설계를 위한 익형은 HS1 계열을 적용하였다. 와류-깃요소 이론(Vortex-Blade element theory)을 기반으로 하고 최소에너지 손실 조건을 만족하는 Adkins의 방법을 적용하여 Conventional 프로펠러 블레이드에 대한 공력설계 및 성능해석을 하였다. 목표 항공기의 설계점에서 코드 길이와 피치각을 변경해 가며 프로펠러 형상을 생성하였다. Conventional 프로펠러 블레이드 형상 정보를 기반으로 코드 길이, 깃끝단 후퇴각을 수정 적용하여 최신 프로펠러를 설계하였다. 전산유체역학을 이용한 설계된 최신 프로펠러 공력특성 분석을 통하여 최신 프로펠러가 적절하게 설계되었음을 확인하였다.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.42-47
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• 2011

In this paper, wake equalizing duct (WED) form optimization was carried out using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) techniques. A WED is a ring-shaped flow vane with a foil-type cross-section fitted to a hull in front of the upper propeller area. The main advantage of a WED is the power savings resulting from the uniformity of the velocity distribution on the propeller plane, a reduction in the flow separation at the aft-body, and lift generation with a forward force component on the foil section. This paper intends to evaluate these functions and find an optimized WED form for minimizing the viscous resistance and equalizing the wake distribution. In the optimization process, the study uses four WED parameters: the angle of the section, longitudinal location, and angles of the axes for the half rings against the longitudinal and transverse planes of the ship. KRISO 300K VLCC2 (KVLCC2) is chosen as an example ship to demonstrate the WED optimization. The optimization procedure uses genetic algorithms (GAs), a gradient-based optimizer for the refinement of the solution, and Non-dominated Sorting GA-II(NSGA-II) for Multiobjective Optimization. The results show that the optimized WED can reduce the viscous resistance at the expense of the uniformity of the wake distribution.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.48-53
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• 2009

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV's) provide an important means for collecting detailed scientific information from the ocean depths. The hull resistance of an AUV is an important factor in determining the power requirements and range of the vehicle. This paper describes a design method that uses Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to determine the hull resistance of an AUV under development. The CFD results reveal the distribution of the hydrodynamic values (velocity, pressure, etc.) of an AUV with a ducted propeller. This paper also discusses the optimization of the AUV hull profile to reduce the total resistance. This paper demonstrates that shape optimization in a conceptual design is possible by using a commercial CFD package. Optimum design work to minimize the drag force of an AUV was carried out, for a given object function and constraints.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.843-855
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• 2020

X-plane submarines show better maneuverability as they have much longer span of control plane than that of cross plane submarines. In this study, captive model tests were conducted to evaluate the maneuverability of an X-plane submarine using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and a mathematical maneuvering model. For CFD analysis, SNUFOAM, CFD software specialized in naval hydrodynamics based on the open-source toolkit, OpenFOAM, was applied. A generic submarine Joubert BB2 was selected as a test model, which was modified by Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN). Captive model tests including propeller open water, resistance, self-propulsion, static drift, horizontal planar motion mechanism and vertical planar motion mechanism tests were carried out to obtain maneuvering coefficients of the submarine. Maneuvering simulations for turning circle tests were performed using the maneuvering coefficients obtained from the captive model tests. The simulated trajectory showed good agreement with that of free running model tests. From the results, it was proved that CFD simulations can be applicable to obtain reliable maneuvering coefficients for X-plane submarines.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.746-751
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 소스 코드가 공개된 라이브러리를 이용하여 선박의 성능을 예측할 수 있는 해석 코드를 개발하였다. 질량보존 방정식, 모멘튼 보존방정식, 난류를 고려하기 위해 난류모델과 벽함수를 고려하였다. 자유수면 계산을 위해 볼륨비 수송방정식을 고려하였고, 자유수면의 정확도 높은 계산을 위해 고차 도식을 포함하는 라이브러리를 개발하였다. 개발한 프로그램을 컨테이너선인 KCS에 적용한 결과 실험에서 포착된 자유수면 분포를 잘 예측하였다. 자항성능 평가 시 추진기 회전을 위해 GGI 라이브러리를 사용하였다. 계산결과 실험과 비교해 약 7 % 정도의 정확도로 자항성능을 예측하였다. 캐비테이션 예측을 위해 이상 균질 모델을 포함하는 새로운 라이브러리를 개발하였다. 이상 균질 모델을 추진기에 적용한 결과 일반적으로 발생하는 얇은 층 캐비테이션을 잘 예측하는 것을 확인하였다. 오픈 소스 라이브러리를 이용하여 개발한 수치수조를 KCS에 적용한 결과 오픈 소스 라이브러리에 대한 가능성을 확인하였다.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제58권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2021

In the present study, the model-scale Propeller Open Water (POW) tests for the propeller of 176K bulk carrier and 8600TEU container ship were conducted through Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation. In order to solve the incompressible viscous flow field, the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RaNS) equations were employed as the governing equations. The γ-Reθ(gamma-Re-theta) transition model combined with the SST k-ωturbulence model was introduced to describe the laminar-turbulence transition considering the low Reynolds number of model-scale. Firstly, the flow simulation developing over a flat plate was performed to verify the transition modeling, in which the wall shear stresses were compared with experiments and other numerical results. Then, to investigate the effect of the model, the CFD simulation for the POW test was performed and the simulated propeller performance was validated through comparison with the experiment conducted at Korea Research Institute of Ships & Ocean Engineering (KRISO).