• Journal of computational fluids engineering
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.62-69
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• 2016

It has been highly demanded to improve the accuracy of CFD(Computational Fluid Dynamics) methods for the assessment of the hydrodynamic performance of marine propellers in cavitating and non-cavitating flows. This paper presents a validation study on the numerical simulation of the tip vortex flow of a non-cavitating marine propeller SVA VP1304. The calculations are carried out by using the Reynolds averaged Navier-Stokes(RANS) approach, where the Reynolds Stress Model(RSM) is used for turbulence closure. The present paper contains a grid dependence test for the propeller open water simulations and a special emphasis is placed on conducting a local grid adaptation on the blade tip and in the tip vortex to reasonably reproduce the velocity and the pressure in the tip vortex flow field. The numerical results are compared with the experimental validation data, which are published in the second International Symposium on Marine Propulsors 2011(SMP'11). The present numerical results show a reasonable agreement with the experiments.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.1377-1382
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• 2004

Flow fields in a half ducted propeller fan have been investigated by three-dimensional Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) simulations and a vortex core identification technique. The simulation at the design operating condition shows that the tip vortex onset point is located at 30 percent tip chord of the suction surface on the blade tip. There is no interaction between the tip vortex and the adjacent blade, so that the tip vortex smoothly convects to the rotor exit. However, the high vorticity in the tip vortex causes the wake and the tip leakage flow to be twined around the tip vortex and to interact with the pressure surface of the adjacent blade. This flow behavior corresponds well with experimental results by Laser Doppler Velocimetry. On the contrary, the simulation at the low-flowrate operating condition shows that the tip vortex onset point is located at the 60 percent tip chord of the suction surface. In contrast to the design operating condition, the tip vortex grows almost tangential direction, and impinges directly on the pressure surface of the adjacent blade.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.38 no.2
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• pp.99-110
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• 2010

The DES analysis of strong compressibility flow, LES mode is intentionally performed in boundary layer with the conventional empirical constant $C_{DES}$ value of 0.65. In this study, an expression is suggested to determine the $C_{DES}$ value dynamically by using a distribution function of the ratio of turbulence length scale and wall distance which is used in S-A DDES model for RANS mode protection. The application of the dynamic $C_{DES}$ presents better prediction than previous results those used constant but different $C_{DES}$ values.

• Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• v.41 no.6
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• pp.8-14
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• 2004

The numerical analysis of a waterjet propulsion system was performed to provide detail understanding of complicated flow phenomena including interactions of intake duct, rotor, stator, and contracted discharge nozzle. The incompressible RANS equations were solved on moving multiblocked grid system. To handle interface boundary between rotor and stator, the sliding multiblock method was applied. The numerical results were compared with experiments and good agreement was obtained. The complicated viscous flow features of the waterjet, such as secondary flow inside the intake duct, the recovery of axial flow by the role of the stator, and tip and hub vortex, etc. were well analyzed by the present simulation. The performance of thrust and torque was also predicted.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.133-137
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• 2009

Numerical simulations of flows in an axisymmetric supersonic inlet with bleed regions were performed. For the simulations, the existing code which solves the RANS(Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes) equations and 2-equation turbulence model equations was transformed to axisymmetric form and bleed boundary condition was applied to the code. In this paper, the modified code was validated by comparing the results against an experimental data and other computational results for flow on a bump and over an oblique shock with bleed region. Using the code, numerical simulations were performed for the flow in the inlet with multiple bleed regions.

• Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.9-16
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• 2012

This paper presents the numerical results of a simulation of the free surface flow around a blunt bow ship model and focuses on the validation of the proposed method with a brief investigation of the relation between the resistance and free surface behavior. A finite volume method based on the Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) approach is used to solve the governing flow equations, where the free surface, including wave breaking,is captured by using a two-phase Level-Set (LS) method. For turbulence closure, a two equation k-${\varepsilon}$ model with the standard wall function technique is used. Finally, the numerical results are compared with the available experimental data, showing good agreement.

• Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• v.50 no.4
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• pp.232-239
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• 2013

This paper provides the structure of a Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes(RANS) based simulation method and its validation results for the ship motion problem. The motion information of the hull computed from the equations of motion is considered in the momentum equations as the relative fluid motions with respect to a non-inertial coordinates system. A finite volume method is used to solve the governing equations, while the free surface is captured by using a two-phase level-set method and the realizable k-${\varepsilon}$ model is used for turbulence closure. For the validation of the present numerical approach, the numerical results of the resistance and motion tests for DTMB 5415 at two ship speeds are compared against available experimental data.

• Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• v.45 no.2
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• pp.109-123
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• 2008

The present paper presents the CFD result for a beam wave test case. An ONR tumblehome ship model with bilge keels is used. The beam wave test is for zero forward speed and roll and heave 2DOF with wave slope $a_k=0.156$ and wavelength ${\lambda}=1.12L_{PP}$, with $L_{PP}$ the ship length. The problems is solved numerically with an unsteady Reynolds averaged Navier-Stokes approach. The free surface flow is computed using a single-phase level-set method and the motions in each time step are integrated using a predictor-corrector iteration approach which uses dynamic overset grids moving with relative ship motion. The predicted CFD results for motions and forces are compared with experimental data, showing a reasonable agreement.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.32 no.6
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• pp.471-478
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• 2008

Detached Eddy Simulation (DES) is performed for developing turbulent flow of the $270^{\circ}$ curved duct at a Reynolds number of 56,690. The curvature ratio on the basis of a centric radius $R_c$ and a duct height H is 3.357. Turbulence models adopted are k-$\omega$ model for Reynolds Average Navier-Stokes (RANS) equation Simulation and Shear Stress Transport (SST) model for DES. DES is used as the hybrid computation technique combined with RANS-SST and Large Eddy Simulation (LES). Predicted results are compared with measured results including the distributions of Reynolds stresses and the flow characteristics on the symmetric plane of curved duct are presented. Judging from the comparison between the predicted and the measured results, the DES approach is applicable to calculate the developing turbulent flow in a $270^{\circ}$ curved duct.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2016.05a
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• pp.63-63
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• 2016

자연 하천은 연속적인 곡선 흐름을 가지고 있으며, 하천의 흐름을 해석하는 것은 복잡하고 어려운 일이다. 게다가 자연하천에서는 유사이송에 의해 하상변동이 발생하며 이를 정확하게 예측하는 것은 공학적 문제 해결에 중요한 역할을 한다. 곡선 흐름에서의 하상변동양상은 원심력에 의한 이차류로 인하여 유사가 하천의 내측으로 이동하게 되고, 하천의 외측에는 침식, 내측에는 퇴적이 된다. 이와 같은 현상은 원심력뿐만이 아니라 하천의 곡선에 의해 발생하게 되는 박리 또한 중요한 원인으로 이야기 되고 있으며, 선행 연구자들에 의해서 박리의 영향이 작지 않음을 알 수 있다. 자연하천에서의 정확한 하상변동을 예측하기 위해서는 원심력에 의한 이차류와 박리의 현상을 정확히 모의할 수 있어야하며, 이를 위해 3차원 모형이 필요하다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 3차원 unsteady RANS 모형을 이용하여 곡선수로에서 박리가 발생하는 현상을 모의하고자 한다. 곡선수로를 모의하기 위해서 곡선좌표계를 사용하였으며, 난류모형으로는 standard $k-{\varepsilon}$과 $k-{\omega}$ SST을 사용하였다. 또한 fractional step method를 이용하여 유속과 압력 커플링을 하였다. 그 결과 곡선수로의 흐름모의에서 레이놀즈 수가 큰 경우 박리가 발생하는 것을 확인하였으며, 두 난류모형 모두 곡선 흐름에서의 박리 현상을 모의할 수 있었다.