• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.655-661
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• 2019

This study examined the change in driving performance according to the starting position of the rear diffuser of a vehicle. To accomplish this, the CATIA 3D design program was used to model the vehicle with reference to a commercial SUV vehicle and design the rear diffuser to start from 300, 400, and 500 mm from the rear tire. The flow and drag change were analyzed and the change in air flow was confirmed using Fluent, a flow analysis program at a vehicle traveling speed of 60, 100, and 140 km/h. The rear diffuser reduced the lift and drag forces compared to no diffuser regardless of the starting position. This is because if there is a rear diffuser, it will reduce the vortex phenomenon by suppressing the flow separation that occurs when air is drawn out from the rear portion of the vehicle. In this study, the starting point SP 400 was determined to be the optimal condition because the lift force was the smallest at SP 400 and the lift reduction effect was the best.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.36-42
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• 2020

In this study, flow analyses of a vehicle at driving were carried out after each installation of a tuning part, specifically the bonnet air ducts, the rear spoiler, and the rear diffuser. The study models were designed to comprise a total of eight cases in which each of the three parts were mounted individually or all together in vehicles. Assuming that the vehicle were driven with an average high speed of 100 km/h, the speed and pressure around the vehicle were obtained using CFD when driving. The rear diffuser that becomes the most effective among the three mounting parts has a major role in reducing air resistance.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Educational Facilities
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.3-11
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• 2011

In this study, the effect of treating 1-dimensional diffusers on the classroom acoustics was investigated to determine if the diffuser are beneficial for performing the preferred acoustical conditions for speech. A 1/10 scale model of a classroom was used to measure the acoustical parameters, T30, $C_{50}$, STI and SNR in that room. The room acoustical conditions were varied by treating diffusers either on the front or side walls of the classroom. When the diffusers were treated on the side walls around the student's areas, a shorter reverberation time at low frequencies was obtained and resulted in performing uniform reverberation times across the frequency bands. The $C_{50}$ values at mid- and high-frequencies were increased by treating the diffusers either on front or side wall surfaces. The highest STI and SNR values were obtained when the diffuser was treated on the front wall around the teacher's areas. It is found that diffusers are beneficial to increase the intelligibility of speech for the rear seats of the rooms.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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• v.19 no.11
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• pp.16-22
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• 2020

This study was aimed at analyzing the velocity and pressure changes in the airflow corresponding to different configurations of a diffuser for three types of cars. According to the flow results of the three automotive models, in model 3, the vortex was formed slightly upward on the outlet plane, whereas in models 1 and 2, the vortex was generated lower than that in model 3. The values of the pressure distribution in model 3 were larger than those for models 1 and 2 on the planes located at the same distance from the end of the rear part. The maximum turbulent kinetic energies in models 1 and 2 occurred at a location lower than that in model 3. The shape corresponding to the airflow that enhanced the driving performance was determined through the flow analysis.

• Proceeding of EDISON Challenge
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• 2016.11a
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• pp.81-84
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 국내에서 개발 중인 범용 수치해석 모델 에디슨을 활용하여 자동차 후미에 장착되는 리어 디퓨저에 대한 특성을 파악하기 위하여 수행되었다. 변수로는 자동차의 속도와 리어 디퓨저의 각도이며 자동차의 속도 및 리어 디퓨저의 각도 변화에 따른 자동차의 공력특성을 파악하고 이를 통해 리어 디퓨저 형상 설계 인자에 대한 자료를 확보하고자하였다. 그 결과 일정 각도 범위 내에서 최적의 자동차 공력특성이 보임을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.77-83
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• 2012

Numerical analyses through Computational Fluid Dynamics have been performed to investigate the seawater flow field characteristics for various shrouds used in horizontal axis tidal current turbine systems. Seawater flow characteristics are largely influenced under constant tidal current velocity by the shroud geometry and there is considerable difference in fluid velocity distributions around the shrouds. Especially the location and magnitude of maximum seawater flow velocity directly affect turbine performance for power generation. For the cylinder-diffuser type shroud system whose cylinder and diffuser parts have the same length accelerated flow region is formed in the overall cylinder part while maximum velocity in the nozzle-diffuser type whose nozzle and diffuser parts have the same length with symmetry, locally appears near the minimum sectional area. In case of cylinder-diffuser type shroud fluid velocity increases rather high compared with current velocity. And fluid velocity at the centerline gradually increases from the entrance, and then decreases rapidly after reaching a peak close to the middle of the cylinder part unlike the nozzle-diffuser while there is not much variation near the rear of the shroud. These results of the seawater flow characteristics with various shroud geometries can be applied to optimal design for the development of efficient tidal current power generation systems.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.16-23
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• 2019

This paper describes the design and analysis of a periscope imaging system installed at the engine test facility in the Agency for Defense Development. The periscope system is a cylinder-shaped image observation system installed at the rear of the engine and at the top of the diffuser. The periscope system has high risk of breaking because it is directly affected by high temperature (2300 K) and products of combustion. Thus, we used 1D heat transfer calculation, and 2D and 3D CFD analysis to confirm the heat flux and temperature distribution. Also, the cooling performance was verified. In the current design, using the periscope system, we can see flame shapes, control of the nozzle, and stability of the exhaust flow visually.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Educational Facilities
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.37-44
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• 2013

The present study examines the effects of periodic type diffusers for producing the preferred acoustics for speech and determines the more successful configurations of sound-absorbing and diffusing treatments for achieving good acoustics in classrooms. The measurements were carried out in a 1/10 scale model classroom systematically adding diffusers to one or more of four surfaces of the room. A total of 13 combination of diffusers with absorptive treatments were investigated. Adding diffusers on the ceiling were more effective to increasing the early-arriving reflection energy($G_{50}$) than adding absorptive materials on the entire ceiling. The late arriving reflection energy($G_{late}$) was decreased with increasing amounts of diffusing treatments of upper front or rear wall and this resulted in achieving higher early-to-late ratios($G_{50}$). Adding diffusers on the upper front wall($AC_{100}DUFW_{26}$) achieved more uniform acoustical conditions over the receiver positions than adding diffusers on the upper rear wall($AC_{100}DUFW_{26}$). Adding diffusers on the ceiling and absorptive materials on the lower front wall($AC_{75}DC_{25}ALFW_{26}$) achieved better acoustical conditions than adding the absorptive materials on the entire ceiling and lower front wall($AC_{100}ALFW_{26}$).

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.501-506
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• 2020

In this experimental study, we have analyzed aerodynamic performance of the four representative types of passenger car vehicles, different types of side window angles, different types of engine hood angles, and the angle difference of the roof line in order to comprehensively analyze how the aerodynamic performance varies with different shape of vehicle. Experiment results showed that the rear window falling at aa certain angle lowered aerodynamic performance, angle difference of the lowered roof line did not affect aerodynamic performance, and the back window line falling at certain angles had no visible effect on aerodynamic performance. Back window line leaning towards front side may help enhance styling aesthetics, but aerodynamic performance decreased. In case of rear diffuser installation, aerodynamic performance also decreased.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.146-156
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• 2015

This study investigated how the location of sound absorptive materials and sound diffusers affects the acoustic performance of small auditoriums. It was conducted for a standard model established with the averaged dimension of 36 auditoriums which had opened since 2000 in Daehak-ro, Seoul. In this study, the installation area of finishing materials was calculated upon a back wall which had the smallest installation effective area of finishing materials. To analyze the changes of acoustic performance according to installation location of finishing materials, experiments were carried out using the 1/10 down scale models for 8 cases which were made by classifying the installation location of ceiling and side wall into the front, middle and rear part.The used acoustic parameters were reverberation time (RT), early decay time (EDT), clarity (C80), definition (D50) and speech transmission index (STI). In result, the index related to the amount of reverberant sound (RT, EDT) showed the great changes when evaluating it through just noticeable difference (JND), but the one related to clarity (C80, D50, STI) hardly indicated the changes. In case to obtain short reverberation time, it was most effective to control reverberation time through the side walls when installing sound absorptive and diffusive materials, and side wall front was the location which could get the shortest reverberation time.