• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.565-574
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• 2005

The CANFLEX Mk-V bundle is designed to improve upon the critical heat flux (CHF) characteristics of the CANFLEX Mk-IV bundle. The main difference between these two bundles is an increase in bearing pad height of about 0.3 mm in the CANFLEX Mk-IV bundle. This change in bearing pad height leads to an increase in gap flow at the bottom of the bundle, primarily eliminating the localized narrow-gap effect that limits the CHF of the CANFLEX Mk-IV bundle. The objective of this paper is to examine the effects of bearing pad height and pressure tube creep on the sheath-temperature distribution, dryout power, and dryout location, as observed ken full-scale bundle tests, between CANFLEX Mk-IV and Mk-V bundles In uncrept and crept channels. A comparison of surface-temperature differences between the top and bottom elements of the bundles showed that increasing the bearing pad height has led to a more homogeneous enthalpy distribution in subchannels of the bundle. Initial dryout locations of the CANFLEX Mk-V bundle were mainly observed at the mid-spacer plane of either the $10^{th}$ (about $80\%$) or $11^{th}$ ($20\%$) bundle in the 12-bundle string, as compared to the mid-spacer and downstream-button planes for the CANFLEX Mk-IV bundle. Dryout power and boiling-length-average (BLA) CHF values exhibit consistent trends and little scatter with varying flow conditions for both types of CANFLEX bundles in uncrept and crept channels. An increase in pressure tube creep has led to a reduction in dryout power (about $20\%$ far the $3.3\%$ crept channel and $27\%$ for the $5.1\%$ crept channel as compared to dryout powers for the uncrept channel). Increasing the bearing pad height of the CANFLEX bundle has led to an increase in the dryout power. Overall, the dryout power of the CANFLEX Mk-V bundle is 7 to $10\%$ higher than that of the CANFLEX Mk-IV bundle at the inlet temperature range of interest (i.e., between 243 and $290^{\circ}C$).

• 한국철도학회논문집
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.124-134
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• 2016

철도 선로에 근접하여 설치하는 근접 저상 방음벽은 방음벽 높이를 저감시키기 위한 방안으로 외국에서는 많은 연구가 수행되고 있으나 국내에서의 연구는 매우 미흡한 실정이다. 본 논문에서는 근접 저상 방음벽의 음향특성을 파악하고자 축척 모형을 제작하여 성능평가를 수행하였다. 실험결과, 'ㄱ'자형 방음벽 설치 시에는 방음벽의 안쪽뿐만 아니라 상부에도 흡음재를 설치하는 것이 삽입손실의 개선효과가 있는 것으로 분석되었고, 방음벽의 삽입손실 평가를 위해 단순한 경험식 대신에 경계요소법과 같은 보다 해석적인 방법으로 삽입손실을 예측할 필요가 있다. 또한, 흡음재를 부착한 근접 방음벽을 설치하면 승객 위치에서의 소음 증가현상은 미미한 것으로 분석되었다. 그리고, 근접 방음벽의 음향성능 예측을 위해 2차원 경계요소법을 이용한 소음해석을 수행하였으며, 측정결과와의 비교 분석을 수행함으로서 예측 프로그램의 활용 가능성을 검증하였다.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2008년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.299-304
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• 2008

Catenary and Pantograph are a power supply devices for electric trains and shall be steadily contacted. Rail catenary must be installed precisely and managed for stable train operations. But external factors such as weathers, nature, etc., or aging affect catenary geometry. Changed catenary height causes high voltage spark or instant electric disconnection. Big spark and disconnection damage pantograph shoe and catenary coating and might interrupt rail operations. To prevent a big scale spark or electric disconnection catenary maintenance shall be required with catenary geometry measurement systems. In this paper, we describe the development of catenary height and stagger measurement system. The catenary height and stagger measurement system uses Acuity company's AR4000 Range Finder for distance measurement and AccuRange Line Scanner for degree measurement. This system reports suspicious overhead line sections with excessive height and stagger variance.

• 한국전산유체공학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.93-99
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• 2012

The present study focuses on the case of developing flow with in a channel containing a long array of sinusoidal waves (2a/${\lambda}$=0.1, ${\lambda}$=h, ${\lambda}$ is the wavelength, 2a is the wave height, h is the mean channel depth) at the bottom wall. The Reynolds number defined with channel height, h and the mean velocity, U, is Re=6,700. The channel is sufficiently long such that transition is completed and the flow is fully developed over the downstream half of the channel. For the case of an incoming steady flow with no resolved turbulence, the instantaneous flow fields in the transition region are characterized by the formation of arrays of highly-organized large-scale hairpin vortices whose dimensions scale with that of the roughness elements. The paper explains the mechanism for the formation of these arrays of hairpin vortices and shows these eddies play the primary role in the formation of the large-scale streaks of high and low velocity over the wavy wall region. The presence of resolved turbulence in the incoming flow, reduces the streamwise distance needed for the streaks to develop over the wavy region, but does not affect qualitatively the transition process. In the fully-developed region, isolated and trains of large-scale hairpins play an important role in the dynamics of the streaks over the wavy wall.

• 한국우주과학회:학술대회논문집(한국우주과학회보)
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• 한국우주과학회 2004년도 한국우주과학회보 제13권1호
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• pp.69-69
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• 2004

The scale of photospheric convection in red giants is generally associated, by analogy with the Sun, with the atmospheric pressure scale height and the thickness of the superadiabatic transition layer(SAL). As pointed out by Schwarzschild(1975), both of these quantities are relatively much larger in terms of the stellar radius in a red giant then in the Sun. (omitted)

• Wind and Structures
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.261-275
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• 2024

Before performing an experimental study on the downburst-generated wave, it is necessary to examine the scale effects and corresponding corrections or compensations. Analysis of similarity is conducted to conclude the non-dimensional force ratios that account for the dynamic similarity in the interaction of downburst with wave between the prototype and the scale model, along with the corresponding scale factors. The fractional volume of fluid (VOF) method in association with the impinging jet model is employed to explore the characteristics of the downburst-generated wave numerically, and the validity of the proposed scaling method is verified. The study shows that the location of the maximum radial wind velocity in a downburst-wave field is a little higher than that identified in a downburst over the land, which might be attributed to the presence of the wave which changes the roughness of the underlying surface of the downburst. The impinging airflow would generate a concavity in the free surface of the water around the stagnation point of the downburst, with a diameter of about two times the jet diameter (D_jet). The maximum wave height appears at the location of 1.5D_jet from the stagnation point. Reynolds number has an insignificant influence on the scale effects, in accordance with the numerical investigation of the 30 scale models with the Reynolds number varying from 3.85 × 10⁴ to 7.30 × 10⁹. The ratio of the inertial force of air to the gravitational force of water, which is denoted by G, is found to be the most significant factor that would affect the interaction of downburst with wave. For the correction or compensation of the scale effects, fitting curves for the measures of the downburst-wave field (e.g., wind profile, significant wave height), along with the corresponding equations, are presented as a function of the parameter G.

• 한국해안해양공학회지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.329-335
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• 2007

해수면의 상태를 보고 파고를 측정하는 목측은 선박이나 먼 바다에서의 파랑관측 방법으로 여전히 이용되고 있으며, 오랜 경험을 가진 숙련자의 경우에는 상당히 정확하게 파고를 관측할 수 있다. 이러한 목측의 표준지표로 뷰퍼트(Beaufort) 풍력계급표가 가장 널리 이용되고 있다. 그러나 이 지표에 설명된 해수면의 모양은 연구자 또는 일반인에게는 친숙하지 않기 때문에 파고별 대표영상 등의 보다 구체적인 참고자료가 필요하다. 현대의 현장계측기술은 실시간으로 해양관측자료를 획득할 수 있는 수준에 이르렀으며, 기존의 파고 및 기상 관측시설과 함께 현장의 해상상태 영상자료까지 획득할 수 있게 되었다. 본 연구에서는 속초 조도동방등표에 설치되어 운영 중인 실시간해양관측 시스템에 무선영상전송장치를 설치하여 파랑자료와 영상이미지를 수집하고 유의파고별로 현장이미지를 비교 및 분류하였다. 관측된 해상상태 영상들과 뷰퍼트 풍력계급표의 해면 상태 설명과 비교한 결과 해상상태 영상자료의 가치를 확인할 수 있었다. 뷰퍼트 풍력계급표는 순수하게 목측이나 파고척을 이용하여 목측으로 만들어진 것에 비해 본 연구의 결과는 정밀한 파고센서와 과학적인 해상상태 영상정보 수집으로 파고의 실체적인 모습을 파악할 수 있었으며 관측파고의 신뢰성을 제고할 수 있는 기회가 되었다.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.682-691
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• 2013

The aerosol extinction vertical profile and surface visibility have been derived from the Microtops-II sunphotometer observation during the winter 2011 intensive observation period (IOP) at Seoul, Korea. Using models of degradation of aerosol optical thickness (AOT) and aerosol scale height, we have performed extinction-visibility modulation to determine the height dependent aerosol extinction and visibility. It is shown that the aerosol loading is relatively low during IOP (mean $AOT_{550}=0.22{\pm}0.08$, ${\AA}$ngstr$\ddot{o}$m exponent=$1.14{\pm}0.26$). Modeled extinction by use of Microtops II sunphotometer data shows good agreement with measurements by the Multi-wavelenth Polarization Lidar (MPoLAR), and the derived surface visibility are consistent with data from the transmissometer. These results emphasize the use of a vertically resolved extinction from AOT to predict visibility conditions at ground level.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.371-391
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• 2021

Tornadoes are the most devastating meteorological natural hazards. Many empirical and theoretical numerical models of tornado vortex have been proposed, because it is difficult to carry out direct measurements of tornado velocity components. However, most of existing numerical models fail to explain the physical structure of tornado vortices. The present paper proposes a new empirical numerical model for a tornado vortex, and its load effects on a low-rise and a tall building are calculated and compared with those for existing numerical models. The velocity components of the proposed model show clear variations with radius and height, showing good agreement with the results of field measurements, wind tunnel experiments and computational fluid dynamics. Normal stresses in the columns of a low-rise building obtained from the proposed model show intermediate values when compared with those obtained from existing numerical models. Local forces on a tall building show clear variation with height and the largest local forces show similar values to most existing numerical models. Local forces increase with increasing turbulence intensity and are found to depend mainly on reference velocity Uref and moving velocity Umov. However, they collapse to one curve for the same normalized velocity Uref / Umov. The effects of reference radius and reference height are found to be small. Resultant fluctuating force of generalized forces obtained from the modified Rankine model is considered to be larger than those obtained from the proposed model. Fluctuating force increases as the integral length scale increases for the modified Rankine model, while they remain almost constant regardless of the integral length scale for the proposed model.

• 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국태양에너지학회 2008년도 추계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.257-262
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• 2008

Available daylight in inside offers comfortable view environment, and psychological and physical advantages to people in the room. But, it has a problem of an excessive direct sunlight. This study calculated daylight responsive dimming control slope by Roller Shade system with Mock-up test. With three 1/2 scale Mock-up rooms, we performed a test for calculation of daylight responsive dimming control slope in different shade height of each room through the different height of roller shade systems. This research will be used as a fundamental study for automated roller shade systems.