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Correlation between Velocity Fluctuation and Fluctuation of Hydrogen Concentration in 2-D Air-Hydrogen Supersonic Mixing Layer

  • Sakima, Fuminori;Arai, Takakage;Edward, Shelley-R.;Mori, Yuko
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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    • 2004.03a
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    • pp.111-116
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    • 2004
  • An experiment was carried out to confirm the validity of time series evaluation of supersonic mixing condition by using catalytic reaction on a platinum wire. Geseous hydrogen was injected parallel to supersonic freestream (M$\infty$ $\approx$ 1.81) from a slit injector, which was located at backward facing step. Time series condition of supersonic mixing was evaluated by using W-type probe which has a platinum wire and reference wire (nickel wire). The evaluation was by simultaneously measuring each electric circuit which kept the temperature of wire constant. Investigations were also conducted for helium, air and no secondary injectant cases to compare with the hydrogen injectant case. The results indicated that it was possible to measure the time series behavior of air and hydrogen supersonic mixing layer or coherent motion of turbulence by using this evaluation.

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Influence of Screw Rotors Tip Angle on Mixing Performance for One Novel Twin-screw Kneader (2축 스크류 니더의 설계에서 스크류 로터 팁의 각도가 믹싱성능에 미치는 영향)

  • Wei, Jing;Chen, Dabing;Zhou, Dongming;Zhang, Aiqiang;Yang, Yuliang
    • Polymer(Korea)
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    • v.39 no.3
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    • pp.441-452
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    • 2015
  • Twin-screw kneader is an efficient polymer processing equipment. In this paper, the mixing performance of one novel intermeshing counter-rotating twin-screw kneader with different tip angles of the male rotor is simulated using the mesh superimposition technique (MST). Statistical analysis is carried out for the flow field using particle tracking technique, and distributive mixing performance is evaluated using the residence time distribution and segregation scale, while the dispersive mixing performance is estimated using the parameters such as shear rate, stretching rate and mixing index. The results show that the best distributive mixing performance is achieved when the tip angle is 0o, while the optimal dispersive mixing performance is obtained when the tip angle is 20o. The results in this paper provide a data basis for the selection of parameters and optimization of the performance for the screw rotors.

Shear Strength Characteristics of Short-fiber Reinforced Soil for the Application of Retaining Wall Backfill (옹벽 배면토체 적용을 위한 단섬유 보강토의 전단강도 특성)

  • Park, Young-Kon;Cha, Kyung-Seob;Chang, Pyoung-Wuck
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2003.10b
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    • pp.73-78
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    • 2003
  • As a fundamental study to develop the retaining wall of new type, short-fibers are mixed with soils and a series of compaction tests and triaxial compression tests for short-fiber reinforced soils are performed. From the results of compaction tests, optimum moisture content is increased and maximum dry unit weight is decreased with fiber mixing ratio. When 60mm fibrillated fiber of 0.2$\%$ mixing ratio is added to SM soil, strength increment of short-fiber reinforced soil is above 1.2 times compared to soil only. Strength increment shows maximum value for composite reinforced soil, namely, soil+short-fiber+planar reinforcement. But in case of mixing with ML soil and short-fiber, the strength of short-fiber reinforced soil is nearly the same as soil only. Internal angle of short-fiber reinforced soil is increased about $2\~3$ degrees and cohesion is also increased above 10kPa compared to soil only. Therefore, it is judged that short-fiber is a good material to strengthen the soil.

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Experimental Study of the Supersonic Free Jet Discharging from a Petal Nozzle (페탈노즐로부터 방출되는 초음속 자유제트에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Lee, Jun-Hee;Kim, Jung-Bae;Gwak, Jong-Ho;Kim, Heuy-Dong
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2003.04a
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    • pp.2133-2138
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    • 2003
  • In general, flow entrainment of surrounding gas into a supersonic jet is caused by the pressure drop inside the jet and the shear actions between the jet and the surrounding gas. In the recent industrial applications, like supersonic ejector system or scramjet engine, the rapid mixing of two different gases is important in that it determines the whole performance of the flow system. However, the mixing performance of the conventional circular jet is very low because the shear actions are not enough. The supersonic jet discharging from a petal nozzle is known to enhance mixing effects with the surrounding gas because it produces strong longitudinal vortices due to the velocity differences from both the major and minor axes of petal nozzle. This study aims to enhance the mixing performance of the jet with surrounding gas by using the lobed petal nozzle. The jet flows from the petal nozzle are compared with those from the conventional circular nozzle. The petal nozzles employed are 4, 6, and 8 lobed shapes with a design Mach number of 1.7 each, and the circular nozzle has the same design Mach number. The pitot impact pressures are measured in detail to specify the jet flows. For flow visualization, the schlieren optical method is used. The experimental results reveal that the petal nozzle reduces the supersonic length of the supersonic jet, and leads to the improved mixing performance compared with the conventional circular jet.

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Hybrid Nanocomposites: Processing and Properties

  • Shi, Y.;Kanny, K.;Jawahar, P.
    • Advanced Composite Materials
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.365-379
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    • 2009
  • Epoxy/S2-glass reinforced composites (SGRPs) infused with Cloisite 30B nanoclays were manufactured using the vacuum assisted resin infusion molding (VARIM) process. Prior to infusion, the matrix and clays were thoroughly mixed using a direct mixing technique (DMT) and a high shear mixing technique (HSMT) to ensure uniform dispersion of the nanoclays. Structures with varying clay contents (1-3 wt%) were manufactured. Both pristine and SGRP nanocomposites were then subjected to mechanical testing. For the specimens manufactured by DMT, the tensile, flexural, and compressive modulus increased with increasing the clay content. Similarly, the tensile, flexural, compressive, interlaminate shear and impact strength increased with the addition of 1 wt% clay: however the trend reversed with further increase in the clay content. Specimens manufactured by HSMT showed superior properties compared to those of nanocomposites containing 1 wt% clay produced by DMT. In order to understand these phenomena a morphological study was conducted. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) micrographs revealed that HSMT led to better dispersion and changed the nanoclay structure from orderly intercalation to disorderly intercalation giving multi-directional strength.

Characteristics of a Bioreactor Using Perfluorocarbons and a New Impeller (과불소탄소화물과 새로운 임펠러를 사용한 생물반응기의 특성)

  • 조무환;김용락정재학김정목
    • KSBB Journal
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.231-240
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    • 1991
  • Recently, developments of large scale and high density cell culture methods have been the objects of many researches, because the demand of various pharmaceutical products produced by animal cell culture has been rapidly increasing. The cell culture equipment should have the requirements such as sufficient oxygen transfer and mixing, low shear stress and surface tension, and small foaming. In order to develop a proper bioreactor meeting these requirements simultaneously, a perfluorocarbon having high solubility of oxygen was sprayed into the medium as an oxygen carrier instead of air. Also, a new impeller was developed and combined together with the perfluorocarbon spraying system so as to design a new bioreartor for cell cultivation. The new impeller had better characteristics of mixing and oxygen transfer than the paddle and cell-lift impellers based on the same, shear rate. But, it was observed that the volumetric oxygen transfer coefficient of the new bioreactor decreased with increasing cell density during E. coli fermentation.

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Sensitivity Analysis of Parameters in a Depth Averaged Two-Dimensional Sediment Transport Model (수심적분 2차원 유사이동모형에 관계된 인자들의 민감도분석에 관한 연구)

  • Seo, Sang-Won;Yun, Byeong-Man
    • Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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    • v.31 no.1
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    • pp.115-120
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    • 1998
  • In this paper, a depth-averaged two-dimensional transport model is introduced, and its error bound is presented as the results of sensitivity analysis. The results show that the calculated SS concentration is highly dependant on Manning roughness coefficient, mixing coefficient. fall velocity. and critical shear stress. On the other hand, water level and dispersion coefficient are proved to be less significant in the variation of SS concentration.

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STRENGTH CHANGES OF SURROUNDING CLAY DUE TO SOIL-CEMENT COLUMN INSTALLATION

  • Miura, Norihiko
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 1997.10a
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    • pp.19-36
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    • 1997
  • This paper discusses the reduction and subsequent recovery and increase of shear strength of clay in the vicinity of soil-cement column. Laboratory and field tests were conducted to investigate the effects on surrounding clay during and after soil-cement column installation in soft Ariake clay. Discussions were made on the mechanism of strength changes of clay by considering the thixotropic recovery, reconsolidation effect, penetration of cement slurry and diffusion of exchangeable cations. On the basis of field and laboratory observations, 10 days after column installation, the decreased shear strength of surrounding clay during mixing was recovered and 30 days later, shear strength of surrounding clay increased 30% by average. Therefore, it is recommended that the increase of shear strength of clay can be taken into consideration in the bearing capacity and stability analysis of the composite ground.

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Shear Strength and Permeability Characteristics of Soil Body Reinforced with Linear and Planar Reinforcing Materials (선형보강재와 평면보강재를 적용한 토체의 전단강도 및 투수특성)

  • 차경섭;장병욱;우철웅;박영곤
    • Magazine of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.45 no.6
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    • pp.162-171
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    • 2003
  • Traditional methods of earth reinforcement consist of introducing strips, fabrics, or grids into an earth mass. Recently, discrete fibers are simply added and mixed with the soil, much the same as cement, lime or other additives. The advantages of randomly distributed fibers is the maintenance of strength isotropy, low decrease in post-peak shear strength and high stability at failure. In this study, new composite reinforcement structures which consist of geotextile and randomly distributed discrete fibers were examined their engineering properties, such as shear strength of the composite reinforced soil and permeability of short fiber reinforced soil. The increments of shear strength of composite reinforced soils were the sum of increments by fiber and woven geotextile, respectively. The permeability of short fiber reinforced soil was increased with fiber mixing ratio.