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Instability of High-Speed Impinging Jets(I) (고속 충돌제트의 불안정특성)

  • Gwon, Yeong-Pil
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.452-458
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    • 1998
  • The objective of this study is to obtain the unstable characteristics of the high-speed two-dimensional jet impinging normally onto a flat plate. The study is based on the feedback model and the experiment of the frequency characteristics of the impinging tones. Using the experimental data for the tonal frequencies of the impinging tones the convection speed of the unstable jet is obtained along with all the other features. Three kinds of unstable modes are clarified: asymmetric $A_{1}$ and $A_{2}$ and symmetric S. The condition for the excitation of each mode is found in terms of Strouhal number and Reynolds number. The convection speed is estimated and discussed in comparison with existing theoretical models. It is found that the convection speed increases with frequency when the mode is asymmetric, but decreases when it is symmetric. In addition, the characteristics of the high-speed impinging jet are compared with the low-speed impinging jet.

An experimental Study of the Wake Flow Past a Rectangular Cylinder (長方形柱 後流에 關한 實驗的 硏究)

  • Nam, Cheong-Do
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.45-56
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    • 1991
  • This paper describes characteristics of the flow pattern of the flow past a rectangular cylinder experimentally investigated. The width-to-length ratio of the section varried from 2 to4. For the statistical treatment, autocorrelation coefficient, probability density function and power spectral density function are obtained by the digital processing technic through on-line system with a hot wire anemometer. As a results, it was found that strong periodic coherent eddies structure is sustained to about 20H downstream from the cylinder. And nearer the cylinder in the wake, the number of turbulent eddies of a large scale coherent structure are comparatively much more dominant than that of a small scale one. By the analysis of power spectrum, It was cleared that there exists a certain range of the width to length ratio between 2.5 and 3 of which the flow pattern changes abruptly with a sudden discontinuity in Strouhal number.

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Suppression of Turbulence in a Circular Jet Using a Single Frequency Excitation (단일 주파수 가진을 이용한 원형 제트의 난류 억제)

  • Park Jeongyoung;Choi Haecheon
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2002.08a
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    • pp.241-244
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    • 2002
  • Large eddy simulation of a circular jet at the Reynolds number of 10000 is performed to investigate turbulence suppression effect with single frequency excitation at the non-dimensional frequency of 0.017. Instantaneous flow fields show that, with excitation, naturally occurring energetic vortices are suppressed through earlier saturation and breakdown of the shear layer vortices into fine grained turbulence. Due to the excitation, the Reynolds stresses are larger for the excited case near the jet and turbulence suppression begins afterward. The Reynolds normal stresses show largest suppression in the shear layer near the jet and in the centerline further downstream, while the Reynolds shear stress shows largest suppression in the shear layer at all the downstream locations.

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A Numerical Study on Heat Transfer Enhancement by Pulsatile Flow in a Plate Heat Exchanger (맥동유동에 의한 판형열교환기의 열전달 성능 향상에 관한 수치연구)

  • Chin Sang-Mun;Park Jong-Tack;Hur Nahmkeon;Kang Byung Ha
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.04a
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    • pp.85-90
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    • 2005
  • The heat transfer enhancement by pulsatile flow in plate heat exchanger has been investigated numerically in the present study. The numerical study was performed ill the range of the Strouhal number from 0.04 to 2 and the Reynolds number from 370 to 730. The results showed that the pulsatile flow produces resonating vortex shedding at the groove sharp edges and a strong transient vortex rotation within the grooved channels. As a result, the mixing between the trapped volume in the grooved cavity and the main stream was enhanced. Good agreements between the predictions and measured data are obtained for the optimum frequency of pulsation and corresponding heat transfer enhancement

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Effect of domain size on flow characteristics in simulating periodic obstacle flow (주기적인 경계조건을 사용하는 수치모사에서 계산영역 크기의 영향)

  • Choi, Choon-Bum;Jang, Yong-Jun;Han, Seok Youn;Kim, Jin-Ho;Yang, Kyung-Soo
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2008.11b
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    • pp.2477-2482
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    • 2008
  • Effect of computational domain size in simulating of periodic obstacle flow has been investigated for the flow past tube banks. Reynolds number, defined by freestream velocity (U) and cylinder diameter (d), was fixed as 200, and center-to-center distance (P) as 1.5d. In-line square array was considered. Drag coefficient, lift coefficient and Strouhal number were calculated depending on domain size. Circular cylinders were implemented on a Cartesian grid system by using an immersed boundary method. Boundary condition is periodic in both streamwise and lateral directions. Previous studies in literature often use a square domain with a side length of P, which contains only one cylinder. However, this study reveals that size is improper. Especially, RMS values of flow-induced forces are most sensitive to the domain size.

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A Numerical Study on Flow Characteristics Around Rectangular Cylinder with Different Width-to-height Ratios (종횡비 변화에 따른 사각실린더 주위의 유동 특성에 관한 수치적 연구)

  • Park, Yong-Gap;Son, Chang-Min
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.22 no.8
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    • pp.523-529
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    • 2010
  • We investigate two-dimensional laminar flow around rectangular cylinders placed in a uniform stream. Numerical simulations are performed, using finite volume method, in the ranges of $50{\leq}Re{\leq}150$ and $0.1{\leq}W/H{\leq}1.0$, where Re and W/H are the Reynolds number and the width-to-height ratio, respectively. The immersed boundary method is used to handle the rectangular cylinder in a rectangular grid system. Comparisons with the previous results show good agreement in Strouhal number, drag and lift coefficient. The present study reports the detailed information of flow structure at different width-to-height ratios in the ranges of $50{\leq}Re{\leq}150$.

Flow Control and Heat Transfer Enhancement from a Heated Block by an Inflow Pulsation (I) Flow Field Computation (입구 유동 가진에 의한 사각 발열체 주위의 유동제어 및 열전달촉진 (I) 유동장 수치해석)

  • 리광훈;김서영;성형진
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.14 no.7
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    • pp.592-598
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    • 2002
  • The characteristics of a pulsating flow field from a heated block representing heat-dissipating electronic component in a channel have been numerically investigated. At the channel inlet a pulsating sinusoidal flow is imposed. The Reynolds number based on the channel height (H) is fixed at Re=500, and the forcing frequency is varied in the range of $0\leqSt\leq2$. Numerical results on the time-dependent flow field are obtained and averaged over a cycle of pulsation. The effect of the important governing parameters such as the Strouhal number is investigated in detail. The results indicate that the recirculating flow behind the block is substantially affected by the pulsation frequency. To characterize the periodic vortex shedding due to the inflow pulsation, numerical flow visualizations are carried out.

Numerical Analysis of the Three-Dimensional Wake Flow and Acoustic Field around a Circular Cylinder

  • Kim, Tae-Su;Kim, Jae-Soo
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.319-325
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    • 2010
  • For decades, researchers have rigorously studied the characteristics of flow traveling around blunt objects in order to gain greater understanding of the flow around aircraft, vehicles or vessels. Many different types of flow exist, such as boundary layer flow, flow separation, laminar and turbulent flow, vortex and vortex shedding; such types are especially observed around circular cylinders. Vortex shedding around a circular cylinder exhibits a two-dimensional flow structure possessing a Reynolds number within the range of 47 and 180. As the Reynolds number increases, the Karman vortex changes into a three-dimensional flow structure. In this paper, a numerical analysis was performed examining the flow and aero-acoustic field characteristics around a circular cylinder using an optimized high-order compact scheme, which is a high order scheme. The analysis was conducted with a Reynolds number ranging between 300 and 1,000, which belongs to B-mode flow around a circular cylinder. For a B-mode Reynolds number, a proper spanwise length is analyzed in order to obtain the characteristics of three-dimensional flow. The numerical results of the Strouhal number as well as the lift and drag coefficients according to Reynolds numbers are coincident with the other experimental results. Basic research has been conducted studying the effects an unstable three-dimensional wake flow on an aero-acoustic field.

Experimental study on Re number effects on aerodynamic characteristics of 2D square prisms with corner modifications

  • Wang, Xinrong;Gu, Ming
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.22 no.5
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    • pp.573-594
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    • 2016
  • Simultaneous pressure measurements on 2D square prisms with various corner modifications were performed in uniform flow with low turbulence level, and the testing Reynolds numbers varied from $1.0{\times}10^5$ to $4.8{\times}10^5$. Experimental models were a square prism, three chamfered-corner square prisms (B/D=5%, 10%, and 15%, where B is the chamfered corner dimension and D is the cross-sectional dimension), and six rounded-corner square prisms (R/D =5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 30%, and 40%, where R is the corner radius). Experimental results of drag coefficients, wind pressure distributions, power spectra of aerodynamic force coefficients, and Strouhal numbers are presented. Ten models are divided into various categories according to the variations of mean drag coefficients with Reynolds number. The mean drag coefficients of models with $B/D{\leq}15%$ and $R/D{\leq}15%$ are unaffected by the Reynolds number. On the contrary, the mean drag coefficients of models with R/D=20%, 30%, and 40% are obviously dependent on Reynolds number. Wind pressure distributions around each model are analyzed according to the categorized results.The influence mechanisms of corner modifications on the aerodynamic characteristics of the square prism are revealed from the perspective of flow around the model, which can be obtained by analyzing the local pressures acting on the model surface.

THRUST GENERATION AND PROPULSIVE EFFICIENCY OF A BIOMIMETIC FOIL MOVING IN A LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER FLOW (저 레이놀즈 수에서 이동하는 생체모사익의 추력 생성 및 추진효율)

  • An, Sang-Joon;Choi, Jong-Hyeok;Maeng, Joo-Sung;Han, Cheol-Heui
    • Journal of computational fluids engineering
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.41-46
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    • 2010
  • In this paper, the fluid dynamic forces and performances of a moving airfoil in the low Reynolds number flow is addressed. In order to simulate the necessary propulsive force for the moving airfoil in a low Reynolds number flow, a lattice-Boltzmann method is used. The critical Reynolds and Strouhal numbers for the thrust generation are investigated for the four propulsion types. It was found that the Normal P&D type produces the largest thrust with the highest efficiency among the investigated types. The leading edge of the airfoil has an effect of deciding the force production types, whereas the trailing edge of the airfoil plays an important role in augmenting or reducing the instability produced by the leading edge oscillation. It is believed that present results can be used to decide the optimal propulsion types for the given Reynolds number flow.