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A four-variable plate theory for thermal vibration of embedded FG nanoplates under non-uniform temperature distributions with different boundary conditions

  • Barati, Mohammad Reza;Shahverdi, Hossein
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.60 no.4
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    • pp.707-727
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    • 2016
  • In this paper, thermal vibration of a nonlocal functionally graded (FG) plates with arbitrary boundary conditions under linear and non-linear temperature fields is explored by developing a refined shear deformation plate theory with an inverse cotangential function in which shear deformation effect was involved without the need for shear correction factors. The material properties of FG nanoplate are considered to be temperature-dependent and graded in the thickness direction according to the Mori-Tanaka model. On the basis of non-classical higher order plate model and Eringen's nonlocal elasticity theory, the small size influence was captured. Numerical examples show the importance of non-uniform thermal loadings, boundary conditions, gradient index, nonlocal parameter and aspect and side-to-thickness ratio on vibrational responses of size-dependent FG nanoplates.

Micro Propulsion under High Altitude Space Environments (우주진공환경에서의 마이크로 추진)

  • Jung, Sung-Chul;Huh, Hwan-Il
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.03b
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    • pp.405-408
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    • 2008
  • From the previous researches about flow characteristic of micro-nozzle, we found that viscosity and back pressure induced heavy losses in micro nozzle. To overcome thess losses, we began to study new conceptual micro propulsion system that is thermal transpiration based micro propulsion system. It has no moving parts and can pump the gaseous propellant by temperature gradient only (cold to hot). Most of previous research on thermal transpiration is in its early stage and mainly studied for application to small vacuum facility or gas chromatography in ambient condition using nanoporous material like aerogel. In this study, we focus on basic research of propulsion system based on thermal transpiration using polyimide material in vacuum conditions.

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A Study on the Behavior of P.C. Box Girder Bridge for Temperature Gradients (온도 구배에 대한 P.C. 상자형 교량의 거동연구)

  • 손기훈;이성우
    • Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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    • 1998.10a
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    • pp.159-166
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    • 1998
  • To study temperature effect of P.C. box girder bridge, field measurement was performed for six months, along with thermal analysis for the newly constructed viaduct of Gangbyun Highway in Seoul. Thermocouples were installed inside and surface of the flange and web of the box and temperature of box section md ambient temperature was measured. Measured environmental data are incorporated in finite element thermal analysis and computed temperature of the section was compared with measured one. Temperature gradient from thermal analysis was compared with Korean Highway Specification(1996)and the New Zealand Ministry of Works and Development code(1976). Thermal stress distribution across the box section was also compared.

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Thermal Analysis Associated with the Application of Pipte Cooling System to a massive Concrete Structure (매스콘크리트 구조물에서 파이프쿨링을 고려한 수화열 해석)

  • 김상철;이두재;김재권;강석화;김진근
    • Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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    • 1998.10b
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    • pp.922-927
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    • 1998
  • Pipe cooling has been popularly used in the mass concreting work to reduce temperature of the structure since it is known to be the easiest way to apply and has been the customary usage. But wrong application of the system results in the harmful effect on the structure by crack formation due to thermal shocks and improper cooling schemes. Thus, this study aims at the suppling of effective cooling methods through parametric study. For this, circulating method, velocity of water supply and circulating duration were selected as critical factors affecting the effectiveness of cooling system. As a results of thermal analysis, it was found that too much thermal gradient in the vicinity of the pipe creates localized radial or circumferential cracks. The duration of circulating cooling may be recommended to be as short as several days which may safely reduce the concrete temperature to below a final stable value. It was also found that pipe cooling is more effective to decrease the degree external restraints than internal one.

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Study on Long-term Deterioration Properties of Porcelain Insulators with Aluminous System (알루미나계 자기애자의 장기 피로특성에 관한 연구)

  • Han, Se-Won;Cho, Han-Goo;Lee, Dong-Il;Cho, In-Hyuk
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2005.07a
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    • pp.562-563
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    • 2005
  • In case of aged porcelain, the failure in basic performance tests happened in cool-heat tests. Based on this characteristic, we studied the method predicting failure phenomena through more severe accelerated cool-heat ageing and accelerating thermal mechanical performance tests. Test results indicated that the thermal stress by temperature gradient was more severe parameter than thermal stress by quenching cycles within a category of standard or accelerating methods. And there is no the deterioration of statistic strength, but the deterioration of strength according to accelerating tests is serious.

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Optimal Design of a Heat Sink using the Sequential Approximate Optimization Algorithm (순차적 근사최적화 기법을 이용한 방열판 최적설계)

  • Park Kyoungwoo;Choi Dong-Hoon
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.16 no.12
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    • pp.1156-1166
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    • 2004
  • The shape of plate-fin type heat sink is numerically optimized to acquire the minimum pressure drop under the required temperature rise. In constrained nonlinear optimization problems of thermal/fluid systems, three fundamental difficulties such as high computational cost for function evaluations (i.e., pressure drop and thermal resistance), the absence of design sensitivity information, and the occurrence of numerical noise are commonly confronted. Thus, a sequential approximate optimization (SAO) algorithm has been introduced because it is very hard to obtain the optimal solutions of fluid/thermal systems by means of gradient-based optimization techniques. In this study, the progressive quadratic response surface method (PQRSM) based on the trust region algorithm, which is one of sequential approximate optimization algorithms, is used for optimization and the heat sink is optimized by combining it with the computational fluid dynamics (CFD).

Thermal radiation and some physical combined effects on an asymmetric peristaltically vertical channel of nanofluid flow

  • Amira S. Awaad;Zakaria M. Gharsseldien
    • Advances in nano research
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    • v.16 no.6
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    • pp.579-591
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    • 2024
  • This study explained the effects of radiation, magnetic field, and nanoparticle shape on the peristaltic flow of an Upper-Convected Maxwell nanofluid through a porous medium in an asymmetric channel for a better understanding of cooling and heating mechanisms in the presence of magnetic fields. These phenomena are modeled mathematically as a system of non-linear differential equations, that are solved under long-wavelength approximation and low Reynolds number conditions using the perturbation method. The results for nanofluid and temperature described the behavior of the pumping characteristics during their interaction with (the vertical position, thermal radiation, the shape of the nanoparticle, and the magnetic field) analytically and explained graphically. Also, the combined effects of thermal radiation parameters and some physical parameters on pressure rise, pressure gradient, velocity, and heat distribution are pointed out. Qualitatively, a reverse velocity appears with combined high radiation and Grashof number or combined high radiation and low volume flow rate. At high radiation, the spherical nanoparticle shape has the greatest effect on heat distribution.

Influence of a isolator in supersonic nozzle on thermal choking (초음속 노즐의 분리부가 열폐색에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Sangwoo;Kim, Youngcheol;Kim, Jangwoo
    • Journal of Energy Engineering
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.237-242
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    • 2012
  • This study presents numerical solutions of the two-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations for supersonic unsteady flow in a convergent-divergent nozzle with a isolator. The TVD scheme in generalized coordinates is employed in order to calculate the moving shock waves caused by thermal choking. We discuss on transient characteristics, unstart phenomena, fluctuations of specific thrust caused by thermal choking and effects of isolator. The adverse pressure gradient caused by heat addition brings about separation of the wall boundary layers and formation of the oblique shock wave that proceed to upstream. The proceeding speed of the oblique shock wave to upstream direction for the convergent-divergent nozzle with isolator is lower than that for the nozzle without isolator.

Measurement of effective thermal conductivity and permeability on aluminum foam metal (알루미늄 발포금속의 유효열전도도와 침투율의 측정)

  • 백진욱;강병하;김서영;현재민
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.185-192
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    • 1999
  • Effective thermal conductivities and pressure-drop-related properties of aluminum foam metals have been measured. The effects of porosity and cell size in the aluminum foam metal are investigated in detail. The porosity of the foam metal, considered in the present study, varies from 0.89 to 0.96 and the cell size from 0.65㎜ to 2.5㎜. The effective thermal conductivity is evaluated by comparing the temperature gradient of the foam metal with that of the thermal conductivity-known material. The pressure drop in the foam metal is measured by a highly precise electric manometer while air is flowing through the aluminum foam metal in the channel. The results obtained indicate that the effective thermal conductivities are found to be increased with a decrease in the porosity while the effective thermal conductivities ire little affected by the cell size at a fixed porosity. However, the pressure drop is strongly affected by the cell size as well as the porosity. It is seen that the pressure drop is increased as the cell size becomes smaller, as expected. The minimum pressure drop is obtained in the porosity 0.94 at a fixed cell size. A new correlation of the pressure drop is proposed based on the permeability and Ergun's coefficient for the aluminum foam metal.

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