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Regulation of Star Formation in Turbulent, Multiphase Interstellar Media

  • Kim, Chang-Goo;Kim, Woong-Tae;Ostriker, Eve C.
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.35 no.1
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    • pp.66.1-66.1
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    • 2010
  • Using two-dimensional numerical hydrodynamic simulations, we investigate the star formation rate (SFR) in turbulent, multiphase, galactic gaseous disks. Our simulation domain is axisymmetric, and local in the radial direction and global in the vertical direction. Our models include galactic rotation, vertical density stratification, self-gravity, radiative heating and cooling, and thermal conduction, but do not include spiral-arm features. Turbulence in our models is driven by momentum feedback from supernova explosion events occurring in localized dense regions formed by thermal and gravitational instabilities. Self-consistent radiative heating, representing enhanced/reduced FUV photons from the star formation, is also taken into account. By controlling three parameters (the gas surface density, the stellar disk density, and the angular rotation rate) that characterize local galactic disks, we explore how the SFR depends on the background environmental state. We also discuss the relation between the SFR and the gas surface density found in our numerical models in comparison with observations.

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Computer Simulation of Quench-Hardening of Alloy Steel for Structural Purposes by the Modified Finite Difference Method (개량차분법에 의한 임의의 형상의 열처리제품의 급냉경화 해석)

  • Kim, K.S.;Song, Y.B.;Hong, C.P.
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Heat Treatment
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.11-16
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    • 1989
  • Understanding and control of thermal history of heat-treated components are very important in heat treating process. A computer program was developed for prediction of thermal history in quenching process with various cooling media and agitation conditions. Computer simulation of heat flow in quenching treatment of spur gear of SCM 22 H was carried out by two and three dimensional finite difference method. Distributions of microstructure and hardness in heat-treated spur gear were predicted by computer simulation, and the results showed a good agreement with the experiments. It was concluded that the

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Numerical Simulations of the Moisture Movement in Unsaturated Bentonite Under a Thermal Gradient

  • Park, J.W.;K. Chang;Kim, C.L.
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.33 no.1
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    • pp.62-72
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    • 2001
  • The one-dimensional finite element program was developed to analyze the coupled behavior of heat, moisture, and air transfer in unsaturated porous media. By using this program, the simulation results were compared with those from the laboratory infiltration tests under isothermal condition and temperature gradient condition, respectively. The discrepancy of water uptake was found in the upper region of a bentonite sample under isothermal condition between numerical simulation and laboratory experiment. This indicated that air pressure was built up in the bentonite sample which could retard the infiltration velocity of liquid. In order to consider the swelling phenomena of compacted bentonite which cause the discrepancy of the distribution of water content and temperature, swelling and shrinkage factors were incorporated into the finite element formulation. It was found that these factors could be effective to represent the moisture diffusivity and unsaturated hydraulic conductivity due to volume change of bentonite sample.

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A Study on the Hydraulic and Heat Transfer Characteristics for the Wire-woven Bulk Kagome(WBK) Composed of Aluminum Helix Wires (알루미늄 나선형 와이어로 직조된 다층 Kagome truss PCM의 유동 및 열전달 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Joo, Jai-Hwang;Kang, Bo-Seon;Kang, Ki-Ju
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2007.05b
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    • pp.2061-2066
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    • 2007
  • Recently, ultra-lightweight materials with open, periodic cell structures take much attention owing to its potential for multi-functionality such as load bearing, thermal dissipation, and actuation. This paper presents experimental results on the hydraulic and heat transfer characteristics for the Wire-woven Bulk Kagome(WBK) composed of aluminum 1100 wires. The overall pressure drop and heat transfer of the WBK specimen have been experimentally investigated under forced air convection condition. The pressure loss and heat transfer performance of the aluminum WBK are compared with other heat dissipation media. It was shown that heat transfer depended on relative density and surface area density. Comparison with metal foams and other heat dissipation media such as packed beds, lattice frame materials, louvered fins, and other materials suggests that the aluminum WBK competes favorably with the best available heat dissipation media in heat transfer performance.

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Effect of microwave irradiation on lipase-catalyzed reactions in ionic liquids

  • An, Gwangmin;Kim, Young Min;Koo, Yoon-Mo;Ha, Sung Ho
    • Analytical Science and Technology
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    • v.30 no.3
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    • pp.138-145
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    • 2017
  • Microwave-assisted organic synthesis has gained a remarkable interest over the past years because of its advantages - (i) rapid energy transfer and superheating, (ii) higher yield and rapid reaction, (iii) cleaner reactions. Ionic liquids are well known for their unique properties such as negligible vapor pressure and high thermal stability. With these properties, ionic liquids have gained increasing attention as green, multi-use reaction media. Recently, ionic liquids have been applied as reaction media for biocatalysis. Lipase-catalyzed reactions in ionic liquids provide high activity and yield compared to conventional organic solvents or solvent free system. Since polar molecules are generally good absorbent to microwave radiation, ionic liquids were investigated as reaction media to improve activity and productivity. In this study, therefore, the effect of microwave irradiation in ionic liquids was investigated on lipase catalyzed reactions such as benzyl acetate synthesis and caffeic acid phenethyl ester synthesis. Comparing to conventional heating, microwave heating showed almost the same final conversion but increased initial reaction rate (3.03 mM/min) compared to 2.11 mM/min in conventional heating at $50^{\circ}C$.

A Study on the Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer Characteristics for the Wire-woven Bulk Kagome(WBK) Composed of Aluminum Helix Wires (알루미늄 나선형 와이어로 직조된 다층 Kagome Truss PCM의 유동 및 열전달 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Joo, Jai-Hwang;Kang, Bo-Seon;Kang, Ki-Ju
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.15-22
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    • 2008
  • Recently, ultra-lightweight materials with open, periodic cell structures take much attention owing to its potential for multi-functionality such as load bearing, thermal dissipation, and actuation. This paper presents experimental results on the fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics for the Wire-woven Bulk Kagome (WBK) composed of aluminum 1100 wires. The overall pressure drop and heat transfer of the WBK specimen was experimentally investigated under forced air convection condition. The pressure loss and heat transfer performance of the aluminum WBK were compared with other heat dissipation media. It was shown that heat transfer characteristics depended on relative density and surface area density. Comparison with metal foams and other heat dissipation media such as packed beds, lattice frame materials, louvered fins, and others suggests that the aluminum WBK competes favorably with the best available heat dissipation media in heat transfer performance.

Annealing Effect of Co/Pd Multilayers on Magnetic Properties During Interdifusion

  • Kim, Jai-Young;Jan E. Evetts
    • Journal of Magnetics
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    • v.2 no.4
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    • pp.147-156
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    • 1997
  • An artificially modulated magnetic Co/Pd multilayer is one of the promising candidates for high density magneto-optic (MO) recording media, due to a large Kerr rotation angle in the wavelength of a blue laser beam. However, since multilayer structure, as well as amorphous structure, is a non-equilibrium state in terms of free energy and a MO recording technology is a kind of thermal recording which is conducted around Curie temperature (Tc) of the recording media, when the Co/Pd mulilayer is used for the MO recording media, changes in the magnetic properties are occurred as the amorphous structure do. Therefore, the assessment of the magnetic properties in the Co/Pd multilayer during interdiffusion is crucially important both for basic research and applications. As the parameter of the magnetic properties in this research, saturation magnetization and perpendicular magnetic anisotropy energy of the Co/Pd multilayer are measured in terms of Ar sputtering pressure and heat treatment temperature. Form the results of the research, we find out that the magnetic exchange energy between Co and Pd sublayers strongly affects the changes in the magnetic properties of the Co/Pd multilayers during the interdiffusion in ferromagnetic state. This discovery will provide the understanding of the magnetic exchange energy in the Co/Pd multilayer structure and suggest the operating temperature range for MO recording in the Co/Pd multilayer for the basic research and applications, respectively.

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Two-Phase Flow Field Simulation of Horizontal Steam Generators

  • Rabiee, Ataollah;Kamalinia, Amir Hossein;Hadad, Kamal
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.49 no.1
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    • pp.92-102
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    • 2017
  • The analysis of steam generators as an interface between primary and secondary circuits in light water nuclear power plants is crucial in terms of safety and design issues. VVER-1000 nuclear power plants use horizontal steam generators which demand a detailed thermal hydraulics investigation in order to predict their behavior during normal and transient operational conditions. Two phase flow field simulation on adjacent tube bundles is important in obtaining logical numerical results. However, the complexity of the tube bundles, due to geometry and arrangement, makes it complicated. Employment of porous media is suggested to simplify numerical modeling. This study presents the use of porous media to simulate the tube bundles within a general-purpose computational fluid dynamics code. Solved governing equations are generalized phase continuity, momentum, and energy equations. Boundary conditions, as one of the main challenges in this numerical analysis, are optimized. The model has been verified and tuned by simple two-dimensional geometry. It is shown that the obtained vapor volume fraction near the cold and hot collectors predict the experimental results more accurately than in previous studies.

Aspect Ratio Behavior of Grinding Particles with Variation of Particle Size by Wet Grinding (습식분쇄에 의한 입자크기 변화에 따른 분쇄입자의 종횡비 거동)

  • Choi, Jin Sam
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.30 no.5
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    • pp.223-230
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    • 2020
  • As a case study on aspect ratio behavior, Kaolin, zeolite, TiO2, pozzolan and diatomaceous earth minerals are investigated using wet milling with 0.3 mm media. The grinding process using small media of 0.3 pai is suitable for current work processing applications. Primary particles with average particle size distribution D50, ~6 ㎛ are shifted to submicron size, D50 ~0.6 ㎛ after grinding. Grinding of particles is characterized by various size parameters such as sphericity as geometric shape, equivalent diameter, and average particle size distribution. Herein, we systematically provide an overview of factors affecting the primary particle size reduction. Energy consumption for grinding is determined using classical grinding laws, including Rittinger's and Kick's laws. Submicron size is obtained at maximum frictional shear stress. Alterations in properties of wettability, heat resistance, thermal conductivity, and adhesion increase with increasing particle surface area. In the comparison of the aspect ratio of the submicron powder, the air heat conductivity and the total heat release amount increase 68 % and 2 times, respectively.

Thermal Flow Analysis of an Engine Room using a Porous Media Model for Imitating Flow Rate Reduction at Outlet of Industrial Machines (다공성 매질 모델 기반 출구유량 감소 모사 기법을 이용한 산업기계용 엔진룸 열유동해석)

  • Choi, Yo Han;Yoo, Il Hoon;Lee, Chul-Hee
    • Journal of Drive and Control
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.62-68
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    • 2022
  • Considering the characteristics of industrial machines that lack vehicle-induced wind, forced convection by a cooling fan is mostly required. Therefore, numerical analysis of an engine room is usually performed to examine the cooling performance in the room. However, most engine rooms consist of a number of parts and components at specific positions, leading to high costs for numerical modeling and simulation. In this paper, a new methodology for three-dimensional computer-assisted design simplification was proposed, especially for the pile of components and parts at the engine room outlet. A porous media model and regression analysis were used to derive a meta-model for imitating the flow rate reduction at the outlet by the pile. The results showed that the fitted model was reasonable considering the coefficient of determination. The final numerical model of the engine room was then used to simulate the velocity distribution by changing the mass flow rate at the outlet. The results showed that both velocity distributions were significantly changed in each case and the meta-model was valid in imitating the flow rate reduction by some piles of components and parts.