• Title/Summary/Keyword: Tunnel Model Experiment

Search Result 218, Processing Time 0.03 seconds

Numerical Analysis of Wind Turbine Scale Effect by Using Computational Fluid Dynamics (전산유체역학을 이용한 풍력터빈 축소효과 수치해석)

  • Park, Young-Min;Chang, Byeong-Hee
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
    • /
    • 2006.06a
    • /
    • pp.269-272
    • /
    • 2006
  • Numerical analysis of wind turbine scale effect was performed by using computational fluid dynamics. For the numerical analysis of wind turbine. Three dimensional Navier-Stokes solver with various turbulence models was tested and realizable k-e turbulence model was selected for the simulation of wind turbines. To validate the present method, performance of NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) Phase VI wind turbine model was analyzed and compared with experiment and blind test data. Using the present method, numerical simulations for various size of wind tunnel model were carried out and characteristics were observed in detail. The power loss due to the interference between wind turbine and nacelle was also computed for relatively larger nacelle installation in wind tunnel test. The present results showed good correlations with experimental data and reasonable trends of scale effect of wind turbine.

  • PDF

Experiment with Axiom Propeller in Cavitation Tunnel

  • Seo, Kwang-Cheol
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
    • /
    • v.20 no.3
    • /
    • pp.296-303
    • /
    • 2014
  • The Axiom propeller is a unique 3 bladed propeller and it enables to generate the same amount of thrust going ahead as it does going astern because of its 's' type skew-symmetric blade section. A earlier variant of the design (Axiom I propeller) performed a low propeller efficiency, maximum 35 % efficiency, and further blade outline design was carried out to achieve a higher efficiency. The optimized new blade outline (Axiom II propeller) has more conventional Kaplan geometry shape than Axiom I propeller. Model tests of open water performance and propeller cavitation for both propellers were conducted at Emerson Cavitation Tunnel in order to compare their performances. Experiment results revealed that Axiom II propeller provides a maximum 53 % efficiency and provides better efficiency and cavitation performance over the Axiom I propeller under similar conditions.

Wind Force Coefficients Computation of Gantry Crane by Wind Tunnel Experiment and Structural Analysis of the Crane (풍동실험에 의한 갠트리 크레인의 풍력계수 산출과 구조 해석)

  • Lee, Jae-Hwan;Kim, Tae-Wan;Jang, In-Geun;Han, Soon-Hung
    • Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
    • /
    • v.48 no.2
    • /
    • pp.165-170
    • /
    • 2011
  • In this paper, wind force coefficient by wind tunnel experiment is obtained to compute the accurate wind force of the gantry crane model to be used for mobile harbor ship. The first crane model was tested under 20, 30, 40, 52m/s, partially 58m/s and the wind force coefficient is about 2.0 which is very close to the suggested theoretical value. The other is the more reliable crane model and tested under 20, 30, 40m/s also giving the similar realistic wind force coefficient. Also structural analysis of crane model was performed giving the reliable stress level. Since the rolling effect is important for mobile harbor ship, the safety of the crane on the ship needs to be guaranteed. For this, using the computed reaction forces, a tie-down design is suggested which connects the crane and ship to resist the turnover motion of the crane.

A Study on the Characteristics of an Optical Sensor Linear Fire Detection System with Miniature Model Fire Experiment (축소 모형실험을 통한 광센서 선형 화재 감지 시스템의 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Dong-Eun;Kim, Si-Kuk;Lee, Young-Sin;Lee, Chun-Ha;Lim, Woo-Sup
    • Fire Science and Engineering
    • /
    • v.30 no.2
    • /
    • pp.19-26
    • /
    • 2016
  • In this study, we conducted a low temperature operating test and miniature tunnel model test to study the fire detection capability and properties of an early fire detection system using an optical sensor linear detector that can be installed in harsh environments such as tunnel or utility-pipe conduits which are becoming the major and national infrastructure facilities. The test showed that the optical sensor linear detector was the only one functioned properly among five thermal detectors installed at a low temperature of $-20^{\circ}C$ for 5 days. To study were analyzed adaptability of optical sensor linear detector in the windy tunnel, the operating properties of the optical sensor linear detector when the wind velocity was varied between 0 m/s and 1 m/s in a miniature tunnel model. The temperature change was high when the wind velocity was 0 m/s.

The Analysis of Ventilation of Road Tunnel in Fire (도로터널 화재시의 환기분석)

  • Kom, Sung-Joon;Ryu, Jin-Woong
    • Journal of Industrial Technology
    • /
    • v.23 no.A
    • /
    • pp.9-13
    • /
    • 2003
  • Numerical experiments are done by a commercial code, PHOENICS to evaluate the backlayer phenomenon of smoke in case of the road tunnel fire. The independent and dependent variables are ventilation air velocity and the length of backlayer of smoke respectively. Hybrid scheme and ${\kappa}-{\varepsilon}$ turbulence model are adopted in the simulation process and mass residual is used as a convergence criterion. The experimental results say that the length of backlayer is reduced with the increase of ventilating air velocity and that there is a critical air velocity which prevents from the onset of backlayering phenomena. One finds that there is a fresh air region near the bottom of tunnel which could make the passenger escape safely from the polluted region by smoke. These phenomena come from the vertical stratification of the smoke air mixture in the tunnel.

  • PDF

Urban Model for Mean Flow and Turbulence (평균풍속 및 난류 예측을 위한 도심지 모델)

  • Kim, Byung-Gu;Lee, Chang-Hoon;Kim, Seog-Cheol;Jang, Dong-Du;Joo, Seok-Jun;Shim, Woo-Sup
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
    • /
    • 2007.05b
    • /
    • pp.2923-2928
    • /
    • 2007
  • The study of model for velocity and turbulence within the urban canopy was carried out. To evaluate existing urban model we conducted wind tunnel experiment and large-eddy simulation (LES). Mean velocity profile and turbulence are measured within simple three different obstacle arrays. To obtain supplemental data and to verify morphological model large-eddy simulation was performed. Several methods have been used to achieve embodying the flow field in urban area. Recently, morphological method obtaining flow parameters from the statistical or physical representation of obstacle elements is a arising method. It was found that all morphological model, evaluated in this study, over predict the friction velocity, most sensitive one among the flow parameters. Velocity and turbulence in the urban canopy layer were improved by the correction using 'true' friction velocity.

  • PDF

A Study on Adaptive Design of Experiment for Sequential Free-fall Experiments in a Shock Tunnel (충격파 풍동에서의 연속적 자유낙하 실험에 대한 적응적 실험 계획법 적용 연구)

  • Choi, Uihwan;Lee, Juseong;Song, Hakyoon;Sung, Taehyun;Park, Gisu;Ahn, Jaemyung
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
    • /
    • v.46 no.10
    • /
    • pp.798-805
    • /
    • 2018
  • This study introduces an adaptive design of experiment (DoE) approach for the hypersonic shock-tunnel testing. A series of experiments are conducted to model the pitch moment coefficient of a cone as the function of the angle of attack and the pitch rate. An algorithm to construct the trajectory of the test model from the images obtained by the high-speed camera is developed to effectively analyze multiple time series experimental data. An adaptive DoE procedure to determine the experimental point based on the analysis results of the past experiments using the algorithm is proposed.

Experimental study to determine the optimal tensile force of non-open cut tunnels using concrete modular roof method

  • Jung, Hyuk-Sang;Kim, Jin-Hwan;Yoon, Hwan-Hee;Sagong, Myung;Lee, Hyoung-Hoon
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
    • /
    • v.29 no.3
    • /
    • pp.229-236
    • /
    • 2022
  • In this study, a model experiment and field experiment was conducted to introduce the optimal tensile force when constructing a non-open cut tunnel according to the ground conditions of sandy soil. CMR (Concrete Modular Roof) method is economical because of the high precision and excellent durability, and corrosion resistance, and the inserted parts can be used as the main structure of a tunnel. In addition the CMR method has a stable advantage in interconnection because the concrete beam is press-fitted compared to the NTR (New Tubular Roof) method, and the need for quality control can be minimized. The ground conditions were corrected by adjusting the relative density of sandy soil during the construction of non-open cut tunnels, and after introducing various tensile forces, the surface settlement according to excavation was measured, and the optimal tensile force was derived. As a result of the experiment, the amount of settlement according to the relative density was found to be minor. Furthermore, analysis of each tensile force based on loose ground conditions resulted in an average decrease of approximately 22% in maximum settlement when the force was increased by 0.8 kN per segment. Considering these results, it is indicated that more than 2.0 kN tensile force per segment is recommended for settlement of the upper ground.

Wind load on irregular plan shaped tall building - a case study

  • Chakraborty, Souvik;Dalui, Sujit Kumar;Ahuja, Ashok Kumar
    • Wind and Structures
    • /
    • v.19 no.1
    • /
    • pp.59-73
    • /
    • 2014
  • This paper presents the results of wind tunnel studies and numerical studies on a '+' plan shaped tall building. The experiment was carried out in an open circuit wind tunnel on a 1:300 scale rigid model. The mean wind pressure coefficients on all the surfaces were studied for wind incidence angle of $0^{\circ}$ and $45^{\circ}$. Certain faces were subjected to peculiar pressure distribution due to irregular formation of eddies caused by the separation of wind flow. Moreover, commercial CFD packages of ANSYS were used to demonstrate the flow pattern around the model and pressure distribution on various faces. k-${\varepsilon}$ and SST viscosity models were used for numerical study to simulate the wind flow. Although there are some differences on certain wall faces, the numerical result is having a good agreement with the experimental results for both wind incidence angle.

Wind tunnel test of wind turbine in United States and Europe (미국과 유럽의 풍력터빈 풍동실험)

  • Chang, Byeong-Hee
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
    • /
    • 2005.06a
    • /
    • pp.42-46
    • /
    • 2005
  • In spite of fast growing of prediction codes, there is still not negligible uncertainty in their results. This uncertainty affects on the turbine structural design and power production prediction. With the growing size of wind turbine, reducing this uncertainty is becoming one of critical issues for high performance and efficient wind turbine design. In this respect, there are international efforts to evaluate and tune prediction codes of wind turbine. As the reference data for this purpose, field test data is not appropriate because of its uncontrollable wind characteristics and its inherent uncertainty. Wind tunnel can provide controllable wind. For this reason, NREL has done the full scale test of the 10m turbine at NASA-Ames. With this reference data, a blind comparison has been done with participation of 18 organizations with 19 modeling tools. The results were not favorable. In Europe, a similar project is going on. Nine organizations from five countries are participating in the MEXICO project to do full scale wind tunnel tests and calculation with prediction codes. In this study. these two projects were reviewed in respect of wind tunnel test and its contribution. As a conclusion, it is suggested that scale model wind tunnel tests can be a complementary tool to calculation codes which were evaluated worse than expected.

  • PDF