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The effect of air-shafts on reducing the pressure fluctuations in the tunnel with small cross sectional area on conventional line (소단면 기존 철도터널에서 통풍공 개수에 따른 터널내 풍압변동 저감효과에 대한 연구)

  • 김동현;강부병;이재환;신민호;이성욱
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2000.11a
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    • pp.382-389
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    • 2000
  • The purpose of present study is to investigate for reducing pressure fluctuations in tile case of installing tile air-shafts on the side wall of the tunnel with small cross-sectional area on conventional line. Experiments were performed with a 1/61-scale moving model rig for the tunnel of 0.764km length in the condition of tunnel cross-section area of 28 ㎡ According to the results, the maximum pressure fluctuation is reduced by 45% for 19 air-shafts. This results have the speed-up effects of about 33.4km/h for the train running in tunnel.

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

  • Kom, Sung-Joon;Ryu, Jin-Woong
    • Journal of Industrial Technology
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    • v.23 no.A
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    • pp.9-13
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    • 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.

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Experimental Investigations of Accuracy Improvement in Wind Tunnel Testing Using Design of Experiments (실험설계법 기반 풍동실험 정밀도 향상 실험연구)

  • Oh, Se-Yoon;Park, Seung-O;Ahn, Seung-Ki
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.42 no.4
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    • pp.291-297
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    • 2014
  • A Design of Experiments(DOE) approach to an experimental study of fuselage drag and stability characteristics of a helicopter configuration was applied to achieve an accuracy improvement in the wind tunnel testing. The impact of blocking the test was assessed by comparing the ANOVA table for the blocked and unblocked cases. For a second-order response model, the role of blocking resulted in a substantial increase in the accuracy of test results. These accuracy improvement could be achieved through randomization, blocking, and replication of the data points i.e. a re-ordering of the test sequence where the data were acquired.

An Experimental Study for Construction of Static Aerodynamics Database of KF-16 based on Design of Experiments (KF-16의 DOE기반 정적 공력 데이터베이스 구축을 위한 실험적 연구)

  • Jin, Hyeon;Shim, Ho-Joon;Lee, Don-Goo;Ahn, Jae-Myung;Choi, Han-Lim;Oh, Se-Yoon
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.43 no.5
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    • pp.422-431
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    • 2015
  • Wind tunnel testing to construct static aerodynamic database of KF-16 was conducted for preceding research of design of experiments in wind tunnel testing. The test model is KF-16 scaled 1/33 and it has horizontal tail, flaperon, and rudder. The experiments consist of one experiment for analyzing aerodynamic coefficients under whether or not horizontal tail is present and four experiments for analyzing aerodynamic coefficients of changes of deflection angle in control surface which are flap, flaperon, rudder, and horizontal tail. After conducting wind tunnel testing, the experimental results show that the control surface changes have a great effect on Aerodynamic characteristics.

A Back Analysis Study for the Assessment of Tunnel Lining Safety Using Numerical Analysis Model (수치해석 기법을 이용한 터널 라이닝 안전성 평가에 관한 역해석 연구)

  • 박치현;김창용;이희근
    • Tunnel and Underground Space
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.296-305
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    • 1999
  • In ordinary back analysis it if hardly possible to obtain the mechanical properties of tunnel lining by using commonly measured displacements of tunnel lining, because only a few displacements could be measured at the site. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a new method which can evaluate the state of stresses of tunnel by using measured data. In this study, in order to assess tunnel lining stability by estimating its stresses with a few measured displacements, a formulation of back analysis method was proposed. The accuracy of results were investigated through the parametric study for several types of measurement model of two dimensional elastic lining. This new back analysis method to assess tunnel lining stresses and strains with a few numbers of measured displacements showed high accuracy and good applicability when compared to the results of numerical experiments by FEM. The method has been tested on subway tunnel and its applicability has been confirmed by comparing field and analytical data. It is verified that the stress on the tunnel lining can be obtained by only more than 3 point of input displacements without any condition of external loads.

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Navier-Stokes Analysis of Pitching Delta Wings in a Wind Tunnel

  • Lee, Yung-Gyo
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.28-38
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    • 2001
  • A numerical method for the assessment and correction of tunnel wall interference effects on forced-oscillation testing is presented. The method is based on the wall pressure signature method using computed wall pressure distributions. The wall pressure field is computed using unsteady three-dimensional full Navier-Stokes solver for a 70-degree pitching delta wing in a wind tunnel. Approximately-factorized alternate direction implicit (AF-ADI) scheme is advanced in time by solving block tri-diagonal matrices. The algebraic Baldwin-Lomax turbulence, model is included to simulate the turbulent flow effect. Also, dual time sub-iteration with, local, time stepping is implemented to improve the convergence. The computed wall pressure field is then imposed as boundary conditions for Euler re-simulation to obtain the interference flow field. The static computation shows good agreement with experiments. The dynamic computation demonstrates reasonable physical phenomena with a good convergence history. The effects of the tunnel wall in upwash and blockage are analyzed using the computed interference flow field for several reduced frequencies and amplitudes. The corrected results by pressure signature method agree well with the results of free air conditions.

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Wind tunnel modeling of flow over mountainous valley terrain

  • Li, C.G.;Chen, Z.Q.;Zhang, Z.T.;Cheung, J.C.K.
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.275-292
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    • 2010
  • Wind tunnel experiments were conducted to investigate the wind characteristics in the mountainous valley terrain with 4 simplified valley models and a 1:500 scale model of an existing valley terrain in the simulated atmospheric neutral boundary layer model. Measurements were focused on the mean wind flow and longitudinal turbulence intensity. The relationship between hillside slopes and the velocity speed-up effect were studied. By comparing the preliminary results obtained from the simplified valley model tests and the existing terrain model test, some fundamental information was obtained. The measured results indicate that it is inappropriate to describe the mean wind velocity profiles by a power law using the same roughness exponent along the span wise direction in the mountainous valley terrain. The speed-up effect and the significant change in wind direction of the mean flow were observed, which provide the information necessary for determining the design wind speed such as for a long-span bridge across the valley. The longitudinal turbulence intensity near the ground level is reduced due to the speed-up effect of the valley terrain. However, the local topographic features of a more complicated valley terrain may cause significant perturbation to the general wind field characteristics in the valley.

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
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    • v.46 no.10
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    • pp.798-805
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    • 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.

A Study of Smoke Movement in a Short Tunnel (짧은 터널 내의 연기거동에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Sung-Chan;Ryou, Hong-Sun;Kim, Chung-Ik;Hong, Ki-Bae
    • Tunnel and Underground Space
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.31-36
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    • 2002
  • This paper concerns smoke propagation in tunnel fires with various size of fire source. Experiments carried out in model tunnel and those results were compared with numerical results. The Froude scaling law was used to scale model tests for comparison with larger scale tests. In order to validate for numerical analysis, temperature distribution of predicted data was compared with measured data. Examining the temperature distribution, we found that smoke layer does not come down under 50% of tunnel heights for a short tunnel heights for a short tunnel firs without ventilation. Front velocity of smoke layer is proportional to the cube root of heat release rate. And it is in good agreement with existing empirical expression and numerical prediction. In a short tunnel fire, horizontal propagation of smoke layer is more important than vertical smoke movement for evacuation plan.

A Study on the Pollutant Dispersion over a Mountain Valley Region (I) : Wind Tunnel Experiments (산악 계곡지형에서의 오염확산에 관한 연구(I) :풍동실험)

  • Yoo Seong-Yeon;Shim Woo-Sup;Kim Seogcheol
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.17 no.11
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    • pp.1050-1059
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    • 2005
  • Heat and $SF_6$ gas dispersions over a complex terrain were investigated using wind tunnel. The wind speed, temperature and concentration profiles were measured for the 1/1000 scale complicated terrain model in an Eiffel type boundary layer wind tunnel with test section of 2.5m in height and 4.5m in width. The scale model was mounted on the top of a plate which can rotate with respect to the approaching wind. Dispersion processes from a continuous emission source driven by various wind direction were investigated, including plume climbing over the steep up-slope of the mountain and down-spreading toward the lower level of the valley. Extensive dispersion experiment data (wind speeds and concentration profiles) were provided for verification and validation of dispersion models. Under the identical flow and emission conditions, the independently measured profiles of the temperature and $SF_6$ concentration showed an excellent agreement which ensured the credibility of the results.