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Simultaneous measurement of velocity fields of wind-blown sand and surrounding wind in an atmospheric boundary layer

  • Zhang W.;Wang Y.;Lee S. J.
    • 한국가시화정보학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.12a
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    • pp.11-16
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    • 2005
  • Saltation is the most important mechanism of wind-blown sand transport. Till now the interaction between wind and sand has not been fully understood. In this study the saltation of sand sample taken from Taklimakan desert was tested in a simulated atmospheric boundary layer. The captured particle images containing both the tracers for wind and saltating sand, were separated by a digital phase mask technique. Both PIV and PTV methods were employed to extract the velocity fields of wind and the dispersed sand particles, respectively. The mean streamwise wind velocity field and turbulent statistics with and without sand transportation were compared, revealing the effect of the moving sand on the wind field. This study is helpful to understand the interaction between wind and blown sand (in saltation), and provide reliable experimental data fur evaluating numerical models.

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Characteristics of Accelerations in Turbulent Channel Flow (난류 채널 유동에서의 가속도 특성)

  • Yeo, Kyong-Min;Lee, Chang-Hoon
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2003.04a
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    • pp.1801-1805
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    • 2003
  • The intermittent characteristics of fluid particle accelerations near the wall are investigated with the higher-order statistics and the probability density functions (PDF) by using a direct numerical simulation of turbulent channel flow. Also, the behaviors of acceleration associated with the coherent structures are discussed. The flatness factor of wall-normal acceleration is extremely high near the wall and it exceeds the previously reported value obtained in isotropic turbulence. The presence of the wall seems to make the accelerations more intermittent and the associated mechanism is explained with the PDFs. The skewness factor of wall-normal acceleration indicates that accelerations are associated with the streamwise vortices.

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Visualization of Pollutant Dispersion over Hilly Terrain (산지 지형에서의 오염물질 확산에 관한 가시화 연구)

  • Kil Tae-Ho;Lee Choung Mook;Lee Sang-Joon
    • 한국가시화정보학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.47-50
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    • 2003
  • The wind flow and pollutant dispersion over a two-dimensional sinusoidal hilly obstacle with slope (the ratio of height to half width) of 0.7 have been investigated experimentally and numerically. Flow over a single sinusoidal hill model was visualized in a subsonic wind tunnel. The mean velocity profiles, turbulence statistics, and pollutant concentration distribution were measured at the Reynolds number based on the obstacle height (H=40mm) oft $2.6\times10^4$. Experimental results for flow over a flat ground were agreed with the theoretical and numerical results. When a pollutant source is located behind the hilly terrain, the pollutant dispersion appeared even in the upstream region due to recirculation flow.

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Analysis on random vibration of a non-linear system in flying vehicle due to stochastic disturbances (불규칙 교란을 받는 비행체에 장착된 비선형 시스템의 난진동 해석)

  • 구제선
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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    • v.14 no.6
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    • pp.1426-1435
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    • 1990
  • Dynamic behaviour of point tracking system mounted on flying vehicle shaking in a random manner is investigated and the system dynamic is represented by nonlinear stochastic equations. 2-D.O.F. nonlinear stochastic equations are successfully transformed to linear stochastic equations via equivalent linearization procedure in stochastic sense. Newly developed hybrid technique is used to obtain response statistics of the system under non-white random excitation, which is proved to be remarkably accurate one by performing stochastic simulation.

Maximum drag reduction in turbulent channel flow by polymer additives (난류 채널 유동에서 폴리머 첨가제에 의한 최대 항력감소)

  • Min Taegee;Choi Haecheon;Yoo Jung Yul
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2002.08a
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    • pp.475-478
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    • 2002
  • Maximum drag reduction (MDR) in turbulent channel flow by polymer additives is studied by direct numerical simulation. An Oldroyd-B model is adopted to express the polymer stress because it is believed that MDR is closely related to the elasticity of the polymeric liquids. The Reynolds number based on the bulk velocity and the channel height is 40000. MDR in the present study is $44{\%}$ and this is in a good agreement with the Virk's asymptote. Turbulence statistics are also in good agreements with the experimental observation. In the 'large drag reduction', the decrease of turbulent kinetic energy is compensated by the increase of energy transfer from the polymer to the flow. Therefore, MDR is a dynamic equilibrium state of the energy transfer between the polymer and the flow.

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SPIV Flow Analysis of Turbulent Jet with Triangular Multi-Tabs (삼각형 멀티 탭이 부착된 난류제트에 대한 SPIV 유동해석 연구)

  • Jang Young Gil;Lee Sang Joon
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.29 no.5 s.236
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    • pp.561-567
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    • 2005
  • The effect of triangular multi-tabs attached at the perimeter of jet nozzle on flow structure in the near field was investigated experimentally. A stereoscopic PIV(SPIV) system was employed to measure three orthogonal velocity components of the 3-D turbulent jet. In this study, two different types of sharp-edged jet nozzle having 4, 8 tabs were tested at the Reynolds number of Re=10,000. SPIV measurements were carried out at 5 cross-sectional planes. Six hundred instantaneous velocity fields were measured for each experimental condition and they were ensemble averaged to get spatial distributions of turbulent statistics such as mean velocity and turbulence intensity. Entrainment rate of surrounding fluid into the tabbed jets was estimated using the measured 3-D velocity field data. The strong vortex structure was induced for the jet flow with 4 tabs, increasing entrainment rate.

Approximate Coordinate Transformations for Simulation of Turbulent Flows with Wall Deformation

  • Kang, Sangmo
    • Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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    • v.16 no.5
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    • pp.703-709
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    • 2002
  • In the present paper, approximate coordinate transformations for simulation of turbulent flows with wall deformation, significantly reducing computational cost with little degradation in numerical accuracy, are presented. The Wavier-Stokes equations are coordinate-transformed with an approximation of Tailor-series truncation. The performance is evaluated by performing numerical simulations of a channel flow at Re$\sub$$\tau$/ = 140 with active wall motions of η$\sub$m/$\^$+/ $\leq$5. The approximate transformations provide flow structures as well as turbulence statistics in good agreement with those from a complete transformation [Phys. Fluids 12, 3301 (2000) ] and allow 25-30% savings in the CPU time as compared to the complete one.

Lagrangian Investigation of Turbulent Channel Flow (I) - An Assessment of Particle Tracking Algorithms - (난류채널유동의 라그란지안 해석 (I)- 입자추적 알고리듬 평가 -)

  • Choi, Jung-Il;Lee, Chang-Hoon
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.27 no.7
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    • pp.859-866
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    • 2003
  • The Lagrangian dispserion of fluid particles in inhomogeneous turbulence is investigated by a direct numerical simulation of turbulent channel flow. Fluid particle velocity and acceleration along a particle trajectory are computed by employing several interpolation schemes such as linear interpolation, high-order Lagrange polynomial interpolation and the Hermite interpolation schemes. The performances of the schemes are evaluated through comparison of errors in computed particle positions, velocities and accelerations against spectral interpolation. Adopting the four-point Hermite interpolation in the homogeneous directions and Chebyshev polynomials in the wall-normal direction appears to produce most reliable Lagrangian statistics including acceleration correlations with a reasonable amount of computational overhead.

Large Eddy Simulation of Turbulent flow around a Square Cylinder (대형 와 모사법 (LES)을 이용한 사각 실린더 주위의 난류 유동장 해석)

  • Chun, Ho-Hwan;Jung, Kwang-Hyo;Yoon, Hyun-Sik
    • Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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    • v.43 no.6 s.150
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    • pp.675-682
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    • 2006
  • This study has investigated the turbulent flow around a square cylinder by using LES (large eddy simulation). Numerical simulations are performed for turbulent flow fields with Re = 22,000. The computed results are in good agreement with existing computational and experimental data. The time-averaged and phase-averaged turbulent statistics around a square cylinder are discussed. Total 20 phase bins extracted from one cycle period showed detailed wake structures of the phase-averaged flow field. The center of Karman vortex sheets did not deviated ${\pm}0.5$ from centerline of square cylinder while moving downstream.

Turbulent Flow Analysis and Drag Reduction by Riblet Surfaces (리블렛 표면을 이용한 난류 유동해석 및 마찰 저항감소)

  • 윤현식;구본국;전호환
    • Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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    • v.41 no.4
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    • pp.59-67
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    • 2004
  • Direct numerical simulations of turbulent flows over riblet-mounted surfaces are performed to educe the mechanism of drag reduction by riblets. Numerical simulations are performed for flow fields with R $e_$\tau$/=180. For riblet ridge angle $\alpha$=60$^{\circ}$, two different riblet spacings of $s^+/=20 and 40 are used in this study. The computed drag on the riblet surfaces is in good agreement with existing computational and experimental data. The mean velocity profiles show upward and downward shifts in the log-law for drag-decreasing and drag-increasing cases, respectively Turbulence statistics above the riblets are computed and compared with those above a flat plate. The purpose of this study is in two categories: first, to understand the drag reduction mechanism on riblet surface, second, to verify our own code by comparison of the present results with those from previous studies.udies.