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Drag Prediction of Elliptic Airfoil (타원형 에어포일의 항력 예측)

  • Kim C. W.;Park Y. M.;Kwon K. J.;Lee J. Y.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2004.03a
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    • pp.23-26
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    • 2004
  • Drag prediction is sought for the aifoil having laminar and turbulent flow characteristics with CFD code being unable to predict transition to turbulent flow. Laminar flow simulation presents some insight to the transition position. Separate simulations with laminar and turbulent flow and their combination estimate the drag of the airfoil containing laminar and turbulent flow characteristics.

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THERMAL CONDUCTION IN MAGNETIZED TURBULENT GAS

  • CHO JUNGYEON;LAZARIAN A.
    • Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.37 no.5
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    • pp.557-562
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    • 2004
  • We discuss diffusion of particles in turbulent flows. In hydrodynamic turbulence, it is well known that distance between two particles imbedded in a turbulent flow exhibits a random walk behavior. The corresponding diffusion coefficient is ${\~}$ ${\upsilon}_{inj}{\iota}_{turb}$, where ${\upsilon}_{inj}$ is the amplitude of the turbulent velocity and ${\iota}_{turb}$ is the scale of the turbulent motions. It Is not clear whether or not we can use a similar expression for magnetohydrodynamic turbulence. However, numerical simulations show that mixing motions perpendicular to the local magnetic field are, up to high degree, hydrodynamical. This suggests that turbulent heat transport in magnetized turbulent fluid should be similar to that in non-magnetized one, which should have a diffusion coefficient ${\upsilon}_{inj}{\iota}_{turb}$. We review numerical simulations that support this conclusion. The application of this idea to thermal conductivity in clusters of galaxies shows that this mechanism may dominate the diffusion of heat and may be efficient enough to prevent cooling flow formation when turbulence is vigorous.

Numerical simulations of turbulent flow on the pool and weir type fishway and analysis of ascending possibility of fishes (계단식 어도의 난류흐름 수치해석 및 어류 소상 가능성 분석)

  • Kwon, Yong-Joon;Ryu, Yonguk;Kim, Hyung Suk
    • Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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    • v.56 no.spc1
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    • pp.1037-1048
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    • 2023
  • Fishways are constructed to ensure the fish migration because river-crossing structures such as dams and weirs cut off the stream longitudinal connectivity and influence on aquatic ecosystems. However, the passage efficiency of fishes varies depending on flow characteristics in the fishway and fish species. In this study, three-dimensional numerical simulations are carried out using a RANS model and the volume of fluid method for resolving free surface fluctuations to calculate the turbulent flow in the pool and weir type fishway. The Flow velocity and turbulent kinetic energy in the pool of fishway are analyzed according to variation of the upstream water level and the length of pool. The present numerical simulations reasonably well reproduce the stream flow and plunging flow characteristics in the pool. The simulation results show that the stream flow changes to the plunging flow as the length of the pool increases. When the upstream level increases, the stream flow becomes more evident. Key parameters related to the fish migration within the fishway such as the flow velocity and the turbulent kinetic energy are examined to assess the ascending possibility of fishes.

TURBULENT FLOW AROUND AN INCLINED SQUARE CYLINDER (기울어진 정방형 실린더를 지나는 난류 유동)

  • Yoon, Dong-Hyeog;Yang, Kyung-Soo
    • Journal of computational fluids engineering
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.52-58
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    • 2009
  • Turbulent flow past an inclined square cylinder immersed in a cross stream is numerically investigated. The angle of incidence of main flow is one of the key factors determining at which edges the flow separates. In the present study, based on comprehensive numerical simulations, effects of inclination angle on the flow characteristics are elucidated and the related physical explanation is presented.

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION OF TURBULENT FLOWS AND DIRECT/DECOUPLED SIMULATIONS OF AEROACOUSTICS - PRESENT STATUS AND FUTURE PROSPECT -

  • Kato, Chisachi
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2010.05a
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    • pp.2-4
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    • 2010
  • Due to rapid progress in the performance of high-end computers, numerical prediction of fluid flow and flow-induced sound is expected to become a vital tool for aero- and hydro- dynamic design of various flow-related products. This presentation focuses on the applications of large-scale numerical simulations to complex engineering problems with a particular emphasis placed on the low-speed flows. Flow field computations are based on a large eddy simulation that directly computes all active eddies in the flow and models only those eddies responsible for energy dissipations. The sound generated from low-speed turbulent flows are computed either by direct numerical simulation or by decoupled methods, according to whether or not the feedback effects of the generated sound onto the source flow field can be neglected. Several numerical examples are presented in order to elucidate the present status of such computational methods and discussion on the future prospects will also be given.

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Turbulence in temporally decelerating pipe flows (시간에 대해 감속하는 난류 파이프 유동에 관한 연구)

  • Jeong, Wongwan;Lee, Jae Hwa
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Visualization
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.46-50
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    • 2016
  • Direct numerical simulations (DNSs) of turbulent pipe flows with temporal deceleration were performed to examine response of the turbulent flows to the deceleration. The simulations were started with a fully-developed turbulent pipe flow at the Reynolds number, $Re_D=24380$, based on the pipe radius and the laminar centerline velocity, and three different constant temporal decelerations were applied to the initial flow with varying dU/dt = -0.001274, -0.00625 and -0.025. It was shown that the mean flows were greatly affected by temporal decelerations with downward shift of log law, and turbulent intensities were increased in particular in the outer layer, compared to steady flows at a similar Reynolds number. The analysis of Reynolds shear stress showed that second- and fourth-quadrant Reynolds shear stresses were increased with the decelerations, and the increase of the turbulence was attributed to enhancement of outer turbulent vortical structures by the temporal decelerations.

Response of Spatially Developing Turbulent Boundary Layer to Spanwise Oscillating Electromagnetic Force (횡 방향 진동하는 전자기력에 대한 공간 발달하는 난류 경계층의 반응)

  • Lee, Joung-Ho;Sung, Hyung Jin
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.29 no.11 s.242
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    • pp.1189-1198
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    • 2005
  • Direct numerical simulations were performed to investigate the physics of a spatially developing turbulent boundary layer flow subjected to spanwise oscillating electromagnetic forces in the near wall region. A fully implicit fractional step method was employed to simulate the flow. The mean flow properties and the Reynolds stresses were obtained to analyze the near-wall turbulent structure. It is found that skin friction and turbulent kinetic energy can be reduced by the electromagnetic forces. The decrease in production is responsible fur the reduction of turbulent kinetic energy. Instantaneous flow visualization techniques were used to observe the response of streamwise vortices and streak structures to spanwise oscillating forces. The near-wall vortical structures are affected by spanwise oscillating electromagnetic forces. Following the stopping of the electromagnetic force, the flow eventually relaxes back to a two-dimensional equilibrium boundary layer.

Effects of the Temporal Increase Rate of Reynolds Number on Turbulent Channel Flows (레이놀즈 수의 시간 증가율에 따른 난류 채널유동의 변화)

  • Jung, Seo Yoon;Kim, Kyoungyoun
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.40 no.7
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    • pp.435-440
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    • 2016
  • Effects of the increase rate of Reynold number on near-wall turbulent structures are investigated by performing direct numerical simulations of transient turbulent channel flows. The simulations were started with the fully-developed turbulent channel flow at $Re_{\tau}=180$, then temporal accelerations were applied. During the acceleration, the Reynolds number, based on the channel width and the bulk mean velocity, increased almost linearly from 5600 to 13600. To elucidate the effects of flow acceleration rates on near-wall turbulence, a wide range of durations for acceleration were selected. Various turbulent statistics and instantaneous flow fields revealed that the rapid increase of flow rate invoked bypass-transition like phenomena in the transient flow. By contrast, the flow evolved progressively and the bypass transition did not clearly occur during mild flow acceleration. The present study suggests that the transition to the new turbulent regime in transient channel flow is mainly affected by the flow acceleration rate, not by the ratio of the final and initial Reynolds numbers.

Simulation of buoyant turbulent flow in a stairwell (건물 계단통에서의 부력에 의한 난류유동 해석)

  • 명현국;진은주
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.217-226
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    • 1998
  • A numerical study has been carried out for two- and three-dimensional buoyant turbulent flow in a stairwell model. The Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes and energy equations are solved with the authors'own computer program. Two models by the Boussinesq approximation and the density-gradient form are used for buoyancy terms in the governing equations. Two- and three-dimensional predictions of the velocity and temperature fields are presented and the results are compared with experimental data. Comparisons have also been made in detail with two-dimensional predictions. Two-dimensional and three-dimensional simulations have predicted the overall features of the flow satisfactorily. A better agreement with experiment is achieved with three-dimensional simulations.

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Suboptimal Control for Drag Reduction in Turbulent Pipe Flow (환형관내 유동에서의 항력감소를 위한 준최적 제어)

  • Choi, Jung-Il;Xu, Chun-Xiao;Sung, Hyung-Jin
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2001.11b
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    • pp.377-382
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    • 2001
  • A suboptimal control law in turbulent pipe flow is derived and tested. Two sensing variables ${\partial}p/{\partial}{\theta}\;|_w\;and\;{\partial}{\upsilon}_{\theta}/{\partial}r\;|_w$ are applied with two actuations ${\phi}_{\theta}$ and ${\phi}_r$. To test the suboptimal control law, direct numerical simulations of turbulent pipe flow at $Re_r=150$ are performed. When the control law is applied, a $13{\sim}23%$ drag reduction is achieved. The most effective drag reduction is made at the pair of ${\partial}{\upsilon}_{\theta}/{\partial}r\;|_w$ and ${\theta}_r$. An impenetrable virtual wall concept is useful for analyzing the near-wall suction and blowing. The virtual wall concept is useful for analyzing the near-wall behavior of the controlled flow. Comparison of the present suboptimal control with that of turbulent channel flow reveals that the curvature effect is insignificant.

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