• Wind and Structures
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.55-66
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• 2022

Tall buildings are often subjected to steady and unsteady forces due to external wind flows. Measurement and mitigation of these forces becomes critical to structural design in engineering applications. Over the last few decades, many approaches such as modification of the external geometry of structures have been investigated to mitigate wind-induced load. One such proven geometric modification involved the rounding of sharp corners. In this work, we systematically analyze the impact of rounded corner radii on the reducing the flow-induced loading on a square cylinder. We perform 3-Dimensional (3D) simulations for high Reynolds number flows (Re=1 × 105) which are more likely to be encountered in practical applications. An Improved Delayed Detached Eddy Simulation (IDDES) method capable of capturing flow accurately at large Reynolds numbers is employed in this study. The IDDES formulation uses a k-ω Shear Stress Transport (SST) model for near-wall modelling that prevents mesh-induced separation of the boundary layer. The effects of these corner modifications are analyzed in terms of the resulting variations in the mean and fluctuating components of the aerodynamic forces compared to a square cylinder with no geometric changes. Plots of the angular distribution of the mean and fluctuating coefficient of pressure along the square cylinder's surface illustrate the effects of corner modifications on the different parts of the cylinder. The windward corner's separation angle was observed to decrease with an increase in radius, resulting in a narrower and longer recirculation region. Furthermore, with an increase in radius, a reduction in the fluctuating lift, mean drag, and fluctuating drag coefficients has been observed.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.48-57
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• 2009

A two-dimensional (2D), laterally-averaged hydrodynamic and water quality model, CE-QUAL-W2 was applied to evaluate the performance on simulating the effect of flushing from Daecheong Reservoir on the downstream water quality variations during the flushing events held on November, 2003 and March, 2008. The hydraulic and water quality simulation results were compared with field measurement data, as well as a one-dimensional (1D), unsteady model (KORIV1) that revealed limited capability in the previous study due to missing the resuspension process of river bottom sediments. The results showed that although the 2D model made satisfactory performance in reproducing the temporal variations of dissolved matters including phosphate, ammonia and nitrate, it revealed poor performance in simulating the increase of biological oxygen demand and suspended sediment (SS) concentrations during the passage of the flushing flow. The reason of the error was that the resuspension process of the 2D model is only the function of shear stress induced by wind. In reality, however, as shown by significant correlation between bottom shear stress ($\tau$) and observed SS concentration, the resuspension process can be significantly influenced by current velocity in the riverine system, especially during flushing event. The results indicate that the resuspension of river bottom materials should be incorporated into the water quality modeling processes if $\tau$ is greater than a critical shear stress (${\tau}_c$) for better simulation of flushing effect.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.739-747
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• 2012

Due to the difficulties for measuring flood discharge in the dangerous field conditions, conventional instruments with relatively low accuracy such as float still have been widely utilized for the field survey. It is also limited to use simple stage-discharge relationship for assessment of the flood discharge, since the stage-discharge relationship during the flood becomes complicated loop shape. In recent years, various non-intrusive velocity measurement techniques such as electromagnetic wave or surface images have been developed, which is quite adequate for the flood discharge measurements. However, these new non-intrusive techniques have little tested in the flood condition, though they promised efficiency and accuracy. Throughout the field observations, we evaluated the validity of these techniques by comparing discharge and velocity measurements acquired concurrently during the flood in a mountain stream. As a result, the flood discharge measurements between electromagnetic wave and surface image processing techniques showed high positive relationship, but velocities did not matched very well particularly for the high current speed more 3 m/s. Therefore, it should be noted here that special cares are required when the velocity measurements by those two different techniques are used, for instance, for the validation of the numerical models. In addition, authors assured that, for the more accurate flood discharge measurements, velocity observation as well as stage height is strongly necessary owing that the unsteady flow occurs during the flood.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제26권5A호
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• pp.887-899
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• 2006

본 연구의 목적은 교량 거더 단면의 공기역학적 특성을 나타내는 기본 자료인 공기력계수와 플러터계수가 동적응답과 어떠한 상관관계를 가지는지를 규명하는데 있다. 이를 위해 세 단계의 단면모형실험이 수행되었다. 첫 번째 단계에서는 총 7개의 거더 단면 즉, 6개의 플레이트거더 단면과 1개의 박스거더 단면이 고려되었으며 거더 단면의 기하학적 형상, 영각, 바람의 방향 그리고 기류조건이 공기력계수인 항력계수, 양력계수 그리고 모멘트계수에 미치는 영향을 정적 단면모형실험을 통해 살펴보았다. 두 번째 단계에서는 동적실험을 통해 각 단면의 공기력계수와 동적응답의 상관성을 검증하였다. 마지막으로 2자유도하의 동적 단면모형실험을 통해 세 개의 거더 단면의 플러터계수를 산출하고 이를 동적실험결과와 비교하였다. 주어진 단면형상에 대한 비정상 공기력에 의해 변화되는 시스템의 감쇠와 강성을 가장 잘 반영하는 플러터계수는 초기변위-자유진동시스템을 이용하여 추출하였다. 이를 위해 등류조건에서 풍속별로 교량단면의 수직 및 비틀림 초기변위의 시간에 따른 진폭의 감쇠를 측정하였다. 본 연구에서 제시한 교량단면의 공기력계수와 플러터계수는 공탄석해석 및 버펫팅해석을 위한 기본 자료로 유용하게 쓰일 것으로 보인다.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.671-678
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• 1997

전자파를 이용한 하천수 표면 유속계를 하천 유량 측정에 사용하여 실용성과 문제점을 분석하였다. 표면 유속계의 평가는 선박 실험용 선형수조를 이용하여 수행하였다. 그 결고, 수직각을 20$^{\circ}$, 35$^{\circ}$, 45$^{\circ}$로 하였을 때 유속측정 평균값의 오차는 5.5% 이하였다. '95년 8월 26일 8~10시 사이에는, 남한강 여주대교 지점에서 홍수 유속을 측정하였다. 500m 길이의 교량에 대하여 23개 지점에서 측정한 결과, 표면 유속값은 약 2~4m/s였다. 수심평균 유속 환산계수를 0.85로 하고, 유량을 환산한 결과는 약 10,500 ㎥/s였다. 환산유량값은 수위-유량식이나 부정류 계산에 의한 값과 $\pm$2% 이내의 편차를 보였다. 자료 사용 간격을 40m 또는 60m로 변경하여 유량을 환산하여도 별다른 차이가 없었다. 평상시의 유량측정은 '96년 하반기에 대청교 지점에서 수행하였다. 대청댐의 방류량을 기지값으로 하여 수심평균 유속 환산계수를 추정한 결과 0.83~0.87의 범위에 있었다. 계기 자체의 미세오차와 바람의 영향은 계속 연구되어야 하지만, 하천의 홍수 유량측정에 표면유속계를 사용하는 것은 간편하고 실용적인 대안이 될 수 있음을 확인하였다.