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NUMERICAL DIFFUSION DECREASE OF FREE-SURFACE FLOW ANALYSIS USING SOURCE TERM IN VOLUME FRACTION TRANSPORT EQUATION (볼륨비 이송방정식의 소스항을 이용한 자유수면 유동 해석의 해 확산 감소)

  • Park, Sunho;Rhee, Shin Hyung
    • Journal of computational fluids engineering
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.15-20
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    • 2014
  • Accurate simulation of free-surface wave flows around a ship is very important for better hull-form design. In this paper, a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code, termed SNUFOAM, which is based on the open source libraries, OpenFOAM, was developed to predict the wave patterns around a ship. Additional anti-diffusion source term for minimizing a numerical diffusion, which was caused by convection differencing scheme, was considered in the volume-fraction transport equation. The influence of the anti-diffusion source term was tested by applying it to free-surface wave flow around the Wigley model ship. In results, the band width of the volume fraction contours between 0.1 to 0.9 at the hull surface was narrowed by considering the anti-diffusion term.

Prediction of Cross Flow Fan Flow Using an Unstructured Finite Volume Method (비정렬 유한 체적법을 이용한 횡류 홴 유동장 해석)

  • Kang Dong-Jin;Bae Sang-Su
    • The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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    • v.9 no.4 s.37
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    • pp.27-35
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    • 2006
  • A Navier-Stokes code has been developed to simulate the flow through a cross flow fan. It is based on an unstructured finite volume method and uses moving grid technique to model the rotation of the fan. A low Reynolds number turbulence model is used to calculate eddy viscosity. The basic algorithm is SIMPLE. Numerical simulations over a wide range of flow rate are carried out to validate the code. Comparison of all numerical solutions with experimental data confirms the validity of the present code. Present numerical solutions show a noticeable improvement over a previous numerical method which is based on a model of body force to simulate the rotation of the impeller.

Numerical Simulation of Multiphase Flows with Material Interface due to Density Difference by Interface Capturing Method (경계면 포착법에 의한 밀도차이에 따른 물질경계면을 갖는 다상유동 수치해석)

  • Myon, Hyon-Kook
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.33 no.6
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    • pp.443-453
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    • 2009
  • The Rayleigh-Taylor instability, the bubble rising in both partially and fully filled containers and the droplet splash are simulated by an in-house solution code(PowerCFD), which are typical benchmark problems among multiphase flows with material interface due to density difference. The present method(code) employs an unstructured cell-centered method based on a conservative pressure-based finite-volume method with interface capturing method(CICSAM) in a volume of fluid(VOF) scheme for phase interface capturing. The present results are compared with other numerical solutions found in the literature. It is found that the present method simulates efficiently and accurately complex free surface flows such as multiphase flows with material interface due to both density difference and instability.

Novel methods of increasing the storage volume at Pumped Storage Power plants

  • Storli, Pal-Tore
    • International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.209-217
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    • 2017
  • The paper presents two novel concepts of increasing the energy storage capacity at pumped storage power plants, both existing and new projects. The concepts utilize compressed air as a working medium to displace water from a volume originally not available for storage. The concepts are likely to give additional storage volume at a low cost, however, much development and many investigations are needed before the concepts can be shown to be technical and economical feasible solutions for energy storage. The concepts are disclosed so that researchers and utilities can start those investigations, hopefully helping the green transition by providing highly valuable energy storage for a future renewable energy having a much higher share of renewable energies than the current systems.

Fluid-rock Interaction during Contact Metamorphism of the Hwanggangni Formation Geosan, Korea (괴산지역 황강리층의 접촉변성작용에서 유체-암석 간의 상호작용에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Sangmyung;Kim, Hyung-Shik
    • The Journal of the Petrological Society of Korea
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.21-34
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    • 1996
  • Contact-metamorphosed calc-silicate hornfels of the Hwanggangni formation adjacent to Daeyasan granite in Goesan are characterized by the mineral assemblages. tremolite-clinozoisite-alkali feldspar-calcite, diopside-grossular-vesuvianite, and wollastonite-diopside-phlogopite-grossular-vesuvianite, indicating low $X_{CO_2}$ condition during contact metamorphism. Two trends of fluid-rock interactions are recognized; combination of infiltration and buffering in the outer portion of the aureole and fluid-dominated behavior in the most part of the aureole. Modal abundance of diopside produced during metamorphism was measured in order to estimate fluid/rock ratios and permeabilities with the assumption that equivalent volume of fluids estimated from the fluid/rock ratios flow through the rock body. The calculated fluid/rock rations and permeabilities range from 0.6 to 9 and $10^{-19}$ to $10^{-17}$ meabilities in the calc-silicate hosted contact aureoles and expected values during progressive metamorphism by theories.

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Numerical Prediction of Incompressible Flows Using a Multi-Block Finite Volume Method on a Parellel Computer (병렬 컴퓨터에서 다중블록 유한체적법을 이용한 비압축성 유동해석)

  • Kang, Dong-Jin;Sohn, Jeong-Lak
    • The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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    • v.1 no.1 s.1
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    • pp.72-80
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    • 1998
  • Computational analysis of incompressible flows by numerically solving Navier-Stokes equations using multi-block finite volume method is conducted on a parallel computing system. Numerical algorithms adopted in this study $include^{(1)}$ QUICK upwinding scheme for convective $terms,^{(2)}$ central differencing for other terms $and^{(3)}$ the second-order Euler differencing for time-marching procedure. Structured grids are used on the body-fitted coordinate with multi-block concept which uses overlaid grids on the block-interfacing boundaries. Computational code is parallelized on the MPI environment. Numerical accuracy of the computational method is verified by solving a benchmark test case of the flow inside two-dimensional rectangular cavity. Computation in the axial compressor cascade is conducted by using 4 PE's md, as results, no numerical instabilities are observed and it is expected that the present computational method can be applied to the turbomachinery flow problems without major difficulties.

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Experimental Study on the Design Parameter Effects on the Flow-rate and the Noise level in a Cross-flow Fan (실험에 의한 직교류홴의 유량 및 소음 분석)

  • Ahn, Cheol-O;Rew, Ho-Seon
    • The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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    • v.1 no.1 s.1
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    • pp.41-48
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    • 1998
  • This study was carried out to investigate the effect of design parameters on the volume flow-rate and the noise level and to finally find the optimal design variables. Eighteen cross-flow fans were designed by the method of orthogonal array, and the flow-rate and the noise level were measured. These data were analyzed by the neural network system. The effects of eight design variables(scroll exit angle, scroll arc length et al.) on the fan performance and the noise level were valuated and discussed. This experiment shows that the design solutions suggested by neural network system may increase its volume flow-rate and reduce noise simultaneously.

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Numerical Simulation of Two-Dimensional Multiphase Flows due to Density Difference by Interface Capturing Method (경계면포착법에 의한 밀도차에 따른 다상유동 수치해석)

  • Myong, Hyon-Kook
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.03b
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    • pp.572-575
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    • 2008
  • Two-dimensional multiphase flows due to density difference such as the Rayleigh-Taylor instability problem and the droplet splash are simulated by an in-house solution code(PowerCFD). This code employs an unstructured cell-centered method based on a conservative pressure-based finite-volume method with interface capturing method in a volume of fluid(VOF) scheme for phase interface capturing. The present results are compared with other numerical solutions found in the literature. It is found that the present code simulates complex free surface flows such as multiphase flows due to density difference efficiently and accurately.

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Finite volumes vs finite elements. There is a choice

  • Demirdzic, Ismet
    • Coupled systems mechanics
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.5-28
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    • 2020
  • Despite a widely-held belief that the finite element method is the method for the solution of solid mechanics problems, which has for 30 years dissuaded solid mechanics scientists from paying any attention to the finite volume method, it is argued that finite volume methods can be a viable alternative. It is shown that it is simple to understand and implement, strongly conservative, memory efficient, and directly applicable to nonlinear problems. A number of examples are presented and, when available, comparison with finite element methods is made, showing that finite volume methods can be not only equal to, but outperform finite element methods for many applications.

Visualization of three-dimensional medical information based on Shear-Warp Volume Rendering (Shear-Warp Volume Rendering에 의한 3차원 의료영상 정보 표현)

  • Chae Eunmi;Huh Junsung;Sah Jongyoub
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1999.11a
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    • pp.158-162
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    • 1999
  • This thesis presents applications of three dimensional visualization technique based on shear-warp volume rendering to medical information. Volume rendering is compared to surface rendering and acceleration technique is also presented. The presented rendering techniques by using three-dimensional arrays of data are a widely used representation for computational fluid dynamics and geological structures as well as medical information.

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