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CHANNEL FLOW WITH A STREAMWISE-PERIODIC ARRAY OF CIRCULAR CYLINDERS - PRIMARY INSTABILITY AND FLOW CHARACTERISTICS - (원형 실린더가 주기적으로 배열된 채널 유동 - 주 불안정성 및 유동특성 -)

  • Yoon, D.H.;Yang, K.S.;Kang, C.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2010.05a
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    • pp.352-357
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    • 2010
  • A parametric study has been carried out to elucidate the characteristics of channel flow with a streamwise-periodic array of cylinders. This flow configuration is relevant to heat exchanger applications. The presence of cylinders in channel flow causes the attached wall boundary layer to separate, leading to significant change in flow instabilities. There exist two kinds of instabilities; flow undergoes a primary instability (Hopf bifurcaiton) at a lower Reynolds number, and the unsteady two-dimensional flow becomes unstable to three-dimensional disturbances at a higher Reynolds number. We report here the dependencies of the primary instability as well as the flow characteristics of the subsequent unsteady flow including flow-induced forces and Strouhal number of vortex shedding, on the distance between the cylinder and the channel wall.

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PRIMARY INSTABILITY OF THE CHANNEL FLOW WITH A STREAMWISE-PERIODIC ARRAY OF CIRCULAR CYLINDERS - EFFECTS OF THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE CYLINDER AND THE CHANNEL WALL - (원형 실린더가 주기적으로 배열된 채널 유동의 주 유동 불안정성 - 실린더와 채널 벽 간격의 영향 -)

  • Yoon, D.H.;Yang, K.S.;Kang, C.
    • Journal of computational fluids engineering
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.54-59
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    • 2010
  • A parametric study has been carried out to elucidate the characteristics of channel flow with a streamwise-periodic array of cylinders. This flow configuration is relevant to heat exchanger applications. The presence of cylinders in channel flow causes the attached wall boundary layer to separate, leading to significant change in flow instabilities. There exist two kinds of instabilities; flow undergoes a primary instability (Hopf bifurcation) at a lower Reynolds number, and the unsteady two-dimensional flow becomes unstable to three-dimensional disturbances at a higher Reynolds number. We report here the dependencies of the primary instability as well as the flow characteristics of the subsequent unsteady flow, including flow-induced forces and Strouhal number of vortex shedding, on the distance between the cylinder and the channel wall.

Combustion Instability and Active Control in a Dump Combustor (덤프 연소기에서의 연소불안정과 능동제어에 대한 연구)

  • Ahn Kyu-Bok;Yu Kenneth;Yoon Young-Bin
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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    • 2005.11a
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    • pp.445-449
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    • 2005
  • The mixed acoustic-convective mode combustion instability and the possibility of combustion control using a loudspeaker to these instabilities were studied. By changing inlet velocity, combustor length and equivalence ratio, the dynamic pressure signals and the flame structures were simultaneously taken. The results showed that as the combustor length increased and the inlet velocity decreased, the instability frequency decreased and the maximum power spectral densities of the dynamic pressures generally decreased. The instability frequency could be affected by an equivalence ratio over the operating conditions. From the data of close-loop control, as the loudspeaker may work out-of-phase with the natural instability, the optimum time-delay controller was confirmed to be able to reduce the vortex shedding from the mixed acoustic-convective mode combustion instability.

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An experimental study on instability and control of co-flow diffusion flames (동축류 확산화염의 불안정성과 제어에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Lee, Hyeon-Ho;Hwang, Jun-Yeong;Jeong, Seok-Ho;Lee, Won-Nam
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.153-164
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    • 1997
  • Flame oscillation phenomena in a co-flow diffusion flame was experimentally studied with periodic fuel supply using a solenoid valve. The degree of excitation was controlled by changing the volume flux of fuel passing through the valve. Flame oscillation frequencies were measured utilizing a photodiode, a spectrum analyzer, video and high speed movies. Laser planar visualization was employed to study the correlation between the flame oscillation and the toroidal vortices. Observed are three regimes of flame oscillation, where the oscillation frequencies are for the multiples of excitation, the excitation itself and the flame natural oscillation. Both periods of natural oscillation and of excitation induced oscillation exist over one cycle of the excitation in the frequency multiplied regime. It is considered as an effect of balancing the influence of buoyancy driven vortex with that of excitation induced vortex near the excitation rate of 0.2. Flame shapes are become monotonous as increasing the excitation frequency to the range of over two fold of the natural oscillation. The flame oscillation can be modulated to the frequency of either multiples of excitation or excitation itself under certain conditions. This implies that the flame oscillation could be modulated to avoid the resonance frequency of the combustor, and shows the possibility of active control of the flame oscillation.

Vortex induced vibration and flutter instability of two parallel cable-stayed bridges

  • Junruang, Jirawat;Boonyapinyo, Virote
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.30 no.6
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    • pp.633-648
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    • 2020
  • The objective of this work was to investigate the interference effects of two-parallel bridge decks on aerodynamic coefficients, vortex-induced vibration, flutter instability and flutter derivatives. The two bridges have significant difference in cross-sections, dynamic properties, and flutter speeds of each isolate bridge. The aerodynamic static tests and aeroelastic tests were performed in TU-AIT boundary layer wind tunnel in Thammasat University (Thailand) with sectional models in a 1:90 scale. Three configuration cases, including the new bridge stand-alone (case 1), the upstream new bridge and downstream existing bridge (case 2), and the downstream new bridge and the upstream existing bridge (case 3), were selected in this study. The covariance-driven stochastic subspace identification technique (SSI-COV) was applied to identify aerodynamic parameters (i.e., natural frequency, structural damping and state space matrix) of the decks. The results showed that, interference effects of two bridges decks on aerodynamic coefficients result in the slightly reduction of the drag coefficient of case 2 and 3 when compared with case 1. The two parallel configurations of the bridge result in vortex-induced vibrations (VIV) and significantly lower the flutter speed compared with the new bridge alone. The huge torsional motion from upstream new bridge (case 2) generated turbulent wakes flow and resulted in vertical aerodynamic damping H1* of existing bridge becomes zero at wind speed of 72.01 m/s. In this case, the downstream existing bridge was subjected to galloping oscillation induced by the turbulent wake of upstream new bridge. The new bridge also results in significant reduction of the flutter speed of existing bridge from the 128.29 m/s flutter speed of the isolated existing bridge to the 75.35 m/s flutter speed of downstream existing bridge.

Numerical Prediction of Rotor Tip-Vortex Roll-Up in Axial Flights by Using a Time-Marching Free-Wake Method

  • Chung, Ki-Hoon;Na, Seon-Uk;Jeon, Wan-Ho;Lee, Duck-Joo
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.1-12
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    • 2000
  • The wake geometries of a two-bladed rotor in axial flights using a time-marching free-wake method without a non-physical model of the far wake are calculated. The computed free-wake geometries of AH-1G model rotor in climb flight are compared with the experimental visualization results. The time-marching free-wake method can predict the behavior of the tip vortex and the wake roil-up phenomena with remarkable agreements. Tip vortices shed from the two-bladed rotor can interact with each other significantly. The interaction consists of a turn of the tip vortex from one blade rolling around the tip vortex from the other. Wake expansion of wake geometries in radial direction after the contraction is a result of adjacent tip vortices begging to pair together and spiral about each other. Detailed numerical results show regular pairing phenomenon in the climb flights, the hover at high angle of attack and slow descent flight too. On the contrary, unstable motions of wake are observed numerically in the hover at low angle of attack and fast descent flight. It is because of the inherent wake instability and blade-vortex-interaction rather then the effect of recirculation due to the experimental equipment.

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Acoustic, Entropy and Vortex Waves in a Cylindrical Tube With Variable Section Area (단면적이 변하는 실린더 관에서의 음향, 엔트로피 및 와류 파동)

  • Cho Gyu-Sik;Lebedinsky Ev. V
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.55-66
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    • 2004
  • In this paper a method for finding solutions of acoustic, vortex and entropy wave equations in a cylindrical tube with variable section area was suggested under the consideration of that the high frequency instability in a rocket engine combustion chamber is an acoustic phenomena, which Is coupled with combustion reaction. and that a combustion chamber and exhaust nozzle are usually shaped cylindrically As a consequence of that some method. which enable the mathematical analysis of the influence of entropy and vortex waves to acoustic wave. was suggested. According to the method reflection coefficients of acoustic wave on a supercritical nozzle was numerically calculated, through which it was presented that entropy or vortex waves can strengthen or weaken the reflection rate of acoustic wave.

Study of Flame Structure by Chemiluminescence and Laser Diagnostics in Model Gas Turbine Combustor (자발광 및 레이저 계측기법을 이용한 모형 가스터빈 연소기에서 화염구조 분석)

  • Yoon, Ji-Su;Kim, Min-Ki;Lee, Min-Chul;Yoon, Young-Bin
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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    • v.16 no.5
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    • pp.10-19
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    • 2012
  • To eliminate the onset of combustion instabilities and develop effective approaches for control, flame structure is very important. In this study, we conducted experiments under various operating conditions with a model gas turbine combustor to examine the relation of combustion instability and flame structure by OH chemiluminescence and laser diagnostics of He-Ne laser absorbtion system. The swirling LNG($CH_4$)/air flame was investigated with overall equivalence ratio of 1.2 and dump plane fuel-air mixture velocity 25 ~ 70 m/s. We founded that the combustion instability phenomenon occurs at lower mixing velocity and higher mixing velocity conditions. We also concluded that fluid dynamical vortex frequency has major effects on the combustion instability characteristics at lower mixing velocity condition.

Study of Flame Structure by Chemiluminescence and Laser Diagnostics in Model Gas Turbine Combustor (자발광 및 레이저 계측기법을 이용한 모형 가스터빈 연소기에서 화염구조 분석)

  • Yoon, Ji-Su;Kim, Min-Ki;Lee, Min-Chul;Yoon, Young-Bin
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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    • 2012.05a
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    • pp.367-376
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    • 2012
  • To eliminate the onset of combustion instabilities and develop effective approaches for control, flame structure is very important. In this study, we conducted experiments under various operating conditions with a model gas turbine combustor to examine the relation of combustion instability and flame structure by OH chemiluminescence and laser diagnostics of He-Ne laser absorbtion system. The swirling LNG(CH4)/air flame was investigated with overall equivalence ratio of 1.2 and dump plane fuel-air mixture velocity 25 ~ 70 m/s. We founded that the combustion instability phenomenon occurs at lower mixing velocity and higher mixing velocity conditions. We also concluded that fluid dynamical vortex frequency has major effects on the combustion instability characteristics at lower mixing velocity condition.

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