• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.302-312
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• 2004

This work developed improved slip factor model and correction method to predict flow through impeller in forward-curved centrifugal fan. Both steady and unsteady three-dimensional CFD analyses were performed to validate the slip factor model and the correction method. The results show that the improved slip factor model presented in this paper could provide more accurate predictions for forward-curved centrifugal impeller than the other slip factor models since the present model takes into account the effect of blade curvature. The correction method is provided to predict mass-averaged absolute circumferential velocity at the exit of impeller by taking account of blockage effects induced by the large-scale backflow near the front plate and flow separation within blade passage. The comparison with CFD results also shows that the improved slip factor model coupled with the present correction method provides accurate predictions for mass-averaged absolute circumferential velocity at the exit of impeller near and above the flow rate of peak total pressure coefficient.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1995.04a
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• pp.30-36
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• 1995

An axisymmetric flow induced by a train moving into a tunnel is numerically simulated. The effect of train shape on wavefront of a compression wave created by a train is investigated parametrically using several model trains having the same nose shape but different blockage. The zonal method combined with the Fortified Solution Algorithm (FSA) is employed as a numerical algorithm to solve this moving body problem. The computational result is compared with the experimental data. Good agreement is obtained, which justifies the present computational approach. The compression waves created by the model trains are compared and the result shows that the pressure gradient of the wavefront of the compression wave becomes small in the case of small blockage even though the nose shape is same. The wavefront is not determined solely by the cross-sectional area distribution of the train nose.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.67-72
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• 2015

The analysis has been performed on the blockage effect at the propellant flow passage in a liquid rocket engine. This simulates an example of emergency situation where flow passage is partially blocked. The analysis method has been validated by predicting the pump head and flow rate within 1% precision against the measured data of turbopump-gas generator coupled test. When the oxidizer passage is reduced it is predicted that the mixture ratio decreases, the oxidizer pump head increases and the gas generator pressure increases. When the fuel passage is reduced it is predicted that the mixture ratio increases, fuel flow rate decreases and the fuel pump head increases.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.227-237
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• 2017

In this paper, we investigated physical characteristics of an artificial supercavity generated behind an axisymmetric cavitator. Experiments for the same model were carried out at two different cavitation tunnels of the Chungnam National University and the University of Minnesota, and the results were compared and verified with each other. We measured pressures inside the cavity and observed the cavity formation by using a high-speed camera. Cavitation parameters were evaluated in considering blockage effects of the tunnel, and gravitational effects on supercavity dimensions were examined. Cavity dimensions corresponding to the unbounded cavitation number were compared. In addition, we investigated how artificial supercavitation develops according to the combination of injection positions and direction.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.2 no.4
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• pp.7-12
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• 2008

Averaged heat transfer coefficients were measured in a turbine blade internal cooling passage model with three blockage walls. Each blockage wall was equipped with 9 staggered holes or slots in order to create different shaper of repeated jet impingement. The effect of jet shape on the averaged heat transfer coefficient was studied by the copper-thermocouple method and three Reynolds number of 10,000, 20,000, and 30,000 were tested. Results showed that the repeated stagger jets could increase the averaged heat transfer coefficient by at least 9 times compared to the smooth channel cases. Due to the large pressure drop induced by the repeated jet impingement, the thermal performance was less than 1 for all cases and decreased as the Reynolds number increased. Among the tested cases, the widest slot showed the best thermal performance. The measurement results showed that the thermal performance of the heat transfer augmentation by repeated stagger jets could be improved by altering the jet shape, and other shape of impingement jet will be studied in near future.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.3 no.3 s.8
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• pp.23-28
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• 1999

Variation of explosion characteristics by the blocks in closed vessel was investigated to analyse the effect of the block volume(volume blockage) and the surface area of the blocks(ratio of block surface area to vessel volume). Volume and surface area of blocks in explosion vessel were changed by the combination of blocks. The volume of explosion vessels was 270 liter, and the LPG-air or NG-air mixtures were ignited by the electric spark. Explosion pressure was measured with the strain type pressure transducer. From the experimental results, explosion pressure was decreased by the increase of the volume blockage and the block surface area. And the decrease of explosion pressure was more affected by the volume blockage than the surface area.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.34 no.4
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• pp.11-16
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• 2006

Effects of an orifice on suppression of pressure oscillation in a fluid feeding line are investigated numerically through the installation of an orifice inside the feeding line. Based on linear acoustic theory, acoustic-damping effect of an orifice is emphasized in this study. When an orifice is installed at the node of pressure oscillation corresponding to the anti-node of velocity oscillation, damping capacity is maximized. On the other hand, the orifice installed at the anti-node of pressure oscillation has little damping capacity. As the blockage ratio and thickness of an orifice increase in the feeding line, damping factor increases. The feeding line with smaller diameter has more damping capacity, but damping factor increases more appreciably with blockage ratio in the feeding line with larger diameter.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.25 no.8
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• pp.1113-1121
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• 2001

Effects of gap sizes(3.9 and 15mm) of vertical annuli and the bottom blockage on the nucleate pool boiling heat transfer at atmospheric pressure condition have been examined experimentally, and the results were compared to those with a single tube without confinement. The annular geometry resulted in significant increase in heat transfer coefficient. The effect is much enhanced with the bottom blockage. The heat transfer coefficient for the closed bottom condition is three times greater than the unconfined tube at 30kW/㎡ when the gap size is 3.9mm. However, with further increase of the heat flux much more than 70kW/㎡, all these effects were diminished.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.79-87
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• 2002

The present work analyzed the effect of mixing vane shape on the flow structure and heat transfer downstream of mixing vane in a subchannel of fuel assembly, by obtaining velocity and pressure fields, turbulent intensity, flow-mixing factors, heat transfer coefficient and friction factor using three-dimensional RANS analysis. NJl5, NJ25, NJ35, NJ45, which were designed by the authors, were tested to evaluate the performances in enhancing the heat transfer. Standard $\kappa-\epsilon$ model is used as a turbulence closure model, and, periodic and symmetry conditions are set as boundary conditions. The flow blockage ratio is kept constant, but the twist angle of mixing vane is changed. The results with three turbulence models( $\kappa-\epsilon$, $\kappa-\omega$, RSM) were compared with experimental data.

• The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.5-12
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• 2015

This paper presents a numerical investigation of the effect of the dihedral stator on the loss in a transonic axial compressor. Four stator geometries with different stacking line variables are tested in the flow simulations over the whole operating range. It is found that a large shroud loss at the rotor outlet and the subsequent shroud corner separation in the stator passage occur at low mass flow rate. The hub dihedral stator and bowed blade generate unexpected hub-corner-separation, thereby causing a large total pressure loss over the entire operating range. However, the corresponding blockage forces the high momentum flow near the hub to divert toward the upper part of the passage suppressing the negative axial velocity region. The dihedral stator increases deflection angle and secondary vorticity near the endwall where the dihedral is applied. As a result, the endwall loss which is related to the endwall relative velocity decreases.