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Wind-tunnel blockage effect on drag coefficient of circular cylinders

  • Anthoine, J.;Olivari, D.;Portugaels, D.
    • Wind and Structures
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    • 제12권6호
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    • pp.541-551
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    • 2009
  • This paper explains how to correctly measure the drag coefficient of a circular cylinder in wind tunnels with large blockage ratios and for the sub-critical to the super-critical flow regimes. When dealing with large blockage ratios, the drag has to be corrected for wall constraints. Different formulations for correcting blockage effect are compared for each flow regime based on drag measurements of smooth circular cylinders performed in a wind tunnel for three different blockage ratios. None of the correction model known in the literature is valid for all the flow regimes. To optimize the correction and reduce the scatter of the results, different correction models should be combined depending on the flow regime. In the sub-critical regime, the best results are obtained using Allen and Vincenti's formula or Maskell's theory with ${\varepsilon}$=0.96. In the super-critical regime, one should prefer using Glauert's formula with G=0.6 or the model of Modi and El-Sherbiny. The change in the formulations appears at the flow transition with a variation of the wake pattern when passing from sub-critical to super-critical flow regimes. This parameter being not considered in the known blockage corrections, these theories are not valid for all the flow regimes.

진동하는 NACA 0012 에어포일에서의 항력계수 변화 (Drag Coefficient Variations of an Oscillating NACA 0012 Airfoil)

  • 김동하;장조원;김학봉;전창수
    • 한국항공우주학회지
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    • 제36권2호
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    • pp.137-145
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    • 2008
  • 진동하는 에어포일의 항력계수 변화에 미치는 레이놀즈수 영향을 조사하기 위한 실험적 연구가 수행되었다. NACA 0012 에어포일은 ${\pm}6^{\circ}$의 진동 진폭을 갖고, 1/4 시위를 기준으로 피칭운동을 하도록 하였다. 실험조건에서 자유흐름속도는 1.98, 2.83 그리고 4.03 m/s이며, 이를 근거로 한 시위길이 레이놀즈수는 각각 $2.3{\times}10^4$, $3.3{\times}10^4$, $4.8{\times}10^4$이다. 항력계수는 근접후류에서 2축 열선프로브(X-type, 55R51)로 측정된 평균속도 분포로부터 산출되었다. 레이놀즈수 2.3×104에서 항력계수는 음(-)의 댐핑(negative damping)을 보이며, 에어포일이 공기력에 의해 가진 될 수 있는 불안정한 상태를 나타내었다. 반면에 레이놀즈수가 $3.3{\times}10^4$에서 $4.8{\times}10^4$이다로 증가하면서 항력계수 곡선은 양(+)의 댐핑(positive damping)을 나타내었다. 따라서 항력계수 변화는 레이놀즈수 $2.3{\times}10^4$$4.8{\times}10^4$ 사이에 상당한 차이가 있다는 것을 나타낸다.

스마트무인기에 적용한 유동제어 장치 (Application of Flow Control Devices for Smart Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (SUAV))

  • 정진덕;홍단비
    • 항공우주기술
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    • 제8권1호
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    • pp.197-206
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    • 2009
  • 스마트 무인기의 공력특성을 향상시키기 위하여 주익에는 와류생성기(vortex generator), 주익의 끝단에는 유동펜스(flow fence)를 적용하였다. 와류생성기는 SUAV의 최대양력계수와 실속각을 지연시키는 효과가 있었지만 높은 항력증가를 초래하여, 결국에는 양항비가 줄어들었다. 이를 개선하기 위하여 L-형태와 높이가 3mm와 5mm인 와류생성기를 적용하였다. 유동펜스는 나셀 틸팅각이 증가함에 따라 나셀에서 발생하는 박리에 의하여 주익성능이 감소하는 현상을 방지하기 위하여 사용하였다. 두 가지 유동제어 장치를 사용함에 따라 스마트 무인기의 공력특성들이 어떻게 변화하였는지를 정리하였다.

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Notchback자동차의 트렁크 높이와 공기속도가 차체 표면의 압력변화에 미치는 영향 (Effect of Trunk Height and Approaching Air Velocity of Notchback Road Vehicles on the Pressure Distribution of the Car Surface)

  • 박종수;최병대;김성준
    • 한국자동차공학회논문집
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    • 제10권6호
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    • pp.178-186
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    • 2002
  • 3-D numerical studies are performed to investigate the effect of the trunk height and approaching air velocities on the pressure distribution of notchback road vehicle. For this purpose, the models of test vehicle with four different trunk heights are introduced and PHOENICS, a commercial CFD code, is used to simulate the flow phenomena and to estimate the values of pressure coefficients along the surface of vehicle. The standard k-$\xi$ model is adopted for the simulation of turbulence. The numerical results say that the height variation of trunk makes almost no influence on the distribution of the value of pressure coefficient along upper surface but makes very strong effects on the rear surface. That is, the value of pressure coefficient becomes smaller as the height is increased along the rear surface and the bottom surface. Approaching air velocity make no differences on pressure coefficients. Through the analysis of pressure coefficient on the vehicle surfaces one tried to assess aerodynamic drag and lift of vehicle. The pressure distribution on the rear surface affected more on drag and lift than pressure distribution on the front surface of the vehicle does. The increase of trunk height makes positive effects on the lift decrease but negative effects on drag reduction.

천해 쇄파역에서 인공어초 안정성 계산에 대한 고찰 (Review of stability calculation of an artificial reef in the breaking wave zone of coastal waters)

  • 김창길;오태건;서성호;김대권;김병균;최용석
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • 제33권6호
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    • pp.965-974
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    • 2009
  • The current study reviews the formula used to calculate the stability of an artificial reef in the breaking wave zone of coastal waters. A comparison was carried out between the existing formula and a new formula that takes into account the water particle velocity in the breaking wave zone. Water particle velocity was analyzed using the Fluent (CADMAS-SURF) software program. The new formula took into various factors, including the difference in the drag coefficient due to the direction of the current and the ratio of distance between two reefs. The drag coefficient of the artificial reef due to the direction of the current was 0.84 when the distance ratio was 0.5. When the artificial reef was placed at 45 degree angle to the current, the product of the drag coefficient and the project area were 40 to 46 % greater than when the reef was placed at 90 degree angle. Our results regarding the stability of an artificial reef indicate that the new formula provides the designers of artificial reefs with a more rational and economic design rationale rather than the existing formula.

Computational analysis of compressibility effects on cavity dynamics in high-speed water-entry

  • Chen, Chen;Sun, Tiezhi;Wei, Yingjie;Wang, Cong
    • International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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    • 제11권1호
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    • pp.495-509
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    • 2019
  • The objective of this study is to analyze the compressibility effects of multiphase cavitating flow during the water-entry process. For this purpose, the water-entry of a projectile at transonic speed is investigated computationally. A temperature-adjusted Tait equation is used to describe the compressibility effects in water, and air and vapor are treated as ideal gases. First, the computational methodology is validated by comparing the simulation results with the experimental measurements of drag coefficient and the theoretical results of cavity shape. Second, based on the computational methodology, the hydrodynamic characteristics of flow are investigated. After analyzing the cavitating flow in compressible and incompressible fluids, the characteristics under compressible conditions are focused upon. The results show that the compressibility effects play a significant role in the development of cavitation and the pressure inside the cavity. More specifically, the drag coefficient and cavity size tend to be larger in the compressible case than those in the incompressible case. Furthermore, the influence of entry velocities on the hydrodynamic characteristics is investigated to provide an insight into the compressibility effects on cavitating flow. The results show that the drag coefficient and the impact pressure vary with the entry velocity, and the prediction formulas for drag coefficient and impact pressure are established respectively in the present study.

Effect of blockage on the drag of a triangular cylinder

  • Yeung, W.W.H.
    • Wind and Structures
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    • 제12권1호
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    • pp.49-61
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    • 2009
  • A method is presented to estimate the form drag and the base pressure on a triangular cylinder in the presence of blockage effect. The Strouhal number, which is found to increase with the flow constriction experimentally by Ramamurthy & Ng (1973), may be decoupled from the blockage effect when re-defined by using the velocity at flow separation and a theoretical wake width. By incorporating this wake width into the momentum equation by Maskell (1963) for the confined flow, a relationship between the form drag and the base pressure is derived. Independently, the experimental data of surface pressure from Ramamurthy & Lee (1973) are found to be independent of the blockage effect when expressed in terms of a modified pressure coefficient involving the pressure at separation. Using the potential flow model by Parkinson & Jandali (1970) and its subsequent development in Yeung & Parkinson (2000) for the unconfined flow, a linear relation between the pressure at separation and the form drag is formulated. By solving the two equations simultaneously with a specified blockage ratio and an apex angle of the triangular cylinder, the predictions of the drag and the base pressure are in reasonable agreement with experimental data. A new theoretical relationship for the Strouhal number, pressure drag coefficient and base pressure proposed in this study allows the confinement effect to be appropriately taken into consideration. The present approach may be extended to three-dimensional bluff bodies.

Fluctuating lift and drag acting on a 5:1 rectangular cylinder in various turbulent flows

  • Yang, Yang;Li, Mingshui;Yang, Xiongwei
    • Wind and Structures
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    • 제34권1호
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    • pp.137-149
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    • 2022
  • In this paper, the fluctuating lift and drag forces on 5:1 rectangular cylinders with two different geometric scales in three turbulent flow-fields are investigated. The study is particularly focused on understanding the influence of the ratio of turbulence integral length scale to structure characteristic dimension (the length scale ratio). The results show that both fluctuating lift and drag forces are influenced by the length scale ratio. For the model with the larger length scale ratio, the corresponding fluctuating force coefficient is larger, while the spanwise correlation is weaker. However, the degree of influence of the length scale ratio on the two fluctuating forces are different. Compared to the fluctuating drag, the fluctuating lift is more sensitive to the variation of the length scale ratio. It is also found through spectral analysis that for the fluctuating lift, the change of length scale ratio mainly leads to the variation in the low frequency part of the loading, while the fluctuating drag generally follows the quasi-steady theory in the low frequency, and the slope of the drag spectrum at high frequencies changes with the length scale ratio. Then based on the experimental data, two empirical formulas considering the influence of length scale ratio are proposed for determining the lift and drag aerodynamic admittances of a 5:1 rectangular cylinder. Furthermore, a simple relationship is established to correlate the turbulence parameter with the fluctuating force coefficient, which could be used to predict the fluctuating force on a 5:1 rectangular cylinder under different parameter conditions.