• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.137-145
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• 2011

This paper suggests possible rear body shape modifications of a passenger car for the improvement of aerodynamic performance, based on the CFD analysis results. YF SONATA, a passenger car of Hyundai Motors Company, plays a major role as the baseline car in this research. Representatively, three parts(trunk rear edge, side rear edge and rear undercover) are modified in a small range in order for the total outer shapes not to be changed enough so that the modified car is not considered different, compared with the baseline. Specifically, using computational fluid dynamics, aerodynamic drag reduction is accomplished maximally about 11% in this research. Finally, it is proved that although the range of changes of the rear body shapes of a passenger car is very strictly confined, by changing a small range of rear body shapes alone the enhancement of aerodynamic performance of a passenger car can be significantly accomplished.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.22-28
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• 2006

Computer simulation of the air flow over an automotive vehicle is now becoming a routine process in automotive industry to assess the aerodynamic characteristics of a medium-size vehicle such as $C_d\;and\;C_1$ and aslo to investigate the possibility of improving aerodynamic performance of the vehicle as a preliminary design for the production line. Mainly due to its contribution in saving time and cost in the development of new cars, computer simulation of the air flow over a vehicle is usually done well before a production car is introduced to the market and in gaining more and more attention as powerful computer resources are getting readily available nowadays. To aerodynamically design a car is mainly related with reducing a drag coefficient of car. A well designed car usually has a $C_d$ value in the range of $0.3{\sim}0.4$. It is understandable that automotive industry is rushing to reduce a drag coefficient as reducing even a small fraction of the $C_d$ value can have an enormous overall impact on many areas. Actually, the present research model was able to achieve a $C_d$ value in the range of $0.3{\sim}0.36$ for flow velocities of $60km/h{\sim}100km/h$ by strategically removing the possible factor hazardous to lower $C_d$ value. Prediction of the medium-size vehicle aerodynamics using CFD was performed when an actual car model was in the development stage and three-dimensional modeling was also performed to optimize it as the best model in terms of the best aerodynamic performance.

• 대한조선학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.29-40
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• 1989

고효율 및 캐비테이션 특성이 우수한 프로펠러 날개단면을 개발하기 위한 일련의 설계 제작 시험 및 해석과정을 기술하였다. 여러 날개단면의 양력-항력곡선과 캐비테이션 특징을 비교하기 위하여 11개의 2차원 날개 단면을 설계 제작 시험하였다. 개발된 단면(KH18 단면)은 양력-항력 곡선과 캐비티 초생 곡선에서 기존 단면에 비하여 폭이 넓기 때문에 불균일한 선미후류에서 작동하는 프로펠러의 날개 단면으로서 적합하리라 생각된다. 개방단면을 사용한 프로펠러 설계법을 제시하였다. 코오드 방향 부하분포 형상이 프로펠로 성능에 미치는 영향을 고찰하기 위하여 3가지 기준 부하 형상에 대한 프로펠러를 각각 설계하였다. 또한 날개단면이 프로펠러 성능에 미치는 영향을 비교하기 위하여 기존 날개단면만을 사용한 프로펠러를 2개 설계하였다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.655-661
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• 2019

본 연구는 차량용 리어 디퓨저의 시작 위치에 따른 주행 성능 변화를 분석하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 CATIA 3D 설계 프로그램을 이용하여 상용 SUV 차량을 참고하여 차량을 모델링하고 뒤 타이어를 기준으로 300, 400, 500 mm 떨어진 위치부터 리어 디퓨저가 시작되도록 설계했다. 그리고 유동 해석 프로그램인 Fluent를 이용해 차량 주행속도가 60km/h, 100km/h, 140km/h 일 경우를 조건으로 하여 유동해석 후 양력과 항력의 변화를 분석하고 공기의 유선 변화를 확인했다. 해석 결과, 리어 디퓨저는 시작 위치에 상관없이 디퓨저가 없는 경우에 비해 양력과 항력을 감소시켰다. 이는 리어 디퓨저가 있을 경우 공기가 차량 하면부를 지나 후면부로 빠져나올 때 발생하는 박리 현상을 억제하여 와류 현상을 감소시키기 때문이다. 또한 본 연구에서는 SP 400의 조건일 때 양력이 가장 작았고 양력 감소 효과도 가장 좋았기 때문에 주행 중 타이어의 접지력을 최대로 확보할 수 있어서 이 경우를 최적의 조건으로 결정하였다.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2005년도 창립60주년 기념 추계 학술대회
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• pp.77.2-77.2
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• 2005

• International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.124-131
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• 2015

The good performance of a vortex shedder is defined by strong and stable vortex generated under the condition of most linearity in Strouhal number and low power loss. In this paper, the flow past a bluff body of circular cylinder with a slit normal to the flow has been analyzed focusing on drag coefficient, linearity of Strouhal number and flow resistance (K-factor). The ANSYS/FLUENT package is used for flow simulation and the integration method of computational code to iSIGHT platform is employed for automated design cycle. This study results the design with (0.20~0.267) blockage ratio and 0.10 slit ratio as the best shedder for vortex flowmeter and this results are in well agreement with the experiment. As the combination of GAMBIT, FLUENT, and iSIGHT substitutes the design parameters automatically according to the input data, this method designs effectively the vortex shedder with less design cycle time and low manufacturing cost eliminating the human intervention bottleneck.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.24-29
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• 2012

In this study, the numerical simulation has been performed to investigate the hydrodynamic evaluation between double plate steel rudder and newly designed foil type rudder for small fishing boat. The simulations are carried out in 2 speed ranges with 7 variations of flow's angle of attack which is at intervals of about 5 degree respectively. As the well-known commercial code, FLUENT and CATIA are used as the solver. The simulation results show that new designed foil type rudder is better than conventional double plate rudder in terms of Lift and Drag of running boat in the water.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.1291-1297
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• 2001

The commercial viability of heat exchanger is mainly dependent on their long-term fouling characteristics because the feeling increases the pressure loss and degrades the thermal performance of a heat exchanger An experimental study was performed to investigate the characteristics of fluid flow in a fluidized bed heat exchanger with circulating various solid particles. The present work showed that the drag force coefficients of particles in the internal flow were higher than in the external flow, in addition, they were lower with the shapes of particles being closer to the spherical geometries.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국신재생에너지학회 2011년도 춘계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.64.1-64.1
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• 2011

Small horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWTs) can be used to produce power in areas where the wind conditions are not favorable or optimal for large HAWTs. A newly designed airfoil for use in small HAWTs was analyzed in CFD to predict the aerodynamic performance at various Reynolds numbers over a various angles of attack. The coefficient of lift and drag, CL and CD, and the pressure distribution over the airfoil was obtained. It was found that the airfoil could achieve very good aerodynamic characteristics. The results of the numerical analysis will be compared against experimental data for validation purposes.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.745-756
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• 2002

The re-entry problem consists of guidance design and trajectory control. This paper summarizes the detailed relationships between the velocity, drag acceleration and altitude in determining reference trajectories. The computational issues are also addressed, and the performance of the proposed simple nonlinear control of a bank angle for the longitudinal/ lateral trajectory is demonstrated. In particular, the fixed bank angle methods that can reduce the drag acceleration errors at low-speeds are proposed. The importance of bank reversals with respect to the azimuth errors Is also elucidated.