• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.869-876
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• 2008

A thermocompressor is the equipment which compresses a vapor to a desired discharge pressure. Since it was first used as the evacuation pump for a surface condenser, it has been widely adopted for energy saving systems due to its high working confidence. In the present study, the geometrical analysis of the shape between the jet nozzle and the diffuser inlet, the drag force was calculated by means of the integrated equation of motion and the computational fluid dynamic (CFD) package called FLUENT. The computer simulations were performed to investigate the effects by the various suction flow rates, the distance from jet nozzle outlet to the diffuser inlet and the dimensions of the diffuser inlet section through the iterative calculation. In addition, the results from the CFD analysis on the thermocompressor and the experiments were compared for the verification of the CFD results. In the case of a jet nozzle, the results from the CFD analysis showed a good agreement with the experimental results. Furthermore, in this study, a special attention was paid on the performance of the thermocompressor by varying the diffuser convergence angle of $0.0^{\circ}$, $0.5^{\circ}$, $1.0^{\circ}$, $2.0^{\circ}$, $3.5^{\circ}$ and $4.5^{\circ}$. With the increase of the diffuser convergence angle. the suction capacity was improved up to the degree of $1.0^{\circ}$ while it was decreased over the degree of $1.0^{\circ}$.

• 대기
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.501-510
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• 2015

In this study, the characteristics of flows around building groups are investigated using a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model. For this, building groups with different volumetric ratios in a fixed area are considered. As the volumetric ratio of the building group increases, the region affected by the building group is widened. However, the wind-speed reduced area rather decreases with the volumetric ratio near the ground bottom (z ${\lesssim}$ 0.7H, here, H is the height of the building group) and, above 0.7H, it increases. As the volumetric ratio decreases (that is, space between buildings was widened), the size of recirculation region decreases but flow recovery is delayed, resulting in the wider wind-speed reduced area. The increase in the volumetric ratio results in larger drag force on the flow above the roof level, consequently reducing wind speed above the roof level. However, above z ${\gtrsim}$ 1.7H, wind speed increases with the volumetric ratio for satisfying mass conservation, resultantly increasing turbulent kinetic energy there. Inside the building groups, wind speed decreased with the volumetric ratio and averaged wind speed is parameterized in terms of the volumetric ratio and background flow speed. The parameterization method is applied to producing averaged wind speed for 80 urban areas in 7 cities in Korea, showing relatively good performance.

• 항공우주시스템공학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.59-65
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• 2016

Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) is developing an electric-driven HALE UAV in order to secure system and operational technologies since 2010. Based on the 5 years of flight tests and design experiences of the previously developed electric-driven UAVs, KARI has designed EAV-3, a solar-powered HALE UAV. EAV-3 weighs 53 kg, the structure weight is 21 kg, and features a flexible wing of 19.5 m in span with the aspect ratio of 17.4. Designing the main wing and empennage of the EAV-3 the amount of the bending due to the flexible wing, 404 mm at 1-G flight condition based on T-800 composite material, and side wind effects due to low cruise speed, V_cr = 6 m/sec, are carefully considered. Also, unlike the general aircraft there is no center of gravity shift during the flight. Thus, the static margin cuts down to 28.4% and center of gravity moves back to 31% of the Mean Aerodynamic Chord (MAC) comparing to the previously developed scale-down HALE UAVs, EAV-2 and EAV-2H, to minimize a trim drag and enhance a performance of the EAV-3. The first flight of the EAV-3 has successfully conducted on the July 29, 2015 and the test flight above the altitude 14 km has efficiently achieved on the August 5, 2015 at the Goheung aviation center.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제26권12호
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• pp.1681-1691
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• 2002

The heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of heat exchangers with louver fins were experimentally investigated. The samples had small fin pitches (1.0 mm to 1.4 mm), and experiments were conducted up to a very low frontal air velocity (as low as 0.3 m/s). At a certain Reynolds number (critical Reynolds number), the flattening of the heat transfer coefficient curve was observed. The critical Reynolds number was insensitive to the louver angle, and decreased as the louver pitch to fin pitch ratio (L$_{p}$F$_{p}$) decreased. Existing correlations on the critical Reynolds number did not adequately predict the data. It is suggested that, for proper assessment of the heat transfer behavior, the louver pattern in addition to the flow characterization need to be considered. The heat transfer coefficient increased as the fin pitch decreased. At low Reynolds numbers, however, the trend was reversed. Possible explanation is provided considering the louver pattern between neighboring fins. Different from the heat transfer coefficient, the friction factor did not show the flattening characteristic. The reason may be attributed to the form drag by louvers, which offsets the decreased skin friction at a low Reynolds number. The friction factor increased as the fin pitch decreased and the louver angle increased. A new correlation predicted 92% of the heat transfer coefficient and 90% of the friction factor within $\pm$10%.10%.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.97-108
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• 2015

돛 요트, 패러글라이더, 또는 고공 풍력 등의 설계에 있어, 3차원 모델에 가해지는 측풍공기력을 해석하는 일은 다양한 기계의 성능을 예측하기 위해 매우 중요하다. 3차원 형상 주위의 본질적인 유동 물리를 이해하기 위하여, 본 연구에서는 간략화된 강체 모델들이 제안되었다. 자유류 속도, 받음각, 종횡비, 그리고 캠버가 독립변수로서 고려되었다. 양력과 항력 계수들은 ANSYS-CFX를 이용한 전산유체역학 해석을 통하여 계산되었고, 유동장의 후처리된 가시화 결과는 유체역학의 관점에서 해석되었다.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.31-46
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• 2009

An Unscented Kalman Filter (UKF) for estimation of the attitude and rate of a spacecraft using only magnetometer vector measurement is developed. The attitude dynamics used in the estimation is the nonlinear Euler's rotational equation which is augmented with the quaternion kinematics to construct a process model. The filter is designed for small satellite in low Earth orbit, so the disturbance torques include gravity-gradient torque, magnetic disturbance torque, and aerodynamic drag torque. The magnetometer measurements are simulated based on time-varying position of the spacecraft. The filter has been tested not only in the standby mode but also in the detumbling mode. Two types of actuators have been modeled and applied in the simulation. The PD controller is used for the two types of actuators (reaction wheels and thrusters) to detumble the spacecraft. The estimation error converged to within 5 deg for attitude and 0.1 deg/s for rate respectively when the two types of actuators were used. A joint state parameter estimation has been tested and the effect of the process noise covariance on the parameter estimation has been indicated. Also, Monte-Carlo simulations have been performed to test the capability of the filter to converge with the initial conditions sampled from a uniform distribution. Finally, the UKF performance has been compared to that of the EKF and it demonstrates that UKF slightly outperforms EKF. The developed algorithm can be applied to any type of small satellites that are actuated by magnetic torquers, reaction wheels or thrusters with a capability of magnetometer vector measurements for attitude and rate estimation.

• 전자공학회논문지SC
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.47-54
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 3차원 공간에서의 직관적이며 자연스러운 손동작을 통해 기존의 컴퓨터 인터페이스를 대체할 수 있는 새로운 인터페이스를 제안한다. 제안하는 인터페이스는 커서의 이동 제어와 명령 제어의 기능을 3차원 공간에서 마우스란 매개체 없이 손의 움직임만으로 수행할 수 있다. 명령 제어를 위한 손가락 동작은 손목에서 얻은 근전도 신호를 통해 추론하며, 손가락 동작의 종류는 4가지(좌클릭, 우클릭, 홀드, 릴리즈)로 마우스의 모든 기능을 표현할 수 있다. 또한 컴퓨터 화면상 커서의 상하좌우 움직임 제어는 손의 이동을 통하여 이루어지며 이는 영상 정보처리를 통하여 구현하였다. 손가락 동작 추론을 위해 지표로는 근전도 신호의 엔트로피가 사용되었으며, 가우시안 모델링과 최우추정법을 이용하였다. 커서의 움직임 제어를 위한 영상처리에는 색상인식을 통하여 손가락 끝에 부착한 마커 영역의 위치 좌표를 얻고, 그 좌표의 중심점을 구하여 커서의 이동 제어를 구현하였다. 손가락 움직임 추론을 통한 명령 제어의 성공률은 95% 이상이며 커서 이동제어는 실시간 지연 없이 자연스러운 수행이 가능하였다. 전체 시스템을 직접 구현하여 성능 및 유용성에 대하여 확인하였다.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.27-32
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• 2011

Recently, a ship-shaped barge has been developed to improve the resistance performance, as well as course-keeping capability. However, the stern of the barge is still similar to a box shape, and the vortex generated at the side of the barge creates drag and yaw instability. In order to solve this problem, stern skegs are normally used. The present paper deals with the correlation between the size of the stern skegs and the barge dimensions and hull coefficient. A stern skeg was designed to prevent yaw instability and minimize any additional resistance. The resistance test and course keeping test were performed in the towing tank at Pusan National University. To determine the correlation parameters between the designed stern skeg size and barge dimensions, a parametric study was also performed. Based on the experimental data from five barges, the optimum skeg dimensions were successfully derived. It is expected that the validation of the present study will be carried out by further experiments and computational comparisons in the near future.

• 해양환경안전학회:학술대회논문집
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• 해양환경안전학회 2007년도 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.169-174
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• 2007

부표시스템 침수체의 주요형상인 원형실린더에 제어봉을 부착하여 2차원 단면의 유동특성에 대해서 수치해석을 수행하였다. 유속을 0.1m/s에서 0.5m/s로 변화시키면서 부표시스템 주위의 유동현상을 파악하고 부표시스템의 효과적인 유통제어를 위해 실린더 (D=50mm)에 제어봉의 직경을 0.1D 에서 O.5D 까지 부착하여 조류에 의한 영향을 조사하였다. 유동장내의 속도분포는 PIV계측기법 중 2 프레림 입자추적법을 사용하여 수치해석의 정도를 높이고자 0.3m/s에서 비교 평가하였다. 실린더 주위의 압력분포는 0.2D 의 제어봉을 부착하였을 경우, 유속의 변화에 관계없이 가장 양호한 경향을 보이는 것을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국건축시공학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.97-103
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• 2004

In case of a fire in road or railway tunnel it is always necessary to keep the escape condition as good as possible. Most of the victims of major fires in tunnels are because they couldn't leave the tunnel in time and were trapped by smoke, or rescue teams couldn't reach the place of the accident due to low visibility and high temperature. In spring 2003 a comprehensive field experiment was undertaken in a large scaled tunnel in Youngin City to test the effectiveness of a new water spray curtain system, designed to the air qualify inside of a tunnel in case of fire during passenger's escape to safe routes, In order to control the smoke propagation, fixed water sprayed nozzles were used to make water curtain system, which can be installed or hanging water piping line below ceiling. The experiment was accompanied by an extensive measurement campaign in order to measure temperature dropping effect and flow conditions as well as CO concentration for various water sprayed curtains produced by sprinkler heads or water spray nozzle. Eventually comparison analysis were undertaken to investigate the performance of water curtains under fixed water pressure. Therefore most effective water curtain system was presented on the basis of water droplet size in long tunnel.