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LARGE EDDY SIMULATION OF TURBULENT FLOWS AND DIRECT/DECOUPLED SIMULATIONS OF AEROACOUSTICS - PRESENT STATUS AND FUTURE PROSPECT -

  • Kato, Chisachi
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2010.05a
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    • pp.2-4
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    • 2010
  • Due to rapid progress in the performance of high-end computers, numerical prediction of fluid flow and flow-induced sound is expected to become a vital tool for aero- and hydro- dynamic design of various flow-related products. This presentation focuses on the applications of large-scale numerical simulations to complex engineering problems with a particular emphasis placed on the low-speed flows. Flow field computations are based on a large eddy simulation that directly computes all active eddies in the flow and models only those eddies responsible for energy dissipations. The sound generated from low-speed turbulent flows are computed either by direct numerical simulation or by decoupled methods, according to whether or not the feedback effects of the generated sound onto the source flow field can be neglected. Several numerical examples are presented in order to elucidate the present status of such computational methods and discussion on the future prospects will also be given.

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An experimental Study of the Wake Flow Past a Rectangular Cylinder (長方形柱 後流에 關한 實驗的 硏究)

  • Nam, Cheong-Do
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.45-56
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    • 1991
  • This paper describes characteristics of the flow pattern of the flow past a rectangular cylinder experimentally investigated. The width-to-length ratio of the section varried from 2 to4. For the statistical treatment, autocorrelation coefficient, probability density function and power spectral density function are obtained by the digital processing technic through on-line system with a hot wire anemometer. As a results, it was found that strong periodic coherent eddies structure is sustained to about 20H downstream from the cylinder. And nearer the cylinder in the wake, the number of turbulent eddies of a large scale coherent structure are comparatively much more dominant than that of a small scale one. By the analysis of power spectrum, It was cleared that there exists a certain range of the width to length ratio between 2.5 and 3 of which the flow pattern changes abruptly with a sudden discontinuity in Strouhal number.

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Hydrodynamic Characteristics of a Small Bee in Hovering Flight

  • Ro, Ki-Deok;Kim, Kwang-Seok
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.100-109
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    • 2008
  • The three-dimensional flows in the Weis-Fogh mechanism are studied by flow visualization and numerical simulation by the vortex method. The vortex method. especially the vortex stick method, is employed to investigate the vortex structure in the wake of the two wings. The pressure is estimated by the Bernoulli equation, and the lift on the wing are also obtained. As the results the eddies near the leading edge of each wing in the fling stage take a convex shape because the eddies shed from both tips entrain the flows and the downwash in the rotating stage is deflected toward the outside because the outside tip vortex is stronger than the inside one. And the lift coefficient on the wings in this mechanism is almost independent of the Reynolds number.

Modeling Environmental Effects on Detection Performances for Variable Depth Sonars in the East Sea of Korea

  • Na, Young-Nam;Cho, Chang-Bong;Han, Sang-Kyu
    • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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    • v.23 no.2E
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    • pp.68-73
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    • 2004
  • In the East Sea of Korea, the ocean environments are known to have strong variations in space and time. Their effects are very important factors in sound propagation and sonar performance. We consider the environmental factors such as eddies and thermal fronts affecting underwater sound propagation and target detection performance by sonars. Unfortunately, however, the detailed structure of eddies is usually difficult to understand by using the sea surface temperatures from infrared images alone or a few profiles from the CTD (conductivity, temperature and depth) castings. The temperature fields of eddy and thermal front are simulated with typical patterns of those obtained from several observations. This paper delivers the overviews of environments and acoustic models with their simulation results on sonar performance.

A Numerical Experiment on the Inter-annual Variation Induced by the Current in a Basin with Dimension Comparable to the East Sea

  • Cho Kyoung-Ho;Seung Young Ho
    • Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.163-171
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    • 2000
  • A series of numerical experiments are performed to examine the generation of inter-annual variations by an inertial current in an idealized semi-enclosed basin with dimension comparable to that of the East Sea. Model results indicate that the inter-annual variations dominate the kinetic energy spectrum with a peak around the time scales of 2-3 years. These variations are mostly due to the westward propagating meanders and large eddies induced by the instability of current, indicating their dependency on the eddy-resolving capacity of the model. They are generated in the interior of the basin but their energy is largely confined near the western boundary such that the east-west dimension of the basin cannot be considered as a critical factor as long as the basin covers enough western boundary region. Overall, this study suggests that the inter-annual variation observed in the East Sea is due to the meandering and large eddies induced by the instability of the current.

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Comparisons of Ocean Currents Observed from Drifters and TP/ERS in the East Sea

  • Lee, Dong-Kyu;Niiler, Pearn P.;Suk, Moon-Sik
    • Ocean and Polar Research
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.133-139
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    • 2001
  • Ocean currents estimated from sea height anomalies derived from inter-calibrated TP/ERS are compared with daily mean currents measured with satellite-tracked drifters. The correlation coefficient between the geostrophic current from TP/ERS and surface current at 15 m depth from drifter tracks was found to be about 0.5. Due to the limitation of satellite ground tracks, small scale eddies less than 80 km are poorly resolved from TP/ERS. One of the interesting results of this study is that coastal currents along the eastern coast of Korea were well reproduced from sea height anomalies when the coastal currents were developed in association with eddies near the South Korean coast. The eddy kinetic energy (EKE) estimated from drifters, TP/ERS, and a numerical model are also compared. The EKE estimated from drifters was about 22 % higher than EKE calculated from TP/ERS. The pattern of low EKE level in the northern basin and high EKE level in the southern East Sea is shown in the EKE estimates derived from both the drifters and TP/ERS.

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Condensation Heat Transfer Coefficient in Horizontal Stratified Cocurrent Flow of Steam and Cold Water (물-증기 동방향 성층이상 유동에서의 응축 열전달 계수)

  • 김효정
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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    • v.10 no.5
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    • pp.618-624
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    • 1986
  • Some studies on direct-contact condensation in cocurrent stratified flow of steam and subcooled water were reviewed. Several approaches have been performed to develop the condensation heat transfer coefficient relationshipo. The local Nusselt number is correlated in terms of the local water Reynolds and Prandtl numbers as well as the steam Froude number. In addition, a turbulence-centered model, developed principally for gas absorption in several geometries, is modified by using calculated interfacial paramters for the turbulent velocity and length scales. These approaches result in a fairly good agreement with the data, whereas, the turbulence-centered model is here rexcommened since it is based on the turbulent properties which may be closely related to the condensation phenemena.

A Study on High Reynolds Number Flow in Two-Dimensional Closed Cavity (2차원 밀폐 캐비티의 고레이놀즈수 흐름에 관한 연구)

  • 최민선;송치성;이영호
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.101-109
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    • 1996
  • Two-dimensional lid-driven closed flows within square cavity were studied numerically for four Reynolds numbers : $10^4$, 3$\times10^4$, 5$\times10^4$ and 7.5$\times10^4$. A convective difference scheme to maintain the same spatial accurary by irregular grid correction is adopted by applying the interior division principle. Grid number is $80\times80$and its minimum size is about 1/400 of the cavity height. At Re=$10^4$, periodic migration of small eddies appearing in corner separation region and its temporal sinusoidal fluctuation are represented. At three higher Reynolds numbers(3$\times10^4$, 5$\times10^4$ and 7.5$\times10^4$), an organizing structure of four consecutive vorticles at two lower corners is revealed from time-mean flow patterns. But, instantaneous flow characteristics show very random unsteady fluctuation mainly due to the interaction between rotating shed vortices and stationary eddies within the corners.

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A Numerical Modeling Study on the Interannual Variability in the Gulf of Alaska (알라스카 만의 경년변화에 대한 수치모형 실험)

  • Bang, In-Kweon;Zygmunt Kowlik
    • Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.298-308
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    • 1994
  • Ocean circulation in the Northeast Pacific Ocean is simulated using a high-resolution primitive equation numerical model with realistic bottom topography. The goal is to explain better the details of observed interannual variability of the circulation in the Gulf of Alaska. Our numerical model suggests that there is no seasonal shift in the Alaska gyre and that the interannual variability. reported earlier, is most likely the result of embedded mesoscale eddies in the dynamic topography. Such eddies have been observed in hydrographic. satellite-tracked drifters and altimeter data from the Gulf of Alaska.

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A Study on Unsteady Flow Characteristics of Closed Cavity with Obstacle (장애물을 갖는 밀폐공간의 비정상 유동특성에 관한연구)

  • 조대환
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.176-183
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    • 1999
  • This paper is aimed to investigate behaviour of vortex in 2-D step cavity with high Reynolds numbers$(3.2{\times}10^{3},\;10^{4},\;3{\times}10^{4},\;5{\times}10^{4}\;and\;7{\times}10^{4})$. The SOLA algorithm which is MAC type was adopted to solution method computing the flow field on irregular grid. In case of $Re=7{\times}10^{4}$ flow behavior is steady bu periodic unsteady sinusoidal fluctuation of local velocity and kinetic energy is found for $Re=10^{4}$ Continuous movements of small eddies in the secondary flow regions are discov-ered for $3{\times}10^{4}$ Generation of eddies and their active migrating behavior are detected over $Re=5{\times}10^{4}$ resulting in complete unsteady and non-linear flow characteristics Furthermore a typhoon-like vortex(TLV) appears intermittently and rotates along the separation regions and boundary layers.

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