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Flutter Characteristics of a Morphing Flight Vehicle with Varying Inboard and Outboard Folding Angles

  • Shrestha, Pratik;Jeong, Min-Soo;Lee, In;Bae, Jae-Sung;Koo, Kyo-Nam
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.133-139
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    • 2013
  • Morphing aircraft capable of varying their wing form can operate efficiently at various flight conditions. However, radical morphing of the aircraft leads to increased structural complexities, resulting in occurrence of dynamic instabilities such as flutter, which can lead to catastrophic events. Therefore, it is of utmost importance to investigate and understand the changes in flutter characteristics of morphing wings, to ensure uncompromised safety and maximum reliability. In this paper, a study on the flutter characteristics of the folding wing type morphing concept is conducted, to examine the effect of changes in folding angles on the flutter speed and flutter frequency. The subsonic aerodynamic theory Doublet Lattice Method (DLM) and p-k method are used, to perform the flutter analysis in MSC.NASTRAN. The present baseline flutter characteristics correspond well with the results from previous study. Furthermore, enhancement of the flutter characteristics of an aluminum folding wing is proposed, by varying the outboard wing folding angle independently of the inboard wing folding angle. It is clearly found that the flutter characteristics are strongly influenced by changes in the inboard/outboard folding angles, and significant improvement in the flutter characteristics of a folding wing can be achieved, by varying its outboard wing folding angle.

Investigations on Partial Discharge, Dielectric and Thermal Characteristics of Nano SiO2 Modified Sunflower Oil for Power Transformer Applications

  • Nagendran, S.;Chandrasekar, S.
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.1337-1345
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    • 2018
  • The reliability of power transmission and distribution depends up on the consistency of insulation in the high voltage power transformer. In recent times, considering the drawbacks of conventional mineral oils such as poor biodegradability and poor fire safety level, several research works are being carried out on natural ester based nanofluids. Earlier research works show that sunflower oil has similar dielectric characteristics compared with mineral oil. BIOTEMP oil which is now commercially available in the market for transformers is based on sunflower oil. Addition of nanofillers in the base oil improves the dielectric characteristics of liquid insulation. Only few results are available in the literature about the insulation characteristics of nano modified natural esters. Hence understanding the influence of addition of nanofillers in the dielectric properties of sunflower oil and collecting the database is important. Considering these facts, present work contributes to investigate the important characteristics such as partial discharge, lightning impulse, breakdown strength, tandelta, volume resistivity, viscosity and thermal characteristics of $SiO_2$ nano modified sunflower oil with different wt% concentration of nano filler material varied from 0.01wt% to 0.1wt%. From the obtained results, nano modified sunflower oil shows better performance than virgin sunflower oil and hence it may be a suitable candidate for power transformer applications.

Combustion Characteristics of Fire Retardants Treated Domestic Wood (난연처리 국산 침엽수재의 연소특성 분석)

  • Seo, Hyun Jeong;Hwang, Wuk;Lee, Min Chul
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Combustion
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.9-18
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    • 2017
  • In this study, we measured that fire characteristics of four wood species using indoor finish materials. Wooden specimens were treated with fire retardant chemicals such as diammonium phosphate and potassium carbonate. The wooden specimens are Larix kaempferi, Pinus koraiensis, Cryptomeria japonica, and Chamaecyparis obtusa, which are used for indoor finish. The heat release rate (HRR) values of fire retardant treated woods were confirmed lower than that of untreated woods. For specific details, the HRR values of vacuum impregnated specimens for Pinus koraiensis and Cryptomeria japonica were measured lower than coatings. However, those of Larix kaempferi and Chamaecyparis obtusa showed the opposite effect to it. Total heat release rate values of all wooden specimens, vacuum impregnated were lower than coated specimens.

Breakdown Characteristics for Insulation Design of HTS Transformer in Liquid Nitrogen

  • J.M. Joung;S.M. Baek;Kim, S.H.
    • Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.38-42
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    • 2003
  • HTS transformer is promising one of HTS power applications to be commercialized in the near future. To realize the applications, insulation technology in the coolant, liquid nitrogen, should be established. So breakdown characteristics should be considered at insulation components; turn-to-turn, layer-to-layer, winding-to-winding, were investigated. Firstly breakdown strengths of Kapton films were compared with Kraft paper these are as turn insulator. And next the characteristics of surface flashover on FRP were measured and the influence on breakdown strength of bubble generated with joule heat was discussed with the shape of cooling channel between layers. Finally barrier effect at winding-to-winding was discussed.

The Effect of Butt Gap in Insulation Properties for a HTS Cable

  • D.S.Kwag;Kim, Y.S.;Kim, H.J.;Kim, S.H.
    • Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.43-47
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    • 2003
  • For an electrical insulation design of HTS cable, it is important to understand the dielectric characteristics of insulation materials in $LN_2$ and the insulation type. Generally, the electrical insulation of HTS Cable is classified into two types of the composite insulation and solid insulation type. In this research, we selected the insulation paper/$LN_2$ composite insulation type for the electric insulation of a HTS cable, and studied electric insulation characteristics of synthetic Laminated Polypropylene Paper (LPP) in liquid nitrogen ($LN_2$) for the application to high temperature superconducting (HTS) cable. Furthermore, we compared the breakdown characteristics of the butt gap and bended mini-model cable. It is necessary to understand the winding parameter of insulation paper/$LN_2$ composite insulation.

Performance and Emissions Characteristics of a Converted Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Engine with Mixer and Liquid Propane Injection (LPi) System

  • Choi, Gyeung-Ho;Kim, Jin-Ho;Cho, Ung-Lae;Chung, Yon-Jong;Han, Sung-Bin
    • Journal of Energy Engineering
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    • v.14 no.3 s.43
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    • pp.187-193
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    • 2005
  • In this study, the performance and emission characteristics of a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) engine converted from a diesel engine were examined by using mixer system and liquid propane injection (LPi) system. A compression ratio of 21 for the base diesel engine, was modified to 8, 8.5, 9 and 9.5. The engine performance and emissions characteristics are analyzed by investigating engine power, brake mean effective pressure (BMEP), brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC), volumetric efficienry, CO, THC and NOx. Experimental results showed that the LPi system generated higher power and lower emissions than the conventional mixer fuel supply method.

Flexoelectric effects on dynamic response characteristics of nonlocal piezoelectric material beam

  • Kunbar, Laith A. Hassan;Alkadhimi, Basim Mohamed;Radhi, Hussein Sultan;Faleh, Nadhim M.
    • Advances in materials Research
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.259-274
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    • 2019
  • Flexoelectric effect has a major role on mechanical responses of piezoelectric materials when their dimensions become submicron. Applying differential quadrature (DQ) method, the present article studies dynamic characteristics of a small scale beam made of piezoelectric material considering flexoelectric effect. In order to capture scale-dependency of such piezoelectric beams, nonlocal elasticity theory is utilized and also surface effects are included for better structural modeling. Governing equations have been derived by utilizing Hamilton's rule with the assumption that the scale-dependent beam is subjected to thermal environment leading to uniform temperature variation across the thickness. Obtained results based on DQ method are in good agreement with previous data on pizo-flexoelectric beams. Finally, it would be indicated that dynamic response characteristics and vibration frequencies of the nano-size beam depends on the existence of flexoelectric influence and the magnitude of scale factors.

Analysis of Characteristics in Switched Reluctance Motor According to the Variation of Rotor Shape (회전자 형상 변화에 따른 스위치드 릴럭턴스 전동기의 특성 해석)

  • Lim, S.B.;Park, J.W.;Choi, J.H.;Chun, Y.D.;Kim, Y.H.;Lee, J.
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2001.07b
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    • pp.596-598
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    • 2001
  • This paper presents an analysis of the characteristics in switched reluctance motor (SRM). 2D finite element method (FEM) considering the iron saturation and the actual switching circuit of the SRM drive is applied for the dynamic analysis. The influence of the rotor shape on the radial force and torque ripple is investigated and the optimal shape of rotor pole is proposed to enhance the torque. The radial force characteristics acting on the surface of teeth is investigated by using the Maxwell's magnetic stress tensor method.

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Numerical Evaluation of Dynamic Transfer Matrix and Unsteady Cavitation Characteristics of an Inducer

  • Yonezawa, Koichi;Aono, Jun;Kang, Donghyuk;Horiguchi, Hironori;Kawata, Yutaka;Tsujimoto, Yoshinobu
    • International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.126-133
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    • 2012
  • The transfer matrix and unsteady cavitation characteristics, cavitation compliance and mass flow gain factor, of cavitating inducer were evaluated by CFD using commercial software. Quasi-steady values of cavitation compliance and mass flow gain factor were obtained first by using steady calculations at various flow rate and inlet cavitation number. Then unsteady calculations were made to determine the transfer matrix and the cavitation characteristics. The results are compared with experiments to show the validity of calculations.