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The Development of New GO-FLOW Methodology Using the Reliability of System Components (시스템 구성요소의 신뢰도를 기반으로 하는 새로운 GO-FLOW기법 개발)

  • Byun, Yoon-Sup;Lee, Ju-Yeong;Hwang, Kyu-Suk
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.8-15
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    • 2012
  • The GO-FLOW methodology is capable of assessing system reliability. It models the system into a GO-FLOW chart with signal lines and operators and assesses the reliability of system by assessing the GO-FLOW chart sequential. But, as it models one component of system into several operators, the GO-FLOW chart which is different from the system flow diagram be modeled. Also, as it models the real operation time into "time point", it is hard to assess the reliability change according to the real operation time. Therefore, in this paper, the new GO-FLOW methodology which use the function(success/failure) of system components has been developed. It can assess the successful operating probability of system, regardless of the operating status of components. As it models one component of system into one operator, the GO-FLOW chart which is similar the system flow diagram can be modeled. Also, it is able to easily assess the successful probability of system according to the real operation time using the time in the operators.

Experimental Study on the Unsteady Flow Characteristics for the Counter-Rotating Axial Flow Fan

  • Cho, L.S.;Lee, S.W.;Cho, J.S.;Kang, J.S.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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    • 2008.03a
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    • pp.790-798
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    • 2008
  • Counter-rotating axial flow fan(CRF) consists of two counter-rotating rotors without stator blades. CRF shows the complex flow characteristics of the three-dimensional, viscous, and unsteady flow fields. For the understanding of the entire core flow in CRF, it is necessary to investigate the three-dimensional unsteady flow field between the rotors. This information is also essential to improve the aerodynamic characteristics and to reduce the aerodynamic noise level and vibration characteristics of the CRF. In this paper, experimental study on the three-dimensional unsteady flow of the CRF is performed at the design point(operating point). Flow fields in the CRF are measured at the cross-sectional planes of the upstream and downstream of each rotor using the $45^{\circ}$ inclined hot-wire. The phase-locked averaged hot-wire technique utilizes the inclined hot-wire, which rotates successively with 120 degree increments about its own axis. Three-dimensional unsteady flow characteristics such as tip vortex, secondary flow and tip leakage flow in the CRF are shown in the form of the axial, radial and tangential velocity vector plot and velocity contour. The phase-locked averaged velocity profiles of the CRF are analyzed by means of the stationary unsteady measurement technique. At the mean radius of the front rotor inlet and the outlet, the phase-locked averaged velocity profiles show more the periodical flow characteristics than those of the hub region. At the tip region of the CRF, the axial velocity is decreased due to the boundary layer effect of the fan casing and the tip vortex flow. The radial and the tangential velocity profiles show the most unstable and unsteady flow characteristics compared with other position of rotors. But, the phase-locked averaged velocity profiles of the downstream of the rear rotor show the aperiodic flow pattern due to the mixture of the front rotor wake period and the rear rotor rotational period.

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Cross Flow Characteristics of the Core Simulator in SMART Reactor Flow Distribution Test Facility (SMART 유동분포시험장치 노심모의기에서의 횡방향 유동 특성)

  • Yoon, Jung;Kim, Young-In;Chung, Young-Jong;Lee, Won-Jae
    • The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.5-11
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    • 2012
  • To identify the flow characteristics of the SMART reactor, a flow distribution model test and a numerical simulation are performed in KAERI. Among several part of the SMART reactor, the fuel assemblies are simulated using simulators because of the complexity. The geometries of the core in the SMART reactor and simulator are different, but some similarities are maintained such as the ratio of pressure drop in the vertical and cross directions. There are cross flow holes in each core simulator to reproduce the cross flow of SMART fuel assemblies. To know the flow characteristics of the cross flow, numerical analysis is performed. As the cross flow area is decreased, the pressure drop between inlet and outlet is decreased. Also, when the flow imbalance between two core simulators is constant, the cross flow area does not significantly affect the cross flow.

An Investigation of Heat Transfer Characteristics of Swirling Flow in a 180$^{\circ}$ Circular Section Bend with Uniform Heat Flux

  • Chang, Tae-Hyun
    • Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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    • v.17 no.10
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    • pp.1520-1532
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    • 2003
  • An experiment was performed to obtain the local heat transfer coefficient and Nusselt number in a circular duct with a 180$^{\circ}$ bend for Re=6 x 10$^4$, 8 x 10$^4$ and 1 x 10$\^$5/ under swirling flow and non-swirling flow conditions. The test tube with a circular section was made from stainless steel having a curvature ration of 9.4. Current heat flux of 5.11 kW/㎡ was applied to the test tube by electrical power and the swirling motion of air was produced by a tangential inlet to the pipe axis at 180$^{\circ}$. Measurements of local wall temperatures and the bulk mean temperatures of air were made at four circumferential positions at 16 stations. The wall temperatures showed a reduced distribution curve at the bend for the non-swirling flow, but this effect did not appear for the swirling flow. The Nusselt number distributions for the swirling flow, which was calculated from the measured wall and the bulk temperatures, were higher than that of the non-swirling flow. The average Nusselt number of the swirling flow increased by about 90-100%, compared to that of the non-swirling flow. The Nu/Nu$\_$DB/ values at the 90$^{\circ}$ station for non-swirling flow and swirling flow were approximately 2.5 and 4.8 at Re=6x10$^4$ respectively. The values agree well with Said's results for non-swirling flow.

Effect of Flow Stress, Friction, Temperature, and Velocity on Finite Element Predictions of Metal Flow Lines in Forgings (유동응력, 마찰, 온도, 속도 등이 단조 중 단류선의 유한요소예측에 미치는 영향)

  • Choi, M. H.;Jin, H. T.;Joun, M. S.
    • Transactions of Materials Processing
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.227-233
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    • 2015
  • In this paper, the effect of flow stress, friction, temperature, and velocity on finite element predictions of metal flow lines after cylindrical upsetting is presented. An actual three-stage hot forging process involving an upsetting step is utilized and experimental metal flow lines are measured to study the effect of the various process variables. It was found that temperature and velocity for reasonable values of friction have little influence on metal flow lines especially those located deep within the cylinder but that flow stress has a direct influence on the flow lines. It was shown that a pure power law material model cannot reflect the real flow stress of hot material because it underestimates the flow stress especially around the dead-metal zone for the upsetting of a cylindrical specimen. It is thus recommended that a proper lower limit of flow stress be assumed to alleviate this issue.

Long-Term Runoff Simulation in Consideration of Snow Pack and Snow Melt (적설 및 융설의 영향을 고려한 장기유출 모의)

  • Kim, Dae Geun;Jeong, Jae Ung;Park, Jae Hyun;Park, Chang Geun
    • Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.265-272
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    • 2007
  • This study uses the SWAT model to analyze the characteristics of long-term runoff at the Ssang-cheon Basin located in the city of Sokcho, which is located in the province of Gangwon. The study considers the effect of snow packing and snow melting in a runoff simulation. In this simulation, the study examines the need to introduce a snow pack and snow melt model to evaluate the water resources of the mountainous region of the Gangwon province. The findings of this study indicate that the runoff hydrograph that was produced approximates the true measured flow when the effect of the snow pack and snow melt are considered, compared to when they are not factored in. The analysis of the flow duration curve indicates that the stream flow largely increases when the effect of the snow pack and snow melt are considered. The wet stream flow was shown to increase by nearly 3% due to the melting effect, while the normal stream flow, low stream flow and drought stream flow were shown to increase by slightly more than 10%. Specifically, it was found that as the stream flow decreases, the effect of the snow pack and snow melt on the stream flow increases.

Optical Flow Estimation of Large Displacements from Real Sequential Images

  • Kim, Jin-Woo
    • Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.319-324
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    • 2011
  • In computing the optical flow. Horn and Schunck's method which is a representative algorithm is based on differentiation. But it is difficult to estimate the velocity for a large displacement by this algorithm. To cope with this problem multigrid method has been proposed. In this paper, we have proposed a scaled multigrid algorithm which the initial flow for a level is calculated by the summation of the optimally scaled flow and error flow. The optimally scaled flow is the scaled expanded flow of the previous level, which can generate an estimated second image having the least RMS error with respect to the original second image, and the error flow is the flow between the estimated second image (generated by the optimally scaled flow) and the original second image. The flow for this level is then estimated using the original first and second images and the initial flow for that level. From among the various coarsest starting levels of the multigrid algorithm, we select the one that finally gives the best estimated flow. Better results were achieved using our proposed method compared with Horn and Schunck's method and a conventional multigrid algorithm.

A Probabilistic Sampling Method for Efficient Flow-based Analysis

  • Jadidi, Zahra;Muthukkumarasamy, Vallipuram;Sithirasenan, Elankayer;Singh, Kalvinder
    • Journal of Communications and Networks
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    • v.18 no.5
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    • pp.818-825
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    • 2016
  • Network management and anomaly detection are challenges in high-speed networks due to the high volume of packets that has to be analysed. Flow-based analysis is a scalable method which reduces the high volume of network traffic by dividing it into flows. As sampling methods are extensively used in flow generators such as NetFlow, the impact of sampling on the performance of flow-based analysis needs to be investigated. Monitoring using sampled traffic is a well-studied research area, however, the impact of sampling on flow-based anomaly detection is a poorly researched area. This paper investigates flow sampling methods and shows that these methods have negative impact on flow-based anomaly detection. Therefore, we propose an efficient probabilistic flow sampling method that can preserve flow traffic distribution. The proposed sampling method takes into account two flow features: Destination IP address and octet. The destination IP addresses are sampled based on the number of received bytes. Our method provides efficient sampled traffic which has the required traffic features for both flow-based anomaly detection and monitoring. The proposed sampling method is evaluated using a number of generated flow-based datasets. The results show improvement in preserved malicious flows.

Experimental Study on the Three Dimensional Unsteady Flow in a Counter-Rotating Axial Flow Fan (엇회전식 축류팬의 3차원 비정상 유동에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Park, Hyun-Soo;Cho, Lee-Sang;Cho, Jin-Soo
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.28 no.9
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    • pp.1005-1014
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    • 2004
  • Experiments were done for the three dimensional unsteady flow in a counter-rotating axial flow fan under peak efficiency operating condition. Flow fields in a counter rotating axial flow fan were measured at cross-sectional planes of the upstream and downstream of each rotor. Cross sectional flow patterns were investigated through the acquired data by the 45$^{\circ}$ inclined hot-wire. Flow characteristics such as tip vortex, secondary flow and tip leakage flow were confirmed through axial, radial and tangential velocity vector plot. It has been found that the radial and tangential velocity components disappeared, while the axial velocity component highly increased as soon as the tip vortex was generated. It has been observed that secondary flow and turbulence intensity which were increased by the front rotor were dissipated passing through the rear rotor. As the result the energy loss of the counter rotating axial flow fan decreased at the downstream of rear rotor. Also, it has been verified that tip vortex pattern of the rear rotor was dampened because the tip vortex generated by front rotor was mixed with that of the rear rotor.

NUMERICAL STUDY ON SYNTHETIC-JET-BASED FLOW SUPPLYING DEVICE (합성제트 기반의 유량 공급 장치에 대한 수치적 연구)

  • Park, M.;Lee, J.;Kim, C.
    • Journal of computational fluids engineering
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.77-83
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    • 2015
  • Flow characteristics of synthetic jet based flow supplying devices have been computationally investigated for different device shapes. Jet momentum was produced by the volume change of a cavity by two piezoelectric-driven diaphragms. The devices have additional flow path compared with the original synthetic jet actuator, and these flow path changes the flow characteristics of synthetic jet actuator. Four non-dimensional parameters, which were functions of the shapes of the additional flow path, were considered as the most critical parameters in jet performance. Comparative studies were conducted to compare volume flow rate and jet velocity. Computed results were solved by 2-D incompressible Navier-Stokes solver with k-w SST turbulence model. Detailed computations revealed that the additional flow path diminishes suction strength of the synthetic jet actuator. In addition, the cross section area of the flow path has more influence over the jet performances than the length of the flow path. Based on the computational results, the synthetic jet based flow supplying devices could be improved by applying suitable shape of the flow path.