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Optimal Design Variables of a Parallel-Flow Heat Exchanger by Using a Desirability Function Approach (만족도 함수를 이용한 평행류 열교환기 설계인자 최적화)

  • Oh Seok-Jin
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.17 no.6
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    • pp.587-595
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    • 2005
  • The heat and flow characteristics in a parallel-flow heat exchanger were examined numerically to obtain its optimal design variables. A desirability function approach was introduced to optimize its performance with respect to the design parameters over the design domain. By varying the importance of heat transfer and pressure drop which are out put variables, the optimal values of the design parameters are examined. As a result, the us-age of the desirability function is very effective for the optimization of the design variables in a heat exchanger since the changes of optimal values are physically appropriate by varying the importance of each output variable.

Numerical simulation of deformable structure interaction with two-phase compressible flow using FVM-FEM coupling (FVM-FEM 결합 기법을 이용한 압축성 이상 유동과 변형 가능한 구조물의 상호작용 수치해석)

  • Moon, Jihoo;Kim, Daegyoum
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Visualization
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.35-41
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    • 2020
  • We conduct numerical simulations of the interaction of a deformable structure with two-phase compressible flow. The finite volume method (FVM) is used to simulate fluid phenomena including a shock wave, a gas bubble, and the deformation of free surface. The deformation of a floating structure is computed with the finite element method (FEM). The compressible two-phase volume of fluid (VOF) method is used for the generation and development of a cavitation bubble, and the immersed boundary method (IBM) is used to impose the effect of the structure on the fluid domain. The result of the simulation shows the generation of a shock wave, and the expansion of the bubble. Also, the deformation of the structure due to the hydrodynamic loading by the explosion is identified.

Laminar Flow Structures Near a Circular Cylinder in between a Free-Surface and a Moving Wall (자유수면과 움직이는 벽면 사이에 놓인 원형 실린더 주위의 층류 유동구조)

  • Seo, Jang-Hoon;Jung, Jae-Hwan;Yoon, Hyun-Sik;Park, Dong-Woo;Chun, Ho-Hwan
    • Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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    • v.49 no.3
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    • pp.213-221
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    • 2012
  • The present study numerically investigates the interaction between a free-surface and flow around a circular cylinder over a moving wall. In order to simulate the flow past the circular cylinder over a moving wall near a free-surface, this study has adopted the direct-forcing/fictitious domain (DF/FD) method with the level set method in the Cartesian coordinates. Numerical simulation is performed for a Reynolds numbers of 100 in the range of $0.25{\leq}g/D{\leq}2.00$ and $0.5{\leq}h/D{\leq}2.00$, where g/D and h/D are the gaps between the cylinder and a moving wall and the cylinder and a free-surface normalized by cylinder diameter D, respectively. According to g/D and h/D, the vortex structures have been classified into three patterns of the two-row, one-row, steady elongation. In general, both of g/D and h/D have the large values which mean the cylinder is far away from the wall and the free-surface, two-row vortex structure forms in the wake. When g/D decreases, the two-row vortex structure gradually transfers into the one-row vortex structure. When the g/D reveals the critical value below which the flow becomes steady state, resulting in the steady elongation vortex.

A Particle Tracking Method for the Lagrangian-Eulerian Finite Element Method in 3-D Subsurface System (3차원 지표하 시스템에서 Lagrangian-Eulerian 유한요소법에 대한 입자추적 알고리즘)

  • Lee, Jae-Young;Kang, Mee-A
    • The Journal of Engineering Geology
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.205-215
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    • 2009
  • The conventional numerical models to analyze flow in subsurface porous media under the transient state usually generate numerical oscillation and unstability due to local flux domain for critical cases such as infiltration into initially dry soil during rainfall period. In this case, it is required refined mesh and small time step, but it decrease efficiency of computation. In this study, numerical unstability in discontinuity domain is removed by applying particle tracking algorithm to simulate unsteady subsurface flow with inflow boundary condition. Finally the hybrid LE FEM improving numerical stability is proposed. The hypothetical domains with unsteady uniform and nonuniform flow field were used to demonstrated algorithm verification. In comparison with analytic solution, we obtained reasonable results and conducted simulation of hypothetical 3-D recharge/pumping area. The proposed algorithm can simulate saturated/unsaturated porous media with more practical problems and will greatly contribute to accuracy and stability of numerical computation.

Development of a 3-D Parallel DSMC Method for Rarefied Gas Flows Using Unstructured Meshes (비정렬 격자계를 이용한 희박기체 영역의 3차원 병렬 직접모사법 개발)

  • Kim, Min Gyu;Gwon, O Jun
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.31 no.2
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 2003
  • In the present study, a 3-D Parallel DSMC method in developed on unstructured meshes for the efficient simulation of rarefied gas flows. Particle tracing between cells in achieved based on a linear shape function extended to three dimensions. For high parallel efficiency, successive domain decomposition is applied to achieve load balancing between processors by accounting for the number of particles. A particle weighting technique is also adopted to handle flows containing gases of significantly dirrerent number densities in the same flow domain. Application is made for flow past a 3-D delta wing and the result is compared with that from experiment and other calculation. Flow around a rocket payload at 100km altitude is also solved and the effect of plume back flow from the nozzle in studied.

Study on Steady Flow Effects in Numerical Computation of Added Resistance of Ship in Waves

  • Lee, Jae-Hoon;Kim, Beom-Soo;Kim, Yonghwan
    • Journal of Advanced Research in Ocean Engineering
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    • v.3 no.4
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    • pp.193-203
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    • 2017
  • This study investigated the steady-flow effects present in the numerical computation of the resistance added to a ship in waves. For a ship advancing in the forward direction, a time-domain 3D Rankine panel method is applied to solve the ship motion problem, and the added resistance due to waves is calculated using a near-field method, with the direct integration of the second-order pressure on the hull surface. In the linear potential theory, the steady flow is approximated by the basis potential of a uniform flow or double-body flow in order to linearize the boundary conditions. By applying these two different linearization schemes, the coupling effects between steady and unsteady solutions were examined. Furthermore, in order to analyze the steady-flow effects on the hull geometry, the computation results for two realistic hull forms, a KVLCC2 tanker and DTC containership, were compared. In particular, the mj term, which represents the coupling effects under the body boundary condition, was evaluated considering the geometry of a non-wall-sided ship. Lastly, the characteristics of the linearization schemes were examined in relation to the disturbed waves around a ship and the components of added resistance.

Study on Flow Analysis of Three-Dimensional Screw Propeller With Respect to Rotational Speed Variable

  • Moon, Byung-Young;Sun, Min-Young;Lee, Ki-Yeol
    • Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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    • v.28 no.6
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    • pp.500-507
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    • 2014
  • This study aimed at conducting a flow analysis of the pressure distribution, discharge flow rate, and consequent thrust force according to the rotational speed of a three-dimensional screw propeller, and then investigating the effect of the rotational speed on the characteristics of the screw propeller by varying the relevant speed (3200, 2400, 1600, 800 rpm). In particular, the computational domain was considered by the analysis in the blades and outlet chamber, using boundary conditions. The difference between the minimum and maximum pressures was 5.5 MPa under the given conditions. The discharge flow rate at this pressure difference was on the level of 1956.67 kg/s, as a thrust force of 47083.7 T(N) was obtained. This study showed that the discharge flow rate linearly increased with the rotational speed, proportional to the RPM, while the thrust force was gradually and steadily increased with the relevant speed. In addition, it was proved that the occurrence of cavitation under the given conditions was closely related to the decrease in the durability of the screw propeller because the thrust force depends on the speed.

Characteristics of Transonic Flow-Induced Vibration for a Missile Wing Considering Structural Nonlinearity and Shock Inference Effects (구조 비전형성 및 충격파 간섭효과를 고려한 미사일 날개의 천음속 유체유발 진동특성)

  • Kim, Dong-Hyun;Lee, In;Kim, Seung-Ho;Kim, Tae-Hyoun;Lee, James S.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2002.11b
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    • pp.914-920
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    • 2002
  • Nonlinear flow-induced vibration characteristics of a generic missile wing (or control surface) are investigated in this study. The wing model has freeplay structural nonlinearity at its pitch axis. Nonlinear aerodynamic flows with unsteady shock waves are considered in the transonic flow region. To practically consider the effects of freeplay structural nonlinearity, the fictitious mass method (FMM) is applied to structural vibration analysis based on a finite element method (FEM). A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) technique is used for computing the nonlinear unsteady aerodynamics of all-movable wings. The aerodynamic analysis is based on the efficient transonic small-disturbance aerodynamic equations of motion using the potential-flow theory. To solve the nonlinear aeroelastic governing equations including the freeplay effect, a modal-based computational structural dynamic (CSD) analysis technique based on fictitious mass method (FMM) is used in time-domain. In addition, CSD and unsteady CFD techniques are simultaneously coupled to give accurate computational results. Various aeroelastic computations have been performed for a generic missile wing model. Linear and nonlinear aeroelastic computations have been conducted and the characteristics of flow-induced vibration are introduced.

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Three Dimensional FEM Simulation for Spinning of Non-circular Fibers

  • Kim, Heejae;Chung, Kwansoo;Youn, Jae-Ryoun
    • Fibers and Polymers
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.37-44
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    • 2000
  • A finite element method is employed fer a flow analysis of the melt spinning process of a non-circular fiber, a PET(polyethylene terephthalate) filament. The flow field is divided into two regions of die channel and spin-line. A two dimensional analysis is used for the flow within the die channel and a three dimensional analysis fur the flow along the spin-line. The Newtonian fluid is assumed for the PET melt and material properties are considered to be constant except for the viscosity. Effects of gravitation, air drag force, and surface tension are neglected. Although the spin-line length is 4.5 m only five millimeters from the spinneret are evaluated as the domain of the analysis. Isothermal and non-isothermal cases are studied fer the flow within the die channel. The relationship between the mass flow rate and the pressure gradient is presented for the two cases. Three dimensional flow along the spin-line is obtained by assuming isothermal conditions. It is shown that changes in velocity and cross-sectional shape occur mostly in the region of 1mm from the die exit.

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