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A Study on Geothermal Characteristics of Dam Body and Seepage Flow (댐 제체 및 침투수 흐름의 지열학적 고찰)

  • Park, Dong-Soon;Jung, Woo-Sung;Kim, Hyoung-Soo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2006.03a
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    • pp.75-85
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    • 2006
  • In recent geotechnical engineering, geothermal approach has been on the horizon to deal with geoenvironmental issues, freezing and thawing problems, and seepage phenomenon in dams and embankments. In this study, geothermal characteristic through inner body of dams and its influence on the seepage flow were experimented by lab test and field instrumentation. Also, one of up-to-date temperature monitoring technique, called as multi-channel thermal line sensing, was evaluated its availability. As a result of lab test, it is found that the seepage flow has influence on the geothermal characteristic and a potential of finding phreatic line and seepage fluctuation could be possible by continuous temperature monitoring using thermal line sensing skills. These kine of geothermal information could be available to the modelling of water geo-structure interaction. Out of short-term field tests, clear water table and temperature distribution of a dam were easily found through temperature monitoring in holes located near a reservoir and holes within a depth of constant temperature layer. However, it is also found that the geothermal flow and finding seepage line could not be easily understandable through multi-channel temperature monitoring because of the existence of constant temperature field, thermal conductivity of soils and rocks, and unsaturated characteristics of geo-material. In this case, long-term geothermal monitoring is recommended to find sudden fluctuation of seepage line and amount of leakage.

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Flow Velocity and Mass Measurement Sensor of Constant Temperature Type (정온도형 유속 및 유량 측정센서)

  • Park, Se-Kwang;Kim, Hyoung-Pyo
    • Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.35-41
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    • 1992
  • A constant temperature type of flow sensor using a solid state micromachining technology was developed for measuring the velocity of gas or liquid. It was designed to detect only the heat convection related to flow velocity. Other heat transfer terms and common mode interferences are canceled by differentiating both reference and exposed flow sensor. It employs the principle that the change of current through the sensing element can be used to measure the flow velocity. An experimental study of the behavior on this flow sensor was performed in a narrow tube(diameter : 8mm) for city water. The relation between power consumption of the flow sensor and square-root of flow velocity is almost linear in the low velocity range(0-200 cm/sec).

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A Numerical Study on the Flowfield around a NACA 0021 Airfoil at Angles of Attack (NACA 0021 익형 유동장의 수치해석적 연구)

  • Kim, Sang-Dug
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.20-25
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    • 2016
  • A primary benefit of flight at high angle-of-attack conditions is to be able to reduce the speed of flight and maneuvers, which can enhance the capability of sensing and obstacle avoidance for a small UAV. The flight at high angle-of-attack conditions, however, is easy to be beyond stall which is characterized by substantial flow separation over an airfoil. Current numerical analysis was conducted on the capabilities of three representative turbulence models to predict the aerodynamic characteristics of a typical airfoil at angle-of-attack conditions. The investigation shows that these turbulence models provide good comparison with experimental data for attached flow at moderate angle-of-attack conditions. Calculation by current turbulence models are, however, not appropriate at high angle-of-attack conditions with flow separation.

Pre-processing for the Design of Micro-fluid Flow Sensing Elements

  • Kim Jin-Taek;Pak Bock-Choon;Lee Cheul-Ro;Baek B.J.
    • KSTLE International Journal
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.22-26
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    • 2006
  • A simple finite element analysis is performed to simulate the thermal characteristics of a micro sensor package with thin film heater embedded in the glass wall of a micro-channel. In this paper, Electric characteristics of ITO sputtered heater were presented in this study, which can be used as a map of heater design in the range of available system temperature. The effects of thermo-physical properties of materials, geometrical structure and boundary condition on the thermal performance are also investigated. Finally, the design of micro-flow induced thermal sensor that is capable of measuring fluid flow with a lower flow detection limit of approximately 24pL/s is presented.

Evaluation of Suboptimal Control in Turbulent Channel Flow (난류채널유동에서의 준최적제어 평가)

  • Seong, Hyeong-Jin;Choe, Jeong-Il
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.25 no.9
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    • pp.1227-1236
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    • 2001
  • A systematic analysis is made of suboptimal control for drag reduction. The influence of the amplitude of actuation (A) and the time scale of actuation ($\Delta$t(sub)a(sup)+) is evaluated. Two wall sensing variables are employed (∂w/∂y│(sub)w and ∂p/∂z│(sub)w) with two wall actuations (${\Phi}$$_2$and ${\Phi}$$_3$). To test the suboptimal control, direct numerical simulations of turbulent channel flow at Re(sub)$\tau$=100 are performed in a spectral domain. It is found that the effect of A and $\Delta$t(sub)a(sup)+∼1. The near-wall behaviors of flow structure are analyzed to characterize the drag reduction. The size effect of the sensor/actuator is examined.

Landsat Images Applied for Analyzing Spatial Flow and Water Quality Patterns in a Korea Estuary Dam

  • Park, S.W.;Torii, K.;Aoyama, S.;Cho, B. J.
    • Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.1239-1241
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    • 2003
  • This paper presents the results of Landsat-TM imagery applications for detecting spatial variations of the water environments in the Saemankeum (STLR) project areas. The simulated tidal flow patterns from a two -dimensional hydro - dynamic model and water quality data from STRL project were used for relationships with the satellite data. Unsupervised classification of the tidal water body reflects the overall flow patterns at a flooding tide. Regressive equations for water quality parameters were derived and used for supervised classifications. The results were found to be useful to synoptically evaluate the water environments during the construction stages of the STLR project.

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Fire Sensing Characteristics and Natural Convection in the Enclosure Partly Heated from Below (밑면이 부분 가열체를 갖는 정사각 밀폐공간내의 자연대류와 화재감지에 관한 연구)

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    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.6-16
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    • 1990
  • In this paper, the natural convection in a square enclosure, partly heated from below, with two adiabatic vertical wall and one upper horigental wall is studied nomerically. In numerical study, SIMPLE(Semi-Implicit for Pressure Linked Equation) algorithems are applied for the integration of momentum and energy equation. The grid size used in this study is the coordinates of size (22$\times$22). As a result of numerical analysis, the initial fluid flow depends on the thermal diffusion, but, as time passes, the fluid flow depends on convection and buoyancy of the enclosure. In Case 1, the heating region was been in the central position of the bottom wall. In case 2, the heating region was in the left position of the bottom. In case of Case 1, the lapse time of sensing the temperature of 72$^{\circ}C$ is approximately 15 sec almost at the same time in the coordinates (6, 22), (11, 22). In case of Case 2, the lapse time in the coordinates (6, 22), (11, 22) was 27 sec, 25 sec repectively. Also in case of Case 1 or Case 2, the gradients of y-position of the two sensors are transposed each other.

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Pressure sensing of air flow using multi-walled carbon nanotubes (다중벽 탄소 나노튜브를 이용한 유동 압력 검출)

  • Song, Jin-Won;Lee, Jong-Hong;Lee, Eung-Sug;Han, Chang-Soo
    • Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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    • v.16 no.5
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    • pp.377-383
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    • 2007
  • We describe the fabrication and characterization of a doubly clamped multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWNT). The device was assembled by an application of electric field in solution. The MWNT was clamped on end of metal trench electrodes in solution and deposited with additional platinum (Pt) on edge of electrode for firmly suspending the MWNT by focused ion beam (FIB). The MWNTs range of diameter and length were 100 to 150 nm and 1.5 to $2{\mu}m$, respectively. Electrical characteristics of fabricated devices were measured by I-V curve and impedance analysis. The mechanical deformation was observed by resistivity in high air pressure. Resonant frequency around 6.8 MHz was detected and resistivity was linearly varied according to the magnitude of air pressure. This device could have potential applications in nanoelectronics and various sensors.

Temperature Property Analysis of Micro Flow Sensor using Thermal Transfer Equation (열운송 방정식을 이용한 마이크로 흐름센서의 온도특성 해석)

  • Kim, Tae-Yong;Chung, Wan-Young
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.363-366
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    • 2005
  • A micro flow sensor on silicon substrate allows the fabrication of small components where many different functions can be integrated so that the functionality of the sensors can be increased. Further more, due to the small size of the elements the sensors can be quite fast. A thermal mass flow sensor measures the asymmetry of temperature profile around the heater which is modulated by the fluid flow. In normal, a mass flow sensor is composed of a central heater and a pair of temperature sensing elements around the heater. A new 2-D wide range micro flow sensor structure with three pairs of temperature sensors and a central heater was proposed and numerically simulated by the Finite difference formulation to confirm the feasibility of the flow sensor structure.

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Implementation of PLC System based on Spectrum Sensing Function (스펙트럼 센싱 기반 전력선 통신 시스템 구현)

  • Lee, Hyun-So;Nam, Yun-Ho;Hong, Moo-Hyun;Jang, Dong-Won;Lee, Young-Hwan;Kim, Kyung-Seok
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.9 no.11
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    • pp.37-45
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    • 2009
  • Today, Internet service is a most important Information Source. So, the Power Line Communication has been achieved to offer Internet service to Last-Mile area. But, Power Line is not suitable for communication, So, electromagnetic wave is generated from Power Line during flow of communication information. And the electromagnetic wave is interfered with Wireless Communication Service using the same frequency range. In this paper, the Notch Filter and the Spectrum Sensing technology are proposed to reduction of interference between Power Line Communication and Wireless Communication Service. The Spectrum Sensing technology is the core technology of the Cognitive Radio (CR) system. CR is the technology that temporarily allocates the frequency bandwidth by scanning surrounding wireless environments to keep licensed terminals and search the unused frequency bandwidth. The proposed emulator is implemented with Spectrum Sensing and Notch Filter system using Embedded Board.