• International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.392-399
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• 2009

The paper concerns the description of the step by step development process of the new fixed blade runner called "Mixer" suitable for the uprating of the Francis turbines units installed at the older low head hydropower plants. In the paper the details of hydraulic and mechanical design are presented. Since the rotational speed of the new runner is significantly higher then the rotational speed of the original Francis one, the direct coupling of the turbine to the generator can be applied. The maximum efficiency at prescribed operational point was reached by the geometry optimization of two most important components. In the first step the optimization of the draft tube geometry was carried out. The condition for the draft tube geometry optimization was to design the new geometry of the draft tube within the original bad draft tube shape without any extensive civil works. The runner blade geometry optimization was carried out on the runner coupled with the draft tube domain. The blade geometry of the runner was optimized using automatic direct search optimization procedure. The method used for the objective function minimum search is a kind of the Nelder-Mead simplex method. The objective function concerns efficiency, required net head and cavitation features. After successful hydraulic design the modal and stress analysis was carried out on the prototype scale runner. The static pressure distribution from flow simulation was used as a load condition. The modal analysis in air and in water was carried out and the results were compared. The final runner was manufactured in model scale and it is going to be tested in hydraulic laboratory. Since the turbine with the fixed blade runner does not allow double regulation like in case of full Kaplan turbine, it can be profitably used mainly at power plants with smaller changes of operational conditions or in case with more units installed. The advantages are simple manufacturing, installation and therefore lower expenses and short delivery time for turbine uprating.

• 드라이브 ㆍ 컨트롤
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.21-28
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• 2013

Wind energy has been more and more important and contributive in the energy utilization of the world. This paper proposed a novel method for Wind Energy Conversion System (WECS), in which a secondary control hydrostatic transmission (SC-HST) with two hydraulic accumulators, were employed for wind energy conversion system. This approach can absorb the excessive power of turbine, keep the generator from over-speed and maintain the speed of generator in low speed of turbine. A PID controller was designed for speed control to track a predefined speed. The simulation results indicated that the speed of the generator was ensured with the relative error less than 2%; and the efficiency of the proposed system was 70.4%.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산유체공학회 2008년도 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.626-629
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• 2008

Numerical predictions on flow phenomena in pipe network systems have been considered as playing an important role in both designing and operating various facilities of piping or duct systems, such as water supply, tunnel or mine ventilation, hydraulic systems of automobile or aircraft, and etc. Traditionally, coupling conditions between junction and connected branches are assumed to satisfy conservation law of mass and to share an equal pressure at junction node. However, the conventional methodology cannot reflect momentum interactions between pipes sufficiently. Thus, a new finite volume junction treatment is proposed both to reflect the interchanges of linear momentums between neighbor branches at junction and to include the effect of wall at junction in present work.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.77-89
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• 2023

This study aims to establish the correlations between variables related to a slope during rainfall and factor of safety (FOS) and displacement using a coupling analysis method that is designed to consider both in rainfall conditions. With the recent development of measurement technologies, the approach of using the measurement data in the field has become easier. Particularly, they have been obtained in tests to determine the real-time safety and movement of a slope; however, a specific method has not been finalized. In addition, collected measurement data for recognizing the FOS and displacement in real-time with a specific relevance is difficult, and risks of uncertainty, such as in soil parameters and time, exist. In this study, the correlations between various slope-related variables (i.e., rainfall intensity, rainfall duration, angle of the slope, and mechanical properties including strength parameters of selected three types of soil; loamy sand, silt loam, sand) and the FOS and displacement are analyzed in order of seepage analysis, slope stability analysis and slope displacement analysis. Moreover, the methodology of coupling analysis is verified and a fundamental understanding of the factors that need to be considered in real-time observations is gained. The results show that the contributions of the abovementioned variables vary according to the soil type. Thus, the tendency of the displacement also differs by the soil type and variables but not same tendency with FOS. The friction angle and cohesion are negative while the rainfall duration and rainfall intensity are positive with the displacement. This suggests that understanding their correlations is necessary to determine the safety of a slope in real-time using displacement data. Additionally, databases considering rainfall conditions and a wide range of soil characteristics, including hydraulic and mechanical parameters, should be accumulated.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제21권8호
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• pp.60-65
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• 2022

This study focuses on the driving control design of an index, which is a key component of a rotary transfer machine that is effective in improving productivity and reducing manufacturing costs by shortening cycle time. Although various index studies have been conducted on the rotation of workpieces such as general-purpose machine tools and tilting indices, the development of an index for rotary transfer machines for transfer is insufficient. The index consists of a body, table, hydraulic cylinder, motor, reducer, and curved coupling. The torque of the table for driving was selected, and the angular velocity and torque pattern were simulated using the motor manufacturer's program. The specifications of the drive motor were determined based on the selected torque.

• Water Engineering Research
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.123-138
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• 2001

An injection experiment was carried ut to investigate the pressure domain within which hydromechanical coupling influences considerably the hydrologic behavior of a granite rock mass. The resulting database is used for testing a numerical model dedicated to the analysis of such hydromechanical interactions. These measurements were performed in an open hole section, isolated from shallower zones by a packer set at a depth of 275 m and extending down to 840 m. They consisted in a series of flow meter injection tests, at increasing injection rates. Field results showed that conductive fractures from a dynamic and interdependent network, that individual fracture zones could not be adequately modeled as independent systems, that new fluid intakes zones appeared when pore pressure exceeded the minimum principal stress magnitude in that well, and that pore pressures much larger than this minimum stress could be further supported by the circulated fractures. These characteristics give rise to the question of the influence of the morphology of the natural fracture network in a rock mass under anisotropic stress conditions on the effects of hydromechanical couplings.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제46권5호
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• pp.655-666
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• 2014

The CUPID code has been developed at KAERI for a transient, three-dimensional analysis of a two-phase flow in light water nuclear reactor components. It can provide both a component-scale and a CFD-scale simulation by using a porous media or an open media model for a two-phase flow. In this paper, recent advances in the CUPID code are presented in three sections. First, the domain decomposition parallel method implemented in the CUPID code is described with the parallel efficiency test for multiple processors. Then, the coupling of CUPID-MARS via heat structure is introduced, where CUPID has been coupled with a system-scale thermal-hydraulics code, MARS, through the heat structure. The coupled code has been applied to a multi-scale thermal-hydraulic analysis of a pool mixing test. Finally, CUPID-SG is developed for analyzing two-phase flows in PWR steam generators. Physical models and validation results of CUPID-SG are discussed.

• 방사선산업학회지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.333-344
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• 2023

To validate the numerical model used in the study of deep disposal of spent nuclear fuel, we selected benchmark cases and performed numerical model validation. We selected the DECOVALEX-THMC Task D_THM1 FEBEX Type benchmark case, which was conducted from 2003 to 2007. We analyzed the thermal-hydraulic (TH) behavior using the finite element program CODE_BRIGHT and verified the results against previous studies. The temperature results were similar to the results of DECOVALEX-THMC Task D. The saturation results showed a similar trend to the results of DECOVALEX-THMC Task D, but the time to reach full saturation was different.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.400-425
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• 2018

본 논문에서는 국제공동연구인 DECOVALEX-2019 프로젝트 Task B의 연구결과와 현황을 소개하였다. Task B의 주제는 'Fault slip modelling'으로 유체의 주입으로 인해 발생하는 단층의 재활성(미끄러짐, 전단파괴)과 수리역학적 거동을 예측할 수 있는 해석기법을 개발하는 데에 그 목적이 있다. 1단계 연구는 참가팀들이 연구주제에 대해 숙지하고, 벤치마크 모델을 대상으로 단층의 투수특성과 역학적 거동의 상호작용을 모사할 수 있는 해석코드를 개발할 수 있도록 하는 준비 단계의 연구이다. 본 연구에서는 TOUGH-FLAC 연동해석 기법을 사용하여 물 주입으로 인한 단층의 수리역학적 연계거동을 모사하였다. TOUGH2 해석에서는 단층을 Darcy의 법칙과 삼승법칙을 따르는 연속체 요소로 모델링하였으며, FLAC3D 해석에서는 미끄러짐과 개폐가 허용되는 불연속 인터페이스 요소를 통해 모사하였다. 두 가지 수리간극모델에 대하여 수리역학적 커플링 관계식을 수치화하였으며, 연속체 요소(수리모델)와 인터페이스 요소(역학모델)의 거동을 연계할 수 있는 해석기법을 제시하였다. 또한, 단층의 역학적 변형(간극의 변화)으로 인한 수리물성 변화와 기하학적 변화(해석 메쉬의 변형)를 수리해석에 반영할 수 있는 해석기법을 개발하였다. 다양한 압력의 물을 단계적으로 주입하고 이로 인해 유도되는 단층의 탄성거동 및 전단파괴(미끄러짐)에 대해 살펴보았으며, 수리간극의 변화 양상과 원인, 압력 분포와 주입율의 관계 등을 면밀히 검토하였다. 해석 결과, 본 연구에서 개발한 해석기법이 물 주입으로 인한 단층의 미끄러짐 거동을 합리적인 수준에서 재현할 수 있는 것으로 판단할 수 있었다. 본 연구의 해석모델은 Task B에 참여하는 국외 연구팀들과의 의견 교류와 워크숍을 통해 지속적으로 개선하는 한편, 향후 연구의 현장시험에 적용하여 타당성을 검증할 예정이다.

• 터널과지하공간
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.282-283
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• 1999

핵폐기물 지하처분, 지열개발, 지하 환경의 안전과 제어 등과 관련된 문제에 있어서 암석 및 암반의 역학적 거동 외에 열·수리·화학적 상호작용에 대한 이해가 필요하다. 이미 전세계적으로 국가별로 혹은 공동연구를 통하여 열·수리·역학적 상호작용에 관하여 많은 연구가 진행되었으며 최근 화학적 상호작용에 대한 문제가 추가적으로 제기되고 있다. 특히 장기간의 지하 환경의 안정성에 미치는 중요한 요소로 크립현상과 열·수리 화학적 상호작용 연구에 대한 필요성이 제기된 바 있다. 이 중 열·역학적 상호작용에 대해서는 현장문제에 적용 가능한 만은 연구결과가 제시된 바 있으나 기타 상호작용에 대해서는 다양한시험방법과모델링으로 인하여 아직가지 통일된 의견이 제시된 바 없다. 제 2주제에는 총 92편의 논문이 접수되었으며, 이 논문들의 내용, 성격, 해석방법 등을 간략히 정리하였다.