• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제52권12호
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• pp.2771-2788
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• 2020

Experiments are conducted to study bubble flow behavior during the instability of subcooled boiling under uniform and non-uniform transverse heating. The non-uniform heat distribution introduces nonuniform bubble generation and condensation rates on the heated surface, which is different from the uniform heating. These bubble generation and condensation characteristics introduce a non-uniform local pressure distribution in the transverse direction, which creates an extra non-uniform pressure on the flowing bubbles. Therefore, different bubble flow behavior can be observed between uniform and non-uniform heating conditions. In the uniform heating, bubble velocity fluctuations are low, and the bubbles travel straight along the axial direction. In the non-uniform heating, more fluctuation in the bubble velocity occurs at low mass flow rate and high subcooled inlet temperatures, and reverse flow is observed. Additionally, the bubbles show a zigzag trajectory when they pass through the channel, which indicates the existence of cross flow in the transverse direction.

• Korea-Australia Rheology Journal
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.207-215
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• 2005

We present a finite difference solution for electrokinetic flow in rectangular microchannels encompassing Navier's fluid slip phenomena. The externally applied body force originated from between the nonlinear Poisson-Boltzmann field around the channel wall and the flow-induced electric field is employed in the equation of motion. The basic principle of net current conservation is applied in the ion transport. The effects of the slip length and the long-range repulsion upon the velocity profile are examined in conjunction with the friction factor. It is evident that the fluid slip counteracts the effect by the electric double layer and induces a larger flow rate. Particle streak imaging by fluorescent microscope and the data processing method developed ourselves are applied to straight channel designed to allow for flow visualization of dilute latex colloids underlying the condition of simple fluid. The reliability of the velocity profile determined by the flow imaging is justified by comparing with the finite difference solution. We recognized the behavior of fluid slip in velocity profiles at the hydrophobic surface of polydimethylsiloxane wall, from which the slip length was evaluated for different conditions.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제22권10호
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• pp.1012-1015
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• 2011

눈 모형이 열린 경우 간결하고 좋은 수렴 특성을 갖는 결정-지향 자력 등화 알고리듬이 자주 사용된다. 그러나 눈 모형이 닫힌 채널에서 결정-지향 알고리듬의 수렴은 보장되지 않는다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위하여 무기억 비선형 함수로 hyperbolic tangent 함수를 사용하는 수정된 Bussgang 알고리듬의 적용이 Filho 등에 의하여 제안되었다. 그러나 이 알고리듬의 적용은 hyperbolic tangent 함수 그리고 이의 미분에 대한 계산 및 채널의 변화에 따른 룩업 테이블을 위한 많은 메모리를 필요로 한다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 Filho 등이 제안한 알고리듬의 계산량 또는 하드웨어 복잡도를 줄이기 위하여 결정-지향 알고리듬을 위한 개선된 기법을 제안한다. 무기억 비선형 함수를 signum 함수로 설정하고, 이의 미분인 디락 델타 함수(Dirac delta function)를 협소한 사각 펄스로 근사화하여 결정-지향 알고리듬에 적용하면 Filho가 제안한 알고리듬의 수렴 및 정상 상태 성능은 유지하면서 계산 복잡도를 크게 줄일 수 있다.