• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제49권5호
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• pp.953-967
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• 2017

In this paper, a complete station blackout (SBO) or complete loss of electrical power supplies is simulated and analyzed in a downward cooling 5-MW pool-type Material Testing Reactor (MTR). The scenario is traced in the absence of active cooling systems and operators. The code nodalization is successfully benchmarked against experimental data of the reactor's operating parameters. The passive heat removal system includes downward water cooling after pump breakdown by the force of gravity (where the coolant streams down to the unfilled portion of the holdup tank), safety flapper opening, flow reversal from a downward to an upward cooling direction, and then the upward free convection heat removal throughout the flapper safety valve, lower plenum, and fuel assemblies. Both short-term and long-term natural core cooling conditions are simulated and investigated using the RELAP5 code. Short-term analyses focus on the safety flapper valve operation and flow reversal mode. Long-term analyses include simulation of both complete SBO and long-term operation of the free convection mode. Results are promising for pool-type MTRs because this allows operators to investigate RELAP code abilities for MTR thermal-hydraulic simulations without any oscillation; moreover, the Tehran Research Reactor is conservatively safe against the complete SBO and long-term free convection operation.

• 대한기계학회논문집
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• 제17권8호
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• pp.2122-2130
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• 1993

A numerical and experimental study has been performed on the flow in a shallow rectangular tank accompanying a vortex shedding. The model is composed of a rectangular tank with a vertical plate with a length half the width of the tank. The tank is subject to a horizontal sinusoidal oscillation. The numerical analysis shows that the pattern of vortex shedding changes considerably when the Reynolds number $R_e$ is varied from 500 to 7500. It is symmetric for $R_e$ <1500 and asymmetric for $R_e$ > 1500. The kinetic energies of the right-hand and left-hand sides of the vertical plate are used to quantify the degree of the asymmetry. Experimental visualization is carried out at $R_e$ = 3876 and 52000. The development of the streamline pattern at $R_e$ = 3876 is in closer agreement with the numerical result at $R_e$ = 1000 than that at $R_e$ =3876. The asymmetric pattern is observed at $R_e$ = 52000.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.361-372
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• 2008

A satellite tracked drifter experiment was conducted to observe thermal structure and surface circulation in the northeastern East China Sea. For this experiment, four ADOS buoys, assembled with surface float and thermister chain, were deployed on August 2007 in southern Jeju-do, where the Kuroshio Branch Current is separated from the main stream. Thermal structure in the upper layer of the northeastern East China Sea was successfully observed during the following $1{\sim}3$ months. Strong thermo-haline front in a northeast-southwest direction was observed. In the frontal zone, warm and saline Kuroshio origin water intermixes with fresher coastal water and flows toward the Korean Strait. Typhoon Nari, which passed over the East China Sea 20 days after commencement of study, caused distinct signals in the thermal structure and trajectory of buoys. During the typhoon, surface temperature abruptly dropped to about $4^{\circ}C$, while the thermocline formed at $30{\sim}50$ m depth vanished due to strong vertical mixing. Internal inertial oscillation occurred several days after the typhoon. The fortuitous occurrence of typhoon Nari showed that ADOS buoys can provide useful and accurate air-sea interaction data during typhoons.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.225-234
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• 2019

We explore the associations between the total sunspot area, solar north-south asymmetry, and Southern Oscillation Index and the physical characteristics of clouds by calculating normalized cross-correlations, motivated by the idea that the galactic cosmic ray influx modulated by solar activity may cause changes in cloud coverage, and in turn the Earth's climate. Unlike previous studies based on the relative difference, we have employed cloud data as a whole time-series without detrending. We found that the coverage of high-level and low-level cloud is at a maximum when the solar north-south asymmetry is close to the minimum, and one or two years after the solar north-south asymmetry is at a maximum, respectively. The global surface air temperature is at a maximum five years after the solar north-south asymmetry is at a maximum, and the optical depth is at a minimum when the solar north-south asymmetry is at a maximum. We also found that during the descending period of solar activity, the coverage of low-level cloud is at a maximum, and global surface air temperature and cloud optical depth are at a minimum, and that the total column water vapor is at a maximum one or two years after the solar maximum.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산유체공학회 2008년도 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.61-64
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• 2008

The present study of these experiments are close examination of spray characteristics that are continuous liquid jet and modulated pressure pulse liquid jet. The experiments were conducted using water, over a range of cross-flow velocities from 42${\sim}$136 m/s, with injection frequencies of 35.7${\sim}$166.2 Hz. Between continuous cross-flow jet and pressure pulsed cross-flow jet for characteristics of penetration, breakup point, spray angle and macro spray shape are investigated experimentally. In cross-flow field, main parameter of liquid jet for breakup was cross-flow stream rather than pressure pulse frequency. As oscillation of the periodic pressure that could make liquid jet moved up and down, the mixing efficiency was increased. Also, a bulk of liquid jet puff was detected at upper field of liquid surface. So, this phenomenon has a good advantage of mixing spray from concentration of center area to outer area. Because of pressure pulsation frequency, an inclination of SMD for the structured layer was evanescent. Cross-sectional characteristics of SMD at downstream area were non-structured distributions. Then cross-sectional characteristics of SMD size were about same tendency over a range that is effect of spray mixing. The tendency of volume flux value for various frequency of pressure pulse was same distribution. And volume flux was decreased when the frequency of pressure pulse increase.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제27권12호
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• pp.2039-2046
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• 2003

Storage tank filled with fluid has unique dynamic characteristics compared to general structures, due to the interaction between fluid and structure. The oscillation of the fluid surface caused by external forces is called sloshing, which occurs in moving vehicles with contained liquid masses, such as trucks, railroad cars, aircrafts, and liquid missles. In this study, the evaluation method for the reduction of sloshing, the optimized size and location of wing and diaphragm baffles are suggested based on the experimental results. The experimental device can simulate the translation motion. A rectangular tank and various baffles are fabricated to study on the sloshing characteristics. The forces measured using the load cell at tank wall and those are compared with each other through the Fourier transformation for various conditions. The study of the sloshing of the rectangular tank equipped with baffles is conducted under the same conditions with non-baffled rectangular tank experiment. From the experimental results, the sloshing reduction effect by the baffles is observed. In conclusion in case of diaphragm baffles, the optimized size ratio of the width of baffle to the water height is 0.44 and the installation location has no effect to the damping of sloshing. In case of wing baffles, the optimized size ratio of the width of baffle to the length of a rectangular tank is 0.1 and the optimized location ratio of the baffle to the water height is 0.9.

• 한국지리정보학회지
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.139-150
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• 2003

한국 연근해역의 중규모 해양 환경변동이 Cochlodinium polykrikoides 적조의 시공간 분포 변동과 밀접한 관련성이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 매년 하계 한국 연안역에서 적조가 최초로 발생한 전남 고흥 나로도 연안의 해양환경 상태는 최근 7년(1995~2001) 동안 열염전선대에 위치하였다. 대규모 적조발생은 7년 동안 매 홀수해(1995, 1997, 1999, 2001)에 나타났는데 동중국해 북부해역에서 표면 수온 및 염분의 큰 변동 또한 격년 주기로 나타났다. 저온 고염(홀수해), 고온 저염(짝수해)의 중규모적 해황 변동에 따라 적조의 공간분포 규모가 크게 변동되는 것으로 추정되었다. 한편, 동해연안으로 유입 확산되는 C. polykrikoides 적조의 분포와 이동상황은 동해남부 연안에서 발생하는 냉수대의 시공간 변동 규모에 따라 다르게 나타났다.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제32권3B호
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• pp.175-183
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 천수방정식에 Galerkin법과 Petrov-Galerkin 기법의 일종인 SU/PG 기법을 적용하여 유한요소 천수흐름 해석 모형을 개발하고, 다양한 실험수로에서 이송이 지배적인 흐름을 수치 모의하였다. 수로 내부에 얇은 판 형태의 구조물이 존재하는 경우 Fr 수와 Re 수가 매우 낮은 흐름에서는 Galerkin 기법과 SU/PG 기법이 동일한 결과를 나타냈으나, Fr=1.58인 경우 Galerkin법은 발산하여 해를 얻을 수 없었다. 이 경우 SU/PG법은 Newton-Raphson법에 의한 5회의 반복에 의해 수렴된 유속결과를 구할 수 있었다. 사류와 상류가 혼재하여 천이류가 나타나는 단면확대 수로 모의에서 SU/PG 기법을 이용한 본 연구의 경우 상류단 수심조건이 잘 유지되며, 도수가 발생하는 지점 및 도수에 의한 수심 경사, 도수 후의 수심이 모두 Khalifa(1980)의 실험결과와 매우 근사하였다. 이송이 지배적인 사류(Fr=2.74)에 의한 사각도수 모의의 경우에도 Galerkin 기법은 최초 모의시간의 첫 번째 반복 이후 발산하였으나, SU/PG 기법은 도수 경계면을 수치진동 없이 잘 포착하였으며, 해석해와 비교한 수심 및 유속의 최대 오차는 0.2% 이내로 나타나 기존 연구(Levin 등, 2006; Ricchiuto 등, 2007)에 비해 더욱 정확한 결과를 도출하였다.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제45권10호
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• pp.969-981
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 서로 다른 ENSO(El Ni$\tilde{n}$o Southern Oscillation) 형태에 따른 한강유역의 연최대홍수량과 저유량의 정량적 변화 및 발생시점의 변화를 분석하였다. 경향성 분석결과, 연최대유출의 경우 한강 전체 유역면적의 48.3%가 통계적으로 유의한 증가패턴을 보였으며, 연최대 유출의 발생시기는 한강 서부유역에서 늦어지고, 동부유역에서는 빨라지는 경향이 있음을 확인하였다. 또한 7일 저유량의 경우, 24개 중권역중 6개 유역(전체 면적의 26.0%)에서 통계적으로 유의한 감소경향을 보였으며, 저유량의 발생시기는 한강중상류 유역에서 빨라지는 경향이 있음을 확인하였다. CT(Cold tongue)/WP(Warm-pool) El Ni$\tilde{n}$o 시기에 연최대유출의 발생시점의 차이는 크지 않으나, CT El Ni$\tilde{n}$o 시기에는 전체유역의 89.0%에서 연최대유출량이 평년보다 작게 나타났다. 또한, 7일 저유량의 발생시점은 WP El Ni$\tilde{n}$o 시기에 평균적으로 약 17일 정도 빠르며, CT El Ni$\tilde{n}$o (WP El Ni$\tilde{n}$o)시기에는 전체 유역의 72.7%(20.0%)에서 통계적으로 유의한 증가(감소)패턴을 보이는 것으로 분석되었다. 본 연구는 서로 다른 형태의 CT/WP El Ni$\tilde{n}$o가 한강 유역 수자원의 양과 발생시점의 변화에 민감하게 영향을 미치고 있음을 확인하였으며, 향후 다양한 형태의 ENSO에 따른 수문변량의 변화에 대한 진단연구를 통하여 장기적인 수자원관리 및 예측을 위한 기초 자료로 활용이 가능하리라 사료된다.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기물성ㆍ응용부문C
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• 제48권8호
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• pp.587-590
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• 1999

In this study, it is the purpose to develope a cheap and compact $CO_2$ laser and to apply 60 Hz AC discharges as a new exciting source. An axial and water cooledtype was adopted as the laser mode. The laser performance characteristics as various parameters, such as gas pressure and discharge current, have been investigated. And the laser output and the efficiency of DC and 60 Hz AC discharge-exciting type have been measured and compared for the different input powers at the static operational pressure. As a result, the case of 60 Hz AC discharge-exciting type, the laser oscillation began at the condition of operational pressure 6 Torr and discharge current 5 mA. A maximum laser output of about 32 W was obtained at an operational pressure of 18 Toorr and a discharge current of 30 mA. In addition, the laser output was saturated from an operational pressure of about 14 Torr and a discharge current of about 20 mA. In this $CO_2$ laser, the laser output of 60 Hz AC discharge-exciting type was slightly higher than that of DC discharge-exciting type. And the laser efficiency was about 10 to 13% for the various operational pressures and the discharge currents.