• Wind and Structures
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.551-567
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• 2017

Studies of unsymmetrical blade H-Darrieus rotors at low wind speeds in terms of starting time, static torque, and power performances for different blade parameters: thickness-to-chord (t/c), camber position, and solidity are scarce. However these are required for knowing insights of rotor performances to obtain some design guidelines for the selection of these rotors. Here, an attempt is made to quantify the effects of these blade parameters on the performances of three different H-Darrieus rotors at various low wind streams. Different blade profiles, namely S815, EN0005 (both unsymmetrical), and NACA 0018 (symmetrical blade for comparison) are considered. The rotors are investigated rigorously in a centrifugal blower apparatus. Firstly the dynamic and static performances of the rotors are evaluated to determine the best performing rotor and their optimum solidity. Generalised performance equations are developed based on selected blade parameters which are validated for the unsymmetrical rotors. Further, the starting time is quantified with respect to the rotor inertia to determine the suitable range of inertia that helps the unsymmetrical blade rotor to self-start earlier than the symmetrical one. This study can work as a benchmark for the selection of optimum blade parameters while designing an unsymmetrical blade rotor at low wind speeds.

• 신재생에너지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.33-40
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• 2020

The research topics of more than 1,900 wind energy papers registered in the Korean Journal Citation Index (KCI) were modeled into 25 topics using latent directory allocation (LDA), and their consistency was cross-validated through principal component analysis (PCA) of the document word matrix. Key research topics in the wind energy field were identified as "offshore, wind farm," "blade, design," "generator, voltage, control," 'dynamic, load, noise," and "performance test." As a new method to determine the similarity between research topics in journals, a systematic evaluation method was proposed to analyze the correlation between topics by constructing a journal-topic matrix (JTM) and clustering them based on topic similarity between journals. By evaluating 24 journals that published more than 20 wind energy papers, it was confirmed that they were classified into meaningful clusters of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, marine engineering, and renewable energy. It is expected that the proposed systematic method can be applied to the evaluation of the specificity of subsequent journals.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.325-345
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• 1999

In recent years, rainscreen walls based on the pressure equalization principle are often used in building construction. To improve the understanding of the influence of several design parameters on the pressure equalization performance of such wall systems, a theoretical consideration of the problem may be more appropriate. On this basis, this paper presents two theoretical models, one based on mass balance and the other based on the Helmholtz resonator theory, for the prediction of cavity pressure in rigid rainscreen walls. New measures to assess the degree of pressure equalization of rainscreen walls are also suggested. The results show that the model based on mass balance is sufficiently accurate and efficient in predicting the cavity pressure variations. Further, the performance of the proposed model is evaluated utilizing the data obtained from full-scale tests and the results are discussed in detail.

• 한국신뢰성학회지:신뢰성응용연구
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.213-219
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• 2014

Wind turbine, which is attracting part of the renewable energy and is researching continuously, is going to be large size for high efficiency. There is a yaw system rotating the nacelle, weighted about 600 tons, to be perpendicular with the wind direction blowing in the large wind turbine. The wind turbine is focusing on the reliability improvement because working environment effect is bigger than any other points and specially, the reliability improvement of the yaw drive is required by the customer because it is the key component of the wind turbine. Because of this, the establishment of criteria for yaw drive is required because yaw drive system is the part of the wind turbine closely related with ensuring the reliability. So, this study did the failure analysis of the yaw drive system, which is consisted with 10 sets of yaw drives through researching and analyzing the site conditions. Also this study designed the life test method based on the failure analysis and working condition of the yaw drive. To design the accelerated life test of the yaw drive, this study reviewed the torque, lubrication condition, and frequency of use and etc. Finally, this selected the torque as the acceleration factor which is affected mainly to the system and also, the test equipment was developed based on the requirement of the life and performance test.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제18권7호
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• pp.720-725
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 멀티 해저드를 고려한 빌딩 구조물의 안전성 및 사용성에 대한 평가를 수행하였고 지진 하중 및 풍하중에 대한 안전성과 사용성이 관련된 구조 성능을 개선하기 위하여 TMD 기반 적응형 스마트 구조 제어 시스템을 제안하였다. TMD 기반 적응형 스마트 구조 제어 시스템은 MR 감쇠기를 이용하여 구성하였다. 멀티 해저드 하중을 작성하기 위하여 미국의 대표 강진 지역 및 강풍 지역을 선택 하여 해당 지역의 특성을 고려한 인공 지진 하중 및 인공 풍 하중을 작성 하였다. 작성된 하중을 사용하여 20층 예제 구조물의 안전성 및 사용성을 검토하였다. 대상 예제 구조물의 안전성 및 사용성을 개선하기 위하여 스마트 TMD를 적용 하였고 성능 개선 정도를 평가하였다. 스마트 TMD는 MR 감쇠기를 이용하여 구성하였다. 수치 해석 결과 예제 구조물은 멀티 해저드에 대하여 안전성 및 사용성 측면에서 모두 설계 기준 값을 벗어났다. 스마트 TMD가 안전성과 연관되는 지진 응답과 사용성과 연관되는 풍 응답을 모두 효과적으로 저감시키는 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국도로학회논문집
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.9-15
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• 2009

본 연구는 도로안전 시설물의 풍하중에 의한 손상발생 사례를 토대로 현행 도로안전 시설물의 구조적 휨 성능을 평가하고 이에 대한 부재별 휨 성능개선을 위한 연구이다. 본 연구의 대상구조물로는 대표적인 도로안전시설물이며 풍하중에 대한 선행 피해사례가 밝혀진 방음벽 지주프레임을 대상으로 고려하였으며 이들 지주프레임의 휨 구조성능 및 형상설계에 대한 평가를 우선적으로 수행하였다. 본 연구평가 결과에서 나타난 현행 보강재의 구조적 성능을 토대로 중량 대비 구조적 강성이 우수한 유리섬유 강화플라스틱 (GFRP)을 활용하여 다양한 보강 형태에 따른 성능개선방법을 해석 및 실험적 연구를 통하여 수행하였다. 그 결과 효율적 성능개선을 위한 GFRP 적용방법의 경우 구조적, 시공적 측면에서 효율적인 것으로 평가되었고 자체적인 형상단면 최적설계를 통한 개선방법도 성능보강에 효과적인 것으로 해석적으로 평가되었다. 본 연구에서 적용된 GFRP 단면보강 및 최적형상설계 연구는 향후 노후 도로안전 시설물의 풍하중 또는 태풍으로 인한 피해예방을 위한 기초자료로서 효율적으로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• Ocean Systems Engineering
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.1-16
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• 2012

Offshore wind turbines are complex structural and mechanical systems located in a highly demanding environment. This paper proposes a multi-level system approach for studying the structural behavior of the support structure of an offshore wind turbine. In accordance with this approach, a proper numerical modeling requires the adoption of a suitable technique in order to organize the qualitative and quantitative assessment in various sub-problems, which can be solved by means of sub-models at different levels of detail, both for the structural behavior and for the simulation of loads. Consequently, in a first place, the effects on the structural response induced by the uncertainty of the parameters used to describe the environmental actions and the finite element model of the structure are inquired. After that, a meso-level FEM model of the blade is adopted in order to obtain the detailed load stress on the blade/hub connection.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1997년도 하계학술대회 논문집 F
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• pp.1939-1941
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• 1997

In this paper, we simulated the performance of the Cheaju island and developed the hybrid power system based on a least component size design option. This paper performed simulation of economic relation of battery and diesel generation in hybrid power system component.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.1072-1079
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• 2014

This paper introduces a coordinated droop control for the stand-alone DC micro-grid, which is composed of photo-voltaic generator, wind power generator, engine generator, and battery storage with SOC (state of charge) management system. The operation of stand-alone DC micro-grid with the coordinated droop control was analyzed with computer simulation. Based on simulation results, a hardware simulator was built and tested to analyze the performance of proposed system. The developed simulation model and hardware simulator can be utilized to design the actual stand-alone DC micro-grid and to analyze its performance. The coordinated droop control can improve the reliability and efficiency of the stand-alone DC micro-grid.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.309-326
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• 2010

CFD techniques try to find their way in the bridge engineering realm nowadays. However, there are certain fields where they offer superior performance such as conceptual bridge design and bidding design. The CFD studies carried out for the conceptual design of a 425 m length cable-stayed bridge are presented. A CFD commercial package has been employed to obtain for a set of cross-sections the aerodynamic coefficients considering 2D steady state. Additionally, for those cross-sections which showed adequate force coefficients, unsteady 2D simulations were carried out to detect the risk of vortex shedding. Based upon these computations the effect on the aerodynamic behavior of the deck cross-section caused by a number of modifications has been evaluated. As a consequence, a new more feasible cross-section design has been proposed. Nevertheless, if the design process proceeds to a more detailed step a comprehensive set of studies, comprising extensive wind tunnel tests, are required to better find out the aerodynamic bridge behavior.