• 한국전산유체공학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.55-61
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• 2008

The Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes(RANS) analysis of the 3-D steady flow around the NREL Phase VI horizontal axis wind turbine(HAWT) rotor was performed. The CFD analysis results were compared with experimental data at several different wind speeds. The present CFD model shows good agreements with the experiments both at low wind speed which formed well-attache flow mostly on the upper surface of the blade, and at high wind speed which blade surface flow completely separated. However, some discrepancy occurs at the relatively high wind speeds where mixed attached and separated flow formed on the suction surface of the blade. It seems that the discrepancy is related to the onset of stall phenomena and consequently separation prediction capability of the current turbulence model. It is also found that strong span-wise flow occurs in stalled area due to the centrifugal force generated by rotation of the turbine rotor and it prevents abrupt reduction of normal force for higher wind speed than the designed value.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.36-45
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• 2015

유동광대역소음을 효율적으로 예측하기 위하여 통계적으로 난류를 재생하는 방법에 대한 많은 연구들이 최근에 진행되고 있다. 그 중에서도, FRPM(Fast Random Particle Mesh) 기법은 RANS(Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes) 방정식 해석을 통해 도출된 정상상태 유동장의 난류 운동에너지와 소산 값을 이용하여 특정한 통계적 특성을 가지는 난류를 재생하는 기법으로서 유동광대역소음 문제 등에 성공적인 적용 예에 대해서 보고되고 있다. 하지만 기존의 FRPM 방법은 축류팬과 같이 축 대칭 특성을 갖는 기계의 경우 정상상태의 유동장을 기초로 광대역소음을 예측하는 문제에는 적용할 수 있으나, 원심팬과 같이 볼루트 영역으로 인하여 축 대칭이 성립되지 않는 기계류의 유동광대역소음에는 적용할 수 없다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 FRPM 기법을 확장하여, 원심팬에서 발생하는 광대역소음을 효율적으로 예측하기 위하여 비정상 RANS 방정식의 수치해와 연계하여 광대역소음원으로 고려되는 난류를 특정한 통계적 특성을 가지도록 재생할 수 있는 U-FRPM(Unsteady-FRPM) 기법을 제안하였다. 먼저 전산유체역학을 사용하여 RANS 방정식을 해석함으로써, 원심팬 주위의 비정상상태 유동장 정보를 도출하고, 음향상사법(Acoustic Analogy)을 기초로 도출된 유동소음원을 U-FRPM을 이용하여 모델링하였다. 모델링된 소음원은 경계요소법을 통해 구현되는 선형음향전파모델과 연계하여 수음점에서 광대역소음을 예측하는데 이용되었다. 예측된 결과와 실험결과의 비교를 통해 본 논문에서 제시한 방법의 유효성을 확인하였다.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2006년도 제27회 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.344-352
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• 2006

Evacuation performance, starting transient, and plume blowback at diffuser breakdown of a straight cylindrical supersonic exhaust diffuser with no externally supplied secondary flow are investigated. Pressure records in the transitional periods are measured by a small-scale cold-gas simulator. Flow-fields evolving in the diffuser-type ejector are solved by preconditioned Favre-averaged Navier-Stokes equations with a low-Reynolds number $k-{\varepsilon}$ turbulence model edited for turbulence compressibility effects. The present RANS method is properly validated with measured static wall pressure distributions and evacuation level at steady operation as well as the pressure records during the transition regime.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.30-45
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• 2013

The present work focuses on the unsteady aerodynamics and aeroelastic properties of a small-medium sized wind-turbine blade operating under ideal conditions. A tapered/twisted blade representative of commercial blades used in an experiment setup at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory is considered. The aerodynamic loads are computed using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) techniques. For this purpose, FLUENT$^{(R)}$, a commercial finite-volume code that solves the Navier-Stokes and the Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations, is used. Turbulence effects in the 2D simulations are modeled using the Wilcox k-w model for validation of the CFD approach. For the 3D aerodynamic simulations, in a first approximation, and considering that the intent is to present a methodology and workflow philosophy more than highly accurate turbulent simulations, the unsteady laminar Navier-Stokes equations were used to determine the unsteady loads acting on the blades. Five different blade pitch angles were considered and their aerodynamic performance compared. The structural dynamics of the flexible wind-turbine blade undergoing significant elastic displacements has been described by a nonlinear flap-lag-torsion slender-beam differential model. The aerodynamic quasi-steady forcing terms needed for the aeroelastic governing equations have been predicted through a strip-theory based on a simple 2D model, and the pertinent aerodynamic coefficients and the distribution over the blade span of the induced velocity derived using CFD. The resulting unsteady hub loads are achieved by a first space integration of the aeroelastic equations by applying the Galerkin's approach and by a time integration using a harmonic balance scheme. Comparison among two- and three- dimensional computations for the unsteady aerodynamic load, the flap, lag and torsional deflections, forces and moments are presented in the paper. Results, discussions and pertinent conclusions are outlined.

• International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.36-45
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• 2015

Oil and gas industry pumps viscous fluids and investigation of flow physics is important to understand the machine behavior to deliver such fluids. 3D numerical flow simulation and analysis for different viscous fluids at different rotational speeds of a centrifugal impeller have been reported in this paper. Reynolds-averaged Navier Stokes (RANS) equations were solved and the performance analysis was made. Standard two equation k-${\varepsilon}$ model was used for the turbulence closure of steady incompressible flow. An inlet recirculation and reverse flow in impeller passage was observed at low impeller speeds. It was also found that the higher viscosity fluids have higher recirculation which hinders the impeller performance.

• International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.313-324
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• 2016

Surrogate model based shape optimization methodology to enhance performance of a centrifugal pump has been implemented in this work. Design variables, such as blade number and blade angles defining the pump impeller blade shape were selected and a three-level full factorial design approach was used for efficiency enhancement. A three-dimensional simulation using Reynolds-averaged Navier Stokes (RANS) equations for the performance analysis was carried out after designing the geometries of the impellers at the design points. Standard $k-{\varepsilon}$ turbulence model was used for steady incompressible flow simulations. The optimized impeller incurred lower losses by shifting the trailing edge towards the impeller pressure side. It is observed that the surrogates are problem dependent and most accurate surrogate does not deliver the best design always.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제19권6호
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• pp.687-708
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• 2014

The performance of the $k-{\varepsilon}$ and $k-{\omega}$ two-equation turbulence models was investigated in computational simulations of the neutrally stratified atmospheric boundary layer developing above various terrain types. This was achieved by using a proposed methodology that mimics the experimental setup in the boundary layer wind tunnel and accounts for a decrease in turbulence parameters with height, as observed in the atmosphere. An important feature of this approach is pressure regulation along the computational domain that is additionally supported by the nearly constant turbulent kinetic energy to Reynolds shear stress ratio at all heights. In addition to the mean velocity and turbulent kinetic energy commonly simulated in previous relevant studies, this approach focuses on the appropriate prediction of Reynolds shear stress as well. The computational results agree very well with experimental results. In particular, the difference between the calculated and measured mean velocity, turbulent kinetic energy and Reynolds shear stress profiles is less than ${\pm}10%$ in most parts of the computational domain.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.351-362
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• 2020

In this study, the impact of roof slope on the flow characteristics over low-sloped gable roofs was investigated using steady computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations based on a k-ω SST turbulence model. A measurement database of the flow field over a scaled model of 15° was created using particle image velocimetry (PIV). Sensitivity analyses for the grid resolutions and turbulence models were performed. Among the three common Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations (RANS) models, the k-ω SST model exhibited a better performance, followed by the RNG model and then the realizable k-ε model. Next, the flow properties over the differently sloped (0° to 25°) building models were determined. It was found that the effect of roof slope on the flow characteristics was identified by changing the position and size of the separation bubbles, 15° was found to be approximately the sensitive slope at which the distribution of the separation bubbles changed significantly. Additionally, it is suggested additional attention focused on the distributions of the negative pressure on the windward surfaces (especially 5° and 10° roofs) and the possible snow redistribution on the leeward surfaces.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.782-793
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• 2018

A small-scale horizontal axis hydrokinetic turbine is designed, manufactured and studied both experimentally and numerically in this study. The turbine is expected to work in most of China's sea areas where the ocean current velocity is low and to supply electricity for remote islands. To improve the efficiency of the turbine at low flow velocities, a magnetic coupling is used for the non-contacting transmission of the rotor torque. A prototype is manufactured and tested in a towing tank. The experimental results show that the turbine is characterized by a cut-in velocity of 0.25 m/s and a maximum power coefficient of 0.33, proving the feasibility of using magnetic couplings to reduce the resistive torque in the transmission parts. Three dimensional Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations, which are based on the Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations, are then performed to evaluate the performance of the rotor both at transient and steady state.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제37권11호
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• pp.999-1007
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 다양한 형상의 파이프에 대한 압력강하와 열전달 특성을 수치적으로 해석하였다. 원형 파이프에서부터 타원형, 톱니형, 비틀어진 형태와 같은 다양한 형상의 파이프를 3차원으로 수치해석을 통해 비교하였다. 수치해석은 층류에서 난류영역까지 계산을 수행하였다. 파이프 유동해석은 완전발달된 영역에서 정상상태, 비압축성 RANS수식을 이용하여 계산하였다. 유동의 손실은 friction factor를 통해 비교하였고, 열전달 성능은 각 파이프 표면에서의 Colburn factor를 통해 비교하였다. 종합적인 열유동 성능평가는 Volume and Area goodness factor를 통해 평가하였다. 열전달 성능을 향상시키고 유동의 손실은 최소화하는 최적의 형상을 연구하였다.