• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제46권5호
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• pp.633-640
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• 2014

In this research, the surface roughness affecting the pressure drop in a pipe used as the steam generator of a PWR was studied. Based on the CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) technique using a commercial code named ANSYS-FLUENT, a straight pipe was modeled to obtain the Darcy frictional coefficient, changed with a range of various surface roughness ratios as well as Reynolds numbers. The result is validated by the comparison with a Moody chart to set the appropriate size of grids at the wall for the correct consideration of surface roughness. The pressure drop in a full-scale U-shaped pipe is measured with the same code, correlated with the surface roughness ratio. In the next stage, we studied a reduced scale model of a U-shaped heat pipe with experiment and analysis of the investigation into fluid-structure interaction (FSI). The material of the pipe was cut from the real heat pipe of a material named Inconel 690 alloy, now used in steam generators. The accelerations at the fixed stations on the outer surface of the pipe model are measured in the series of time history, and Fourier transformed to the frequency domain. The natural frequency of three leading modes were traced from the FFT data, and compared with the result of a numerical analysis for unsteady, incompressible flow. The corresponding mode shapes and maximum displacement are obtained numerically from the FSI simulation with the coupling of the commercial codes, ANSYS-FLUENT and TRANSIENT_STRUCTURAL. The primary frequencies for the model system consist of three parts: structural vibration, BPF(blade pass frequency) of pump, and fluid-structure interaction.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제34권11호
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• pp.1575-1580
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• 2010

최근 수중 생물체의 특성과 운동성을 가진 생체 모방형 수중로봇의 모방연구가 활발히 진행 되고 있다. 본 논문은 수중에서 기동성과 항해성이 우수한 가오리류 어류 움직임을 모방하여 날개 짓에 의한 속도 및 이동거리를 수치적으로 연구하고자 한다. 유체-구조 연성해석의 방법을 사용하여 3 차원 해석을 실시하였으며, 날개 짓에 의한 큰 변형을 보정하고자 격자 재생성 기능을 사용하였다. 실제 가오리는 날개 진동수에 의해 추진력에 가장 큰 영향을 받는다. 이를 바탕으로 실제 가오리의 움직임과 관련된 파라미터를 이용하여 진동수 및 진폭의 변화에 대하여 최대의 추진력을 갖는 날개의 움직임을 연구하고자 한다.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.324-332
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• 2018

It is known that damages to the subsea cables used for electric power transmission between islands and countries, including renewable energy from offshore wind power, current, tides, etc., cost much to restore, which causes social and economic losses. Various types of fishing rigs and anchors have been reported to be the greatest hazards to subsea cables. It is possible to design and construct a suitable protection facility for a subsea cable by precisely estimating the underwater behavior of such hazardous apparatuses. In this study, numerical simulations of the underwater behaviors of various hazardous apparatuses were carried out using fluid-structure interaction (FSI) analysis as a basic study to simulate the actual behavior phenomena of hazardous apparatuses in relation to a subsea cable. In addition, the underwater drop characteristics according to the types of hazardous apparatuses were compared. In order to verify the accuracy of the FSI analysis method used in this study, we compared the test results for underwater drops of a steel ball bearing. Stock anchors, stockless anchors, and rocket piles, which were actually reported to be the cases of damage to subsea cables along the southwest coast of Korea, were considered as the hazardous apparatuses for the numerical simulations. Each hazardous apparatus was generated by a Lagrangian model and coupled with the fluid domain idealized by the Eulerian equation to construct the three-dimensional FSI analysis model. The accuracy of the numerical simulation results was verified by comparing them with the analytical solutions, and the underwater drop characteristics according to the types of hazard apparatuses were compared.

• 한국해양환경ㆍ에너지학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.20-26
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• 2014

조류발전 터빈의 효과적인 설계를 위해서는 날개의 변형을 고려한 해석이 필요하다. 날개에 가해지는 유체 하중은 날개 구조를 변형시키고, 터빈의 성능에 영향을 초래한다. 본 연구에서는 수평축 조류발전 터빈의 단독성능을 해석하는 전산유체역학 해석 절차를 개발하였다. 개발한 절차를 이용하여 조류발전 터빈의 성능을 예측하였고 실험결과와 비교하여 검증하였다. 검증된 전산유체역학 방법을 이용하여 복합재 터빈 날개에 대한 유체-구조 연성해석을 수행하였고 강체로 이루어진 터빈 날개에 대한 전산유체역학 해석 결과와 비교하였다.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.67-74
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• 2010

Many tanks are installed in ship and marine structures. They are often in contact with inner or outer fluid, like ballast, fuel and cargo tanks. Fatigue damages are sometimes observed in these tanks which seem to be caused by resonance with exciting force of engine and propeller. Vibration characteristics of these thin walled tanks in contact with fluid near engine and propeller are strongly affected by added mass of containing fluid. Therefore it is essentially important to estimate the added mass effect to predict vibration of the tanks. Many authors have studied vibration of cylindrical and rectangular tanks containing fluid. Few research on dynamic interaction among tank walls through fluid are reported in the vibration of rectangular tanks recently. In case of rectangular tanks, structural coupling between adjacent panels and effect of vibration modes of multiple panels on added mass have to be considered. In the previous report, A numerical tool of vibration analysis of a 3-dimensional tank is developed by using finite element method for plates and boundary element method for fluid region. In this paper, the coupling effect between panels of a tank on added mass of containing fluid, the effect of structural constraint between panels on each vibration mode for fluid region and mode characteristics in accordance with changing breadth of the plates are investigated numerically and discussed.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.1037-1048
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 Navier-Stokes 방정식과 자유수면 추적에 VOF법을 채용하는 CADMAS-SURF를 이용하여 파랑과 흐름의 비선형 상호간섭현상을 연구하였다. 파-흐름 공존장에서의 유체거동 해석을 위해 CADMAS-SURF를 수정 및 확장하였고, 계산치를 실험치와 비교하여 본 연구의 타당성을 확인할 수 있었다. 본 연구의 수치수로를 파랑-흐름 공존장에서 주어지는 복잡한 물리 현상 규명과 파-흐름-잠제의 상호간섭해석에 적용하여, 유속장, 와도장, 자유수면과 와도와의 관계 등을 논의하였다.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.80-86
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• 2016

In this study, The watertight damper was designed to improve conventional DN 350A butterfly valve. The FSI(Fluid-Structure Interaction) analysis has performed to investigate the safety factor for the watertight damper. When watertight damper of disk was closed, the disk of pressure value is constant. However depending on the opening angle of disk, the flow velocity and pressure are changed. The maximum velocity was appeared at the end of disk on the small outlet area of duct. When the opening angel of disk is $90^{\circ}$, the maximum velocity was appeared at the center of ending disk. So we were found the opening angle of disk is bigger, the flow rate is increased and velocity is also increased from the result of FSI analysis. We can find the least deformation and stress when the opening angel of damper is $90^{\circ}$. When the $45^{\circ}$ opening angle of disk, the largest deformation and stress was found and the minimum safety factor 1.3 was calculated. As a result, we found that the structure of watertight damper is safe enough irrespective of opening angel.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.165-176
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• 2024

In this study, a direct Lagrangian-based three-dimensional computational procedure is developed to evaluate the seismic performance of reinforced concrete liquid-containing circular tanks (RC-LCT). In this approach, fluid-structure interaction (FSI), material nonlinearity, and liquid-structure large deformations are formulated realistically. Liquid is modeled using Mie-Grüneisen equation of state (EOS) in compressible form considering the convective and impulsive motions of fluid. The developed numerical framework is validated based on a previous study. Further, nonlinear analyses are carried out to assess the seismic performance of RC-LCT with various diameter-to-liquid height ratios ranging from 2.5 to 4.0. Based on observations, semi-deep tanks (i.e., D/H_l=2.5) show low collapse ductility due to their shear failure mode while shallow tanks (i.e., D/H_l=4.0) behave in a more ductile manner due to their dominant wall membrane action. Furthermore, the semi-deep tanks provide the least over-strength and ductility due to their catastrophic failure with little energy dissipation. This study shows that LCTs can be categorized as between immediately operational and life safety levels and therefore a drift limiting criterion is necessary to prevent probable damages during earthquakes.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.165-185
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• 2013

In the present study, the numerical and experimental investigations were performed on the backfill- exterior wall-fluid interaction systems in case of empty and full tanks. For this, firstly, the non-linear three dimensional (3D) finite element models were developed considering both backfill-wall and fluid-wall interactions, and modal analyses for these systems were carried out in order to acquire modal frequencies and mode shapes by means of ANSYS finite element structural analysis program. Secondly, a series of field tests were fulfilled to define their modal characteristics and to compare the results from proposed approximation in the selected structures. Finally, comparing the theoretical predictions from the finite element models to results from experimental measurements, a close agreement was found between theory and experiment. Thus, it can be easily stated that experimental verifications provide strong support for the finite element models and the proposed procedures themselves are the meritorious approximations to the real problem, and this makes the models appealing for use in further investigations.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.263-276
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• 2013

Most yacht sails are made of thin fabric, and they have a cambered shape to generate lift force; however, their shape can be easily deformed by wind pressure. Deformation of the sail shape changes the flow characteristics over the sail, which in turn further deforms the sail shape. Therefore, fluid-structure interaction (FSI) analysis is applied for the precise evaluation or optimization of the sail design. In this study, fluid flow analyses are performed for the main sail of a 30-foot yacht, and the results are applied to loading conditions for structural analyses. By applying the supporting forces from the rig, such as the mast and boom-end outhaul, as boundary conditions for structural analysis, the deformed sail shape is identified. Both the flow analyses and the structural analyses are iteratively carried out for the deformed sail shape. A comparison of the flow characteristics and surface pressures over the deformed sail shape with those over the initial shape shows that a considerable difference exists between the two and that FSI analysis is suitable for application to sail design.