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Drag Prediction of Elliptic Airfoil (타원형 에어포일의 항력 예측)

  • Kim C. W.;Park Y. M.;Kwon K. J.;Lee J. Y.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2004.03a
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    • pp.23-26
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    • 2004
  • Drag prediction is sought for the aifoil having laminar and turbulent flow characteristics with CFD code being unable to predict transition to turbulent flow. Laminar flow simulation presents some insight to the transition position. Separate simulations with laminar and turbulent flow and their combination estimate the drag of the airfoil containing laminar and turbulent flow characteristics.

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Measurement of turbulent flow characteristics of rotating square duct with a $90^{\circ}$ bend (회전하는 정사각단면의 $90^{\circ}$곡관내 난류유동에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • 이건휘;최영돈
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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    • v.19 no.9
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    • pp.2223-2236
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    • 1995
  • 0The fields of turbomachinery and electrical generators provide many examples of flow through rotating internal passages. At the practicing Reynolds number, most of the flow motion is three dimensional and highly turbulent. The proper understanding for the characteristics of these turbulent flow is necessary for the design of thermo-fluid machinery of a good efficiency. The flow characteristics in the rotating duct with curvature are very complex in practice due to the curvature and rotational effect of the duct. The understanding of the effect of the curvature on the structure and rotational effect of the duct. The understanding of the effect of the curvature on the structure of turbulence in the curved passage and the characteristics of the flow in a rotating radial straight channel have been well studied separately by many workers. But the combined effects of curvature and rotation on the flow have not been well understood inspite of the importance of the phenomena in the practical design process. In this study, the characteristics of a developing turbulent flow in a square sectioned 90.deg. bend rotating at a constant angular velocity are measured by using hot-wire anemometer to seize the rotational effects on the flow characteristics. As the results of this study, centrifugal forces associated with the curvature of the bend and Coriolis forces and centripetal forces associated with the rotational affect directly both the mean motion and the turbulent fluctuations.

Numerical Investigation on Turbulent Flow Characteristics in the Gap connecting with Two parallel Channels using Large Eddy Simulation (평행한 두 사각유로를 연결하는 협소유로내의 난류유동 특성에 관한 대형 와 수치 모사)

  • Hong, Seong-Ho;Seo, Jeong-Sik;Shin, Jong-Keun;Choi, Young-Don
    • Proceedings of the SAREK Conference
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    • 2008.11a
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    • pp.55-60
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    • 2008
  • Turbulent flow characteristics on the gap of two parallel channels are investigated using LES(large eddy simulation) approach. Two parallel channels have the same cross-section area and are connected by the narrow channel named the gap. Turbulent flow near the gap makes the flow pulsation along the streamwise direction of two channels. The flow condition is the Reynolds number of $2.5{\times}10^{-5}$. We compared the predicted results with the previous experimental results and presented the axial mean velocity, turbulent intensities, Reynolds shear stresses and turbulent kinetic energy.

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Flow Characteristics of a Turbulent Pulsating Flow in a Straight Duct Connected to a Curved Duct by using an LDV (LDV에 의한 곡관 후류에 연결된 직관에서 난류맥동유동의 유동특성)

  • 손현철;이행남;박길문
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.177-186
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    • 2003
  • In the present study, the flow characteristics of developing turbulent flows are investigated at the exit region of a square cross-sectional 180" curved duct with dimensions of 40mm$\times$40mm$\times$4000mm (height $\times$ width $\times$length). Smoke particles produced from mosquito coils were used as seed particles for the LDV measurement. Experiments were carried out to measure axial velocity profiles, shear stress distributions and entrance lengths by using an LDV system and Rotating Machinery Resolver RMR with PHASE software. Experimental results clearly show that the time-averaged Reynolds number does not affect oscillatory flow characteristics because the turbulent components tend to balance the oscillatory components in the fully developed flow region. Also, the velocity profiles are in good agreement with 1/7power law such as the results of steady turbulent flows. The turbulent intensity linearly increases along the walls and is slightly higher, especially in the period of deceleration. On the other hand, the LDV measurements show that shear stress values in slightly higher in the period of deceleration due to the flow characteristics in the exit region. The entrance length where flows become stable appears at the point that is 40 times the length of hydraulic diameter.eter.

A study on the Characteristics of In-Cylinder Intake Flow in Spark Ignition Engine Using the PIV

  • Lee Suk-Young;Jeong Ku-Seob;Jeon Chung-Hwan;Chang Young-June
    • Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.704-715
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    • 2005
  • In this study, to investigate in-cylinder tumble or swirl intake flow of a gasoline engine, the flow characteristics were examined with opening control valve (OCV) and several swirl control valves (SCV) which intensify intake flow through steady flow experiment, and also turbulent characteristics of in-cylinder flow field were investigated by 2-frame cross-correlation particle image velocimetry (PIV) method. In the investigation of intake turbulent characteristics using PIV method, the different flow characteristics were showed according to OCV or SCV figures. The OCV or SCV installed engine had higher vorticity and turbulent kinetic energy than a baseline engine, especially around the wall and lower part of the cylinder. Above all, SCV B type was superior to the others. About energy dissipation and reynolds shear stress distribution, a baseline engine had larger loss than OCV or SCV installed one because flow impinged on the cylinder wall. It should be concluded, from what has been said above, as swirl component was added to existing tumble flow adequately, it was confirmed that turbulent intensity was enlarged, flow energy was conserved effectively through the experiment. In other words, there is a suggestion that flow characteristics as these affected to in-cylinder combustion positively.

Particle Image Velocimetry Measurement of Unsteady Turbulent Flow around Regularly Arranged High-Rise Building Models

  • Sato, T.;Hagishima, A.;Ikegaya, N.;Tanimoto, J.
    • International Journal of High-Rise Buildings
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.105-113
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    • 2013
  • Recent studies proved turbulent flow properties in high-rise building models differ from those in low-rise building models by comparing turbulent statistics. Although it is important to understand the flow characteristics within and above high-rise building models in the study of urban environment, it is still unknown and under investigation. For this reason, we performed wind tunnel experiment using Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) to investigate and identify the turbulent flow properties and characteristic flow patterns in high-rise building models. In particular, we focus on instantaneous flow field near the canopy and extracted flow field when homogeneous flow field were observed. As a result, six characteristic flow patterns were identified and the relationship between these flow patterns and turbulent organized structure were shown.

STUDY ON THE IN-CYLINDER FLOW CHARACTERISTICS OF AN SI ENGINE USING PIV

  • LEE S.-Y.;JEONG K.-S.;JEON C.-H.;CHANG Y.-J.
    • International Journal of Automotive Technology
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    • v.6 no.5
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    • pp.453-460
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    • 2005
  • The tumble or swirl flow is used to promote mixing of air and fuel in the cylinder and to enlarge turbulent intensity in the end of the compression stroke. Since the in-cylinder flow is a kind of transient state with rapid flow variation, which is non-steady state flow, the tumble or swirl flow has not been analyzed sufficiently whether they are applicable to combustion theoretically. In the investigation of intake turbulent characteristics using PIV method, typical flow characteristics were figured out by SCV configurations. An engine installed SCV had higher vorticity and turbulent strength by fluctuation and turbulent kinetic energy than a baseline engine, especially near the cylinder wall and lower part of the cylinder. Above all, the engine with SCV 8 was superior to the others in aspect of vorticity and turbulent strength. For energy dissipation, a baseline engine had much higher energy loss than the engine installed SCV because flow impinged on the cylinder wall. Consequently, as swirl flow was added to existing tumble flow, it was found that fluctuation increased and flow energy was conserved effectively through the experiment.

Turbulent Flow Characteristics using Plane Jet on Impingement Surface (평면제트를 이용한 충돌면에서의 난류유동 특성)

  • 윤순현
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.429-435
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    • 1998
  • Experiments were conducted to investigate the turbulent flow characteristics from on oblique impingement surface to an plane jet at the jet Reynolds number(Re based on the nozzle width) $3{\times}10^4$ The jet mean velocity and turbulent intensity profiles have been measured along the impingement surface by hot-wire anemometer. The nozzle-to-plate distance(H/B) ranged from 2 to 10 and the oblique angle (a) from 45 to 90 degree. Also the secondary peak of the turbulent intensity was observed at H/B=4 S/B 5 and a=90 degree. It has been found that the stagnation point shifted toward the minor flow region as the oblique angle decreased and the position of the stagnation point nearly coincided with that of the maximum turbulent intensity.

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Pipe Friction in Transition Flow (천이류에서의 관마찰)

  • Yoo, Dong Hoon
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.101-109
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    • 1993
  • On the basis of Nikuradse laboratory experiments. two transition flow regimes are defined with respect to the characteristics of boundary layer. One is the transitional turbulent flow which has a transitional characteristics between smooth turbulent flow and rough turbulent flow, and the other may be called as transitional laminar flow which has transitional features between laminar flow and turbulent flow. The laboratory results of Nikuradse are carefully re-examined, and the flow regions are clearly defined. The velocity profile of the transitional turbulent flow is described by newly formulated equation, and the Darcy-Weisbach friction coefficient for the transitional turbulent flow is determined based on the theoretical form of profile equation, which is far better accurate than Colebrook-White equation. Difficulties still arise for the description of velocity profile when the flow undergoes from laminar to turbulent. In this case a linear interpolation procedure is proposed for the estimation of friction coefficient.

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Flow Characteristics of Drag Reducing Channel Flows Induced by Surfactant (계면활성제를 첨가한 마찰감소 채널흐름의 유동특성)

  • Park, S.R.;Yoon, H.K.
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.519-526
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    • 1996
  • A 2D-LDV system was employed to investigate the flow field characteristics in fully developed drag reducing turbulent channel flows. The additive used in this study was Habon-G which showed splendid drag reduction effect and minimum mechanical degradation trend in the closed flow circulation loop. In order to have better understanding of the drag reduction mechanism, the instantaneous velocities were carefully measured under various experimental conditions and the flow characteristics including time-averaged velocity, turbulent intensity and Reynolds shear stresses were carefully assessed. The time-averaged velocity profiles of surfactant flows showed more parabolic shape(typically shown in a laminar flow) together with significant suppression of turbulent production, yielding the shear induced micelle structure orienting in the flow direction due to its isotropic characteristics. Especially it was observed that the maximum intensity for drag reducing flows was shifted away from the wall and that the streamwise and normal turbulent intensities were strongly altered. This phenomenon strongly suggests that the viscous sublayer becomes thicker with addition of surfactant. Turbulent momentum transport was drastically suppressed across the whole drag reducing channel flow.

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