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Transverse Wind Velocity Recorded in Spiral-Shell Pattern

  • Hyosun Kim
    • Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.56 no.2
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    • pp.149-157
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    • 2023
  • The propagation speed of a circumstellar pattern revealed in the plane of the sky is often assumed to represent the expansion speed of the wind matter ejected from a post-main-sequence star at the center. We point out that the often-adopted isotropic wind assumption and the binary hypothesis as the underlying origin for the circumstellar pattern in the shape of multilayered shells are, however, mutually incompatible. We revisit the hydrodynamic models for spiral-shell patterns induced by the orbital motion of a hypothesized binary, of which one star is losing mass at a high rate. The distributions of transverse wind velocities as a function of position angle in the plane of the sky are explored along viewing directions. The variation of the transverse wind velocity is as large as half the average wind velocity over the entire three dimensional domain in the simulated models investigated in this work. The directional dependence of the wind velocity is indicative of the overall morphology of the circumstellar material, implying that kinematic information is an important ingredient in modeling the snapshot monitoring (often in the optical and near-infrared) or the spectral imaging observations for molecular line emissions.

A Study on the Pressure Patterns that Causes Bidirectional Tailwind on the Runway of Jeju International Airport (제주국제공항 활주로에 양배풍을 유발하는 기압 패턴에 관한 연구)

  • Jinho Cho;Kangmin Lee;Hojong Baik;Janghoon Park
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.31 no.3
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    • pp.93-102
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    • 2023
  • Jeju International Airport is characterized by the occurrence of low-level windshear due to its location, surrounding terrain, and its weather characteristics. Especially the low-level windshear accompanied by tailwinds on both sides of the runway i.e., bidirectional tailwind, is a hazardous weather phenomenon with unique characteristics that are difficult to find at any other airports. This study focuses on bidirectional tailwind occurrence at Jeju International Airport in 2020-2021. As a result, characteristic pressure patterns of the types that cause bidirectional tailwind was identified as it was possible to categorize strong wind types such as 1) strong southwest wind, 2) strong east wind, and 3) strong northwest wind, which do not cause bidirectional tailwind, and wind direction variation types such as 4) bidirectional tailwind, and 5) south wind followed by southwest wind, which cause bidirectional tailwind. The results of this study are expected to contribute to improving aviation safety by enabling aviation operators to predict and take appropriate safety measures based on their understanding of the causes and characteristics of bidirectional tailwind.

Offshore Wind Resource Assessment around Korean Peninsula by using QuikSCAT Satellite Data (QuikSCAT 위성 데이터를 이용한 한반도 주변의 해상 풍력자원 평가)

  • Jang, Jea-Kyung;Yu, Byoung-Min;Ryu, Ki-Wahn;Lee, Jun-Shin
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.37 no.11
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    • pp.1121-1130
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    • 2009
  • In order to investigate the offshore wind resources, the measured data from the QuikSCAT satellite was analyzed from Jan 2000 to Dec 2008. QuikSCAT satellite is a specialized device for a microwave scatterometer that measures near-surface wind speed and direction under all weather and cloud conditions. Wind speed measured at 10 m above from the sea surface was extrapolated to the hub height by using the power law model. It has been found that the high wind energy prevailing in the south sea and the east sea of the Korean peninsula. From the limitation of seawater depth for piling the tower and archipelagic environment around the south sea, the west and the south-west sea are favorable to construct the large scale offshore wind farm, but it needs efficient blade considering relatively low wind speed. Wind map and monthly variation of wind speed and wind rose using wind energy density were investigated at the specified positions.

Observational analysis of wind characteristics in the near-surface layer during the landfall of Typhoon Mujigae (2015)

  • Lin Xue;Ying Li;Lili Song
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.37 no.4
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    • pp.315-329
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    • 2023
  • We investigated the wind characteristics in the near-surface layer during the landfall of Typhoon Mujigae (2015) based on observations from wind towers in the coastal areas of Guandong province. Typhoon Mujigae made landfall in this region from 01:00 UTC to 10:00 UTC on October 4, 2015. In the region influenced by the eyewall of the tropical cyclone, the horizontal wind speed was characterized by a double peak, the wind direction changed by >180°, the vertical wind speed increased by three to four times, and the angle of attack increased significantly to a maximum of 7°, exceeding the recommended values in current design criteria. The vertical wind profile may not conform to a power law distribution in the near-surface layer in the region impacted by the eyewall and spiral rainband. The gust factors were relatively dispersed when the horizontal wind speed was small and tended to a smaller value and became more stable with an increase in the horizontal wind speed. The variation in the gust factors was the combined result of the height, wind direction, and circulation systems of the tropical cyclone. The turbulence intensity and the downwind turbulence energy spectrum both increased notably in the eyewall and spiral rainband and no longer satisfied the assumption of isotropy in the inertial subrange and the -5/3 law. This result was more significant in the eyewall area than in the spiral rainband. These results provide a reference for forecasting tropical cyclones, wind-resistant design, and hazard prevention in coastal areas of China to reduce the damage caused by high winds induced by tropical cyclones.

Evidences of Intermittent Wind-Induced Flow in the Yellow Sea obtained from AVHRR SST Data

  • Seung, Young Ho;Yoon, Jong-Hyuk;Lim, Eun-Pyo
    • Ocean and Polar Research
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    • v.34 no.4
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    • pp.395-401
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    • 2012
  • Ten-year AVHRR sea surface temperature data obtained in the Yellow Sea are put into EOF analyses. Temperature variation is predominated by the first mode which is associated with the seasonal fluctuation of temperature with annual range decreasing with the bottom depth. Since such a strong annual signal may mask the upwind or downwind flows occurring intermittently during the winter, only the data obtained during this season are put into EOF analyses. Every winter shows similar results. The first mode, explaining more than 90% of total variance, appears to be a part of the seasonal variation of temperature mentioned above. In the second mode, the time coefficient is well correlated with northerly winds to which the responses of the trough and shallow coastal areas are opposite to each other. A simple theoretical consideration suggests the following physical explanation: The northerly wind stress anomaly creates an upwind (downwind) flow over the trough (coastal) areas, which then induces a temperature increase (decrease) by advection of heat, and vice versa for the southerly wind stress anomaly. Hence, this paper provides further evidence of the intermittent upwind or downwind flows occurring in the Yellow Sea every winter.

WIND PRESSURE TRANSIENTS ON PLATFORM SCREEN DOOR OF SIDE PLATFORMS IN A SUBWAY STAT10N CAUSED BY PASSING TRAINS (상대식 승강장에서 열차 운행에 의한 지하철 승강장 스크린 도어 풍압해석)

  • Lee, Myung-Sung;Lee, Sang-Hyuk;Hur, Nahm-Keon
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.04a
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    • pp.64-67
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    • 2007
  • In the present study, the wind pressure transients on platform screen door in side platforms caused by passing trains have been investigated numerically. The transient compressible 3-D full Navier-Stokes solution is obtained with actual operational condition of subway train and the moving mesh technique is adopted considering the train movement. To achieve more accurate analysis, the entrance and exit tunnel of platform are included in a computational domain and detailed shape of train is also modeled Numerical analyses were conducted on five operational condition which are different velocity variation of subway train, existence of stationary train and passing each other trains. The results show that pressure load on platform screen door is maximized when the two trains are passing each other. It is also seen from the computational results that the maximum pressure variation was found to be satisfactory to various foreign standards.

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WIND PRESSURE TRANSIENTS ON PLATFORM SCREEN DOOR OF SIDE PLATFORMS IN A SUBWAY STATION CAUSED BY PASSING TRAINS (상대식 승강장에서 열차 운행에 의한 지하철 승강장 스크린 도어 풍압해석)

  • Lee, Myung-Sung;Lee, Sang-Hyuk;Hur, Nahm-Keon
    • Journal of computational fluids engineering
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.1-6
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    • 2007
  • In the present study, the wind pressure transients on platform screen door in side platforms caused by passing trains have been investigated numerically. The transient compressible 3-D full Navier-Stokes solution is used with actual operational condition of subway train by adopting the moving mesh technique considering the train movement. To achieve more accurate analysis, the entrance and exit tunnel connecting the stations are included in a computational domain with modeling the detailed shape of the train. Numerical analyses are conducted on five operational conditions which include the variation of the train speed, case with or without the train stopped in the other track, and case for two trains passing each other inside the station. The results show that pressure load on platform screen door is maximized when the two trains are passing each other. It is also seen from the computational results that the maximum pressure variation for the cases considered in the present study is found to be satisfactory to various foreign standards.

Change of Regional Atmospheric Circulation Related with Recent Warming in the Antarctic Peninsula (남극반도의 최근 온난화와 관련된 지역적 대기순환의 변화)

  • Lee, Jeong-Soon;Kwon, Tae-Yong;Lee, Bang-Yong;Yoon, Ho-Il;Kim, Jeong-Woo
    • Ocean and Polar Research
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.503-518
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    • 2003
  • This study examines the relationship among temperature, wind, and sea level pressure to understand recent warming in the vicinity of the Antarctic Peninsula. To do this, the surface air temperature, NCEP/NCAR reanalysis wind data and sea level pressure data for the period of 40 years are analyzed. The 40-year surface air temperature data in the Antarctic Peninsula reveals relatively the larger warming trends for autumn and winter than other seasons. The variability of the surface air temperature in this region is compared with that of the regional atmospheric circulation. The surface air temperature is positively correlated with frequency of northwesterlies and negatively correlated with frequency of southeasterlies. This relation is more evident in the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula for autumn and winter. The trend analysis of wind frequency in the study area shows increasing and decreasing trends in the frequency of northwesterlies and southeasterlies, respectively, in the northwestern part of the Weddell Sea for autumn and winter. And also it is found that these winds are closely related with decreasing of sea level pressure in the southeastern region of the Antarctic Peninsula. Furthermore from the seasonal variation of sea level pressure in this area, it may be presumed that decreasing of sea level pressure in the southeastern region of the Antarctic Peninsula is related with warming in the vicinity of the Antarctic Peninsula for autumn and winter. Therefore it can be explained that recent warming in the vicinity of the Antarctic Peninsula is caused by positive feedback mechanism, that is, the process that warming in the vicinity of the Antarctic Peninsula can lead to the decrease of sea level pressure in the southeastern region of the Antarctic Peninsula and these pressure decrease in turn lead to the variation of wind direction in northwestern part of Weddell Sea, again the variation of wind direction enhances the warming in the Antarctic Peninsula.

Characteristics of Diurnal Variation of High PM2.5 Concentration by Spatio-Temporal Wind System in Busan, Korea (시·공간적 풍계에 따른 부산지역 고농도 PM2.5의 일변화 특성)

  • Kim, Bu-Kyung;Lee, Dong-In;Kim, Jeong-Chang;Lee, Jun-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean earth science society
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    • v.33 no.6
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    • pp.469-480
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    • 2012
  • This study was to analyze the characteristics of diurnal variation of high $PM_{2.5}$ concentration, $PM_{2.5}/PM_{10}$ concentration ratio by spatio-temporal wind system (wind speed and wind direction) for high $PM_{2.5}$ concentration (over the 24 hr environmental standard of $PM_{2.5}$, $50{\mu}g/m^3$) in the air quality observation sites (Jangrimdong: Industrial area, Jwadong: Residential area) that were measured for 3 years (2005. 12. 1-2008. 11. 30) in Busan. The observation days of high $PM_{2.5}$ concentration were 182 at Jangrimdong and 27 at Jwadong. The seasonal diurnal variation of hourly mean of high $PM_{2.5}$ concentration and of $PM_{2.5}/PM_{10}$ concentration ratio showed a similar pattern that had higher variation at dawn, and night and in the morning than in the afternoon. Durning daytime in summer at Jwadong, the $PM_{2.5}/PM_{10}$ concentration ratio increased because a secondary particulate matter, which was created by photochemical reaction, decreased the coarse particles of $PM_{10}$ more than the fine particles of $PM_{2.5}$ concentrations in ocean condition. We did an analysis of spatio-temporal wind system (wind speed range and wind direction) in each time zone. The result showed that high $PM_{2.5}$ concentration at Jangrimdong occurred due to the congestion of pollutants emissions from the industrial complex in Jangrimdong area and the transportation of pollutants from places nearby Jangrimdong. It also showed that high $PM_{2.5}$ concentration occurred at Jwadong because of a number of local residential and commercial activities that caused the congestion of pollutants.

Wind Load Analysis of 61ton-class Container Crane using the Computation Fluid Dynamics (61ton 컨테이너 크레인의 전산유동해석을 통한 풍하중 분석)

  • Lee, Su-Hong;Lee, Seong-Wook;Han, Dong-Seop;Kim, Tae-Hyung;Han, Geun-Jo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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    • 2007.12a
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    • pp.228-229
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    • 2007
  • Container cranes are vulnerable structure to difficult weather conditions because there is no shielding facility to protect them from high wind This study carried out to analyze the wind load have an effect on container crane according to a wind direction variation The container crane for this research is a model of a 61-ton class tint used broadly in the current ports. The dimension of an external fluid field set up 500m ${\times}$ 200m. In this study, Mean wind load conformed to the 'Design Criteria of Wind Load' in 'Load Criteria of Building Structures' and an external fluid field divided in interval of 10 degrees to analyze effect according to a wind direction From there, we carried out to the computation fluid dynamic analysis using a CFX-10 Therefore as consequence of computation fluid dynamic analysis and wind velocity experiment make a comparative study, we analyzed a wind load for construction design if container crane.

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