• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2001.11a
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• pp.213-218
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• 2001

A magnetorheological(MR) engine mount for a passenger vehicle and its vibration control performance is experimentally evaluated. A mixed-mode model for the MR engine is derived by incorporating Herschel-Bulkely model of the MR fluid. After analyzing the field-dependent damping force, a appropriate size of the MR engine mount is manufactured. The field-dependent is displacement transmissibility of the engine mount is evaluated in the frequency domain at various excitation levels. In addition, time-dependant damping force is experimentally investigated by changing the excitation amplitude.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.36 no.2
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• pp.145-151
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• 2012

Evaluation of the heart work is starting to emerge as a new diagnostic tool for arterial diseases. The aim of this study is to develop a mathematical model for the estimation of heart work utilizing the pulse waves between two points of a vessel. In order to calculate heart work, medical data such as blood pressure waveforms (which are measured using a cuff) are utilized. The heart work is calculated by employing the modified Windkessel model together with the viscosity models of Casson or Herschel-Bulkely (H-B). The results indicate that the compliance values at the proximal and distal locations differ for the Casson and H-B models.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.82-91
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• 2010

Grouting technology is one of the ground improvement methods used in water controlling and reinforcement of rock mass in underground structure construction. It is necessarily required to find out the characteristics of grout flow through discontinuities in a rock mass for an adequate grout design and performance assessment. Laminar flow is not always applicable in simulating a grout flow in a rock mass, since the rock joints usually have apertures at a micro-scale and the flow through these joints is affected by the joint roughness and the velocity profile of the flow changes partially near the roughness. Thus, the influence of joint roughness and aperture on the grout flow in rough rock joint was numerically investigated in this study. The commercial computational fluid dynamics code, FLUENT, was applied for this purpose. The computed results by embedded Herschel-Bulkley model and VOF (volume of fluid) model, which are applicable to simulate grout flow in a narrow rock joint that is filled with air and water, were well compared with that of analytical results and previously published laboratory test for the verification. The injection pressure required to keep constant injection rate of grout was calculated in a variety of Joint Roughness Coefficient (JRC) and aperture conditions, and the effect of joint roughness and aperture on grout flow were quantified.