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Evaluation of Structural Robustness of External Fuel Tank and Pylon for Military Aircraft under Random Vibration

랜덤진동에서 군용 항공기 외부연료탱크 및 파일런 구조 강건성 평가

  • Received : 2020.11.30
  • Accepted : 2021.03.05
  • Published : 2021.03.31

Abstract

Aircraft are affected by various vibrations during maneuvering. These vibrations may have a fatal effect on the survival of aircraft in some cases, so the safety of components applied to the aircraft should be proven against various vibrations through random vibration analysis. In this study, the structural robustness of an external fuel tank and pylon for military aircraft was evaluated under random vibration conditions using commercial software, MSC Random. In the random vibration analysis, a frequency response analysis was performed by imposing a unit load on the boundary condition point, and then excitation was performed with a PSD profile. In this process, the required mode data was extracted through a modal analysis method. In addition, the random vibration profile specified in the US Defense Environment Standard was applied as random vibration conditions, and the PSD profile given in units of G's was converted into units of gravitational acceleration. As a result of the numerical analysis, we evaluated the structural robustness of the external fuel tank and pylon by identifying the safety margins of beam elements, shell elements, and solid elements in a numerical model for random vibration in the x, y, and z directions.

항공기는 기동 중 다양한 진동의 영향을 받게 된다. 이러한 진동들은 상황에 따라서는 항공기 생존에 치명적인 영향을 미칠 수 있으므로 항공기에 적용되는 구성품들은 랜덤 진동해석을 통해 다양한 진동 조건에 대한 안전성이 입증되어야 한다. 본 연구에서는 상용 소프트웨어인 MSC.Random을 사용하여 랜덤진동 조건에서 군용항공기 외부연료탱크와 파일런에 대한 구조 강건성을 평가하였다. 랜덤 진동해석은 경계조건 지점에 단위하중을 부과하여 주파수 응답해석을 수행한 후 파워 스펙트럼 밀도 프로파일로 가진하게 되는데, 이 과정에서 필요한 모드 데이타는 모달해석 방법을 통해 추출하였다. 그리고, 랜덤진동 조건으로 미국 국방환경규격에서 규정하고 있는 랜덤 진동 프로파일을 적용하였고, G 단위로 주어진 파워 스펙트럼 밀도 프로파일을 중력가속도 단위로 변환하여 사용하였다. 수치해석 결과로, x축, y축 및 z축 방향에서의 랜덤 가진에 대해 수치해석 모델을 구성하는 빔 요소, 쉘 요소 그리고 솔리드 요소의 안전여유를 파악하여 본 논문에서 다루고 있는 군용 항공기에 장착되는 외부연료탱크와 파일런의 구조 강건성을 평가하였다.

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