• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.46 no.1
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• pp.41-51
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• 2018

Downwash from helicopter rotor blades and external winds from various maneuvering make an unguided rocket change its trajectory and range. For the prediction of the trajectory and range, it is essential to consider the downwash effect. In this study, an algorithm was developed to calculate 6-Degree-Of-Freedom(6 DOF) forces and moments exerting on the rocket, and total flight trajectory of a 2.75-inch unguided rocket in a helicopter downwash flow field. Using Actuator Disk Model(ADM) analysis result, the algorithm could analyze the entire trajectory in various initial launch condition such as launch angle, launch velocity, and external wind. The algorithm that considered the interference between a fuselage and external winds could predict the trajectory change more precisely than inflow model analysis. Using the developed algorithm, the attitude and trajectory change mechanism by the downwash effect were investigated analyzing the effective angle of attack change and characteristics of pitching stability of the unguided rocket. Also, the trajectory and range changes were analyzed by considering the downwash effect with external winds. As a result, it was concluded that the key factors of the rocket range change were downwash area and magnitude which effect on the rocket, and the secondary factors were the dynamic pressure of the rocket and the interference between a fuselage and external winds. In tailwind case which was much influential on the range characteristics than other wind cases, the range of the rocket rose as increasing the tailwind velocity. However, there was a limit that the range of the rocket did not increase more than the specific tailwind velocity.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.81-95
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• 1995

공기의 흐름 중에 있는 유한 날개의 끝에서는 날개끝 와류로 인하여 날개에 내리흐름(downwash)이 발생하게 된다. 이러한 내리흐름은 유도항력을 발생시켜 양항특성이 감소하게 된다. 따라서 날개끝 와류를 적절히 제어하면 어느 정도 유도항력을 감소시킬 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 직사각형 날개와 테이퍼형 날개 끝에 여러 가지 형상의 strake를 장착하거나, 날개끝 와류를 제어하기 위하여 여러 개의 slot을 형성시켰을 때의 양항특성을 실험 및 수치해석으로 연구한 결과를 기술하였다. 실험결과 직사각형 날개끝에 장착한 wing tip strake의 밑변을 바깥쪽으로 절단한 wing tip strake의 양항특성이 받음각 $8^{\circ}$ 이상에서 우수하였고, 반면에 밑변을 절단하지 않은 경우는 받음각 $0^{\circ}\;^{\sim}\;8^{\circ}$ 사이에서 기본날개보다 양항비가 증가하였다. 테이퍼형 날개끝에 wing tip strake를 장착하였을 때의 양항비는 받음각 전 범위에 걸쳐 기본날개보다 증가하였으며, 받음각$8^{\circ}$ 이상에서 wing tip strake의 밑변을 절단하지 않은 wing tip strake의 양항특성이 우수하였다. 방사형 다중슬롯의 경우 날개끝의 앞전보다 뒷전 쪽에 형성시키는 것이 양항비특성이 우수하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.41 no.12
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• pp.931-939
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• 2013

In this paper, we try to find the lifting-line method which is applicable to the conceptual design of aircraft wings, and analyze the accuracy and coverage of the method. Two methods that are extended from the lifting-line theory of Prandtl are selected. One of the methods is Weissinger's method which imposes the velocity boundary condition at the control points located at the quarter chord, and the other is Phillips's method which combines the three-dimensional vortex lifting law. Calculations are performed for an elliptic wing, a swept back wing, and a tapered unswept wing with dihedral angle and geometric twist. The aerodynamic data of the potential flow such as spanwise distributions of circulation and downwash, lift and induced drag are obtained through calculations, and these data are compared with theoretical results and wind tunnel test data. As a result, Weissinger's method showed good accuracy and reliability regardless of wing shapes, but Phillips's method revealed inaccurate results for a swept back wing.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.39 no.12
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• pp.1097-1106
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• 2011

Unsteady numerical analysis was performed to simulate air-launched missiles from a complete helicopter in hover by using an unstructured overset mesh flow solver coupled with a module of six degree-of-freedom motion of equations. The unsteady computations have been performed to obtain flow fields around the complete helicopter including main rotor, tail rotor, and fuselage equipped with multiple missiles, and six-DOF simulation has been performed to predict the behavior of the air-launched missile. The effects of the launching position and the missile thrust on the trajectory of the missile were investigated as well as the aerodynamic interference of the air-launched missile under the unsteady downwash produced by main rotor.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2023.05a
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• pp.407-407
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• 2023

최근 환경부에서 발표한 국가물관리기본계획에서 수자원 총량 중 생활·공업·농업·유지용수의 이용량은 365억m³/년으로 약 29.4%로 발표되었다. 유지용수를 제외한 농업용수 이용량의 비중은 약 60.5%이며, 이 중 약 80%가 논에서 활용되고 있다. 이러한 농업용수 이용량 중 사용되지 않고 하천으로의 방류량이 존재하는데 이를 관개회귀수량이라하며, 농업용수의 약 35%가 하천으로 회귀된다 발표하나 지역에 따른 편차가 존재하기에 정확한 회귀수량을 산정하기엔 미흡한 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 네트워크 모형을 통한 용배수로 구축 이후 회귀수 정량화를 하고자 하며, 정량화를 위한 네트워크 모형은 EPA-SWMM(Storm Water Management Model) 모형을 활용하였다. 해당 모형은 미국 환경 보호국(U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA)에서 개발한 네트워크 물리모형으로 다양한 환경적 요소에 따른 수문 영향을 확인 가능한 모형이다. 해당 모형의 다양한 네트워크 기능을 통해 논배수로 네트워크를 구축하여 회귀수 정량화를 진행하고자 한다. 논배수로 네트워크를 구축하기 이전 현장조사를 진행하였다. 현장조사를 통한 용수계통도를 작성하였으며, 모형의 입력자료로 필요한 네트워크 용배수로관 표고값을 측량하였다. 이후 현장조사 및 측량 자료를 활용하여 네트워크 물리모형의 입력자료 구축을 진행하였으며, 해당 자료 구축은 지리 정보 시스템 중 ArcGIS와의 연계를 통해 구축하였다. 모형의 수리학적 입력자료는 해당지역의 계측자료를 활용하였으며, 필지 사이의 내리흐름 및 펌프를 통한 용수 또한 네트워크 물리모형의 기능을 활용하여 구축하였다. 이후 계측자료와의 비교를 통한 매개변수 보정을 진행하였으며, 전체 논배수로에 대한 농업용수의 흐름 및 회귀수량을 분석하였다. 해당 연구를 통해 농업용수의 회귀수 산정 및 지역 편차에 따른 회귀수 정량화 등의 연구에 활용될 것으로 기대한다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.45 no.10
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• pp.817-824
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• 2017

This paper presents the characteristics of wing-tail interference for a tail-controlled missile. The magnitude of wing-tail interference was calculated with wind tunnel test results and its effects on aerodynamic coefficients were investigated. The downwash angle of tail wing was calculated with experimental data and the effect of wing-tail interference was expressed as a ratio of angle of attack. Numerical simulations were made to examine flow characteristics of wing-tail interference and the vorticity contour of missile were compared with respect to angle of attack. Experimental and numerical analysis results show that the wing-tail interference has significant effects on static stability of tail-controlled missile.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.38 no.6
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• pp.519-529
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• 2010

In the present study, unsteady calculations have been performed to simulate flows around a UH-60A full configuration including main rotor, fuselage, and tail rotor. A flow solver developed for helicopter aerodynamic analysis was used for the simulation of the complete helicopter in high-speed and low-speed forward flight. Unsteady vibratory loads on the main rotor blades were compared with flight test and other calculated data for the assessment of the present flow solver. Aerodynamic interaction of the three components of the helicopter was investigated by comparing with the results of main-rotor-alone, main rotor and fuselage, and tail-rotor-alone configurations. It was found that the existence of the fuselage has an effect on the normal force distribution of the main rotor by varying downwash distribution on the rotor disc, and tip vortices trailed from the main rotor strongly interact with the tail-rotor.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.42 no.4
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• pp.298-304
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• 2014

The lifting-line method based on Weissinger's method is extended to be able to analyze the ground effect. The method is applied to predict the variation of aerodynamic performance due to ground effect for the elliptic wing with aspect ratio of 10 and the wing of human powered aircraft. While the vortex strength of the wing increases slightly, the downwash decreases significantly as the wing approaches to the ground. For the wing of human powered aircraft, the increment of lift at the height of 2m is 5% than the lift outside the influence of ground effect. The decrease of induced drag at the height of wing span is 10% and at the height of 2m is 55% than that out of ground effect.

• Journal of computational fluids engineering
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.36-41
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• 2011

Numerical simulation of air-launched rockets from a helicopter was conducted to investigate the aerodynamic interference between air-launched rocket and helicopter. For this purpose, a three-dimensional inviscid flow solver has been developed based on unstructured meshes. An overset mesh technique was used to describe the relative motion between rocket and rocket launcher. The flow solver was coupled with six degree-of-freedom equation to predict the trajectory of free-flight rockets. For the validation, calculations were made for the impinging jet with inclined plate. The rotor downwash of helicopter was calculated and applied to simulation of air-launched rocket. It is shown that the rotor downwash has non-negligible effect on the air-launched rocket and its plume development.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.54-63
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• 2022

Recently, electric propulsion aircraft with various propeller mounting positions have been under construction. The position of the propeller relative to the wing can significantly affect the aerodynamic performance of the aircraft. Placing the propeller in front of the wing produces a complex swirl flow behind or around the propeller. The up/downwash induced by the swirl flow can alter the wing's local effective angle of attack, causing a change in the aerodynamic load distribution across the wing's spanwise direction. This study investigated the influence of the distance between a propeller and a wing on the aerodynamic loads on the wing. The swirl flow generated by the propeller was modelled using an actuator disk theory, and the wing's aerodynamics were analysed with the VSPAERO tool. Results of the study were compared to wind tunnel test data and established that both axial and spanwise distance between the propeller and the wing positively affect the wing's lift-to-drag ratio. Specifically, it was observed that the lift-to-drag ratio increases when the propeller is positioned higher than the wing.