• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.31 no.6
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• pp.102-109
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• 2003

The number of engines for fighters has been decided by thrust required and available engines at the time since the beginning of the jet age. However, many factors such as combat effectiveness, survivability, performance, and cost were considered as engine technology has been progressed. From the vietnam war and desert storm, a twin engine fighter was shown slight superiority to a single engine one in an vulnerability，but single engine fighters were a little predominant in susceptibility This paper includes the trade-off study results on the number of engines for the supersonic light attack aircraft with single and twin engines. Twin engine configuration is 8%, 26%, and 13% higher than single engine one in MTOGW, Flyaway Cost, and LCC respectively. Little difference has been found in RM&S, Maneuver and field performance. According to the factors above, single engine fighter is profitable for low class and twin engine one for medium and higher class.

• Current Industrial and Technological Trends in Aerospace
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.25-31
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• 2007

헬리콥터와 같이 비행 중 고장 또는 작동 불능 시 대처가 용이하지 않고 대형의 참사로 이어지는 비행체에 대해서는 안전이 최우선으로 고려되어야 한다. 미국의 국가교통안전위원회에서는 1963년부터 1997년까지 34년간 민간부문의 회전익기의 사고를 조사하여 분석한 바 있다. 본 논문은 터빈엔진 헬리콥터의 사고 동향을 파악하여 헬리콥터 안전 운항에 기여하고, 또한 한국형 중형 민수헬기를 개발하기에 앞서 주요 설계요소를 고려하기 위하여 NTSB에서 미국의 민수용 단발 및 쌍발 터빈 엔진 헬리콥터 사고에 대하여 유형별로 집계, 조사한 결과를 인용하여 전반적인 사고 경향, 사고 유형 또는 원인, 활동별, 운용 단계 별에 사고에 대하여 심층적으로 비교, 분석하였다.

• Defense and Technology
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• no.8 s.138
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• pp.16-23
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• 1990

싱가포르 항공사는 프랑스 Aerospatiale Helicopter Division, CATIC(PRC)과 새로운 4~5인승 단발엔진 헬기를 공동 개발하기로 합의하였다. 잠정적으로 P120L이라고 명명된 이 새로운 항공기는 Gazelle이나 Lama 계열로서, Ecureuil 기를 보완하는 것으로 계획되어 있다. 실제 개발은 1990년 말 개념정의단계 완료후에 결정될 것이며, 첫 비행은 1993년, 인도시기는 1996년으로 예정되어 있다. P120L기에는 2가지 형이 있는데, 하나는 민수용이고 또 하나는 고성능 군용기이다. 기체 총 중량은 민수용은 2천kg, 군수용은 2천3백kg이다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.18-25
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• 2007

The safety should be primarily considered for air vehicle, such as helicopter, which is not easy to cope with when out of order or loss of control that followed catastrophe. The U.S National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigated and analyzed for 34 years rotorcraft accidents that occurred from 1963 through 1997. This paper handles intensively the relative investigation and analysis of recent 10 years domestic civil helicopter accidents to those of the United States in order to increase the safety of helicopter transportation and to consider the main design parameter before we develop Korean Civil Helicopter. To understand the overview of civil turbine helicopter accident, it uses the NTSB's accident investigation results and the overall accident trend for U.S civil single and twin turbine engine helicopter according to category, cause, activity, and phase of operation.

• 한국항공운항학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.15-21
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• 2005

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.90-95
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• 2006

For single engine application like T-50, advanced supersonic jet trainer, airstart capability is very important. This paper presents the results of airstart tests performed to verify T-50 airstart capability for various flight condition. The tests include spooldown, APU assisted and auto-relight airstart tests. Except for the auto-relight tests T-50 engine was successfully restarted for all airstart tests. After modifying FADEC flameout detection schedule, auto-relight tests also were successfully demonstrated. Through T-50 engine airstart tests excellent T-50 airstart capability was validated.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.35 no.4
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• pp.308-315
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• 2007

This study is performed to find out the climb performance of light airplane, Chang Gong-91, as a part of flight test to acquire the certification. Chang Gong-91 is a 5-passenger light aircraft of normal category with single reciprocating engine, and the first officially certified by Korean Ministry of Construction and Transportation in 1993. These flight test procedure and data for climb performance are used to get type certification. We have got maximum climb rate for operating altitude, best angle of climb speed, best rate of climb speed, and absolute ceiling of Chang Gong-91 using drag polar data reduction method from sawtooth climb flight data. Also we compare the form drag coefficient from the results of climb performance and Oswald's effectiveness coefficient to design values using lift-drag curve of light airplane.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.54-64
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• 1995

The effects of swirl on early flame development and late combustion characteristic were investigated using a high speed single-shot visualized 51 engine. LDV measurements were performed to get better understanding of the flow field in this combustion chamber. Spark plugs were located at half radius (R/2) and central location of bore. High speed schlieren photographs at 20,000 frames/sec were taken to visualize the detailed formation and development of the flame kernel with cylinder pressure measurements. This study showed that high swirl gave favorable effects on combustion-related performances in terms of the maximum cylinder pressure and flame growth rate regardless of spark position. However, at R/2 ignition the low swirl shown desirable effects at low engine speed gave worse performances as engine speed increased than without swirl. There were distinct signs of slow-down in flame growth during the period when the flame front expanded from 2.5mm in radius until it reached 5.0mm apparently due to the presence of ground electrode. There seemed to be heat transfer effect on the flame expansion speed which was evidenced in high swirl case by the slowdown of the late flame front presumably caused by relatively large heat loss from burned gas to wall compared with low- or no-swirl cases.