• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.39 no.10
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• pp.959-965
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• 2011

A modeling and power simulation of a small UAV's electric propulsion systems is described. Each power source is modeled and simulated in Matlab/Simulink and it is compared flight test data during 4 hr 30 min with simulation results about 200 W electric propulsion system using fuel cell and battery as a main power sources. In result, it is properly simulated performance and dynamic characteristic of each electric power source. Through this, it is revealed that the simulation is available as a means of predicting power characteristic variation for electric propulsion systems of different class.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.41 no.3
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• pp.233-239
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• 2013

A 100 W fuel cell system using chemical storage method has been applied for a propulsion system of the SUAV(Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle). A fuel cell and battery have been combined for both the small/light hydrogen generation control system and the hybrid power supply system. A small hydrogen generation device was implemented to utilize NaBH4 aqueous solution and dead-end type PEMFC system, which were evaluated on the ground and by the flight tests. The system pressurized at a 45kpa stably operates and get higher fuel efficiency. The pressure inside of the hydrogen generation control system was maintained at between 45 kPa and 55 kPa. The 100W fuel cell system satisfies the required weight and power consumption rate as well as the propulsion system, and the fuel cell system performance was demonstrated through flight test.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.50 no.9
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• pp.627-638
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• 2022

This paper discusses the utilization of fault-tolerant technology in the industry by analyzing the status of drone failures in the unmanned vehicle industry survey conducted in 2020. Based on the survey results of the domestic unmanned vehicle industry, we identify subsystems with high fault rates and high severity when faults occur. In addition, fault simulations of the identified subsystems are conducted to analyze the effect of the fault on the vehicles. After that, the fault diagnosis and fault compensation methods studied so far are reviewed, and research cases of the methods are examined. Moreover, the ways to apply it to actual fault cases in the unmanned vehicle industry are debated. Furthermore, based on the previous discussion, the fault-tolerant system is presented, and the consideration when designing the fault-tolerant system in the industry are studied.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.45 no.2
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• pp.133-139
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• 2017

Flight control computer of tiltrotor UAV was designed by redundancy system with primary and secondary channels to improve reliability. The redundancy functions consist of channel switching and data recovery. The channel switching function consists of software method by using cross channel data link and hardware method by using watchdog timer. The data recovery is the function to maintain flight condition when the flight control computer is restarted exceptionally in operation. The redundancy system was verified by flight control computer bench test, system integration test and HILS test. This paper describes the redundancy function of tiltrotor UAV flight control computer and test-verification method.

• Current Industrial and Technological Trends in Aerospace
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.95-105
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• 2009

Fuel cells are applied to the propulsion system of aircraft based on environmental-friendly characteristics with low noise and zero emission of CO2, currently many kinds of UAV and small manned aircraft equipped with fuel cells are being developed. Fuel cells for aircraft typically classified into PEMFC(Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell) type and SOFC(Solid Oxide Fuel Cell) type and the system is developed to adapt missions and operational conditions of aircraft. For UAV, various types of aircraft mostly based on PEM fuel cell technology are investigated for military or commercial uses, and the stability and endurance of system will be improved. For small manned aircraft, many researches are carried out to substitute the propulsion system by fuel cell, also some developments for the higher performance of APU of large commercial aircraft to apply fuel cells are in progress. In the future, a fuel cell aircraft will be expected to improve the reliability and efficiency with higher power density.

• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.25 no.6
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• pp.485-492
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• 2021

Vision-based autonomous precision landing technology for UAVs requires precise position estimation and landing guidance technology. Also, for safe landing, it must be designed to determine the safety of the landing point against ground obstacles and to guide the landing only when the safety is ensured. In this paper, we proposes vision-based navigation, and algorithms for determining the safety of landing point to perform autonomous precision landings. To perform vision-based navigation, CNN technology is used to detect landing pad and the detection information is used to derive an integrated navigation solution. In addition, design and apply Kalman filters to improve position estimation performance. In order to determine the safety of the landing point, we perform the obstacle detection and position estimation in the same manner, and estimate the speed of the obstacle using LSM. The collision or not with the obstacle is determined based on the CPA calculated by using the estimated state of the obstacle. Finally, we perform flight test to verify the proposed algorithm.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems Conference
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.383-387
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• 2006

본 연구에서는 신속하고 정확한 산불감지를 위해 센서 네트워크 기술 및 무인 항공 기술을 접목한 새로운 형태의 화재 감지 시스템을 제안하고자 한다. 제안된 시스템은 광범위한 영역에 설치되는 다수의 센서 노드들과 이 영역위에서 자유로이 비행하면서 실시간으로 센서 노드에서 계측된 데이터를 수집하는 헬리콥터 및 헬리콥터에 장착되어 화재발생지점의 화상정보를 취득하고 이를 원격의 서버로 데이터를 무선 전송할 수 있는 임베디드 시스템으로 구성된다. 또한 산불 감지용 테스트베드를 제작하여 설계 제작된 시스템의 실제 적용을 통해 제안된 시스템의 유용성을 확인하고자 한다.

• Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.150-161
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• 2018

Recently, unmanned aircraft EM (electromagnetic) survey based on ICT (Information and Communication Technology) has been widely utilized because of the efficiency in regional survey. We performed the theoretical study on the unmanned airship EM system developed by KIGAM (Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral resources) as part of the practical application of unmanned aircraft EM survey. Since this system has different configurations of transmitting and receiving loops compared to the conventional aircraft EM systems, a new technique is required for the appropriate interpretation of measured responses. Therefore, we proposed a method to calculate the EM field for the arbitrary shaped transmitter and verified its validity through the comparison with analytic solution for circular loop. In addition, to simulate the magnetic responses by three-dimensionally (3D) distributed anomalies, we have adapted our algorithm to 3D frequency-domain EM modeling algorithm based on the edge-FEM (finite element method). Though the analysis on magnetic field responses from a subsurface anomaly, it was found that the response decreases as the depth of the anomaly increases or the flight altitude increases. Also, it was confirmed that the response became smaller as the resistivity of the anomaly increases. However, a nonlinear trend of the out-of-phase component is shown depending on the depth of the anomaly and the used frequency, that makes it difficult to apply simple analysis based on the mapping of the magnitude of the responses and can cause the non-uniqueness problem in calculating the apparent resistivity. Thus, it is a prerequisite to analyze the appropriate frequency band and flight altitude considering the purpose of the survey and the site conditions when conducting a survey using the unmanned aircraft EM system.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2022.01a
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• pp.325-326
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• 2022

최근 무인 항공 기술의 발전과 함께 드론의 상업적 활용이 가속화되고 있다. 산업계 및 학계에서는 인공지능, 사물인터넷 등 지능정보기술을 활용하여 드론 응용에 자율 비행을 적용하고자 노력하고 있지만 해결되지 못한 문제들이 산적해 있다. 그러므로 완전 자율 비행은 아니지만, 드론 조종에 경험이 없는 비전문가도 드론을 용이하게 조정할 수 있는 반자동 방식의 비행 제어를 채택한 드론 응용이 개발이 필요하다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 실내환경에서 정찰 임무 수행을 위한 반자동 비행 조종 시스템을 제안한다. 제안한 시스템은 교차로 지점마다 사용자에게 이동 방향을 선택할 기회를 제공하고 교차로 간 일정한 속도 및 벽면과의 일정한 간격으로 자율비행하도록 제어한다. 또한, 실내 측위 기술인 ORB-SLAM 알고리즘을 이용하여 드론이 실내 공간 및 자신의 위치를 파악하도록 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2016.10a
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• pp.254-255
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• 2016

The Human have sought convenience through advancing Science skill, The Generation that unman control all machine have came. the unman - vehicle have used and applied flight, ship, car, manufacturing all over the world. plus which, that is researching. but pros and cons of unman - vehicle is that unman control machine, It mean that unman - vehicle have high possibility which have collision with obstacle on driving. I will show you that this evading collision will be made from fuzzy control and video recognition and sensor recognition.I look for good effect for this system.