• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.37 no.1
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• pp.59-65
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• 2013

The objective of this paper is to analyze the structure of the wind power tree using a helical type wind turbine. The blades of a helical rotor is designed with a composite material. The structural analyses of a helical rotor have been implemented by finite element method. The structural analyses of the wind power tree which support four helical rotor, have been performed under a wind load, a rotational velocity of a rotor, and dead weight.

• New & Renewable Energy
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• v.4 no.3
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• pp.45-50
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• 2008

GFRP based composite rotor blades were developed for 750 kW & 2 MW wind turbines. The blade sectional geometry was designed to have a general shell-spar and shear web structure. For verifying the structural safety under all relevant extreme loads specified in the GL guidelines, the structural analysis of the rotor blades was performed using commercial FEM codes. The static load carrying capacity, blade tip deflections and natural frequencies were evaluated to satisfy the strength and stability requirements. Full-scale proof tests of rotor blades were carried out with optical fiber sensors for real-time condition monitoring. Finally, the prototype of each rotor blade passed all proof tests for GL certification.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.10a
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• pp.328-331
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• 2008

For the purpose of verifying the calculation, the rotor blade shall be subjected to test for the natural frequencies and the static loading within the scope of the assessment. This paper presents a full scale static test procedure of the rotor blade for certification by GL. This blade model is manes as KM24 designed for IEC type IA. The test and calculation values are all most similar. Also there is not founded any marks of cracks or buckling at the shell, and bonding area is T/E, L/E and shear web. Therefore, the test is successful and the rotor blade is satisfied the safety requirement at the maximum design load.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.7-14
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• 2013

In this paper, the optimal design of composite rotor blade cross-section is performed using a genetic algorithm. Skin thickness, torsion box thickness and skin lay-up angle are adopted as discrete design variables. The position and width of a torsion box are considered as continuous variables. An object function of optimal design is to minimize the mass of a rotor blade, and constraints are failure index, center mass, natural frequency and blade minimum mass per unit length. Finally, design variables such as the thickness and lay-up angles of a skin, and the thickness, position and width of a torsion box are determined by using an in-house program developed for the optimal design of rotor blade cross-section.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.38 no.6
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• pp.691-698
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• 2014

This paper describes the manufacturing processes for a flexbeam and torque tube made of composite materials, along with the procedures for testing their basic properties. A flexbeam and torque tube can be considered to be key structural components of a bearingless rotor hub system. A hinge offset effect can be realized by a large elastic deformation and twist of the flexbeam, and the blade pitch control forces are transferred by the rotation of the torque tube. The basic property tests included bending and twist tests to determine the flap stiffness, lag stiffness, and torsion stiffness of the flexbeam, torque tube, and blade, and these tests were performed prior to starting the whirl tower test. In addition, the estimated results were compared with experimental data, and the calculations were found to be a good match for the analysis results and had a similar tendency. Through these results, we could confirm that a flexbeam and torque tube made of composite materials satisfied the structural stiffness requirements.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.98-105
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• 2005

This paper presents the result of the aeroelastic stability test of the small-scaled hingeless hub system with composite paddle blades in hover and forward flight conditions. Excitation tests of hingeless hub system installed in GSRTS(General Small-scale Rotor Test System) at KARI(Korea Aerospace Research Institute) were carried out to get lead-lag damping ratio of blades with flexures as hub flexure. MBA(Moving Block Analysis) technique was used for the estimation of lead-lag damping ratio. First, blades with metal flexures, then with composite flexures of the same dynamic properties of rotor system as metal one were tested. Tests were done on the ground and in the wind tunnel according to the test conditions of hover and forward flight, respectively. Composite flexures were found to have better damping characteristics over metal ones in the non-rotating vibration test, and it was confirmed that the use of composite flexures would give observable improvement in aeroelastic stability compared to metal ones in all test conditions.

• The Journal of Aerospace Industry
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• s.65
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• pp.70-88
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• 2003

필자가 참여했던 쌍발복합재사업, 쌍발복합재항공기사업, SB427 민수용헬기사업, T-50 초음속고등훈력기 사업을 통해 복합재료의 항공기 적용사례를 고찰하면서, 쌍발복합재항공기는 실험용항공기(Experimental Aircraft)이지만 국내 최초의 전복합재항공기(All-composites Aircraft)로서 항공기 구조물이 순전히 복합재료만을 이용하여 설계 및 제작이 가능하다는 것을 보여주었고, 복합재료를 적용 시 어떠한 이점이 있는지를 보여준 예가 되고 있다. SB427 민수용헬기사업은 헬리콥터에서 로터 블레이드와 동체 등 기체구조물 대분에 왜 복합재료를 사용해야 효과적인 지를 잘 보여주고 있다. SB427 개발 사업을 통해 얻을 수 있는 또 다른 점은 민수용 항공기의 경우 구축된 복합재료 인증체계에 따라 복합재구조물을 개발해야 되고 그래야만 마케팅에서 신뢰를 얻을 수 있다는 것이다. T-50 항공기는 국내에서 최초로 개발된 초음속기로 미익 부문에 복합재료가 응용되었다. 양산 항공기의 주구조물에 복합재료가 쓰인 예는 T-50이 첫 번째 인데 T-50에서 얻어진 복합재 적용기술은 앞으로 개발될 고급 군용기와 민수용기에 널리 활용될 것으로 기대된다. 본 논문에서는, 국내 개발 항공기에서의 복합재료 적용이라는 특정 주제를 중심으로 개발 이력과 기술적 조망을 통하여, 정부, 연구소, 업체 간의 유기적이고 체계적인 전략이 필요하다고 사료되며, 이러한 전략을 바탕으로 효율적인 항공 산업을 선점해야 할 것이다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.42 no.5
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• pp.390-397
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• 2014

BO-105 helicopter applies hingeless rotor hub system and blade root uses a flexure of hingeless rotor hub system. So bending stiffness reinforcement for flexure was conducted for preparation of whirl tower test using BO-105 blade. Bending moment of flexure area was calculated with FE modeling of section shape for stiffness reinforcement of flexure and thickness of composite material for reinforcement was chosen. Flexure bending stiffness reinforcement was conducted and bending stiffness measurement test was performed before and after bending stiffness reinforcement. And the test data are compared with analysis results.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.38 no.1
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• pp.22-28
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• 2010

To detect the damage in composite structure, nondestructive evaluation techniques are widely used. Tapping test is perhaps the most common technique used for the detection of damage in composite laminates. The method is accomplished by tapping the inspection area with light hammer-like device. The tapping test has the ability that indicates damages in a structure due to a localized change of stiffness. The change in vibration signature may be detected by measurement of the dynamic contact force during impact. In this study, it has been shown that the characteristics of impact force histories from a structure during tapping are changed by the presence of damage such as surface crack and delamination. And impact response analysis has been performed on composite rotor blade with crack to investigate the effect of damage.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.28 no.7
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• pp.1222-1230
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• 2022

The rotor blade is an important component of a tidal stream turbine and is affected by a large thrust force and load due to the high density of seawater. Therefore, the performance must be secured through the geometrical and structural design of the blade and the blade structural safety to which the composite material is applied. In this study, a 1 MW class large turbine blade was designed using the blade element momentum (BEM) theory. GFRP is a fiber-reinforced plastic used for turbine blade materials. A sandwich structure was applied with CFRP to lay-up the blade cross-section. In addition, to evaluate structural safety according to flow variations, static load analysis within the linear elasticity range was performed using the fluid-structure interactive (FSI) method. Structural safety was evaluated by analyzing tip deflection, strain, and failure index of the blade due to bending moment. As a result, Model-B was able to reduce blade tip deflection and weight. In addition, safety could be secured by indicating that the failure index, inverse reserve factor (IRF), was 1 or less in all load ranges excluding 3.0*Vr of Model-A. In the future, structural safety will be evaluated by applying various failure theories and redesigning the laminated pattern as well as the change of blade material.