• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.93-100
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• 2012

In this paper, the deterministic optimal design for the tail plane made of composite materials is conducted under the deterministic loading condition and compared with that of the metallic materials. Next, the reliability analysis with five random variables such as loading and material properties of unidirectional prepreg is conducted to examine the probability of failure for the deterministic optimal design results. The MATLAB programing is used for reliability analysis combined with FEA S/W(COMSOL) for structural analysis. The laminated composite is assumed to the equivalent orthotropic material using classical laminated plate theory. The response surface methodology and importance sampling technique are adopted to reduce computational cost with satisfying the accuracy in reliability analysis. As a result, structural weight of composite materials is lighter than that of metals in deterministic optimal design. However, the probability of failure for the deterministic optimal design of the tail plane structures is too high to be neglected. The sensitivity of each variable is also estimated using probabilistic sensitivity analysis to figure out which variables are sensitive to failure. The computational cost is considerably reduced when response surface methodology and importance sampling technique are used. The study of the computationally inexpensive method for reliability-based design optimization will be necessary in further work.

• 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.35 no.2
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• pp.149-156
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• 2007

The present study provides structural design and analysis of main wing and horizontal tail of a small scale WIG(Wing in Ground Effect) vehicle which has been developed as a part of the high speed maritime transportation system for the future of Korea. Weight saving as well as structural stability could be achieved by skin-spar with foam sandwich design and with wide application of carbon/epoxy composite material. A commercial FEM code, NASTRAN, was utilized to confirm the structural safety and stability through sequential design modifications to meet the final design goal. In addition, each wing and the fuselage were fastened together by eight insert bolts with high strength to accomodate easy assembling and disassembling as well as to guarantee a service life longer than 20 years.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.31 no.5
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• pp.110-116
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• 2003

With the growth of aircraft performance and needs for light aircraft, the problems associated with hail impacts on aircraft during flights and grounding become and important issue. These hail encounters can cause severe damages to aircraft and result in major concerns in safety and cost. Since nearly all external components of the commercial and military aircraft-in particular, the nose section and the leading edge of the wing and tail-are subject to damages, much effort has been put into understanding of this problem. However, most of the previous studies have focused on the composite components and few results have been reported for the metallic components. In this paper, we study the ice impacts on the aluminum component with the finite element analysis method utilizing commercial non-linear dynamics solver LS-DYNA. The results are compared with the experimental data and a simple measure of the ice impact effects is proposed.