• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.908-911
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• 2011

Aircraft Auxiliary Power Unit can start and operate using not only main fuel(JP-8) but also specified emergency fuels for emergency operation. In oder to verify emergency fuel requirement, emergency fuel test using commercial diesel fuel was performed. Changes in specific fuel consumption due to use of diesel fuel are 3.5%~7.8%, which satisfied requirement. Diesel fuel showed similar starting characteristic to the JP-8. The specific fuel consumption of diesel increased by 2.0%~3.4% compared with that of JP-8.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society for Simulation Conference
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• 1999.10a
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• pp.267-271
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• 1999

연료를 작동 유체의 내부 또는 외부에서 연소시켜서 발생된 고온 고압의 가스를 터빈에 공급하여 회전력을 발생시키는 원동기를 가스터빈이라 하며, 가스터빈을 이용한 발전기와 달리 기동 및 정지 시간이 대단히 짧고, 부하 변화에 대한 속응성이 뛰어나기 때문에 전력계통 운영상 양수 발전기나 수력 발전기와 더불어 첨두 부하용으로 주로 사용된다. 본 고에서는 전력 계통에 병렬 운전 중인 가스터빈 발전기의 부하가 탈락되어 입력 에너지가 과잉으로 되었을 때, 제어 시스템의 중요한 파라미터인 연료량과 가스터빈 속도 및 배기가스의 온도가 비상 정지 수준에 도달하지 않고 안전하게 운전될 수 있는지의 여부, 즉 안정성을 판별하기 위하여 수행한 모의 시험에 대하여 기술하였다. 또, 부하가 탈락되지 않고 입력되는 연료량이 크게 변동하는 경우, 즉 큰 부하 변동을 모의 시험한 내용에 대하여 기술하였다.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.64-71
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• 2024

The external fuel tank of an aircraft is a main component that can increase the cruising range of the aircraft. It must be able to be stably separated from the pylon in an emergency situation. At this time, a separation load is applied to the fin and the pivot of the external fuel tank. To stably separate the external fuel tank, the structural soundness of the fin and the pivot must be confirmed. In this study, structural tests were conducted to verify the structural integrity of the external fuel tank pin and pivot when the external fuel tank was separated from the aircraft. Results are then presented. In this paper, a test configuration diagram consisting of the hydraulic and load control equipment, data acquisition system, and pneumatic supply unit used in the structural test was explained. Test installation and test load application plan for each test condition were provided. As results of the structural test, it was found that test load and internal pressure of the test specimen were properly controlled within the allowable range in each test. It was confirmed that serious structural defects in the test specimen did not occur under required load conditions. In conclusion, through structural test for design limit load and design ultimate load, it was proven that the fin and pivot of the external fuel tank for aircraft covered in this study had sufficient structural strength.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.32 no.5
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• pp.24-29
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• 2004

In this paper, we summarize the results of free drop wind tunnel test, separation analysis and flight test in order to verify the safety during the separations of an external fuel tank and the LAU-131 rocket launcher from XKO-l. The wind tunnel test was conducted to show the safety in free drop of the stores and to gather the trajectory data for fine tune of MSAP(Multi-body Separation Analysis Program). The enhanced MSAP was then used to predict the trajectories of the stores with and without the ejector forces. A correlation of MSAP results for free drop case was also made to show the safety of jettison with the free drop type bomb rack. Moreover, the flight test was conducted. and its results were compared to analysis results. Finally, the safe jettison boundary was determined from the flight test.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.104-109
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• 2022

The bomb rack unit (BRU) installed inside the pylon serves to fix external attachments such as external fuel tank or external weapon, and also serves to separate external attachments in case of emergency. In particular, the load generated when the external attachment is separated from the BRU is called the punching load. In this study, we present the results of a structural static test performed to verify the structural integrity of the pylon under the BRU punching condition acting on it. In the structural static test report, we present the implementation method for the separation load of the external attachment and the test profile for the BRU punching load condition, and compared the error between the load input signal and the feed-back signal to determine the appropriateness of load control in each test. Furthermore, we compared the strain results obtained in the numerical analysis and structural test at the main positions of the specimen. As a result, it was shown that the load of the actuators were properly controlled within the allowable error range in each test, and the numerical analysis effectively predicted the test result. Finally, through structural static tests conducted by design limit load and design ultimate load, we verified that the aircraft pylon dealt with in this study has sufficient structural strength for external attachment separation condition.