• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.28 no.5
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• pp.827-834
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• 2022

Recently, marine surveys using unmanned ships are attracting attention, and research on small unmanned ships using sails is on the rise. Sail drones can be used for marine surveys, monitoring, and pollution management. Therefore, in this study, using the method of estimating the ship speed for twin sail drones, the optimal conditions for sailing are checked, and the performance to be considered in the initial design stage, such as the motion performance and resistance of the sail drone. Consequently, the twin sail drone had a speed lower than 2.0 m/s, and the stability satisfied the rule by DNV. In addition, the maximum speed at an angle of attack of 20° at TWA 100° was 1.69 m/s and that at an angle of attack of 25° at TWA 100° was 1.74 m/s.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2018.11a
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• pp.108-110
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• 2018

항공 드론의 비약적 발전에 비해 소형 선박을 이용한 Sail Drone의 기술 개발은 이제 막 초보적인 수준을 벗어나, 해양과학 조사에 이용되고 있는 추세이다. Sail Drone은 항공드론으로는 할 수 없는 해양의 조류, 해수 온도, 염분 농도 및 염분의 비중, 오염 해역의 측정과 어류의 분포 등 다양한 해양과학 자료의 조사뿐만 아니라, 선형 및 사용 용도를 변경하면 군사적으로도 적지의 관찰과 적 잠수함의 추적, 공격목표물에 대한 충돌 폭파, 아군의 미사일 등 전략무기의 공격 목표(Target) 등 다양한 방법으로 이용 할 수 있다. 추진동력을 얻기 위한 재생에너지 기술, 해양과학 Sensor의 설치 및 이용에 관한 기술, 획득한 정보의 전송 및 판독에 관한 기술, 무인 항행 조정 기술, GPS를 포함한 위치정보 이용 기술 등 복합적이고도 융합적인 기술이 요구되는 Sail Dronen 개발에 앞서 무인 제어선박을 연구하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2015.07a
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• pp.315-318
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• 2015

군사용으로 먼저 개발되어 시장을 형성했지만, 드론의 제작이 많아지면서 소비자 시장이 급속도로 확대되고 있다. 최근 중국의 DJI는 기업가치 100억 달러 이상을 넘볼 정도로 급성장 하였고, 드론용 소프트웨어나 플랫폼을 확보한 스타트업 기업들에 대한 투자도 활발하게 진행중이다. 구글이나 페이스북, 아마존 등 자사의 서비스 강화를 위한 목적으로 드론 기술을 적극적으로 활용하고 있으며, 드론의 시장 확대에 따른 드론 시장 생태계도 크게 확장하고 있다. 향후 민간용 드론 시대가 도래 할 것이라고 예상하고 있다. 이에 맞춰, 본 논문에서는 민간용 드론의 국내 외 활용사례 중심으로 살펴보고, 민간용 드론 시대를 대비하여 국내 대응 방안을 제시해보고자 한다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.27 no.7
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• pp.1059-1066
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• 2021

In Korea, the importance of marine activities is great, and automatic weather observation facilities are operating on land to investigate abnormal weather phenomena caused by industrialization; however, the number of facilities at sea is insufficient. Marine survey ships are operated to establish marine safety information, but there are many places where marine survey ships are difficult to access and operating costs are high. Therefore, a small, unmanned vessel capable of marine surveys must be developed. The sail has a significant impact on the sailing performance, so much research has been conducted. In this study, the camber effect, which is a design variable of the twin curvy sail known to have higher aerodynamic performance than existing airfoil shapes, was investigated. Flow analysis results for five cases with different camber sizes show that the lift coefficient is highest when the camber size is 9%. Curvy twin sails had the highest lift coefficient at an angle of attack of 23° because of the interaction of the port and starboard sails. The port sail had the highest lift coef icient at an angle of attack of 20°, and the starboard sail had the lowest lift coef icient at an angle of attack of 15°. In addition, the curvy twin sail had a higher lift coefficient than NACA 0018 at all angles of attack.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.26 no.7
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• pp.931-941
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• 2020

There is a growing interest this paper for ocean sensing where autonomous vehicles can play an essential role in assisting engineers, researchers, and scientists with environmental monitoring and collecting oceanographic data. This study was conducted to develop a rigid sail for the autonomous sailing drone. Our study aims to numerically analyze the aerodynamic characteristics of curvy twin sail and compare it with wing sail. Because racing regulations limit the sail shape, only the two-dimensional geometry (2D) was open for an optimization. Therefore, the first objective was to identify the aerodynamic performance of such curvy twin sails. The secondary objective was to estimate the effect of the sail's spacing and shapes. A viscous Navier-Stokes flow solver was used for the numerical aerodynamic analysis. The 2D aerodynamic investigation is a preliminary evaluation. The results indicated that the curvy twin sail designs have improved lift, drag, and driving force coefficient compared to the wing sails. The spacing between the port and starboard sails of curvy twin sail was an important parameter. The spacing is 0.035 L, 0.07 L, and 0.14 L shows the lift coefficient reduction because of dramatically stall effect, while flow separation is improved with spacing is 0.21 L, 0.28 L, and 0.35 L. Significantly, the spacing 0.28 L shows the maximum high pressure at the lower area and the small low pressure area at leading edges. Therefore, the highest lift was generated.