• Proceeding of EDISON Challenge
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• 2014.03a
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• pp.659-662
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 전산유체 해석프로그램인 EDISON_CFD를 이용하여 Clark-Y 에어포일의 공력특성 변화를 수치해석하고, 여러 가지 받음각의 변화를 통해 양력계수, 항력계수, 양항비 등을 도출하였다. 공력해석을 위한 조건으로 압축성 Navier-Stokes 방정식에 난류 유동조건을 적용하였다. 해석 결과는 에어포일 공력해석 툴로 널리 알려져 있는 XFOIL을 이용하여 비교 검토하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.33 no.6
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• pp.21-30
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• 2005

The aerodynamic analysis of helicopter rotor airfoils was performed to generate the basic data for selection and distribution of airfoils at the helicopter rotor blade preliminary design phase.10 airfoils were chosen among the existing rotor airfoils, and the tabulated aerodynamic coefficients which are proper for the aerodynamic analysis using blade element theory were generated. Considering analysis cost, the simple mathematical models were chosen before the wind tunnel test to generate the aerodynamic characteristic curves($C_{l},C_{m},C_{d}$) in full AoA range($-180^{o}\sim180^{o}$) including the reverse flow region. The essential data necessary to the generation of the complete curves were obtained by using the IBLM(Interactive Boundary Layer Method). The generated aerodynamic characteristic curves agree with experimental results qualitatively. Finally, the aerodynamic characteristics of all 10 airfoils were compared and classified according to their own lift or moment characteristics.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.1-5
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• 2006

Birds and insect in nature morph their mean camberline shapes to obtain both lift and thrust simultaneously. Previous unsteady thin airfoil theories were derived mainly for a rigid flapping airfoil. An extended unsteady thin airfoil theory for a deformable airfoil is required to analyze the unsteady two-dimensional aerodynamic characteristics of a biomorphing wing. Theodorsen's approach is extended to calculate the unsteady aerodynamic characteristics of a biomorphing airfoil. The mean camberline of the airfoil is represented as a polynomial. The unsteady aerodynamic characteristics of the morphing airfoil are represented as noncirculatory and circulatory terms. Present theory can be applied to the unsteady aerodynamic analysis of a flapping biomorphing airfoil and the aeroelastic analysis of a morphing wing.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.248-255
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• 2004

In this study, aerodynamic shape design of airfoils was performed by using RSM(response surface method) and two-dimensional Navier-Stokes solver. Numerical experiment points were determined by D-optimal method and quadratic response surfaces were constructed by using JMP. For the validations of design method, NACA 64621 airfoil was inversely designed to have aerodynamic characteristics of Bell airfoil. The design method was applied to the aerodynamic design of both smart UAV wing airfoil and low Reynolds rotor-blade airfoil for unmanned helicopter. The optimized airfoils showed improved performance with various constraint conditions.

• Proceeding of EDISON Challenge
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• 2013.04a
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• pp.331-336
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 인간동력 항공기의 주익에 적용할 에어포일 형상에 대한 공력 특성을 파악하였다. 인간동력 항공기 날개에 적용하기에 적절한 에어포일을 조사하였으며, DAE11, DAE21, DAE31, SG6043 익형에 대하여 전산유체해석 프로그램인 EDISON_CFD를 통하여 비교하였다. 인간동력 항공기의 낮은 비행속도를 감안하여 $6{\times}10^5$의 저 레이놀즈수에서 받음각에 따른 양력계수, 항력계수, 양항비 등을 얻어내어 상호 비교 분석하였다. 본 연구를 통해 인간동력 항공기 주익에 적용할 저 레이놀즈 에어포일 형상을 최종적으로 선택할 수 있는 근거 자료를 확보하였다.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.54-62
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• 2023

Flapping-wing air vehicles, well known for their free vertical take-off and excellent flight capability, are currently under intensive development and research. While most of the studies have explored the effect of various parameters of synchronized motions on the unsteady aerodynamics of flapping wings, limited attention has been given to the effect of nonsynchronous motions on the unsteady aerodynamic characteristics of flapping wings. In the present study, we conducted a numerical analysis to investigate the unsteady aerodynamic characteristics of an airfoil flapping with different frequency ratios between pitch and heave oscillations. We identified the motions and angle of attacks due to nonsynchronous motions. It was found that the synchronous motion produced thrust with zero lift, but the nonsynchronous motion generated a large lift with little drag. The aerodynamic characteristics of the airfoil undergoing the non-synchronous motion were also analyzed using the vorticity distributions and the pressure coefficient around and on the airfoil. When r was equal to 0.5, larger leading and trailing edge vortices were observed compared to the case when r was equal to 1.0, and these vortices significantly affected the aerodynamic characteristics of the airfoil undergoing the nonsynchronous motion. In future, the effect of pitch amplitude on the unsteady aerodynamic characteristics of the airfoil will be studied.

• Proceeding of EDISON Challenge
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• 2012.04a
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• pp.65-68
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 XFOIL을 사용하여 설계된 30% 두께를 가지며 팁에서의 두께가 코드의 1.5%인 풍력터빈용 에어포일의 공력 특성을 해석하였다. 받음각에 따른 양력 항력 곡선 및 양항비를 XFOIL에서 얻어낸 결과와 EDISON_CFD 해석 결과를 상호 비교 하였다. EDISON_CFD에서의 해석을 위한 격자의 형태를 격자균일성을 생각하여 큰 타원과 작은 타원을 합쳐 만들었다. 수치 기법으로 Roe의 FDS를 선택하여 데이터를 수집하였다. 그 결과로 나타낸 압력계수와 양항비 그래프를 보면 선형 구간에서 양력은 XFOIL 해석 결과와 잘 일치하는 결과를 보여주었다. 그러나 항력에서 약1.5배 정도 EDISON_CFD의 결과가 크게 나옴으로써 양항비의 차이를 보이는 것으로 나타났다. 실속이후에서는 XFOIL의 신뢰도가 떨어지는 경향이 있어 특히 실속이후에서는 CFD의 해석결과가 필요한 것으로 보인다.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.17-27
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• 2022

In this study, a deep learning-based network that can predict the aerodynamic characteristics of airfoils was designed, and the feasibility of the proposed network was confirmed by applying aerodynamic data generated by Xfoil. The prediction of aerodynamic characteristics according to the variation of airfoil thickness was performed. Considering the angle of attack, the coordinate data of an airfoil is converted into image data using signed distance function. Additionally, the distribution of the pressure coefficient on airfoil is expressed as reduced data via proper orthogonal decomposition, and it was used as the output of the proposed network. The test data were constructed to evaluate the interpolation and extrapolation performance of the proposed network. As a result, the coefficients of determination of the lift coefficient and moment coefficient were confirmed, and it was found that the proposed network shows benign performance for the interpolation test data, when compared to that of the extrapolation test data.

• Proceeding of EDISON Challenge
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• 2012.04a
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• pp.9-12
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• 2012

현재 각 나라에서 고고도 무인항공기에 대한 관심이 높아지고, 우리나라 또한 여러 가지 형상의 고고도 무인항공기를 개발하기위해 노력하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 고고도 무인항공기에 사용되는 에어포일의 공력특성을 EDISON_CFD를 이용하여 분석하였다. 현재 개발된 고고도 무인항공기 중 글로벌 호크를 선정하여 그 주 날개의 Airfoil을 해석모델로 선정하고 항공기 운항시 고도 조건을 적용하여 공력특성을 분석하였다. 받음각의 범위는 $2^{\circ}{\sim}10^{\circ}$로 설정하였고 $C_l$ 및 $C_d$ 값을 계산하여 공력 특성 곡선($C_l$, $C_d$, $C_d-C_l$)을 구성하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.48 no.5
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• pp.335-342
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• 2020

Tailless aircraft designed for stealth efficiency uses spoilers instead of rudders for the directional control. When the spoiler is rapidly deployed, highly nonlinear and unsteady aerodynamic characteristics can be generated, resulting in adverse effects on aircraft flight performance. This paper investigates the aerodynamic characteristics of an airfoil with moving spoiler using dynamic mesh CFD technique. The effects of spoiler operation speed, mounting location, and deployment scheduling are analyzed to reduce the adverse effects of the spoiler's dynamic operation. The results shows that the adverse effects of dynamic spoiler can be reduced by appropriate selection of the spoiler mounting location and deployment scheduling.