• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.114-122
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• 2002

The integration of the landing gear system is a complex relationship between the many conflicting parameters of shock absorption, minimum stow area, complexity, weight and cost. Especially ground impact load and dynamic behaviors greatly influence design load of landing gear components as well as load carrying structural attachment. This study investigates ground impact load and dynamic behaviors of the T-50 landing gear system using ADAMS. Taking into account for various operational/environmental conditions, an analysis of shock absorbing characteristics at ground impact is performed with experience derived from a wide range of proprietary designs. Analytical results are presented for discussing the effects of aircraft horizontal and vertical speed, landing attitudes, shock absorbing efficiency. This analysis leads us to the conclusion that the proposed program is shown to be a better quantitative one that apply to a new development and troubleshooting of the landing gear system.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2011.12b
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• pp.503-506
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• 2011

항공기 착륙장치 피로 수명평가에는 안전 수명방법이 사용된다. 안전 수명방법은 항공기 전 수명기간을 모사하는 피로하중 스펙트럼 조건에서 균열 또는 유해한 변형과 같은 구조적 결함이 발생하지 않도록 설계/입증하는 것을 말한다. 설계 단계에서는 해석적 방법을 통해 착륙 및 지상운용하중을 구하고, 이를 착륙장치 피로해석에 적용하여 피로수명을 확인한다. 착륙장치는 수명 기간 중 일반적으로 High Cycle 피로를 겪게 되므로, 피로해석 시 응력 기반의 접근 방법이 적용된다. 시험평가 단계에서는 일반적으로 4배의 운용수명에 해당하는 피로하중 스펙트럼에 대해 시험을 수행하여, 착륙장치의 안전 수명을 최종 입증하게 된다. 이와 같이 항공기 착륙장치 피로 수명평가를 위해서는 착륙 및 지상운용 하중해석에서부터 피로해석, 피로시험에 이르기까지 전 과정이 유기적으로 결합되어 이루어져야 한다. 본 연구에서는 항공기 착륙장치 피로시험에 필요한 세부과정과 관련 기술을 실제 적용 사례와 함께 기술하였다.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.15-20
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• 2005

Most of studies for the ground load and ground behavior of landing gear have been conducted with an assumption that the structure of landing gear was rigid body. The assumption of rigid body during design process results in many errors or discrepancy. High ground load occurs in 3 directions on the shock absorbing strut during landing. This ground load initiated high structural deformation. In this study, the flex-multi-body dynamics is applied to adapt flexible bodies, so the results of analysis can be described close to landing gears real behaviour.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.38 no.4
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• pp.315-320
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• 2010

To improve not only the basic performance but also the fail-safe performance, power consumption of the main landing gear for helicopters, a semi-active control landing gear using hybrid MR damper, was introduced in this paper. This damper of the configuration to install a permanent magnet in a electromagnet MR damper, was designed by the trade-off study on permanent magnet location and a magnet field analysis. Force control algorithm which keep the sum of air spring force and damping force at a specified value during landing, was used for the controller. The drop simulations using ADAMS Model for this semi-active control landing gear, were done. The improvement of the preceding performances as the result to evaluate the landing performance by the simulations, has been confirmed.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.37 no.4
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• pp.344-349
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• 2009

To improve performance of the main landing gear for helicopters, a semi-active control landing gear is introduced in this paper. An MR damper based on commercial finite element electromagnetic field analysis of an electromagnet has been adapted the shock absorber. Force control algorithm (which maintains constantly the sum of air spring force and damping force as internal forces) which keep the sum of air spring force and damping force constant during landing, has been used for the controller, applied to control the semi-active landing gear. A series of drop simulations using ADAMS has been done with the passive, sky-hook control type, and force control type landing gears. The result of each simulation has been compared to evaluate the landing performance of the proposed force control type landing gear.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.213-220
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• 2013

Korean Lunar Explorer is planned to be launched in the 2020s according to national space development strategy. The Lunar Explorer will be developed as two unmanned light weight models: a lunar orbiter and a lunar lander. The Lunar Explorer's structure should be designed to have light weight due to constraints from launcher as well as to provide structural safety against launch load, in-orbit condition and landing condition and to serve accommodation space for mission equipment. Core technology related to structural development of lunar explorer should be developed in advance. Especially, for lunar lander, technology for developing landing gear which enables lander to land safely on lunar surface is required essentially. This paper deals with structural development of lunar lander ground test model including design, manufacturing and test.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2010.04a
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• pp.480-483
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• 2010

착륙장치는 완충장치를 이용하여 항공기 착륙 시의 충격을 흡수하는 역할을 한다. 여러 방식의 완충장치가 있으나, Oil에 의한 감쇠력과 Gas에 의한 스프링력을 이용하여 에너지를 흡수하는 유공압 방식이 가장널리 사용되고 있다. 착륙장치 성능해석에서는 다양한 착륙조건에 대한 Dynamic simulation을 통해 최적의 Orifice 형상과 Gas spring 특성을 결정하고, 설계에 필요한 착륙하중을 구하게 된다. 이 논문에서는 상용 프로그램인 VI-Aircraft를 이용한 착륙장치 성능해석 과정을 소개한다. 유공압 완충장치의 모델링 및 Landing simulation 결과를 분석하고, 이에 따른 완충효율 최적화 과정을 제시한다.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.193.2-193.2
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• 2012

달착륙선 등과 같은 특수 목적을 위해 제작된 우주용 착륙선에는 착륙 시 전달되는 충격하중이 탑재장비로 전달되지 못하도록 연착륙(soft-landing)을 위한 충격흡수 메커니즘이 구현되어 있어야 한다. 일반적으로 자동차 및 항공기에서는 실린더와 피스톤으로 구성된 유공압식 완충장치를 주로 사용하여, 피스톤 압축으로 실린더 내부 오일 또는 압축공기가 오리피스를 통하여 분출됨에 따라 유체마찰 에너지를 활용한 충격 흡수장치가 일반적이다. 그러나 이와 같은 지상 장비용 유공압식 충격흡수 메커니즘은 진공 및 무중력 우주 환경하에서 오리피스 기능 상실, 유압유 기화 현상 및 극저온/고온 환경에서의 성능저하 등의 문제점으로 인하여 우주용 착륙선 충격완충장치로 적용이 불가능하다. 따라서 기존의 우주용 착륙선의 대부분은 충격에너지를 기계적인 좌굴 소성 변형에너지로 변환하여 충격을 흡수할 수 있도록 알루미늄 허니콤을 주로 많이 사용하여 왔다. 본 연구에서는 진공 및 무중력 우주환경에서 착륙선 충격완충 장치로 적용이 가능하도록 실리콘 포옴과 스프링을 조합하여 구성하였으며, 충격완충 매체로 유압유 및 공압을 대체할 수 있도록 실리콘 포옴을 후방 사출 성형 방식으로 적용하여 오리피스를 통과한 실리콘 포옴의 변형에너지로 충격에너지를 흡수하게 함으로서 착륙 완충효율을 극대화 할 수 있도록 검토하였다.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.1-9
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• 2018

In this study, a hybrid control method that adjusts for the existing force control technique has been presented for consideration. The proposed hybrid control technique does away with the chattering phenomenon occurring in existing force control technique and provides high shock absorption efficiency. In order to design the controller for the landing gear with MR damper, the equation of motion of the landing gear was derived. The hybrid controller was designed after constructing a simulation model using Recur-Dyne, multi-body dynamic analysis software. The hybrid controller can reduce the maximum strut force and displacement based on the skyhook controller, and is able to get the high efficiency by making it work for the additional force control technique. In addition, an effective switching control technique and input shaping technique was applied to prevent the chattering in the drop simulation. Finally, the performance of the landing characteristics was evaluated throughout the various drop simulations.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.16 no.5
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• pp.78-85
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• 2022

Multicopter-type unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) are increasingly for cargo transportation to mountainous and island regions, image information acquisition in disaster areas, and emergency rescue transport. In order to successfully perform these tasks, the aircraft structure must be able to safely support the loads induced by flight conditions while ensuring the vibration and aeroelastic stability of the prop-rotor. This study introduced a structural analysis model of a 40kg payload multicopter with an engine-generator hybrid power system. The deformation and stress distribution are investigated depending on the load conditions. In addition, the vibration characteristics and aeroelastic stability of the prop-rotor were also presented to flight speed and aircraft pitch angle. The maximum thrust generated by the prop-rotor and the landing load applied to the multicopter under normal and emergency landing conditions were reviewed., It confirmed that the structure could support without failure. In addition, it confirmed that the damping characteristics of each primary locate in the constant region according to the aircraft's flight speed and the prop-rotors rotating speed.