• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.38 no.12
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• pp.1184-1194
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• 2010

The descent and ascent phases for a lunar lander are composed of several phases. Accordingly, the constraints and control values adequate for each phase are required in order to generate optimal lander's trajectory. The optimal trajectories for descent and ascent phases are generated by the cost function to minimize fuel consumption & attitude variation rates. In this paper, the optimal control problem to make trajectory uses Gauss pseudo-spectral method which is one of the direct approach method. This problem generates lander's reference trajectory, states and controls.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.25-38
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• 1996

본 연구에서는 항공기 사고의 70%이상을 차지하는 이 ${\cdot}$ 착륙단계 중에서, 이륙 직후 저고도에서 동력이 상실되었을 경우에 이륙활주로 방향으로 Turning Back하는 것은 어떠한 안전 한계를 지니고 있는지를 알아보기 위하여, 우선 조종사에 대한 설문 조사를 실시하여 비행 경력별로 이륙 직후 동력 상실시의 비상 처치 경향과 위험에 처할 확률을 조사하였다. 그리고 실제 활공 성능이 우수한 M20J 항공기와 기동 성능이 우수한 FH20 항공기를 이용한 비행 시험을 통하여 이륙 직후 Turning Back to Runway조작 시의 고도 손실과 선회시 하강율을 실험 자료로 구하였다. 비행 시험 자료를 비교 적용함은 물론 선회 소요 시간과 고도 손실, 선회율과 활공 속도와의 관계 등의 항공 역학적 이론을 적용한 분석 근거에 기초하여 안전하게 Turning Back to Runway 조작을 시작할 수 있는 안전 고도 한계 및 선회율을 제시하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.50 no.1
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• pp.13-20
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• 2022

Aircraft weight is an important factor affecting performance and fuel efficiency. In the conceptual design stage of the aircraft, the process of balancing cost and weight is performed using empirical formulas such as fuel consumption cost per weight in estimating element weight. In addition, when an airline operates an aircraft, it promotes fuel efficiency improvement, fuel saving and carbon reduction through weight management activities. The relationship between changes in aircraft weight and changes in fuel consumption is called the cost of weight, and the cost of weight is used to evaluate the effect of adding or reducing weight to an aircraft on fuel consumption. In this study, the problems of the existing cost of weight calculation method are identified, and a new cost of weight calculation method is introduced to solve the problem. Using Breguet's Range Formula and actual flight data of the A350-900 aircraft, two weight costs are calculated based on take-off weight and landing weight. In conclusion, it was suggested that it is reasonable to use the cost of weight based on the take-off weight and the landing weight for other purposes. In particular, the cost of weight based on the landing weight can be used as an empirical formula for estimating element weight and optimizing cost and weight in the conceptual design stage of similar aircraft.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.76-84
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• 2021

The quality assurance activities can detect the factors that affect the quality based on risk identification in the course of mass production. Risk identification is conducted with risk analysis, and the risk analysis method for the rotorcraft landing system is selected by failure mode effects analysis (FMEA). FMEA is a method that detects the factors that can affect the product quality by combining severity, occurrence, and detectability. The results of FMEA were prioritized using the risk priority number. On the other hand, these methods have certain shortcomings because the severity, occurrence, detectability are weighted equally. Dempster-Shafer evidence theory can conduct uncertainty analysis for the opinions with personal reflections and subjectivity. Based on the theory, the belief function and the plausibility function can be formed. Moreover, the functions can be utilized to evaluate the belief rate and credibility. The system is exposed to impact during take-off and landing. Therefore, experts should manage failure modes in the course of mass production. In this paper, FMEA based on the Dempster-Shafer evidence theory is discussed to perform risk analysis regarding the failure mode of the rotorcraft landing system. The failure priority was evaluated depending on the factor values. The results were derived using belief and plausibility function graphs.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.22 no.5
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• pp.15-21
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• 2021

Electrically powered airplanes can reduce CO₂ emissions from fossil fuel use and reduce airplane costs in the long run through efficient energy use. For this reason, advanced aviation countries such as the United States and the European Union are leading the development of innovative technologies to implement the full-electric airplane in the future. Currently, the research and development to convert existing two-seater engine airplanes to electric-powered airplanes are underway domestically. The airplane converted to electric propulsion is the KLA-100, which aims to carry out a 30-minute flight test with a battery pack installed using the engine mounting space and copilot space. The lithium-ion battery installed on the airplane converted to electric propulsion was designed with a specific power of 150Wh/kg, weight of 200kg, and a C-rate 3~4. This study confirmed the possibility of a 30-minute flight with a designed battery pack before conducting a flight test of a modified electrically propelled airplane. The battery performance was verified by dividing the 30-minute flight profile into start/run stage, take-off stage, climbing stage, cruise stage, descending stage, and landing/run stage. The final target of the 30-minute flight was evaluated by calculating the battery capacity required for each stage. Furthermore, the flight performance of the electrically propelled airplane was determined by calculating the flight availability time and navigation distance according to the flight speed.