• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.45 no.6
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• pp.490-497
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• 2017

The Main Landing Gear(MLG) of Rotary Wing Aircraft is an essential equipment in Landing System for pilot to perform a flight mission. It supports the fuselage at ground and absorbs the impact from the ground when landing, thereby, these functions sustain operational capability for pilot and crew. However, the A aircraft caused asymmetry and leakage hydraulic when it was stationed on the ground. Therefore, this paper summarizes pilot comments in operation which are classified by cause of occurrence and the troubleshooting process about each comment. It also describes design improvements which was derived from troubleshooting and suggests verification results of flight test.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.110-117
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• 2023

In this paper, the optimal placement of the rotary wing's communication and navigation antennas was evaluated by measuring their performance through ground simulations and flight tests. To select the mounting position of the communication and navigation antenna on the helicopter, after considering the shape and characteristics of the airframe, the radiation patterns, coupling analysis, equipment operation profiles, and antenna type analysis were performed for the aircraft-mounted antenna. Based on the analysis results, a procedure for sequentially performing voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) measurement and antenna pattern test was established through ground and flight tests of the antenna. The systematic performance measurement method and procedure proposed in this paper were verified through ground and flight tests of the Light Armed Helicopter (LAH) system.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.127-132
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• 2005

In order to investigate transient behavior, of the CRW(Canard Rotor Wing) type UAV(Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle) propulsion system during flight mode transition considering flow control valve operation, the propulsion system was modelled using SIMULINK commercial program. The valve system is to control the gas flow of the rotary duct system and the main duct system, and the analysis was performed with an assumption that the total gas mass flow of the main engine is the same as summation of the rotary duct flow and the main duct flow, and with consideration of valve loss, flow rate and effective area in valve angle variation. The performance analysis was carried out during flight mode transitions from the rotary flight mode to the fixed wing flight mode and vice versa mode at altitude of 1km, flight Mach number 0.1 and maximum engine rpm.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.774-780
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• 2021

The auxiliary power unit (APU) of a rotorcraft starts the engine during operation/flying. The APU is composed of a gas turbine engine type. The starting principle of the component is that the electric start motor generates the power required for starting by rotating the shaft. In this study, quality improvement was performed by applying an over-running clutch (ORC) between the APU and the starter motor to secure the operability of the starter motor of the APU mounted on the rotorcraft. The starter motor has the main role of starting the APU, but during operation, it is rotated without load by the rotational force of the APU gear shaft, resulting in friction at the brush. This phenomenon causes abrasion of the brush of the starter motor. Consequently, when the APU operation time increases, the brush life decreases, and the operability of the APU is affected. In this study, an ORC that separates the interlocking between the start motor brush abrasion and the APU operation time was applied to improve the operability/durability of the APU starter motor. The effect was verified through a test, and the technical feasibility of the design change was analyzed.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2016.05a
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• pp.249-249
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• 2016

무인항공기(UAV)는 군사적 목적으로 개발되었지만, 최근 다양한 분야에서 활용되고 있다. 수자원 관리를 위해서도 시대적 흐름에 따라 드론과 관련된 많은 연구가 진행되고 있다. 이수임 등(2015)은 UAV영상을 활용한 수변구조물의 DSM 생성 및 정확도 연구를 통해 지상 LIDAR와 같은 수준의 DSM 및 더욱 정확한 GCP 취득의 필요성을 제시했다. 이용창(2015)은 회전익 UAS 영상기반 고밀도 측점자료의 위치 정확도를 평가하였다. 이인수 등(2013)은 초경량 고정익무인항공기 사진측량기법의 정사영상 정확도 평가를 수행하였다. 또한 김민규 등(2010)은 풍수해 모니터링을 위한 UAV 적용성 분석을 실시하였고, 김홍래 등(2014)은 UAV를 활용한 감시정보정찰 임무분석 및 설계도구 개발을 위한 연구를 수행하였다. 상기와 같이 수자원 분야 활용을 위한 많은 연구가 보고 되고 있으나, 아직까지 드론 활용의 대부분은 항공영상 취득 및 분석기술 개발에 집중되어 있다. 본 연구에서는 무인항공기를 수재해 감시 및 관리 기술에 적용하기 위해 수행되었다. 수재해 감시 및 관리를 위한 방법으로 NIR(Near Infrared) 센서를 부착한 '재해관리용 드론'을 개발하고 현장실험을 수행하였다. 실험결과 NIR센서를 탑재한 드론은 수재해 관리에 매우 유용하게 활용될 수 있을 것으로 판단되었다.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.16 no.5
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• pp.969-974
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• 2021

South Korea is making efforts to select a drone industry, a type of unmanned aerial vehicle, as one of the 7 major industries in the country, to select a drone-specific liberalization zone and to establish and revise a drone-related bill. Through these efforts, drone delivery and drone taxis are expected to be operated in the future. Therefore, a multilateral collision avoidance system with existing aircraft such as drones, fixed-wing and rotary-wing should be established to prepare for possible drone and air-borne collisions.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.38 no.5
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• pp.477-481
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• 2010

Some rotorcraft fuel tanks are required to be self-sealing and crashworthy for enhancing the survivability of crews. Self-sealing capability prevents the fuel leakage through contacting fuel with self-sealing material when the tank wall is penetrated by projectiles such as bullets. US army established MIL-DTL-27422D which specifies the detail requirements related to gunfire resistant fuel tank especially for military rotorcraft. The Fuel tanks for Korea Helicopter Program have been developed in accordance with MIL-DTL-27422D. The Self-sealing capability of the fuel tanks has been confirmed by the gunfire resistance test which specified on the MIL-DTL-27422D.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.47 no.11
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• pp.821-829
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• 2019

Because rotorcraft is unstable, it needs a stability system such as flybar. Recently, sensor technology has been developed, it uses a stability augmentation system to improve stability instead of flybar. To use of these rotorcraft which include stability augmentations system for unmanned system, flight control computer, include stability augmentations system function, must be required. In this paper, a reverse-engineering method of estimating Algorithm of Commercial Stability Augmentation System is proposed, the result is applied in the flight computer to make an unmanned rotorcraft system. Finally using a validated algorithm, it is possible to establish a system of unmanned automatic rotorcraft system.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.20 no.10
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• pp.459-467
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• 2019

The landing gear is a component that requires a high degree of safety to protect the lives of rotary-wing aircraft and boarding personnel, absorbing the impact on transfer/landing and supporting the fuselage during taxiing and mooring on the ground. In particular, the wheel landing gear supporting the aircraft fuselage absorbs most of the shock from the ground through the shock absorber and tires. This ensures the safety of the pilot on board the aircraft and satisfies the operational capability of the soldiers between missions. During the operation of a rotary-wing aircraft, a number of piston pins, which are a component of the right main wheel landing gear, were found to be broken. Therefore, this study examined the root cause of the piston pin crack phenomenon found in the main wheel landing gear. For this purpose, various causes were identified from fracture surface analysis of a flight test. In particular, the possibility of cracking was analyzed based on the influence on the fastening torque with the drag beam component applied to the piston pin at the time of development. This ensures the fatigue life and structural integrity.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.111-111
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• 2004

회전축계는 발전기의 터빈이나 가스터빈 그리고 항공기의 회전익, 선박, 자동차등 산업전반에 널리 사용되어지고 있다. 이러한 회전축계의 안정성 확보와 성능향상을 위해서는 정확한 동적 모델링이 필요하며 지금까지 많은 연구가 되어 왔다. 일반적으로 회전축계의 동특성 이론 모델은 회전관성, 자이로모멘트, 전단변형을 포함하는 티모센코 축 요소를 널리 사용하고 있으며, 많은 연구를 통해 그 유용성이 입증되어 왔다.(중략)