• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.45 no.5
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• pp.393-400
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• 2017

A virtual simulation test program to carry out the handling qualities of unmanned Rotorcraft has developed by using the MATLAB GUIDE(Graphic User Interface Development Environment). The handling quality evaluation program based on ADS-33E contributes to design the flight control system and to evaluate handling qualities. In addition, Linear Quadratic Tracker with Integrator(LQTI) attitude controller based on Linear Quadratic Regulator(LQR) for to rotorcraft BO-105C and the effects of the handling qualities is analyzed change to weight matrices of the Q and R.

• 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 Advanced Navigation Technology
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.214-220
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• 2023

Because there exist a region in the rotational speed and torque map that the a particular combination of a motor and an ESC (Electronic Speed Control) can maintain its peak efficiency, identifying this region is important for designing an efficient system. Firstly the accuracy of the measurement device is verified using the published propeller measurement data. And then, the combined motor-ESC efficiencies of an individual propeller are measured at a wide range of rotational speeds. With measurements obtained from a large number of different propellers, efficiency contours are obtained. It is shown that there exist a significant difference between the measured combined efficiency and the motor efficiency computed using a simple model. In addition, with the same motor, the combined efficiency can have a meaningful variation depending on the model of the ESC. The efficiency contours derived from this study will be useful for the design and optimization of electric propulsion systems of an aircraft where propulsion efficiency is critical.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.28-39
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• 2022

With the development of small multicopter PAV (Personal Air Vehicle), it is necessary to develop safety-related devices for manned rotorcraft. In this study, we assumed that an external airbag can be installed in a small multicopter PAV, and using LS-DYNA's Airbag Folding Application, we performed a free-fall collision analysis by modeling the airbag shapes consisting or Roll, Zigzag, and Sigma. There was no significant difference in the final airbag deployment time of the three models. However, when it collides with the ground during deployment, the Sigma fold type external airbag had the fastest deployment speed, applying the most impact force to the PAV, while the Roll fold type external airbag applied the smallest impact force to the PAV.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.44 no.11
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• pp.965-972
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• 2016

This paper presents results of flight experiments on a navigation algorithm including multiplicative extended Kalman filter for estimating attitude of the guided munition. The filter describes orientation of aircraft by data fusion with low-cost sensors where measurement update is done by multiplication, rather than addition, which is suitable for quaternion representation. In determining attitude from vector observations, the existing approach utilizes a 3-axis accelerometer as a 2-axis inclinometer by measuring gravity to estimate pitch and roll angles, while GNSS velocity is used to derive heading of the vehicle. However, during accelerated maneuvers such as coordinated flight, the accelerometer provides inadequate inclinometer measurements. In this paper, the measurement update process is newly defined to complement the vulnerability by using different vector observations. The acceleration measurement is considered as a result of a centrifugal force and gravity during turning maneuvers and used to estimate roll angle. The effectiveness of the proposed method is verified through flight experiments.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.221-228
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• 1998

The effect of air drag was researched when a low-earth orbit spacecraft using power-limited thruster rendezvoused another low-earth orbit spacecraft. The air density was assumed to decrease exponentially. The radius of parking orbit was 6655.935km and that of target orbit was 7321.529km. From the trajectories of active vehicles, the fuelconsumption and the magnitude of thrust acceleration, we could conclude that the effect of air drag had to be considered in fuel optimal rendezvous problem between low-earth orbit spacecrafts. In multiple-revolution rendezvous case, the air drag was more effective.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.22 no.11
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• pp.1092-1100
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• 2011

A C-band ground-based rotational SAR system is presented in this paper. The rotaional SAR system is a test-bed for future rotational SAR systems which can be deployed in space and on a tower. The test-bed system is designed for imaging the electromagnetic scattering from earth surfaces and buried targets. This paper also presents the examination results of the generated SAR images. This rotational SAR system is basically consisted of the network-analyzer based HPS(Hongik Polarimetric Scatterometer) and a horizontally rotating arm. Several SAR images were obtained using the rotational SAR system for various target areas. To verify this system, we simulated the SAR images for the rotational SAR using the FDTD algorithm and compared between the measured and simulated SAR images. The rotational SAR system is operated at the center frequency of 5 GHz and various frequency bandwidth within 0.5~2 GHz to change the resolution of SAR images.

• Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.100-100
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• 2003

다목적실용위성 1호의 자세제어는 추력기를 이용한 방법과 반작용 휠을 이용한 방법으로 나눌 수 있다. 추력기를 이용한 방법은 위성이 안전모드에 진입하거나 궤도조정시 이용되며, 정상 운영모드에서 촬영임무를 수행할 때는 반작용 휠을 이용하여 위성의 자세를 제어하고 있다. 자세제어는 제로 모멘텀 바이어스(Zero Momentum Bias)를 이용하여 3축 제어방식을 사용하고 있다. 지구센서(CES, Conical Earth Sensor)와 자이로(Gyro)를 통하여 얻은 자세정보를 이용하여 위성의 탑재컴퓨터에서 제어로직을 수행하면 MDE(Motor Drive Electronic)를 통해 모멘텀을 입력받아 반작용 휠의 회전속도를 변화 시켜 자세제어를 수행한다. 본 논문은 위성의 임무기간 동안 반작용 휠을 이용하여 자세제어를 수행한 결과를 바탕으로 위성의 제로 모멘텀 바이어스를 통한 자세제어계의 변화를 분석하여 향후 연장 임무기간 동안 발생할 수 있는 운영상의 문제점을 확인하고, 이에 대한 조치 방법과 자세제어계의 운영 방안을 제시하고 한다.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.351-358
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• 2003

The global stability of the attitude motion of a spin-stabilized space vehicle is investigated by performing numerical experiment. In the previous study, a stationary solution and a particular resonant condition for a given model were found by using analytical method but failed to represent the system stability over parameter values near and off the stationary points. Accordingly, as an extension of the previous work, this study performs numerical experiment to investigate the stability of the system across the parameter space and determines stable and unstable regions of the design parameters of the system.

• Current Industrial and Technological Trends in Aerospace
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.125-132
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• 2008

High speed camera is very important and essential device to analyze the motion of fast moving object in detail. This paper describes the basic concepts of the high speed film camera and high speed digital camera and the history and future technical trends in high speed camera industry. In addition, application field of high speed camera in Korea as well as other countries and future plan to use high speed camera in Naro Space Center has been descried.