• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2011년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.236-241
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• 2011

An active trailing-edge flap blade named as Seoul National University Flap (SNUF) blade is designed for reducing helicopter vibratory loads and the relevant aeroacoustic noise. Unlike the conventional rotor control, which is restricted to 1/rev frequency, an active control device like the present trailing-edge flap is capable of actuating each individual blade at higher harmonic frequencies i.e., higher harmonic control (HHC) of rotor. The proposed blade is a small scale blade and rotates at higher RPM. The flap actuation components are located inside the blade and additional structures are included for reinforcement. Initially, the blade cross-section design is determined. The aerodynamic loads are predicted using a comprehensive rotorcraft analysis code. The structural integrity of the active blade is verified using a stress-strain recovery analysis.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2011년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.492-497
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• 2011

일반적으로 헬리콥터는 양력, 추력 그리고 힘을 발생시키기 위해 로터 시스템을 사용하기 때문에 공력환경이 매우 복잡하다. 블레이드 와류 간섭과 같은 비정상 공력 환경이 발생한다. 이러한 비정상 공력 환경은 진동하중과 높은 공력소음을 유발한다. 진동하중과 공력소음은 로터 블레이드 회전수에 N 배의 해당하는 주파수 (N/rev)를 갖는다. 하지만 스와시 판과 피치링크로 이루어진 전통적인 로터 조종계통은 블레이드가 1 회 회전하는 동안 한번의 조종 변위를 발생시킬 수 있기 때문에 그러한 진동하중을 조절하기에는 한계가 있다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해 많은 능동 제어 기법들이 개발되었다. 능동 제어기법은 임의의 주파수로 블레이드의 피치 각을 조종할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 비정상 공력 하중을 변화시키기 위해 능동 제어기법 중 한 가지인 능동 뒷전 플랩 블레이드의 설계를 수행하였다. 능동 뒷전 플랩 블레이드는 에어포일의 캠버를 변화시키기 위해 작동기에 의해 구동되는 뒷전 플랩을 장착한다. 뒷전 플랩을 작동시키기 위해 블레이드 내부에 위치 압전 작동기를 사용하였다.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2007년도 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.326-331
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• 2007

This paper conducts a vibratory loads reduction analysis of an Advanced Active Trailing-edge Flap (AATF) blade utilizing single crystal piezoelectric actuators. For an AATF blade, a new L-L piezostack actuator using single crystal PMN-PT materials is designed. The AATF blade is designed to have similar characteristics to the Advanced Active Twist Rotor (AATR) blade. The active trailingedge flap is assumed to be 20% of the blade span and 15% of the chord, located at 75% of the blade radius. In order to conduct the vibratory loads reduction analysis of the AATF blade in forward flight, DYMORE, a multi-body dynamics analysis code, is used. The simulation result shows that the hub vibratory loads may be reduced by approximately 89% even with a much lower input-voltage when comparing with the other active rotor systems.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.263-278
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• 2013

The fatigue load of a turbine blade has become more important because the size of commercial wind turbines has increased dramatically in the past 30 years. The reduction of the fatigue load can result in an increase in operational efficiency. This paper numerically investigates the load reduction of large wind turbine blades using active aerodynamic load control devices, namely trailing edge flaps. The PD and LQG controllers are used to determine the trailing edge flap angle; the difference between the root bending moment and its mean value during turbulent wind conditions is used as the error signal of the controllers. By numerically analyzing the effect of the trailing edge flaps on the wind turbines, a reduction of 30-50% in the standard deviation of the root bending moment was achieved. This result implies a reduction in the fatigue damage on the wind turbines, which allows the turbine blade lengths to be increased without exceeding the designed fatigue damage limit.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2013년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.347-352
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• 2013

Seoul National University Flap (SNUF) blade is a small-scaled rotor blade incorporating a small trailing-edge flap control surface driven by piezoelectric actuators at higher harmonics for vibration attenuation. Initially, the blade was designed using two-dimensional cross-section analysis and a geometrically exact one-dimensional beam analysis, and material configuration was finalized. Flap deflection angle of ${\pm}45^{\circ}$ was established as the criterion for better vibration reduction performance based on an earlier simulation. Flap linkage mechanism design is carried out and static bench tests are conducted to verify the flap actuation mechanism performance. Different versions of test beds are developed and tested with the flap and chosen APA 200M piezoelectric actuators. Through significant improvements, a maximum deflection of ${\pm}3.7^{\circ}$ was achieved. High frequency experiments are conducted to evaluate the performance and transfer function of the test bed is determined experimentally. As the static tests are almost completed, rotor power required for testing the blade in whirl tower (centrifugal environment) is calculated and further preparations are under way.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제46권7호
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• pp.542-550
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• 2018

본 논문에서는 헬리콥터의 전진비행시 발생하는 허브 진동 하중 저감을 위해 설계된 능동 뒷전 플랩이 장착된 SNUF 블레이드의 무베어링 주 로터 적용 설계에 대해 살펴보았다. 이를 위해 EDISON의 박벽 복합재료 회전보 진동해석 프로그램(CORBA77_MEMB)을 이용하여 유연보의 단면 설계가 이루어졌다. 다물체 동역학 해석 프로그램 DYMORE를 이용하여 단면 설계에 따른 블레이드 동특성 및 능동 뒷전 플랩을 이용한 하중 제어의 특성을 예측하였다.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2014년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.916-921
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• 2014

In this paper, an improved small-scaled blade prototype was designed with the flap-driving mechanism classified as an active vibration reduction method, in order to reduce vibratory load in the helicopter. In detail, the previous Active Trailing-Edge Flap based on piezoelectric actuator, called SNUF(Seoul National University Flap), failed to achieve the target value (${\pm}4^{\circ}$) of the flap deflection angle. Therefore, the flap-driving mechanism design was improved, and a new piezoactuator was selected to accomplish the target value of the flap deflection angle in both static and rotating situations.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.499-505
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• 2012

회전익 항공기에서 가장 심각한 문제의 한 가지는 로터의 회전에 의한 진동 가진이다. 이를 완화하기 위하여 본 논문에서는 능동 뒷전플랩(ATF)을 적용한 로터 블레이드를 개발하였다. 이 플랩은 로터 중심에서부터 65~85% 스팬에 장착되었다. 블레이드 회전 속도는 끝단에서 마하수를 충족하기 위하여 1,528rpm정도로 높은 수준이다. 이런 특별한 장치가 내부에 삽입된 블레이드에서는 구조적인 강건성을 파악하고 관찰하는 것이 중요하다. 플랩을 작동시키는 세밀한 부품들이 회전하는 블레이드 내에 삽입되기 때문이다. 블레이드의 구조적 설계와 분석을 위하여 CAMRAD-II와 1차원 보 모델을 이용하였다. 동시에 3차원 유한요소 해석 프로그램인 MSC. PATRAN/NSTRAN를 통해 현재 블레이드의 상세한 해석을 수행하였다. 그 결과 개발한 로터의 특성이 적절한 수준인 것으로 예측되었다.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.115-121
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• 2007

The aeroelastic analysis of rotor blades with trailing edge flaps, focused on reducing vibration while minimizing control effort, are investigated using large deflection-type beam theory in forward flight. The rotor blade aerodynamic forces are calculated using two-dimensional quasi-steady strip theory. For the analysis of forward flight, the nonlinear periodic blade steady response is obtained by integrating the full finite element equation in time through a coupled trim procedure with a vehicle trim. The objective function, which includes vibratory hub loads and active flap control inputs, is minimized by an optimal control process. Numerical simulations are performed for the steady-state forward flight of various advance ratios. Also, numerical results of the steady blade and flap deflections, and the vibratory hub loads are presented for various advance ratios and are compared with the previously published analysis results obtained from modal analysis based on a moderate deflection-type beam theory.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.311-328
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• 2017

The characteristics of boundary layers have significant effects on the aerodynamic forces and vibration of the wind turbine blade. The incorporation of active trailing edge flaps (ATEF) into wind turbine blades has been proven as an effective control approach for alleviation of load and vibration. This paper is aimed at investigating the effects of external trailing edge flaps on the flow pattern and velocity distribution within a boundary layer of a NREL 5MW reference wind turbine, as well as designing a new type of velocity sensors for future validation measurements. An aeroelastic-aerodynamic simulation with FAST-AeroDyn code was conducted on the entire wind turbine structure and the modifications were made on turbine blade sections with ATEF. The results of aeroelastic-aerodynamic simulations were combined with the results of two-dimensional computational fluid dynamic simulations. From these, the velocity profile of the boundary layer as well as the thickness variation with time under the influence of a simplified load case was calculated for four different blade-flap combinations (without flap, with $-5^{\circ}$, $0^{\circ}$, and $+5^{\circ}$ flap). In conjunction with the computational modeling of the characteristics of boundary layers, a bio-inspired hair flow sensor was designed for sensing the boundary flow field surrounding the turbine blades, which ultimately aims to provide real time data to design the control scheme of the flap structure. The sensor element design and performance were analyzed using both theoretical model and finite element method. A prototype sensor element with desired bio-mimicry responses was fabricated and validated, which will be further refined for integration with the turbine blade structures.