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Effects of different roll angles on civil aircraft fuselage crashworthiness

  • Mou, Haolei;Du, Yuejuan;Zou, Tianchun
    • Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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    • v.2 no.4
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    • pp.391-401
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    • 2015
  • Crashworthiness design and certification have been and will continue to be the main concern in aviation safety. The effects of roll angles on fuselage section crashworthiness for typical civil transport category aircrafts were investigated. A fuselage section with waved-plates under cargo floor is suggested, and the finite element model of fuselage section is developed to simulate drop test subjected to 7 m/s impact velocity under conditions of 0-deg, 5-deg, 10-deg and 15-deg roll angles, respectively. A comparative analysis of failure modes, acceleration responses, and energy absorption of fuselage section under various conditions are given. The results show that the change of roll angles will significantly affect fuselage deformation, seat peak overloads, and energy absorption. The crashworthiness capability of aircraft can be effectively improved by choosing appropriate landing way.

Evaluation of the Combat Aircraft Susceptibility Against Surface-Based Threat Using the Weighted Score Algorithm

  • Kim, Joo-Young;Kim, Jin-Young;Lee, Kyung-Tae
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.396-402
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    • 2011
  • Aircraft combat survivability is an essential factor in the design of combat aircrafts that operate in an enemy air defense area. The combat aircrafts will be confronted with anti-aircraft artillery and/or surface-to-air missiles (SAM) from the ground, and their survivability can be divided into two categories: susceptibility and vulnerability. This article studies the prediction of susceptibility in the case of a one-on-one engagement between the combat aircraft and a surface-based threat. The weighted score method is suggested for the prediction of susceptibility parameters, and Monte Carlo simulations are carried out to draw qualitative interpretation of the susceptibility characteristics of combat aircraft systems, such as the F-16 C/D, and the hypersonic aircraft, which is under development in the United States, versus ground threat from the SAM SA-10.

Analysis and Calibration of Propeller Power Effect for Turboprop Aircraft (터보프롭 항공기의 프로펠러 파워효과 해석 및 보정)

  • Park, Youngmin;Chung, Jindeog
    • Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.62-66
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    • 2015
  • During the conceptual design of turboprop aircraft, the power effect driven from rotating propeller is typically obtained from empirical data. In the present paper, propeller power effect was obtained by using unsteady three-dimensional Navier-Stokes solver with $k-{\omega}$ turbulence model for the accurate prediction of turboprop aircraft performance. In order to simulate the relative motion between propeller and fuselage, unsteady sliding mesh method was used. During simulation, three flow conditions such as climb, cruise and descending flight were selected considering the flight envelop of the real turboprop aircraft. For the correction of aerodynamic coefficients, the thrust effect of engine exhaust gas was included based on the engine manufacturer's data. Using the computational results, the correction table for the aerodynamic coefficient of turboprop aircraft was suggested for the performance analysis of turboprop aircraft.

Study on Evaluation of Structural Integrity for Small Aircraft Tail (소형 항공기 미익부 구조 건전성 평가에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Muhyoung;Park, Illkyung;Kim, Sungjoon;Ahn, Sukmin
    • Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.28-34
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    • 2012
  • Structural integrity evaluation is important item in the aircraft certification. Recently, it is designed for limit load, material weakness about fatigue and corrosion, damage by bird strike in flight to evaluate structural integrity of aircraft. And static/fatigue analysis are performed to secure structural integrity, it was verified by static and fatigue tests. To evaluate the structural integrity of small aircraft tail, structural integrity was calculated by the finite element analysis. In the present study, finite element analysis are performed to pick out load cases in flight occurrence, and secure margin of safety to evaluate structural integrity of KC-100 tail unit. The proprieties of finite element analysis results are compared with the static structure test results. The estimation process of structural integrity for small aircraft tail may help the design.

Study on Safety and Reliability of ETOPS using Aircraft Operation Simulation

  • Nam, K.W.;Kim, C.Y.
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.7-24
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    • 1996
  • A methodology has been developed for predicting aircraft reliability incorporating both C.C.F.s(Common-Cause Failures), and phased missions. Failure behaviour of an aircraft, or it's systems are predicted. Both independent failures, and C.C.F.s, are modelled by the Markov process, and simulated using Monte Carlo sampling with the robust variance reduction method. Prediction of safety and reliability is made through discrete-event simulation of aircraft operations. A case study is described for investigating the safety and reliability of the propulsion system of two-, three- and four-engined aircraft. This is particularly important for the design of ETOPS(Extended Range of Two-Engined Aircraft Operations) and results are presented for the cases with, and without the effect of C.C.F.s.

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The Design and Analysis of Composite Advanced Propeller Blade for Next Generation Turboprop Aircraft (차세대 터보프롭 항공기용 복합재 최신 프로펠러 설계 및 해석)

  • Choi, Won;Kim, Kwang-Hae;Lee, Won-Joong
    • The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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    • v.15 no.6
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    • pp.11-17
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    • 2012
  • The one way fluid structure interaction analysis on advanced propeller blade for next generation turboprop aircraft. HS1 airfoil series are selected as a advanced propeller blade airfoil. Adkins method is used for aerodynamic design and performance analysis with respect to the design point. Adkins method is based on the vortex-blade element theory which design the propeller to satisfy the condition for minimum energy loss. propeller geometry is generated by varying chord length and pitch angle at design point. Blade sweep is designed based on the design mach number and target propulsion efficiency. The aerodynamic characteristics of the designed Advanced propeller were verified by CFD(Computational Fluid Dynamic) and showed the enhanced performance than the conventional propeller. The skin-foam sandwich structural type is adopted for blade. The high stiffness, strength carbon/epoxy composite material is used for the skin and PMI(Polymethacrylimide) is used for the foam. Aerodynamic load is calculated by computational fluid dynamics. Linear static stress analysis is performed by finite element analysis code MSC.NASTRAN in order to investigate the structural safety. The result of structural analysis showed that the design has sufficient structural safety. It was concluded that structural safety assessment should incorporate the off-design points.

The Development of Ergonomics Cockpit Design Program Based on the Military Aircraft (군용기 조종실 설계 프로그램 개발)

  • 김문열;류태규;김성래
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.34 no.4
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    • pp.83-88
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    • 2006
  • One of the most important works in the development of military aircraft is to construct and utilize the various technical data and information needed in the design, analysis and evaluation under integrated system structure. A vast and various data in oder to optimize cockpit design is needed in geometric & arrangement design, vision analysis and escape system design. In addition, the application of ergonomics cockpit design concept based on the sorts of human elements and anthropometric data as design consideration for pilots is required. To accomplish above these activities, the data gathered and formed through the aircraft development program was become database and developed by tool to be able to support ergonomics cockpit design work.

Single Engine Failure during Approach and Transition Analyses of VTOL Aircraft (수직이착륙기의 착륙접근시 단일엔진고장 및 비행전이 영역 해석)

  • Yoon, Sang-Joon;Ahn, Byung-Ho;Choi, Dong-Hoon;Mavris, Dimitri
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.33 no.5
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    • pp.50-56
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    • 2005
  • The objective of this study is to find the optimal thrust condition and wing loading of a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) fixed-wing aircraft through a single engine failure analysis during landing approach and an analysis of transition flight. The aircraft analysis modules used in the study are based on the aircraft synthesis program. To achieve the computing infrastructure for aircraft design and analysis, the EMDIOS was employed as a design framework, which is a semi-completed application program and ready to customize. Simulation results reveal the most critical height at the event of single engine failure is approximately 40 ft. And, in order to avoid a significant loss in altitude during the transition, the thrust to weight ratio must be kept high, while both the engine tilt speed and the wing loading must be kept low, as confirmed by the analysis results.

Comparison of RAM Target Value and Operation Data in Air Weapon Systems (야전운용자료를 활용한 항공무기체계의 RAM 목표값 비교분석)

  • Kim, In Seok;Jung, Won
    • Journal of Applied Reliability
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.282-288
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    • 2015
  • Purpose : The purpose of this study is to compare the RAM (reliability, availability and maintainability) value in the acquisition phase with operational period for air weapon systems. The objective is to determine if the value of RAM is sufficient in the field, and look for any difference from the target value to some extent. Methods : For a case study, the ${\bigcirc}{\bigcirc}$ training aircraft is selected. Data from the two acquisition sources are utilized. One is the operational data in domestic aircraft through research and development, and the other is the data from imported aircraft. The two different sources were collected independently and distinctly. Results : According to the analysis, the domestic aircraft shows high deviation in RAM value compare to the imported systems. This is due to the effort of continuous reliability improvement. In the aspect of maintainability, the result shows a slight deviation, and the availability meets the requirement. Conclusion : The results of this study can be used in finding a way that can be effectively applied to the sustainability in the weapon system. If the RAM performance is significantly lower than the target value, then it is necessary to improve the design activities so that they can achieve the RAM target value.

Aircraft Embedded Antenna Design for JTDLS Complete System (JTDLS 완성형 체계를 위한 항공기 내장형 안테나 설계)

  • Yeo, Su-Cheol;Kang, Byoung-Wook;Choi, Hyo-Gi
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.451-456
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    • 2020
  • In this paper, we studied the method of designing a embedded antenna for mounting on the JTDLS complete aircraft. The proposed antenna satisfies the MIDS-LVT operation frequency band and is designed as a broadband in consideration of expandability. As a result of the design, it was confirmed that the proposed antenna has similar electrical performance to the existing blade antenna and has broadband characteristics. As a result of EM analysis, the antenna was mounted on the top and bottom parts of the aircraft to check the mount of the aircraft, and it was confirmed that both the top and bottom parts had good radiation characteristics. The technology acquired through this study is judged to be applicable to the JTDLS completed aircraft.