• Title/Summary/Keyword: Aircraft Performance Improvement

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A Study on GUI type On-line Condition Monitoring Program for A Turboprop Engine Using LabVIEW$^{(R)}$ (LabVIEW를 이용한 터보프롭 엔진의 GUI기반 온라인 상태감시 프로그램에 관한 연구)

  • Kong, Chang-Duk;Kim, Keon-Woo;Kim, Ji-Hyun
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.86-93
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    • 2011
  • Recently, development and application of condition monitoring and diagnostic system for improvement of durability and reliability and reduction of operating cost is generalized in the aircraft propulsion system. Expecially, for reliable operation of the high altitude and a long time and condition monitoring system to identify faults and degradations of its propulsion system should be needed. This work proposed a GUI-based On-line condition monitoring program using LabVIEW by PT6A-67 turboprop engine. The proposed on-line condition program can monitor the real engine performance as well as the trend through precise comparison between performance results calculated by the base performance simulation program and measuring engine performance signals. In the development phase of this monitoring system, a signal generation module is proposed to evaluate the proposed on-line monitoring system.

Improvement of Track Tracking Performance Using Deep Learning-based LSTM Model (딥러닝 기반 LSTM 모형을 이용한 항적 추적성능 향상에 관한 연구)

  • Hwang, Jin-Ha;Lee, Jong-Min
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2021.05a
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    • pp.189-192
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    • 2021
  • This study applies a deep learning-based long short-term memory(LSTM) model to track tracking technology. In the case of existing track tracking technology, the weight of constant velocity, constant acceleration, stiff turn, and circular(3D) flight is automatically changed when tracking track in real time using LMIPDA based on Kalman filter according to flight characteristics of an aircraft such as constant velocity, constant acceleration, stiff turn, and circular(3D) flight. In this process, it is necessary to improve performance of changing flight characteristic weight, because changing flight characteristics such as stiff turn flight during constant velocity flight could incur the loss of track and decreasing of the tracking performance. This study is for improving track tracking performance by predicting the change of flight characteristics in advance and changing flight characteristic weigh rapidly. To get this result, this study makes deep learning-based Long Short-Term Memory(LSTM) model study the plot and target of simulator applied with radar error model, and compares the flight tracking results of using Kalman filter with those of deep learning-based Long Short-Term memory(LSTM) model.

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Study on Improvement of Air Conditioning Units for Anti Aircraft Gun Wheeled Vehicle (차륜형 대공포 냉방장치 성능개선 연구)

  • Jeon, Ki-Hyun;Lee, Dong-Hui;Lee, Boo-Hwan
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.37 no.12
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    • pp.1099-1103
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    • 2013
  • A combat vehicle needs to have an air-conditioning unit. Accordingly, new combat systems have tended to apply an integrated heating, cooling, and ventilating system. The air conditioning unit used depends on the combat vehicle's purpose of use. In this study, we studied an air-conditioning unit for an armored combat vehicle as a special use and military specification and tried to improve the air-conditioning unit's performance.

HALT of High Power Amplifier Module Used in Radar (레이더용 고출력 증폭기 모듈의 HALT)

  • Hwang, Soon-Mi;Kim, Chul-Hee;Lee, Kwan-Hun
    • Journal of Applied Reliability
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.97-102
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    • 2014
  • Radar is an object-detection system that uses radio waves to determine the range, altitude, direction, or speed of objects. High power amplifier Module is the most critical part of the high-power radar transmitter systems. It can be used to detect aircraft, ships, spacecraft, guided missiles, motor vehicles, weather formations, and terrain. Research related to radar has been conducted in various fields according to improvement of the communication technology. But only performance-originated technology development has been dashed; study concerning environment duality and safety concerning reliability are still insufficient. In general, radar module is exposed to the outside, on the means of moving or fixed in a certain place. It should be guaranteed sufficient immunity for a variety of environmental stresses that can occur in the outdoor. HALT is a great process used for quickly finding failure mechanisms in a hardware design and product. By applying various kinds and extreme level of stresses, we can find the operating limits of products. In thesis, we conducted HALT test of the high power amplifier modules which used in military and automotive radar. After the test, we analyzed environmental weaknesses of high power amplifier modules using conventional construction data.

Shape Optimization for Enhancing the Performance of an Inducer for the Main Hydraulic Pump in a Rotary Wing Aircraft (회전익 항공기 주유압펌프용 인듀서 성능 향상을 위한 형상최적설계)

  • Kim, Hyogyeum;Heo, Hyeungseok;Park, Youngil;Lee, Changdon
    • Journal of Drive and Control
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.37-44
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    • 2017
  • In this study, in order to prevent cavitation in a variable swash-plate type hydraulic pump, a basic model impeller has been applied to a new pump, and the impeller shape has been optimized through flow analysis. Based on the analysis results, we could propose an impeller shape with high efficiency and low possibility of cavitation in comparison with the basic model. The simplification of the basic shape of the impeller of the hydraulic pump was performed in three parts in the order of hub shape, wing, and curvature, and eight design parameters were defined to satisfy the design requirement. Compared with the initial model of the impeller, when the differential pressure of the optimum model increased, the efficiency was improved. It achieved the goal of design improvement because cavitation did not occur under the rated operating conditions.

A Survey of Distributed Engine Control Technology for Aircraft Gas Turbine Engine (항공용 가스터빈 엔진의 분산제어기술 발전 동향)

  • Jung, Chihoon;Park, Iksoo;Kim, JungHoe;Min, Seongki
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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    • 2017.05a
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    • pp.1127-1134
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    • 2017
  • Gas turbine engine control was originated from a single hydro-mechanical governor for fuel metering and changed to 1970s' DEEC and then today's centralized FADEC. In order to attain the goal of improvement of control performance, application of PHM technology, and reduction of system weight, it is necessary to make a transition to distributed engine control. This paper describes the concept and roadmap of distributed control, collaborative efforts of government and industry for successful development of the system, and technical challenges for the system.

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Study on the Impact of Various Observations Data Assimilation on the Meteorological Predictions over Eastern Part of the Korean Peninsula (관측자료별 자료동화 성능이 한반도 동부 지역 기상 예보에 미치는 영향 분석 연구)

  • Kim, Ji-Seon;Lee, Soon-Hwan;Sohn, Keon-Tae
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.27 no.11
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    • pp.1141-1154
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    • 2018
  • Numerical experiments were carried out to investigate the effect of data assimilation of observational data on weather and PM (particulate matter) prediction. Observational data applied to numerical experiment are aircraft observation, satellite observation, upper level observation, and AWS (automatic weather system) data. In the case of grid nudging, the prediction performance of the meteorological field is largely improved compared with the case without data assimilations because the overall pressure distribution can be changed. So grid nudging effect can be significant when synoptic weather pattern strongly affects Korean Peninsula. Predictability of meteorological factors can be expected to improve through a number of observational data assimilation, but data assimilation by single data often occurred to be less predictive than without data assimilation. Variation of air pressure due to observation nudging with high prediction efficiency can improve prediction accuracy of whole model domain. However, in areas with complex terrain such as the eastern part of the Korean peninsula, the improvement due to grid nudging were only limited. In such cases, it would be more effective to aggregate assimilated data.

A Study on the Improvement of Durability of Push Switches for Rotorcraft Control (회전익 항공기 조종용 누름식 스위치의 내구성 개선연구)

  • Jeongmo Koo;Wonae Son;Jeongmi Seo;Daeho Shim;Kibong Nam
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.197-202
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    • 2024
  • In this study, we propose a method to improve the durability of rotorcraft switches. Additionally, the appropriate verification test results are presented. As a result of analyzing the defective switch, it was found that the contact was defective due to long-term use. It was confirmed that stable contact of the terminal is necessary to achieve appropriate performance. We manufactured a switch with one spring and a switch with two springs. As a result of the verification test using this, it was found that the durability of the improved shape was improved by 15 % compared to the existing shape. Those numbers have merit from an operational perspective. This has the effect of reducing the number of replacements per aircraft.

Improvement of the Avoidance Performance of TCAS-II by Employing Kalman Filter (Kalman Filter를 적용한 TCAS-II 충돌회피 성능 개선)

  • Jun, Byung-Kyu;Lim, Sang-Seok
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.15 no.6
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    • pp.986-993
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    • 2011
  • In this paper we consider the problem of the existing TCAS-II systems that fail to be satisfactory solution to mid-air collisions (MACs) and near mid-air collisions (NMACs or near misses). This is attributed to the fact that the earlier studies on the collision avoidance mainly have focused on determination logic of avoidance direction and vertical speed, reversal of the avoidance direction, multiple aircraft geometry, and availability in certain air spaces. But, the influence of sensor measurement errors on the performance of collision avoidance was not properly taken into account. Here we propose a new TCAS algorithm by using Kalman filter instead of '${\alpha}-{\beta}$' tracker to improve the avoidance performance under the influence of barometric sensor errors due to air-temperature, pressure leaks, static source error correction, etc.

Inducement of Design Parameters for Reliability Improvement of Servo Actuator for Hydraulic Valve Operation (유압밸브 구동용 서보 액추에이터의 신뢰성 향상을 위한 설계 파라미터 도출)

  • Sung, Baek Ju;Kim, Do Sik
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.38 no.5
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    • pp.475-482
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    • 2014
  • The precision hydraulic valve is widely used in various industrial field like aircraft, automobile, and general machinery. Servo actuator is the most important device for driving the precise hydraulic valve. The reliable operation of servo actuator effects on the overall hydraulic system. The performance of servo actuator relies on frequency response and step response according to arbitrary input signal. In this paper, we performed the analysis for the components of servo actuator to satisfy the reliable operation and response characteristics through the reliability analysis, and also induced the design parameters to realize the reliable operation and fast response characteristics of servo actuator for hydraulic valve operation through the empirical knowledge of experts and electromagnetic theories. We suggested the design equations to determine the values of design parameters of servo actuator as like bobbin size, length of yoke and plunger and turn number of coil, and verified the achieved design values through FEM analysis and performance tests using some prototypes of servo actuators adapted in hydraulic valve.