• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.1-18
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• 2023

This paper investigates the integrated control of an air-breathing hypersonic vehicle considering the safety of propulsion system under acceleration. First, the vehicle/engine coupling model that contains a control-oriented vehicle model and a quasi-one-dimensional dual-mode scramjet model is established. Next, the coupling process of the integrated control system is introduced in detail. Based on the coupling model, the integrated control framework is studied and an integrated control system including acceleration command generator, vehicle attitude control loop and engine multivariable control loop is discussed. Then, the effectiveness and superiority of the integrated control system are verified through the comparison of normal case and limiting case of an air-breathing hypersonic scramjet coupling model. Finally, the main results show that under normal acceleration case and limiting acceleration case, the integrated control system can track the altitude and speed of the vehicle extremely well and adjust the angle deflection of elevator to offset the thrust moment to maintain the attitude stability of the vehicle, while assigning the two-stage fuel equivalent ratio to meet the thrust performance and safety margin of the engine. Meanwhile, the high-acceleration requirement of the air-breathing hypersonic vehicle makes the propulsion system operating closer to the extreme dangerous conditions. The above contents demonstrate that considering the propulsion system safety will make integrated control system more real and meaningful.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.483-486
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• 2009

An investigation of the thrust vectoring nozzle which can be applied to the supersonic variable exhaust system was performed. The maximum mach number of the model aircraft is 1.8 and mission radius is about 400Nm. The cycle analysis are performed at each operating regime of the aircraft and the specifications of the thrust vectoring nozzle were developed. Based upon the requirement of the thrust vectoring nozzle, two dimensional thrust vectoring nozzle were designed and flow analysis was conducted by deflection of the pitch and yaw angle.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 1995.11a
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• pp.107-114
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• 1995

최근 개발 중이거나 개발 예정인 항공기용 가스터빈의 종류, 현황 및 적용 기술 등을 설명하였다. 가스터빈은 군용. 민간용으로 임무 또는 목적에 따라 특성화된 엔진으로 발전되고 있으며 이러한 추세에 따라 복합사이클 엔진, 고속터보프롭엔진, 프롭팬엔진, 덕트 없는 팬엔진(UDF). 초고바이패스(VHPR)엔진, 열재생엔진 및 V/STOL용엔진 등에 대한 개발현황 및 각 주요구성품의 최신요소기술들이 설명되었다. 또한 우리나라 항공용 가스 터빈 엔진 개발 기술의 현황과 발전방향에 대해 간략히 제시하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2008.03a
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• pp.628-637
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• 2008

The JAXA's TechCLEAN project(2003-present) is summarized, with the interim technical achievements. TechCLEAN is collateral program with the NEDO engine project to accelerate R&D work of small passenger aircraft engine as well as to develop innovative environment technologies applicable to the future improvements. In the project NOx reduction, CO2 reduction and noise reduction are targeted. Component level researches and system demonstrator validation are planned with test facility renovation and demonstration base engines.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.533-536
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• 2009

The power control system of Smart UAV is similar to the propeller pitch governing concept of turboprop aircraft. The pilot inputs the engine power directly and the pitch governor controls the rotational speed of proprotor. In this paper, the engine status data from ground test of Smart UAV, such as the relationship of PLA vs. Gas generator speed and power are compared with the result of engine performance calculation program.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.225-229
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• 2003

The exact performance simulation of propulsion system is a key element in the prediction of the aircraft performance. The specification performance analysis using the installed loss of KT-1 showed a large difference with the engine performance measured during the flight tests. This indicates that a method to estimate the more exact performance is needed. The study on the performance simulation with performance map correction along the engine operating line shows the good consistent results through all the flight conditions and engine conditions. The correction factors of the map were resulted from the comparative analysis between the flight test and the simulation of installed engine performance.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.40 no.6
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• pp.523-535
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• 2012

Solar powered aircraft are becoming more and more interesting for future long endurance missions at hight altitudes, because they could provide surveillance, earth monitoring, telecommunications, etc. without any atmospheric pollution and hopefully in the near future with competitive costs compared with satellites. However, traditional aircraft sizing methods currently employed in the conceptual design phase are not immediately applicable to solar powered aircraft. Hence, energy balance and constraint analyses were performed to determine how various power system components effect the sizing of a solar powered long endurance aircraft. The primary power system components considered in this study were photovoltaic (PV) modules for power generation and regenerative fuel cells for energy storage. To verify current research results, these new sizing methods were applied to HALE aircraft and results were presented.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.14-16
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• 2010

A Duct surrounding a fan is known to reduce the tip loss and increase the fan performance efficiency. It also reduces the fan noise drastically. Ducted fan, therefore, has been focused to be a promising candidate for high efficient propulsion system. In this study, a small plane having ducted fan which can be tilted for vertical take-off and landing, is analyzed by CFD and its aerodynamic characteristics are compared. Ductef fan aircraft has small range of angle of attack for mininum drag and duct design should be focused for efficient ducted fan aircraft.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.22 no.5
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• pp.13-21
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• 2018

Technology trends of onboard and ground health management system software for aircraft gas turbine engines are surveyed. The software has changed from ground based software for fault detection and identification to a model based health identification technology for onboard software. This advanced algorithm is currently under development in a technically advanced country while domestic research is on the birth stage. This paper suggested that the optimal development plan of the software considering current technology state.

• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• v.6 no.5
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• pp.427-442
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• 2019

Small satellites represent an emerging opportunity to realize a wide range of space missions at lower cost and faster delivery, compared to traditional spacecraft. However, small platforms, such as CubeSats, shall increase their actual capabilities. Miniaturized electric propulsion systems can provide the satellite with the key capability of moving in space. The level of readiness of miniaturized electric propulsion systems is low although many concepts have been developed. The present research intends to build a flexible test platform for the assessment of selected small propulsion systems in relevant environment at laboratory level. Main goal of the research is to analyze the mechanical, electrical, magnetic, and chemical interactions of propulsion systems with the modern CubeSat-technology and to assess the performance of the integrated platform. The test platform is a 6U CubeSat hosting electric propulsion systems, providing mechanical, electrical and data interfaces, able to handle a variety of electric propulsion systems, thanks to the ability to regulate and distribute electric power, to exchange data according to several protocols, and to provide different mechanical layouts. The test platform is ready to start the first verification campaign. The paper describes the detailed design of the platform and the main results of the AIV activities.