• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.93-102
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• 2001

Flight control design for the autonomous waypoint navigation of aircraft is presented in this study. The waypoints are defined in terms of desired longitude and latitude. The control design is conducted in longitudinal and lateral directions, respectively. The lateral control is based upon coordinated turn strategy for which no sideslip is allowed under the turning maneuver. The longitudinal control is mainly focused on altitude hold during navigation. Neural network control approach is applied to the altitude-hold mode control. Simulation of the proposed control strategy has been performed under various conditions. A graphical simulation tool was developed to visually demonstrate the control technique developed in this study. A method to simulate the gas turbine transient behavior is developed. The basic principles of the method.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.137-144
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• 2006

The objective of this paper is to present trajectory guidance and control system with a dynamic inversion for a small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The UAV model is expressed by fixed-mass rigid-body six-degree-of-freedom equations of motion, which include the detailed aerodynamic coefficients, the engine model and the actuator models that have lags and limits. A trajectory is generated from the given waypoints using cubic spline functions of a flight distance. The commanded values of an angle of attack, a sideslip angle, a bank angle and a thrust, are calculated from guidance forces to trace the flight trajectory. To adapt various waypoint locations, a proportional navigation is combined with the guidance system. By the decision logic, appropriate guidance law is selected. The flight control system to achieve the commands is designed using a dynamic inversion approach. For a dynamic inversion controller we use the two-timescale assumption that separates the fast dynamics, involving the angular rates of the aircraft, from the slow dynamics, which include angle of attack, sideslip angle, and bank angle. Some numerical simulations are conducted to see the performance of the proposed guidance and control system.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.21-26
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• 2024

도심항공교통(UAM; urban air mobility)은 교통 혼잡이 증가하는 도시 지역에서 교통수단의 대안으로 주목받고 있다. 사람 중심의 서비스인 기존 항공교통업무 방법으로는 복잡한 UAM 운용환경을 관리하기는 어려울 것으로 판단된다. 따라서 UAM 항공교통관리 (UATM; UAM traffic management)를 위한 첨단 정보처리 기반 교통관리시스템이 필요하다. 체계적인 UATM 환경 구축을 위해서는 공역관리가 필수적이다. 특히 UAM 항공기가 안전하게 운항할 수 있는 배타적 회랑을 구축하면 최저비행고도 규정을 위반하지 않고도 UAM 항공기를 운항할 수 있는 기회를 제공할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 UAM 운용을 위한 회랑의 횡단규격을 설정하기 위해 UAM과 유사한 규모의 헬리콥터를 이용하여 실증분석을 수행하였다. 연구 결과는 UAM 회랑 설계 시 지침으로 활용되기를 기대한다.

• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• 제6권5호
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• pp.391-407
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• 2019

Flight trajectory optimization has become an important factor not only to reduce the operational costs (e.g.,, fuel and time related costs) of the airliners but also to reduce the environmental impact (e.g.,, emissions, contrails and noise etc.) caused by the airliners. So far, these factors have been dealt with in the context of 2D and 3D trajectory optimization, which are no longer efficient. Presently, the 4D trajectory optimization is required in order to cope with the current air traffic management (ATM). This study deals with a cubic spline approximation method for solving 4D trajectory optimization problem (TOP). The state vector, its time derivative and control vector are parameterized using cubic spline interpolation (CSI). Consequently, the objective function and constraints are expressed as functions of the value of state and control at the temporal nodes, this representation transforms the TOP into nonlinear programming problem (NLP). The proposed method is successfully applied to the generation of a minimum length optimal trajectories along 4D waypoints, where the method generated smooth 4D optimal trajectories with very accurate results.