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Design and testing of the KC-100 Spin Recovery Parachute System (SRPS)

  • Lee, Dong-Hun;Nho, Byung-Chan;Kang, Myung-Kag;Kang, Kyung-Woo;Lee, Ju-Ha;Kim, Su-Min;Kwon, Young-Suk
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.117-125
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    • 2012
  • This paper presented the design of SRPS, ground function test, and the deployment test on a high speed taxi of KC-100 airplane. KAI has developed a spin recovery system in collaboration with Airborne Systems for KC-100 general aviation airplane. Spin mode analysis, rotary balance and forced oscillation tests were performed to obtain the rotational, dynamic derivatives in the preliminary design phase. Prior to the detailed design process of SRPS, approximations for initial estimation of design parameters- fineness ratio, parachute porosity, parachute canopy filling time, and deployment method- were considered. They were done based on the analytical disciplines such as aerodynamics, structures, and stability & control. SRPS consists of parachute, tractor rocket assembly for deployment, attach release mechanism (ARM) and cockpit control system. Before the installation of SRPS in KC-100 airplane, all the control functions of this system were demonstrated by using SBTB(System Breakout Test Box) in the laboratory. SBTB was used to confirm if it can detect faults, and simulate the firing of pyrotechnic devices that control the deployment and jettison of SRPS. Once confirmed normal operation of SRPS, deployment and jettison of parachute on the high speed taxiing were performed.

Optimal design of a lightweight composite sandwich plate used for airplane containers

  • Al-Fatlawi, Alaa;Jarmai, Karoly;Kovacs, Gyorgy
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.78 no.5
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    • pp.611-622
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    • 2021
  • Composite material-due to low density-causes weight savings, which results in lower fuel consumption of transport vehicles. The aim of the research was to change the existing base-plate of the aluminum airplane container with the composite sandwich plate in order to reduce the weight of the containers of cargo aircrafts. The newly constructed sandwich plate consists of aluminum honeycomb core and composite face-sheets. The face-sheets consist of glass or carbon or hybrid fiber layers. The orientations of the fibers in the face-sheets were 0°, 90° and ±45°. Multi-objective optimization method was elaborated for the newly constructed sandwich plates. Based on the design aim, the importance of the objective functions (weight and cost of sandwich plates) was the same (50%). During the optimization nine design constraints were considered: stiffness, deflection, facing stress, core shear stress, skin stress, plate buckling, shear crimping, skin wrinkling, intracell buckling. The design variables were core thickness and number of layers of the face-sheets. During the optimization both the Weighted Normalized Method of the Excel Solver and the Genetic Algorithm Solver of Matlab software were applied. The mechanical properties of composite face-sheets were calculated by Laminator software according to the Classical Lamination Plate Theory and Tsai-Hill failure criteria. The main added-value of the study is that the multi-objective optimization method was elaborated for the newly constructed sandwich structures. It was confirmed that the optimal new composite sandwich construction-due to weight savings and lower fuel consumption of cargo aircrafts - is more advantageous than conventional all-aluminum container.

A Study on Takeoff Decision Speed Improvement of Air Transport Airplane (운송용항공기의 이륙단념속도 개선에 관한 연구)

  • Noh, Kun-Doo;Choi, Youn-Chul;Yoo, Kwang-Eui
    • Journal of Korean Society of Transportation
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    • v.23 no.4 s.82
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    • pp.7-16
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    • 2005
  • Rejected Takeoff Accidents are not common. but if occurred, it leads to big disaster From the year of 1959, when Jet Transport service opened, to the year of 2000, Rejected Takeoff accidents/incidents occurred total of 94 cases. All cases led to overrun, and major cause is to initiate stopping maneuvers over $V_1$, takeoff decision speed, according to National Transport Safety Board of America. Similar results are represented in Aviation Safety Reporting System of National Aeronautics and Space Administration. So I believe that it is worth studying if Airplane Flight Manual, which is the reference Performance criteria, is appropriate to operations of line pilots. The definition of $V_1$ has been revised a couple of times and Rejected Takeoff Certification Standards for Transport Airplanes was changed in 1998. It shows that up to now there are some portions unreasonable. This study focused on gathering the pilot's tendency for current Rejected Takeoff Procedures of K airlines and analyze the factors they concern. I chose B777 airplane and actually measured the recognition and reaction time of the rejected takeoff transitions through Simulators. And compared the results with the data of flight test and Airplane Flight Manual.

Trajectory Optimization of a Hypersonic Airplane

  • Takano, H.;Baba, Y.
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2001.10a
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    • pp.156.2-156
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    • 2001
  • Hypersonic civil airplanes are recently heated up again in USA and Japan, but there are several difficulties when we obtain its optimal trajectories. In this paper, we formulated the trajectory optimization problem as an optimal control problem and solved it by the direct shooting method with the Genetic Algorithm, GA. The result shows it is effective to use this method for the trajectory optimization of the hypersonic flight.

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R&D Trend of Airplane Health and Usage Monitoring System (항공기용 실시간 안전진단시스템 (HUMS) 연구개발 동향)

  • Song, Jae-Hoon;Lee, Hye-Won;Park, Hoon;Suk, Jong-Nak;Choi, Sun-Woo;Lee, Jang-Yeon
    • Current Industrial and Technological Trends in Aerospace
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.105-112
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    • 2010
  • Aircraft accidents are characterized by substantial and extensive damage: the destruction of hulls and the fatalities of passengers. Health and Usage Monitoring Systems (HUMSs) are being developed as a technological approach to prevent the aircraft accident. In Korea, a project to develop HUMS for small airplane is being executed by funding of by Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs. In this paper, global R&D trends of HUMS to prevent aircraft accident are described. An on-going Korean HUMS project is also explained, especially for system configuration, functionality and expected achievement.

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A study on the new doppler effect compensation scheme for OFDM system (OFDM system에서 새로운 Doppler effect 보정 기법에 대한 연구)

  • Lee, Sim-Seok;Jeong, Chang-Ho;Gang, Du-Lee;Lee, Byeong-Seop
    • Journal of Satellite, Information and Communications
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    • v.1 no.2
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    • pp.89-94
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    • 2006
  • ODFM(Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) technique is suitable for high speed data transfer both in wired/wireless channels, and is actively studied recently. Among them, WiBro based on IEEE 802.16 uses ODFM as its core technology, and is currently trying to expand market through commercialization. Therefore, if it's used for high speed moving object(KTX, airplane..etc) in near future, there is a possibility of ICI(inter-carrier interference) to occur due to DFS(Doppler Frequency Shift), a critical weak point of ODFM System. This study suggests 3 compensation techniques for Doppler effects in ODFM system operating through satellite, and confirms improved performance through constellation and BER curve.

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Tail Sizing of 95-Seat Type Turboprop Aircraft (95인승급 터보프롭 중형항공기 꼬리날개 사이징)

  • Lee, Jangho;Kang, Youngsin;Bae, Hyogil;Lee, Hae-Chang
    • Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.15-19
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    • 2013
  • Tail wing is important to designing of civil aircrafts, because it is responsible for aircraft stability and control. Tail wing has a role in aircraft control and makes aircraft fly stably without any pilot control input. Also, designing of tail wing determine trim drag force in whole aircraft. Center of gravity(CG) of aircraft travels with various effects as placement of passenger's seats, location of cargo bay, etc. In designing horizontal tail volume, aircraft CG travel has to be considered to have margin so that it should be sized to provide adequate stability and control for the airplane's entire CG range throughout the flight envelope. Finally, it is essential to have sufficient elevator control to perform stall at forward CG for all flaps down configurations. Such stalls establish the FAR stall speed which airplane take-off and landing performance. This paper deals with the process for tail wing design regarding the aircraft CG travel and results for 95-seat type turboprop aircraft.

Study on Flight Test of Small Solar-Powered UAV (소형 태양광 무인 항공기의 비행실험에 관한 연구)

  • An, Il-Young;Bae, Jae-Sung;Park, Sang-Hyuk
    • 한국태양에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2012.03a
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    • pp.313-318
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    • 2012
  • In the present study, the preliminary study on a small solar-powered RC airplane are performed for the development of a long-endurance solar-powered UAV. Solar energy enables the solar-powered UAV to fly longer or eternally. The solar-powered UAV transfers the solar energy to electric energy and this energy is used for the flight and the battery charge. To increase the flying time, the efficiency of the solar-cell power system must be increased and the required power for flight must be minimized. Hence, the system integration including solar cell and controller, the power system design, and the aerodynamic and structural designs of the UAV is very important. The present study have performed the design, manufacture, and flight test of the small solar-powered UAV for the preliminary study of the long-endurance solar-powered UAV. From this study, the system integration technology of the solar-powered UAV design is established, and the possibility and the issue points for the development of the long-endurance solar-powered UAV are discussed.

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