• International Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.1-4
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• 2023

Even though the recent development trend of wind turbine systems has been focused on larger MW Classes, the small-scale wind turbine system has been continuously developed because it has some advantages due to easy personnel establishment and use with low cost and energy saving effect. This work is to propose a specific structural design and analysis procedure for development of a low noise 500W class small wind turbine system which will be applicable to relatively low wind speed region like Korea. The proposed structural feature has a skin-spar-foam sandwich composite structure with the E-glass/Epoxy face sheets and the Urethane foam core for lightness, structural stability, low manufacturing cost and easy manufacturing process. Moreover this type of structure has good behaviors for reduction of vibration and noise. Structural analysis including load cases, stress, deformation, buckling and vibration was performed using the Finite Element Method. In order to evaluate the designed blade structure the structural tests were done, and their test results were compared with the estimated results.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제47권10호
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• pp.687-694
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• 2019

초경량 항공기 구조의 날개 보로 사용되는 원통형 복합재료 날개 보는 굽힘 모멘트와 전단하중을 동시에 받고 있는 구조물이다. 하지만 기존의 일반 원통형 보는 상하부의 굽힘 모멘트, 좌우부의 전단하중을 지지하는 구조적 특성을 고려하지 못하므로 비효율적일 수 있다. 따라서 섬유각 또는 복합재료를 적절히 배열하여 효율적으로 구조물을 만드는 것이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 원통형 복합재료 보의 굽힘강도와 전단강도의 증가를 위해 보의 단면을 상하좌우로 분할하여 적층순서를 달리함으로써 효율적인 하중지지가 가능하게 하였다. 상용 프로그램 MSC/NASTRAN을 이용한 구조해석을 통해 원호 분할각과 섬유각에 따른 수직변위, 수직변형률, 전단변형률 계산하였다. 계산 결과에 따르면 새롭게 제안된 원통형 보의 분할각과 섬유 방향각을 선택하여 구조 강도를 증가시킬 수 있음을 제시하였다.

• Composites Research
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.340-346
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• 2022

본 연구에서는 복합재료 블레이드에 대한 최적 구조설계 프레임워크를 구성하고, 이를 헬리콥터 블레이드에 적용하여 최적 구조설계를 수행하였다. 단면 형상의 경우 C형 및 D형 스파를 선택할 수 있게 구성하였으며, 최적설계 프레임워크는 유전자 알고리즘과 입자 군집 최적화 알고리즘을 결합한 PSGA를 활용하였다. 단면의 기하학적 모델링은 B-spline을 이용하여 구현하였고, 유한요소 모델 생성 프로그램 Gmsh를 통해 단면 유한요소모델을 만든 뒤 단면 해석 프로그램인 Ksec2D를 사용하여 구조해석 결과를 도출하였다. 본 최적설계 프레임워크를 HART II 블레이드에 적용하여 최적 구조설계를 수행한 결과, C형 스파 모델은 기준 형상 대비 무게 7.39%, D형 스파 모델은 6.65% 감소하였으며, 이때 전단중심은 모두 공력중심과 인접한(5% 이내) 결과를 도출하였다. 본 연구를 통해 일반적인 헬리콥터 블레이드의 단면에 적용할 수 있는 최적 구조설계 프레임워크의 유효성을 확인하였다.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.154-161
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• 2014

This research presents results of structural designs and evaluations for 3MW Wind Turbine Blade by FEM analysis. After the GFRP model was designed as a baseline model, failure check by Puck's failure criterion and buckling analysis were accomplished to verify safety of wind turbine blade in the critical design load case. Moreover, applicability of two kinds of carbon spar cap model, was studied by comparing total mass, price and tip deflection to the GFRP model. The results showed that the GFRP model had sufficient structural integrity in the critical design load case, and the carbon spar cap model could be a reasonable solution to reduce weights, tip deflections.

• Composites Research
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2002

본 연구에서는 실제 구조형상의 사각형 상자형 날개와 전투기 날개에 대하여 구조재를 표피(skin)부분은 복합재료로 대체하고, 나머지 스파(spar)와 리브(rib)는 알루미늄으로 하여 플러터 해석을 수행하였다. MS/PATRAN을 이용하여 실제 날개 구조에 근사한 3차인 유한 요소 모델이 구축되었고, MSC/NASTRAN을 이용하여 고유진동 해석이 수행되었다. 유한 요소는 멤브레인(membrane)요소, 1차원 막대(rod)요소, 전단패널(shear panel)요소를 사용하였다. 복합재료의 적층은 실제적인 적층각을 이용하여 다양하게 변화시켜 해석하였다. 아음속 영역에서 비정상 공력 해석을 위하여 주파수 영역에서의 선형 공기력 이론인 DLM코드가 적용되었고, 주파수 영역 공탄성 지배방정식의 해법으로 V-g방법 및 p-k방법이 적응되었다.

• EDISON SW 활용 경진대회 논문집
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• 제5회(2016년)
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• pp.175-182
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• 2016

Recently, carbon fiber-reinforced composite is widely used in many aerospace applications. Among most of the aerospace vehicles, human-powered aircraft essentially uses it for minimizing the weight of the vehicle and gaining high stiffness to increase its efficiency. In this paper, main wing spar of the human-powered aircraft is investigated. Finite element models were created based on the baseline model built in 2013 to make analysis of cross-section of the spar with varying ply angles of each layer of the spar. Objective function, which is affected from bending rigidity, torsional rigidity, and strength ratio, was evaluated for every cases. The model of 2013 and present cases were put into comparison by values evaluated from objective function. From the comparison, it was concluded that there are more chances to improve the baseline model to make the vehicle better in stiffness and weight than the model of 2013.

• 한국복합재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국복합재료학회 1999년도 추계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.53-56
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• 1999

헬기 로터깃은 최초로 항공기의 일차구조물로 사용된 대형 복합재료구조물이다. 헬기 로터깃은 운용기간(service life)동안에 $10^{7}$이나 $10^{8}$의 high-cycle 피로환경을 경험가게 된다. 로터깃은 복합재료가 알맞게만 사용된다면 거의 무한대의 피로수명을 갖게된다고 알려져 있다.

• 한국복합재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국복합재료학회 2003년도 춘계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.57-60
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• 2003

This Paper contains the development procedure of Mach small-scaled composite rotor blade for helicopter articulated rotor system. This mach small-scaled composite blade design is conducted by using CORDAS program developed by KARI. The Dynamic analysis for an articulated rotor system with this blade is conducted by using FLIGHTLAB which is commercial software for helicopter analysis. Also the optimizing procedure of iterative design was described. The designed composite blades were manufactured after establishing the effective curing method. For small-scaled rotor test, strain gauges were embedded in composite blade spar to obtain bending & torsion strain value. To verify sectional properties of a blade, the bench test is accomplished. After comparing a designed data and tested data, Dynamic Calculation was repeated using tested data. Through this research, experiences of mach small-scaled composite blade development were accumulated and will be applied to the related research field.

• 한국항공운항학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2019

Recently, development of long endurance electric powered airplane has been conducted worldwidely. Light structural weight of a main wing with sufficient structural integrity is essential for long endurance flight. Since a main wing with a slender spar can occur catastrophic fracture under the flight, it is important to establish a design and verification method for both the weight reduction and structural integrity. In this paper, structural design and analysis of the main wing of HALE UAV with tubular spar reinforced with a bulkhead were introduced. The static strength test of the main wing was performed to verify structural integrity under the static load. Then, the experimental result was compared with an analytical result from a finite element analysis. It was concluded that the developed light weight main wing would have sufficient structural integrity under the flight operation.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제87권1호
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• pp.47-56
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• 2023

Any pre-existed delamination defect present during manufacturing or induce during service loading conditions in the wingskin adherend invariably shows a greater loss of structural integrity of the spar wingskin joint (SWJ). In the present study, inter-laminar delamination propagation at the critical location of the SWJ has been carried out using contact and multi-point constraint finite elements available with commercial FE software (ANSYS APDL). Strain energy release rates (SERR) based on virtual crack closure technique have been computed for evaluation of the opening (Mode-I), sliding (Mode-II) and cross sliding (Mode-III) modes of delamination by sequential release of multi point constraint elements. The variations of different modes of SERR are observed to be significant by considering varied delamination lengths, material properties of adherends and radius of curvature of the SWJ panel. The SERR rates are seen to be much different at the two pre-embedded delamination ends. This shows dissimilar delamination propagation rates. The maximum is seen to occur in the delamination front in the unstiffened region of the wingskin. The curvature geometry and material anisotropy of SWJ adherends significantly influences the SERR values. Increase in the SERR values are observed with decrease in the radius of curvature of wingskin panel, keeping its width unchanged. SWJs made with flat FRP composite adherends have superior resistance to delamination damage propagation than curved composite laminated SWJ panels. SWJ made with Boron/Epoxy (B/E) material shows greater resistance to the delamination propagation.