• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제50권1호
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• pp.59-66
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• 2022

도심의 교통체증 문제를 해결하기 위해 eVTOL(Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing) 항공기를 이용한 도심항공교통(UAM) 개념이 등장하여, 많은 국내외 기간들의 연구가 진행되고 있다. 하지만 도심 위를 필연적으로 비행하게 되는 eVTOL 기체가 차세대 교통수단으로 자리 잡기 위해서는 안전성의 확립이 필수적이다. 추락 시 위험도는 항공 안전과 관련된 대표적인 요소이며, 위험도 분석을 위해서는 돌발 상황으로 인한 기체의 추락 및 충돌 지점 예측이 필요하다. 고정익 모드로 운항하는 비행체의 경우 자세 혹은 방향을 결정하는 데 조종면이 큰 역할을 차지한다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 eVTOL 기체의 추락 시 위험도를 분석하기 위해 추진 시스템이 고장 난 기체의 조종면 각도에 따른 추락 지점의 분포를 추정하는 방법을 제시한다. 여기서, 성능과 형상이 공개된 eVTOL 기체를 대상으로 분석한 데이터를 사용하였다. 또한, 초기 조건에 따른 추락 지점의 분포와 확률을 계산하여 추락할 확률이 높은 구간을 도출하였으며, 추락 순간의 속도를 계산하였다.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.393-402
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• 2018

While interacting with a sloping structure, an ice floe may fracture in different patterns. For example, it can be local bending failure or global splitting failure depending on the contact properties, geometry and confinement of the ice floe. Modelling these different fracture patterns as a natural outcome of numerical simulations is rather challenging. This is mainly because the effects of crack propagation, crack branching, multi fracturing modes and eventual fragmentation within a solid material are still questions to be answered by the on-going research in the Computational Mechanic community. In order to simulate the fracturing of ice floes with arbitrary geometries and confinement; and also to simulate the fracturing events at such a large scale yet with sufficient efficiency, we propose a semi-analytical/empirical and semi-numerical approach; but with focus on the global splitting failure mode in this paper. The simulation method is validated against data we collected during the Oden Arctic Technology Research Cruise 2015 (OATRC2015). The data include: 1) camera images based on which we specify the exact geometry of ice floes before and after an impact and fracturing event; 2) IMU data based on which the global dynamic force encountered by the icebreaker is extracted for the impact event. It was found that this method presents reasonably accurate results and realistic fracturing patterns upon given ice floes.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.297-308
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• 2017

One of the major engine thermal management system(TMS) strategies for improving fuel economy is to operate the engine in high temperatures. Therefore, this work performed a numerical and experimental study to examine the effect of several different STOs(Starting Temperature of Opening) of wax-thermostat, ranging from $85^{\circ}C$ to $105^{\circ}C$, of gasoline engine on fuel economy and emission characteristics. In this study, a gasoline car equipped with waxthermostat was tested and simulated under FTP-75 and HWFET mode. CRUISE $M^{TM}$ was used to simulate vehicle dynamics, transient engine performance and TMS. The test results showed fuel savings for both drive cycles due to higher STO of $100^{\circ}C$, which is slightly worse than that of $90^{\circ}C$ and amounts between 0.34 and 0.475 %. These controversial results are attributed to experimental errors and uncertainty. The computational results for three STOs, $85^{\circ}C$, $95^{\circ}C$ and $105^{\circ}C$, showed that fuel savings attributed to the application of higher STOs of $95^{\circ}C$ and $105^{\circ}C$ are relatively small and range from 0.306 to 0.363 %. It is also found that the amount of HC and CO emissions from the tailpipe tends to decrease with higher engine coolant temperature because of faster catalyst light-off and improved combustion.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.274-285
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• 2011

The supercavitating vehicle is an underwater vehicle that is surrounded almost completely by a supercavity to reduce hydrodynamic drag substantially. Since the cruise speed of the vehicle is much higher than that of conventional submarines, the drag force is huge and a buckling may occur. The buckling phenomenon is analyzed in this study through static and dynamic approaches. Critical buckling load and pressure as well as buckling mode shapes are calculated using static buckling analysis and a stability map is obtained from dynamic buckling analysis. When the finite element method (FEM) is used for the buckling analysis, the solver requires a linear static solver and an eigenvalue solver. In this study, these two solvers are integrated and a consolidated buckling analysis module is constructed. Furthermore, Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm is combined in the buckling analysis module to perform a design optimization computation of a simplified supercavitating vehicle. The simplified configuration includes cylindrical shell structure with three stiffeners. The target for the design optimization process is to minimize total weight while maintaining the given structure buckling-free.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.69-77
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• 2002

수직 돌풍이 작용하는 비행선의 비선형 방정식을 이용하여 종방향 운동에 대한 동적 반응을 살피고 제어기를 설계하였다. 비행선의 부가 질량과 부가 관성 모멘트는 동적 반응 및 정착시간을 지연시키므로 일반적인 항공기에 비해 매우 느리다. 본 논문에서는 사용된 비행선은 고도 500m에서 1,000m 상공을 순항하며 임무를 수행하기 위한 것으로, 그 고도에서 대기 조건은 바람이나 돌풍에 의해 영향을 받아 매우 불안정하다. 따라서 가상 질량 효과가 두드러지는 수직 평면에 작용하는 수직 돌풍이 비행선에 미치는 영향을 살펴보고, PID-제어기를 사용하여 제어기를 설계하였다. 돌풍이 작용하면 비행선은 평형 상태로 회복하지만, 회복 시간이 매우 오래 걸릴 뿐 아니라 속도에 있어 손실이 발생한다. 따라서 본 논문의 목적은 회복 시간은 빠르게 하는 것과 순항 속도로 되돌아가는 것이다. 제어기에 사용된 피라미터들은 안정 모드 해석으로부터 결정되었으며, 이때 제어 압력은 추력 및 엘리베이터 각이다.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.43-60
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• 2024

Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO) is South Korea's first space exploration mission, developed by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute. It aims to develop technologies for lunar exploration, explore lunar science, and test new technologies. KPLO was launched on August 5, 2022, by a Falcon-9 launch vehicle from cape canaveral space force station (CCSFS) in the United States and placed on a ballistic lunar transfer (BLT) trajectory. A total of four trajectory correction maneuvers were performed during the approximately 4.5-month trans-lunar cruise phase to reach the Moon. Starting with the first lunar orbit insertion (LOI) maneuver on December 16, the spacecraft performed a total of three maneuvers before arriving at the lunar mission orbit, at an altitude of 100 kilometers, on December 27, 2022. After entering lunar orbit, the commissioning phase validated the operation of the mission mode, in which the payload is oriented toward the center of the Moon. After completing about one month of commissioning, normal mission operations began, and each payload successfully performed its planned mission. All of the spacecraft operations that KPLO performs from launch to normal operations were designed through the system operations design process. This includes operations that are automatically initiated post-separation from the launch vehicle, as well as those in lunar transfer orbit and lunar mission orbit. Key operational procedures such as the spacecraft's initial checkout, trajectory correction maneuvers, LOI, and commissioning were developed during the early operation preparation phase. These procedures were executed effectively during both the early and normal operation phases. The successful execution of these operations confirms the robust verification of the system operation.