• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.132-138
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• 2016

Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) is developing an electric-driven HALE UAV in order to secure system and operational technologies since 2010. Based on the flight tests and design experiences of the previously developed electric-driven UAVs, KARI has designed EAV-3, a solar-powered HALE UAV. EAV-3 weighs 53kg, the structure weight is 22kg, and features a flexible wing of 19.5m in span with the aspect ratio of 17.4. Designing the main wing and empennage of the EAV-3 the amount of the bending due to the flexible wing, 404mm at 1-G flight condition based on T-800 composite material, and side wind effects due to low cruise speed, $V_{cr}=6m/sec$, are carefully considered. Also, unlike the general aircraft there is no center of gravity shift during the flight because of the EAV-3 is the solar-electric driven UAV. Thus, static margin cuts down to 28.4% and center of gravity moves back to 31% of the Mean Aerodynamic Chord (MAC) comparing with the previously designed the EAV-2 and EAV-2H/2H+ to upgrade the flight performance of the EAV-3.

• International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.201-208
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• 2022

As around the world, ground and underground transportation capacity is reaching its limit, centering on urban areas. As urban traffic becomes congested, time and cost are astronomical, and environmental destruction caused by urban pollution is becoming increasingly serious. As a way to solve this problem, the means of flying over the air are in the spotlight as the next generation of future transportation, and the concept of urban air mobility (UAM, Urban Air Mobility) is defined as systematic planning. The development of an electric-powered vertical take-off (eVTOL) aircraft that obtains electric power through a battery using a personal aerial vehicle (PAV) as a means of transportation has accelerated. As the aircraft development of new technology aircraft in the evtol method is actively carried out, the need to prepare systems such as aircraft certification standards, pilot qualification systems, and qualification management is emerging. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), which lead international standards, announced new special technical conditions and temporary regulations SCVTOL-01, respectively. However, the pilot qualification system for operating the uam aircraft has not yet been clearly announced. Therefore, this paper analyzes the recently announced FAA regulations and EASA regulations to identify differences and directions in perspectives on UAMs and study the existing vertical take-off and landing aircraft (VTOL) pilot qualification system to present directions for qualification classification.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제17권12호
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• pp.427-436
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• 2016

도심지에 지진, 산사태 등과 같은 재난 발생 시 건물 및 지하 구조물 붕괴로 인해 잔해 내부에 다수의 매몰자가 발생된다. 이때 인명탐지를 위해 주로 음향, 영상 및 전파 등을 활용한 탐지 장비 등이 활용되나 고가이며, 붕괴지 상부로의 직접 투입으로 인한 2차 붕괴위험 및 장비 운용 성능 저하로 인해 신속하고 높은 신뢰성을 갖는 인명탐지 기술이 활용되지 않고 있다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위한 매몰자의 휴대 기기에서 송출하는 Wi-Fi 신호 및 기압정보를 제공받아 매몰자의 3차원 위치를 탐색하는 UAV(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle)에 탑재 가능한 무선신호 기반 인명탐지 모듈을 개발하였다. 또한 드론의 비행동안 매몰자 휴대기기 정보를 실시간으로 수집하여 해당 정보를 지상부에 전송하여 신뢰성 있는 매몰자의 3차원 위치정보를 제공하도록 하는 모듈 개발 프레임워크를 제시하였다. 이를 통해 인명탐지 모듈의 개발과 현장 테스트를 통해 적용 타당성을 검증하였다. 이러한 연구결과는 향후 대형 건물 붕괴와 같은 재난 시 매몰자에 대한 매몰 위치의 신속한 탐지 및 구호와 실종자 수색을 위한 핵심기술로 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.164-170
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• 2013

Quadrotor UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) is a flying robotic platform which has drawn lots of attention in the recent years. The attraction comes from the fact that it is able to perform agile VTOL (Vertical Take-Off Landing) and hovering functions. In addition, the efficient modular structure composed of four electric rotors makes its design easier compared to other single-rotor type helicopters. In many cases, a quadrotor often utilizes vision systems in order to obtain altitude control and navigation solution in hostile environments where GPS receivers are not working or deniable. For carrying out their successful missions, it is essential for flight control systems to have fast and stable control responses of heading angle outputs. This paper presents a Fuzzy Logic based lateral PI controller to stabilize and control the quadrotor vehicle equipped with vision systems. The advantage of using the fuzzy based PI controller lies in the fact that it could acquire a desired output response of a heading angle even in presence of disturbances and uncertainties. The performance comparison of the newly proposed Fuzzy-PI controller and the conventional PI controller was carried out with various simulation results.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2003년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.996-1000
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• 2003

In this paper, Fly robot with electric power, a kind of Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), is considered as an autonomous hovering platform, capable of vertical lift-off, landing and stationary hovering. This aircraft has four rotor and DC motors of electrical Power, which is capable of omni-direction for indoor application. In the earlier days of vertical flight experimentation developers looked at the intuitively easy control functionality of 4 rotor designs. But we need to obtain design method of suitable structures and adequate components because the existing prototypes of 4 rotor-craft don't analyze the propeller, motor characteristic and propose a methodology to optimize this system. In this paper, we will show the new 4 rotor craft with blimp, analyze design and manufacturing method of 4 rotor craft system. Also we prove propriety of our design and manufacturing method by being based on thrust and motor experiment.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제41권11호
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• pp.1528-1538
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• 2016

영상정보용 데이터링크는 장거리의 공중-지상 환경에서 영상과 신호정보를 전송하도록 설계된 통신 시스템이다. 본 논문은 장거리 공중-지상 채널환경의 신호 분석에 적합한 곡면지구 2-Ray 모델을 사용하여 영상정보용 데이터 링크의 통신거리에 따른 수신전력 변화 폭을 분석하고 지면 반사파에 의한 수신전력의 변화폭을 경감할 수 있는 수신 안테나의 최적 고각 제어방법을 제안한다. 제안된 방법은 추가적인 하드웨어 성능 향상 없이도 기존의 고각 제어 방법에 비하여 추가적인 링크마진을 확보할 수 있다.

• 한국추진공학회지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.49-55
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• 2013

한국항공우주연구원 (이하 항우연)에서 개발중인 중형 전기동력 무인기 EAV2의 추진시스템에 대한 비행시험결과에 대하여 기술 하였다. EAV2는 날개 길이 6.9 m, 무게 18 kg의 저속 장기 체공형 무인기이다. 전기 동력원으로는 태양전지, 연료전지, 배터리의 세 가지를 동시에 사용한다. EAV2는 2012년 6월에 22시간 이상 체공 비행에 성공하였다. 시험 결과, 전기추진 시스템은 비행 중 일어나는 여러 상황에서 필요한 동력을 성공적으로 공급하였으며, 각 동력원들은 설계된 목적에 부합하게 작동되었다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.108-114
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• 2021

무인 항공기 탑재장비 점검을 위한 통합 점검 장치는 항공기가 임무 수행을 위해 비행 전, 그리고 비행 임무를 완료하고 착륙 이후 항공기에 탑재되어 있는 장비들의 상태를 점검하기 위한 장치이다. 본 논문에서는 무인 항공기에 탑재되어 있는 전자장비에 대하여 점검자가 수동으로 장비의 상태를 점검하고, 점검 결과를 시현하는 방법과 점검자의 개입 없이 자동으로 장비의 상태를 점검할 수 있는 자동 점검 기술에 대해 기술하였다. 또한 설계된 통합 점검 장치는 점검 결과를 보고서의 형태로 출력하여 사용자가 쉽게 결과를 확인 할 수 있도록 하여 무인항공기의 고장 유무를 판단하기 용이할 뿐 아니라, 자동 점검 기능을 사용함으로써 항공기 점검자의 업무량을 줄이는데 효과적인 방법이다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.300-309
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• 2012

Long endurance is a key issue in the application of unmanned aerial vehicles. This study presents feasibility test results when fuel cell system as an alternative to the conventional engine is applied for the power of the UAV after the 150W fuel cell system is developed and packaged to the 1/4 scale super cub airplane. Fuel cell system is operated by dead-end method in the anode part and periodically purged to remove the water droplet in flow field during the operation. Oxygen in the air is supplied to the stack by the two air blowers. And fuel cell stack is water cooled by cooling circuit to dissipate the heat generated during the fuel cell operation. Weight balance is considered to integrate the stack and balance of plant (BOP) in package layout. In flight performance test, we demonstrated 4 times standalone take-off and landing. In the laboratory test simulating the flight condition to quantify the energy flow, the system is analyzed in detail. Sankey diagram shows that electric efficiency of the fuel cell system is 39.2%, heat loss 50.1%, parasitic loss 8.96%, and unreacted purged gas 1.67%, respectively compared to the total hydrogen input energy. Feasibility test results show that fuel cell system is high efficient and appropriate for the power of UAV.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제16권8호
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• pp.2666-2687
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• 2022

As a new alternative communication scheme in 5G, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is used as a relay in the remote base station (BS) for assistant communication. In order to ameliorate the quality of the backhaul link, a UAV backhaul transmission scheme based on improved Nash equilibrium (NE) strategy is proposed. First, the capacity of air-to-ground (A2G) channel by the link preprocess is maximized. Then, the maximum utility function of each UAV is used as the basis of obtaining NE point according to the backhaul channel and the backhaul congestion. Finally, the improved NE strategy is applied in multiple iterations until maximum utility functions of all the UAVs are reached, and the UAVs which are rejected by air-to-air (A2A) link during the process would participate in the source recovery process to construct a multi-hop backhaul network. Simulation results show that average effective backhaul rate, minimum effective backhaul rate increases by 10%, 28.5% respectively in ideal A2G channel, and 11.8%, 42.3% respectively in fading channel, comparing to pure NE strategy. And the average number of iterations is decreased by 5%.