• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.857-864
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• 2018

This paper describes about the circuit design and test of the electronic Arm Fire Device. Electronic arm fire device consists of igniter, circuit and housing case and it operates without the actuator such as torque motor or solenoid. A high-voltage DC-DC converter was used to generate the voltage for initiating the LEEFI(Low Energy Exploding Foil Initiator). The MEMS switch was used to detect the acceleration that occurs when missile is launched, and the circuit was designed considering the size, performance, and specification of the electronic devices. The performance test was conducted to verify the designed circuit and we confirmed that it operates well.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제46권5호
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• pp.393-401
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• 2018

고체 로켓 추진기관에서 우발점화를 방지하기 위해 사용하는 전자식 점화안전장치의 신뢰도 예측에 관하여 연구하였다. 신뢰도 예측을 위해 가장 먼저 점화안전장치의 주요 구성품(점화회로, 고전압 기폭관, 격벽착화기)을 정의하고, 각 구성품의 작동원리에 대해 시스템 분석을 수행하였다. 시스템 분석을 통해 선별된 입력 변수를 이용하여 각 부품의 성능 모델링을 수행하였으며, 복잡한 해석이 필요한 경우 반응표면기법을 이용하여 다항식으로 근사하였다. 마지막으로 만들어진 성능 모델링을 기반으로 몬테칼로 시뮬레이션을 적용하여 설계 신뢰도를 예측하였다.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 1995년도 제4회 학술강연회논문집
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• pp.171-175
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• 1995

Semiconductor diode lasers that can generate one watt or more of optical energy for tens of milliseconds (quasi continuous wave) are now readily available. Several researchers have demonstrated that this power level, when properly coupled, can reliably initiate pyrotechnic mixtures. This means that the initiator containing the pyrotechnic can be protected against inadvertent initiation from electromagnetic radiation or electrostatic discharge by a conducting Faraday cage surrounding the explosive. Only a small dielectric window penetrates the housing of the initiator, thereby eliminating the conductors necessitated by a bridgewire electroexplosive device. The diode laser itself, however, functions at a low voltage (typically 3 volts) and hence is susceptible to inadvertent function from power supply short circuits, electrostatic discharge or induced RF energy. The rocket motor arm-fire device de-scribed in this paper uses a diode laser, but protects it from unintentional function with a Radio Frequency Attenuating Coupler (RFAC).The RFAC, invented by ML Aviation, a UK company, transfers power into a Faraday cage via magnetic flux, thereby protecting the diode, its drive circuit and the pyrotechnic from all electromagnetic and electrostatic hazards. The first production application of a diode laser and RFAC device was by the Korean Agency for Defense Development.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.697-703
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• 2018

In this paper, we analyzed the operation of the ignition circuit for electronic arm and fire device(EAFD), and investigated the sensitive elements of the circuit system. For reliability analysis, the EAFD ignition circuit was modeled using the PSpice simulation tool, and the output results of the circuit were examined by changing the tolerance of each circuit element. Monte Carlo simulation was used by maintaining the values of the observed sensitive elements at ${\pm}10%$ of the original values and adjusting the values of the other components according to a random distribution. The histogram results of the output peak currents and pulse widths were represented by Weibull and Burr type XII function fittings in three cases(element values are +10 %, 0 %, -10 % of original). For the output peak currents, mean values were 1.0028, 1.0034, and 1.0050, where the variance values were calculated as 0.0398, 0.0396, and 0.0290 using the Weibull function fitting, respectively. For pulse widths, the mean values of 0.9475, 0.9907, and 1.0293 with the variance values of 0.0260, 0.0251, and 0.0238 were obtained using the Burr Type XII function fittings.