• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.31-49
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• 2019

Flutter is a dangerous phenomenon encountered in flexible structures subjected to aerodynamic forces. This includes aircraft, helicopter blades, engine rotors, buildings and bridges. Flutter occurs as a result of interactions between aerodynamic, stiffness and inertia forces on a structure. The conventional method for designing a rotor blade to be free from flutter instability throughout the helicopter's flight regime is to design the blade so that the aerodynamic center (AC), elastic axis (EA) and center of gravity (CG) are coincident and located at the quarter-chord. While this assures freedom from flutter, it adds constraints on rotor blade design which are not usually followed in fixed wing design. Periodic Structures have been in the focus of research for their useful characteristics and ability to attenuate vibration in frequency bands called "stop-bands". A periodic structure consists of cells which differ in material or geometry. As vibration waves travel along the structure and face the cell boundaries, some waves pass and some are reflected back, which may cause destructive interference with the succeeding waves. In this work, we analyze the flutter characteristics of a helicopter blades with a periodic change in their sandwich material using a finite element structural model. Results shows great improvements in the flutter forward speed of the rotating blade obtained by using periodic design and increasing the number of periodic cells.

• 한국항공운항학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.66-71
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• 2023

In the case of the Navy, if some of the co-pilots are included in the long-term promotion process due to the limited number of co-pilots, operational flight and administrative tasks will be added to the co-pilots not included in the rest of the Pilot in commander process. Therefore, to solve this problem, the co-pilot who has passed the PQS step-by-step process minimizes the personnel gap in the flight operation unit through a system that evaluates whether it is possible to perform its duties as a co-pilot through actual flight after entering the school. The advantage of the PQS course is that you can control flight plans on your own and minimize gaps in flight and ground work while carrying out the curriculum, but you can't focus on education or improve your skills due to irregular training flight cycles. Therefore, in this study, after collecting opinions on effective flight cycles through a survey of pilots of P-3C, the Navy's fixed-wing aircraft representative, we will analyze the association of aircraft volume performance by flight cycle to derive the optimal flight cycle of the P-3C pilot course.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제49권2호
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• pp.147-154
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• 2021

본 논문에서는 고정익 항공기 환경제어장치(Environmental Control System) 운용 시 발생될 수 있는 냉각공기의 급격한 온도변화가 항공전자장비에 미치는 영향성을 알아보기 위한 시험장비 구성 및 설계안을 제시한다. ECS 시동 시, 항공기 ECS에서 공급되는 공기의 온도는 초당 5.0℃로 높아질 수 있다. 항공전자장비 개발 시 ECS에서 냉각공기를 제공받는 항공전자장비의 운용성 확보를 위하여, 냉각공기 특성 시험환경을 구현할 수 있는 시험장비가 필요하다. 시험장비 설계 시 열/유동해석을 수행하여 냉각공기의 급격한 온도변화율의 가능성을 확인하였고, 실제 탑재되는 항공전자장비를 적용하여 구현된 시험장비의 성능을 확인하였다.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.393-403
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• 2022

도심지역 교통문제의 해결책으로 제시되고 있는 UAM의 초기 운영 형태는 다양한 연구에서 현재 항공기 중 VTOL 기체와 유사 할 것으로 제시되고 있다. 고정익 항공기가 이·착륙하는 활주로의 방향 결정과 유사한 형태로 VTOL 기체의 이착륙이 이루어지는 버티포트는 기체의 이·착륙 과정의 출발 및 도착의 비행 방향을 바람의 방향을 고려하여 정하도록 하고 있다. 일반적으로 공항이 건설되는 지역과 다르게 도심지의 경우 새로운 건물의 건축 등 지형 또는 장애물 변화 환경에 따라 바람의 특성이 지속적으로 변화될 수 있는 여건이 예상된다. 본 연구에서는 버티포트의 위치가 예상되는 도심 위치에서 이착륙 방향 검토를 위한 장기간의 실제 관측 데이터를 풍배도를 사용하여 비교 후 관측 기간 및 관측 위치에 따라 지상 바람의 특성과 주 바람의 방향이 변화 가능성을 확인하였다.

• 한국항공운항학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.63-69
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• 2006

The operational environment of helicopters extends from the civil air traffic control system to remote and hazardous areas and from day operations under visual flight conditions to night operations in adverse weather. Helicopters can move in any direction, remain stationary while airborne, climb and descend vertically, and take off and land almost anywhere. Thus their range of maneuvers and control requirements vary more widely than do those of fixed-wing aircraft. In this study, I analyzed the job of helicopter pilot through methods of observation, and classified the required ability of them into the domain of cognitive, perceptual/spatial, psychomotor. I expect that the result of this study will be used to aid training and selection of helicopter pilot.

• 대한기계학회논문집
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.1399-1411
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• 1994

A model helicopter has more versatile flight capability than the fixed-wing aircraft and it can be used as an unmaned vehicle in hazardous area. A helicopter, similar to other aircrafts, is an unstable, multi-input multi-output nonlinear system exposed to strong disturbance. So it should be controlled by robust control theories that can be applied to multivariable systems. In this study, motion equations of hovering are established, linearized and transformed into a state equation form. Various parameters are measured and calculated in other to obtain the stability derivatives in the state equation. Hovering flight controller is designed using the digital LQG/LTR(Linear Quadratic Gaussian/Loop Transfer Recovery) control theory. The designed controller is tested by the nonlinear simulations and implemented on an IBM-PC/386. Experiments were carried out on a model helicopter attached to the 3-DOF gimbal. The designed controller showed satisfactory hovering capability to maintain the hovering for more than 40 seconds.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2003년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.1430-1433
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• 2003

Transducers, which are incorporated in control devices for fixed wing aircraft, land vehicles. and weapon systems were designed and manufactured by use of semiconductor strain gages. These transducers consist of three parts; flange mounts, sensing rods, and semiconductor strain gages. In this investigation, we designed cylindrical sensing rods with high sensitivity and developed installation procedures of semiconductor strain gages. The semiconductor strain gage has hish gage factor such that it can produce high resistance change in spite of low strain, but it is so small and fragile that one should handle carefully and sophisticated installation method is needed for good performances. The prototype transducers are manufactured, and then tested about three important factors: sensitivity, linearity, and hysteresis. We got results or 0.084 V/N sensitivity, 0.2% nonlinearity, and 0.5% hysteresis.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.601-611
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• 2010

Currently, a life cycle cost estimates(LCCE) is the most important factor in weapon system acquisition process. However, operation and maintenance(O&M) cost related studies are insufficient from the previous literature survey. O&M cost consists of various cost factors such a man power, maintenance and direct & indirect support costs. We have known that spare-parts cost is a key factor in the O&M cost. In this paper, we developed the spare-parts cost estimating relationships(CERs) of fixed-wing aircraft and armored vehicle weapon systems which include 4 historical cost drivers ; system acquisition cost, deterioration rate, localization rate, mission characteristic. Furthermore, we proposed the application methodologies that O&M cost estimating, total life cycle cost estimating and determination of the economic life using the spare-parts CERs.

• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• 제6권5호
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• pp.371-389
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• 2019

The implementation of a robust $H_{\infty}$ Control, which is numerically efficient for uncertain nonlinear dynamics, on longitudinal and lateral autopilots is realised for a quarter scale Piper J3-Cub model accepted as an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) under the condition of sensor noise and disturbance effects. The stability and control coefficients of the UAV are evaluated through XFLR5 software, which utilises a vortex lattice method at a predefined flight condition. After that, the longitudinal trim point is computed, and the linearization process is performed at this trim point. The "${\mu}$-Synthesis"-based robust $H_{\infty}$ control algorithm for roll, pitch and yaw displacement autopilots are developed for both longitudinal and lateral linearised nonlinear dynamics. Controller performances, closed-loop frequency responses, nominal and perturbed system responses are obtained under the conditions of disturbance and sensor noise. The simulation results indicate that the proposed control scheme achieves robust performance and guarantees stability under exogenous disturbance and measurement noise effects and model uncertainty.

• 항공우주시스템공학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.23-34
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• 2022

UAM (Urban Air Mobility) 항공기에 대한 수요가 세계 각 도시들은 인구집중으로 인한 교통체증 문제로 늘어나고 있다. 세계 각국에서 고정익 날개의 유무와 추진 시스템에 따라 다양한 형태를 가진 항공기가 연구개발을 통해 상용화 준비 중이며, 도심을 비행하고 사람이 탑승하는 유인운송수단이므로 감항증명이 요구된다. UAM 항공기는 복합재 사용 비중 증가, 전기모터 사용, 다양한 전자 장비 탑재 등 낙뢰 및 HIRF 환경에 취약하다. 현재 UAM 항공기에 대한 낙뢰 및 HIRF 환경에서의 인증기술과 지침 및 요건 개발은 미비한 상태이다. 본 연구에서는 미연방항공청(FAA)에서 발행한 AC 20-136B와 AC 20-158A에 나타난 회전익 항공기의 낙뢰 및 HIRF 간접 영향에 대한 적합성 인증 절차를 확인하고 UAM 항공기 전자기 전산 시뮬레이션에 적용하였다. 덕티드 팬 형 UAM 항공기에 대한 낙뢰 및 HIRF 영향성을 전산 시뮬레이션을 통해 분석하였고, 향후 운용될 UAM 항공기의 인증을 위한 실무지침 수립의 근거를 제시하였다.