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Flight Dynamics and Navigation for Planetary Missions in Korea: Past Efforts, Recent Status, and Future Preparations

  • Song, Young-Joo;Lee, Donghun;Bae, Jonghee;Kim, Young-Rok;Choi, Su-Jin
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • v.35 no.3
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    • pp.119-131
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    • 2018
  • In spite of a short history of only 30 years in space development, Korea has achieved outstanding space development capabilities, and became the $11^{th}$ member of the "Space Club" in 2013 by launching its own satellites with its own launch vehicle from a local space center. With the successful development and operation of more than 10 earth-orbiting satellites since 1999, Korea is now rapidly expanding its own aspirations to outer space exploration. Unlike earth-orbiting missions, planetary missions are more demanding of well-rounded technological capabilities, specifically trajectory design, analysis, and navigation. Because of the importance of relevant technologies, the Korean astronautical society devoted significant efforts to secure these basic technologies from the early 2000s. This paper revisits the numerous efforts conducted to date, specifically regarding flight dynamics and navigation technology, to prepare for future upcoming planetary missions in Korea. However, sustained efforts are still required to realize such challenging planetary missions, and efforts to date will significantly advance the relevant Korean technological capabilities.

Construction of an Improved Tandem Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometer for Photodissociation of Ions Generated by Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption Ionization (MALDI)

  • Moon, Jeong-Hee;Yoon, So-Hee;Kim, Myung-Soo
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.26 no.5
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    • pp.763-768
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    • 2005
  • An improved tandem time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometer for the photodissociation (PD) study of ions generated by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI), MALDI-TOF-PD-TOF, has been designed and constructed. Recording a full spectrum with better than unit mass resolution even in low mass range has been achieved without reflectron voltage stepping which was needed in the previous version. Other aspects of the improvement, such as those in the data system which now allow 10-100 times faster spectral acquisition than with the previous instrument, are described. Rationale for the ideas which have led to the improvements is presented also.

Transonic Aeroelastic Analysis of Business Jet Aircraft Wing Model (비즈니스 제트 항공기 날개의 천음속 공탄성 해석)

  • Kim, Yo-Han;Kim, Dong-Hyun;Tran, Thanh-Toan
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2011.04a
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    • pp.299-299
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    • 2011
  • In this study, transonic aeroelastic response analyses have been conducted for the business jet aircraft configuration considering shockwave and flow separation effects. The developed fluid-structure coupled analysis system is applied for aeroelastic computations combining computational structural dynamics(CSD), finite element method(FEM) and computational fluid dynamics(CFD) in the time domain. It can give very accurate and useful engineering data on the structural dynamic design of advanced flight vehicles. For the nonlinear unsteady aerodynamics in high transonic flow region, Navier-Stokes equations using the structured grid system have been applied to wing-body configurations. In transonic flight region, the characteristics of static and dynamic aeroelastic responses have been investigated for a typical wing-body configuration model. Also, it is typically shown that the current computation approach can yield realistic and practical results for aircraft design and test engineers.

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The software design for the aircraft and the similar game environment construction (항공기와 유사한 게임 개발환경 구축을 위한 소프트웨어 설계)

  • Kim, Hyo-gwan;Han, Gyu-Seok;Jang, Won;Choi, Min-Hyung;Choi, Young-Gyu
    • The Journal of Korea Institute of Information, Electronics, and Communication Technology
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.101-104
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    • 2013
  • The actual aircraft flight training can be done, but falls pilots primary flight training skills to the many risks and costs are formidable. It also requires considerable skill to follow at a higher risk of flight training is the same. These things through software simulation training can reduce the risk and cost of the expected risk situations such as virtual reality development and has the advantage that you can try. In this paper, the characteristics and actual aircraft flight dynamics of the considered armed ballistics software platform for game development by designing a student wants to become a pilot in the aircraft is to help you understand.

Trajectory Guidance and Control for a Small UAV

  • Sato, Yoichi;Yamasaki, Takeshi;Takano, Hiroyuki;Baba, Yoriaki
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.137-144
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    • 2006
  • The objective of this paper is to present trajectory guidance and control system with a dynamic inversion for a small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The UAV model is expressed by fixed-mass rigid-body six-degree-of-freedom equations of motion, which include the detailed aerodynamic coefficients, the engine model and the actuator models that have lags and limits. A trajectory is generated from the given waypoints using cubic spline functions of a flight distance. The commanded values of an angle of attack, a sideslip angle, a bank angle and a thrust, are calculated from guidance forces to trace the flight trajectory. To adapt various waypoint locations, a proportional navigation is combined with the guidance system. By the decision logic, appropriate guidance law is selected. The flight control system to achieve the commands is designed using a dynamic inversion approach. For a dynamic inversion controller we use the two-timescale assumption that separates the fast dynamics, involving the angular rates of the aircraft, from the slow dynamics, which include angle of attack, sideslip angle, and bank angle. Some numerical simulations are conducted to see the performance of the proposed guidance and control system.

Further results on the development of a novel VTOL aircraft, the Anuloid. Part II: Flight mechanics

  • Petrolo, Marco;Carrera, Erasmo;Visser, Coen de;D'Ottavio, Michele;Polit, Olivier
    • Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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    • v.4 no.4
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    • pp.421-436
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    • 2017
  • This paper presents the main outcomes of the preliminary development of the Anuloid, an innovative disk-shaped VTOL aircraft. The Anuloid has three main features: lift is provided by a ducted fan powered by a turboshaft; control capabilities and anti-torque are due to a system of fixed and movable surfaces that are placed in the circular internal duct and the bottom portion of the aircraft; the Coanda effect is exploited to enable the control capabilities of such surfaces. In this paper, results from flight mechanics are presented. The vertical flight dynamics were found to be desirable. In contrast, the horizontal flight dynamics of the aircraft shows both dynamic instability, and more importantly, insufficient pitch and roll control authority. Some recommendations and guidelines are then given aimed at the alleviation of such problems.

A Study on Horizontal Moment Flight Coefficient Estimation of a Flying Disc Using Miniaturized Inertial Measurement Module (초소형 관성측정모듈을 이용한 플라잉디스크의 수평축 모멘트 미계수 추정 연구)

  • Son, Hyunjin;Lee, Ju Hwan;Lee, Young Jae;Sung, Sangkyung
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.46 no.5
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    • pp.385-392
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    • 2018
  • This paper suggests a new method to estimate the roll and pitch damping moment coefficients of a flying disc through sensor data from the onboard IMU module. This method can be easily performed than wind tunnel or computational fluid dynamics methods because it estimates aerodynamic coefficients simply after accumulating the inertial data through several repeated flight experiments. Estimated coefficients are applied to a simulator which is based on the flight dynamics of a flying disc. Finally, the predicted flight trajectory is compared with the true position provided by GPS, which demonstrated the validity of the proposed estimation method.

Design of the Automatic Flight and Guidance Controller for 50m Unmanned Airship Platform

  • Lee, Sang-Jong;Kim, Seong-Pil;Kim, Tae-Sik;Kim, Dong-Min;Bang, Hyo-Choong
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.64-75
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    • 2005
  • The Stratospheric Airship Platform (SAP) has a capability of performing the autonomous and guidance flight to satisfy given missions. To be used as the High Altitude Platforms (HAPs), the capabilities of controlling platform's accurate position and keeping the station point are the most important features. Under this circumstances Autonomous Flight Control System (AFCS) is a critical system and plays a key role in achieving the given requirements and succeeding in missions. In this paper, the design and analysis results of the AFCS algorithms and controller are presented. The brief summary of the AFCS hardware structure is also explained. The autopilot controller and guidance logics were designed based on the linear dynamics of the unmanned airship platform and the full nonlinear dynamics was considered to evaluate and verify their performances.