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Practical Algorithms on Lunar Reference Frame Transformations for Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter Flight Operation

  • Song, Young-Joo;Lee, Donghun;Kim, Young-Rok;Bae, Jonghee;Park, Jae-ik;Hong, SeungBum;Kim, Dae-Kwan;Lee, Sang-Ryool
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • v.38 no.3
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    • pp.185-192
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    • 2021
  • This technical paper deals the practical transformation algorithms between several lunar reference frames which will be used for Korea pathfinder lunar orbiter (KPLO) flight operation. Despite of various lunar reference frame definitions already exist, use of a common transformation algorithm while establishing lunar reference frame is very important for all members related to KPLO mission. This is because use of slight different parameters during frame transformation may result significant misleading while reprocessing data based on KPLO flight dynamics. Therefore, details of practical transformation algorithms for the KPLO mission specific lunar reference frames is presented with step by step implementation procedures. Examples of transformation results are also presented to support KPLO flight dynamics data user community which is expected to give practical guidelines while post processing the data as their needs. With this technical paper, common understandings of reference frames that will be used throughout not only the KPLO flight operation but also science data reprocessing can be established. It is expected to eliminate, or at least minimize, unnecessary confusion among all of the KPLO mission members including: Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as well as other organizations participating in KPLO payload development and operation, or further lunar science community world-wide who are interested in KPLO science data post processing.

Missile Flight Condition for Slip-in Booster's Safe Separation (내삽형 부스터 안전 분리를 위한 비행 조건 연구)

  • Oh, Hyun-Shik;Lee, Ho-Il;Cho, Jin;Kim, Ik-Soo
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.39 no.1
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    • pp.33-41
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    • 2011
  • A mathematical model of slip-in booster separation dynamics is described. A longitudinal 3-DOF(degree of freedom) 2-body dynamic model is developed to simulate the separation dynamics. Aerodynamic models of the missile and the exposed area of booster are built. And, gas generator pushing the booster out and internal channel pressure drop are modelled. To simulate the model, it is assumed that the missile can maintain the 1g level-fight condition during the separation. With this assumption, the interaction forces between missile and booster through the separation phases: phase 0: initial, phase 1: linear translation, and phase 2: free flight motion are defined. Using the simulation, missile flight conditions for slip-in booster`s safe separation, which can be represented by Mach vs. height envelope, are suggested.

The Effect of Scaling of Owl's Flight Feather on Aerodynamic Noise at Inter-coach Space of High Speed Trains based on Biomimetic Analogy (생체모방공학을 이용한 고속철도 차간 공간에 적용한 부엉이 깃 형상 크기에 따른 공력소음 저감 연구)

  • HAn, Jae-Hyun;Kim, Tae-Min;Kim, Jung-Soo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2012.04a
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    • pp.606-611
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    • 2012
  • An analysis and design method for reducing aerodynamic noise in high-speed trains based on biomimetics of noiseless flight of owl is proposed. Wind tunnel testing and numerical CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) simulation for the basic inter-coach spacing model are carried out, and their results compared. To determine the effect of scaling of the owl's flight feather on the noise reduction, two-fold and a four-fold scaled up model of the feather are constructed, and the numerical simulations are carried out to obtain the aerodynamic noise levels for each scale. Original model is found to reduce the noise level by 10 dB, while two-fold increase in length dimensions reduces the noise by 12 dB. Validation of numerical solution using wind tunnel experimental measurements are presented as well.

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Virtual Flutter Plight Test of a Full Configuration Aircraft with Pylon/External Stores

  • Kim, Dong-Hyun;Kwon, Hyuk-Jun;Lee, In;Paek, Seung-Kil
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.34-44
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    • 2003
  • An advanced aeroelastic analysis using a computational structural dynamics (CSD), finite element method (FEM) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is presented in this Paper. A general aeroelastic analysis system is originally developed and applied to realistic design problems in the transonic flow region, where strong shock wave interactions exist. The present computational approach is based on the modal-based coupled nonlinear analysis with the matched-point concept and adopts the high-speed parallel processing technique on the low-cost network based PC-clustered machines. 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, Euler equations using the unstructured grid system have been applied to easily consider complex configurations. It is typically shown that the advanced numerical approach can give very realistic and practical results for design engineers and safe flight tests. One can find that the present study conducts a virtual flutter flight test which are usually very dangerous in reality.

Nonlinear Adaptive Flight Control Using Neural Networks and Backstepping (신경회로망 및 Backstepping 기법을 이용한 비선형 적응 비행제어)

  • Lee, Taeyoung;Kim, Youdan
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.6 no.12
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    • pp.1070-1078
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    • 2000
  • A nonlinear adaptive flight control system is proposed using a backstepping controller with neural network controller. The backstepping controller is used to stabilize all state variables simultaneously without the two-timescale assumption that separates the fast dynamics, involving the angular rates of the aircraft, from the slow dynamics which includes angle of attack, sideslip angle, and bank angle. It is assumed that the aerodynamic coefficients include uncertainty, and an adaptive controller based on neural networks is used to compensate for the effect of the aerodynamic modeling error. It is shown by the Lyapunov stability theorem that the tracking errors and the weights of neural networks exponentially converge to a compact set. Finally, nonlinear six-degree-of-freedom simulation results for an F-16 aircraft model are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed control law.

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Development of a Component Based Helicopter Simulation Program (요소 기반의 헬리콥터 시뮬레이션 프로그램 개발)

  • Shin, Jae-Hwa;Choi, Kee-Young
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.35 no.6
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    • pp.548-555
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    • 2007
  • Typical helicopter simulation programs rely on differential equations of a closed form. However, since these equations are derived using various assumptions, their usefulness is limited to small flight regions and specific model types. This paper presents a component based rotorcraft simulation program. The program adopts methods of multi-body dynamics and is written in an object-oriented programming language. The program was validated using an AH-1G helicopter simulation. The trim results are well matched with flight test data. It is also shown that program is capable of running in real-time on a desktop computer.

TRANSONIC AEROELASTIC ANALYSIS OF LEARJET AIRCRAFT WING MODEL (리어제트 항공기 날개의 천음속 공탄성해석)

  • Tran, T.T.;Kim, D.H.;Kim, Y.H.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2011.05a
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    • pp.453-457
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    • 2011
  • In this study, transonic aeroelastic response analyses haw 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 Moon's Spectral Irradiance Computation using Relative Positions between the Sun, Moon, and the Satellite (태양, 달, 위성의 위치를 이용한 달의 방사조도 계산)

  • Seo, Seok-Bae;Song, Young-Joo
    • Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.152-162
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    • 2013
  • The spectral irradiance of the Moon is used to monitor the performance of on-board satellite's visible channel detectors. This paper established a method to compute the spectral irradiance of the Moon using the relative positions between the Sun, Moon, and the COMS (Communication, Ocean, Meteorological Satellite), which is generated through the COMS FDS (Flight Dynamics Subsystem). The established computation method is applied to the algorithm which is developed to detect and compensate the degradations of COMS MI (Meteorological Imager) visible channel detectors.

Robust Hcontrol applied on a fixed wing unmanned aerial vehicle

  • Uyulan, Caglar;Yavuz, Mustafa Tolga
    • Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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    • v.6 no.5
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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.

A COMPUTATIONAL STUDY OF ESTIMATING AERO-OPTIC BORESIGHT ERROR FOR A HYPERSONIC FLIGHT VEHICLE (극초음속 비행체의 공기광학 조준오차 예측을 위한 전산해석 연구)

  • Lim, Seol;Chae, Hoon;Kim, Jongju
    • Journal of computational fluids engineering
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.99-104
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    • 2015
  • Aero-optic phenomena cause the image position displacement on an imaging plane of the airborne optical/IR systems. Particularly, the aero-optic boresight error(BSE) is important factor for homing, positioning and aiming applications of hypersonic flight interceptor missile. In this paper, an estimating method of aero-optic BSE for a hypersonic flight vehicle is studied. A ray tracing method and a transform method of refractive index fields from flow density fields are combined with computational fluid dynamics(CFD) method.