• International Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.26-30
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• 2016

Experimental study on the unsteady aerodynamics analysis and power consumption of a folding wing is accomplished using a wind tunnel testing. A folding wing model is fabricated and actuated using servo motors. The flapping wing consists of an inboard main wing and an outboard folding wing. The aerodynamic forces and consumed powers of the flapping wing are measured by changing the flapping and folding wings inside a low-speed wind tunnel. In order to calculate the aerodynamic forces, the measured forces are modified using static test data. It was found that the effect of the folding wing on the flapping wing's total lift is small but the effect of the folding wing on the total thrust is larger than the main wing. The folding motion requires the extra use of the servo motor. Thus, the amount of the energy consumption increases when both the wings are actuated together. As the flight speed increases, the power consumption of the folding wing decreases which results in energy saving.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.133-139
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• 2013

Morphing aircraft capable of varying their wing form can operate efficiently at various flight conditions. However, radical morphing of the aircraft leads to increased structural complexities, resulting in occurrence of dynamic instabilities such as flutter, which can lead to catastrophic events. Therefore, it is of utmost importance to investigate and understand the changes in flutter characteristics of morphing wings, to ensure uncompromised safety and maximum reliability. In this paper, a study on the flutter characteristics of the folding wing type morphing concept is conducted, to examine the effect of changes in folding angles on the flutter speed and flutter frequency. The subsonic aerodynamic theory Doublet Lattice Method (DLM) and p-k method are used, to perform the flutter analysis in MSC.NASTRAN. The present baseline flutter characteristics correspond well with the results from previous study. Furthermore, enhancement of the flutter characteristics of an aluminum folding wing is proposed, by varying the outboard wing folding angle independently of the inboard wing folding angle. It is clearly found that the flutter characteristics are strongly influenced by changes in the inboard/outboard folding angles, and significant improvement in the flutter characteristics of a folding wing can be achieved, by varying its outboard wing folding angle.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.104-113
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• 2006

To identify aeroelastic characteristics of wings with double-folding mechanism, aeroelastic analyses are performed. There are four wing models which consist of one linear model and three nonlinear models. The nonlinear models have one or two freeplay nonlinearties. The describing function method is used to approximately examine nonlinear effects. The aeroelastic module in MSC/NASTRAN is used to study the aeroelastic characteristics of the considered wing models. The effects of the folding mechanism and amplitude ratio are examined. As the amplitude ratio increases, the flutter speeds approach to those of the wing model with only one nonlinearity. The numerical results show that the flutter speeds of the wings with double-folding mechanism can be lower or higher than those of the wing model with only one folding mechanism depending upon the direction of the second folding mechanism.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.533-539
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• 2015

최근 다수의 유도무기는 공간 효율성을 위해 접힘 날개를 적용하고 있다. 날개의 전개과정 중에 작용하는 공기력은 날개 전개 성능에 많은 영향을 주기 때문에, 일반적으로 CFD 해석을 통하여 공력계수를 산출한다. 이와 다른 방법으로 Missile Datcom을 이용하여, 날개의 전개 과정을 날개 상반각 변화로 가정하여 입력하면, 빠르고 간편하게 CFD 해석 결과와 근접한 공력계수 산출이 가능하다. 또한 동체에 돌출부가 존재하는 경우 날개를 서로 포개어 접어야 되는 상황이 발생할 수 있고, 전개과정 중에 한쪽 날개가 다른 쪽 날개의 전개 과정을 방해 또는 도와주게 되는 구속효과가 발생하게 된다. 따라서 공기력 효과 및 구속 효과를 고려하여 날개의 초기구속 여부 판단 기준과 전개 거동 특성을 수식화 하였고, 날개 전개 성능 분석을 수행하였으며, 성능 분석 결과를 풍동 시험 데이터와 비교하였다. 날개의 전개 성능은 풍동시험에서 나타난 전개 취약 풍향을 정확하게 예측하였다.

• 한국시뮬레이션학회논문지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.19-26
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• 2018

공중투하형 무인비행체는 비행성능의 극대화 및 모기체 탑재시의 소요공간 최소화를 위하여 접이식 직렬날개를 주로 사용한다. 이러한 접이식 직렬날개는 전방날개의 후류에 의한 후방날개 간섭문제, 날개 전개시 전후방 날개에 걸리는 피봇 모멘트의 불균형 등 일반적인 형태의 고정익 비행체와 다른 독특한 공기역학적 문제를 가지고 있다. 이에 본 논문에서는 유한체적법 기반의 전산유체역학을 통하여 여러 경우에 대하여 모델링 및 시뮬레이션을 수행하였으며 접이식 직렬날개 방식 비행체의 여러 공기역학적 현상에 대해 분석하였다. 그 결과 받음각 변화에 따른 전방날개에 의한 후류영향을 최소화하기 위하여 전방 날개를 후방날개보다 수직방향으로 높게 설치할 필요가 있었다. 또한 공력에 의한 피봇모멘트를 고려시 전방날개에 비하여 후방날개가 훨씬 빠른 속도로 펼쳐질 수 있으므로 날개 펼침 기구 개발 시 이에 대한 고려가 필요함을 확인하였다.

• 항공우주시스템공학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.70-78
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• 2018

탄소섬유 복합재료를 적용하는 일체형 접이식 날개 개발에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 설계 요구조건을 검토하고 상용 소프트웨어를 적용한 최적설계기법을 통해 복합재료 날개 설계를 실시하였다. 복합재료 제조공정인 핫프레스, 펄트루전, 오토클레이브를 평가하고 성능과 비용을 고려하여 일체형 날개제작에 가장 적합한 다중공정을 결정하였다. 설계개념 확정을 위해 두 차례의 설계개발시험으로 제작공정을 검증하고 구조해석을 통해 복합재료 날개의 강성과 강도를 예측하였다. 시험하중을 먼저 산출하고 양쪽 날개를 대상으로 설계제한하중과 설계극한하중에 대한 정하중 구조시험을 수행하였다. 그 결과, 시험의 각 평가기준을 만족하였으며 일련의 구조해석과 시험을 통해 구조안전성을 검증하였다.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.63-68
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• 2011

Aerodynamic characteristics of a wing during fold motion were investigated in order to understand how variations or changes in such characteristics increase aircraft performance. Numerical simulations were conducted, and the results were obtained using the unsteady vortex lattice method to estimate the lift, drag and the moment coefficient in subsonic flow during fold motion. Parameters such as the fold angle and the fold angular velocity were summarized in detail. Generally, the lift and pitching moment coefficients decreased as the angle increased. In contrast, the coefficients increased as the angular velocity increased.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제20권7호
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• pp.113-120
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• 2021

An experimental device was designed to control the opening of a damper via operating the folding blade drive of the device and to control the amount of air flowing through the damper. In addition, an inverter was installed in the blower to control its fan rotation speed and hence the amount of air flowing through the damper. An experimental study was conducted on the opening of the folding blade damper and changes in the rotational speed of the blower. From the results, the theoretical air volume of the folding blade damper and experimental air volume were observed to be in good agreement within an error range of ±3%. As the mass flow rate of the air passing through the folding blade damper increases proportionally with the changes in damper opening and fan rotation speed, the performance of the damper can be controlled proportionally. The mass flow rate was also observed to increase linearly; therefore, the mass flow rate of the air passing through the folding blade damper increases proportionally with changes in the rotation speed of the blower, such that the performance of the damper is proportional to a constant air volume even with varying rotation speeds of the blower.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.353-359
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• 2019

In this study, a aerodynamic loads prediction to design a deploying device of folded fin was introduced. In general, resultant flow conditions around the fin are used to obtain deploying moments and required energy. However, when it comes to the air vehicles launched from a mobile platform, more specific flow conditions can be provided. With the conditions, the design criteria can be calculated more realistically. In this study, therefore, aerodynamic moments induced by aerodynamic loads and energy required in deployment were calculated using wind-over-deck(WOD) velocity, combination of a platform velocity and a wind velocity. For the calculation, wind tunnel test was conducted on various angle of attack, side slip angles, and folding angles. It was found that the aerodynamic moments and the energy required in deployment using the non-uniform flow due to the velocity components were less than those using the uniform flow without the components.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 1997년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.684-688
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• 1997

The human species has been able to fly for about a century - with the help of aircraft of various kinds. Recently. air vehicles which are like an insect or a bird with flapping wings have been appeared, although many of them are experimental flight vehicle. However, the rubber-powered flapping vehicle is put to practical use such as toy, which flies for some seconds. In this paper, we analyze and evaluate above the rubber-powered flight vehicle using axiomatic design and will present new four flapping wing model.