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The Effect of In-flight Bulk Metallic Glass Particle Temperature on Impact Behavior and Crystallization

  • Kim, Soo-Ki;Yoon, Sang-Hoon;Lee, Chang-Hee
    • Proceedings of the Korean Powder Metallurgy Institute Conference
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    • 2006.09a
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    • pp.242-243
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    • 2006
  • NiTiZrSiSn bulk metallic glass powder was produced using inert gas atomization and then was sprayed onto a SS 41 mild steel substrate using the kinetic spraying process. Through this study, the effects of thermal energy of in-flight particle and crystallization degree by powder preheating temperature were evaluated. The deformation behavior of bulk metallic glass is very interesting and it is largely dependent on the temperature. The crystalline phase formation at impact interface was dependent on the in-flight particle temperature. In addition, variations in the impact behavior need to be considered at high strain rate and in-flight particle temperature.

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The Effect of Scaling of Owl's Flight Feather on Aerodynamic Noise at Inter-coach Space of High Speed Trains based on Biomimetic Analogy

  • Han, Jae-Hyun;Kim, Tae-Min;Kim, Jung-Soo
    • International Journal of Railway
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    • v.4 no.4
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    • pp.109-115
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    • 2011
  • An analysis and design method for reducing aerodynamic noise in high-speed trains based on biomimetics of noiseless flight of owl is proposed. Five factors related to the morphology of the flight feather have been selected, and the candidate optimal shape of the flight feather is determined. The turbulent flow field analysis demonstrates that the optimal shape leads to diminished vortex formation by causing separation of the flow as well as allowing the fluid to climb up along the surface of the flight feather. To determine the effect of scaling of the owl's flight feather on the noise reduction, a 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 dBA, while two-fold increase in length dimensions reduces the noise by 12 dBA. Validation of numerical solution using wind tunnel experimental measurements is presented as well.

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Evaluation of RTK Methods for Moving Vehicles and Practical Recommendations

  • Kim, Sae-Kyeol;Kim, Euiho
    • Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.253-262
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    • 2021
  • Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) based precise positioning using Real Time Kinematic (RTK) technique has been proposed as an enabler of the formation operation of moving vehicles. In RTK methods, the integer ambiguity of GNSS carrier phase measurements must be resolved. Although there have been many proposed algorithms for the integer ambiguity resolution, the widelane combination of carrier phase measurements and LAMBDA methods have gained the most popularity in literatures when dual frequency GNSS measurements were used. In this paper, we evaluated five alternative methods to determine relative positions of moving base and rover receivers; the round-off scheme of widelane carrier phase, instant least-squares and Kalman filter-based LAMBDA with widelane carrier phase, instant least-squares and Kalman filter-based LAMBDA with dual frequency measurements. The paper presented the performance of each method using flight test data, which showed their strength and weakness in the aspects of time-to-first-fix, ambiguity resolution success ratio, and relative position errors. Based on that, we provided practical recommendations of RTK operations for moving vehicles.

A Study on the Quadcopters Formation Flight Guidance Law Design in Wireless Sensor Network (무선 센서 네트워크를 통한 쿼드콥터들의 편대 비행 기법 설계에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Eui-hwan;Lee, Hak-soo;Ji, Seong-in;Oh, Young-jun;Lee, Kang-hwan
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2015.05a
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    • pp.101-104
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    • 2015
  • In this paper, a flight techniques many quadcopters which can be configured flexibly squadron according to the situation in wireless sensor networks is suggested. In previous studies, aircrafts fly only as part of a prescribed form and know the distance between the aircraft by sensor was able to maintain the fleet. Also, the problem occurs that between the aircraft distance is not constant. In this paper, proposes an algorithm that the context of the formation fly using the current position of the quadcopter through a virtual map is based on the relative coordinates without being affected by Indoor, outdoor and obstacles. Proposed algorithm is Leader-Follower Technique that the method of determinin the shape of the squadron to the down command to the sub-quadcopter using the wireless network by the main quadcopter to determine a given situation. As simulation result, the proposed algorithm was confirmed that formation flight efficient in sensing the all conditions as compared to the conventional method.

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A Technical Review of Endothermic Fuel Use on High Speed Flight Cooling (흡열연료를 이용한 고속비행체 냉각기술 동향)

  • Kim, Joong-Yeon;Park, Sun-Hee;Chun, Byung-Hee;Kim, Sung-Hyun;Jeong, Byung-Hun;Han, Jeong-Sik
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.71-79
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    • 2010
  • As hypersonic flight speeds and engines efficiencies increase, heat loads on an aircraft and it's engine increase. Because the temperature of the air flow is too high to cool the aircraft structure at hypersonic flight speeds, it is essential to use the aircraft fuel as the primary coolant. Endothermic fuels are liquid hydrocarbon aircraft fuels which are able to absorb the heat loads by undergoing endothermic reactions, such as thermal and catalytic cracking. The endothermic reactions are improved by catalysts which change the extent of reaction and product distribution. At high temperature, liquid hydrocarbons would lead to coke formation that can reduce the effectiveness of heat exchanger and cause rapid degradation of the catalyst, thus endothermic capacity of endothermic fuels is limited to the temperature at which coke doesn't form. In this study, the essential cooling technologies by applying endothermic fuels and the properties of the endothermic fuels are described.

Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for Multiple UAVs Formation Using Passive Sensing

  • Shin, Hyo-Sang;Thak, Min-Jea;Kim, Hyoun-Jin
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.16-23
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    • 2011
  • In this paper, nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) is addressed to develop formation guidance for multiple unmanned aerial vehicles. An NMPC algorithm predicts the behavior of a system over a receding time horizon, and the NMPC generates the optimal control commands for the horizon. The first input command is, then, applied to the system and this procedure repeats at each time step. The input constraint and state constraint for formation flight and inter-collision avoidance are considered in the proposed NMPC framework. The performance of NMPC for formation guidance critically degrades when there exists a communication failure. In order to address this problem, the modified optimal guidance law using only line-of-sight, relative distance, and own motion information is presented. If this information can be measured or estimated, the proposed formation guidance is sustainable with the communication failure. The performance of this approach is validated by numerical simulations.

Mechanical verification logic and first test results for the Euclid spacecraft

  • Calvi, Adriano;Bastia, Patrizia;Suarez, Manuel Perez;Neumann, Philipp;Carbonell, Albert
    • Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.251-269
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    • 2020
  • Euclid is an optical/near-infrared survey mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) to investigate the nature of dark energy, dark matter and gravity by observing the geometry of the Universe and the formation of structures over cosmological timescales. The Euclid spacecraft mechanical architecture comprises the Payload Module (PLM) and the Service Module (SVM) connected by an interface structure designed to maximize thermal and mechanical decoupling. This paper shortly illustrates the mechanical system of the spacecraft and the mechanical verification philosophy which is based on the Structural and Thermal Model (STM), built at flight standard for structure and thermal qualification and the Proto Flight Model (PFM), used to complete the qualification programme. It will be submitted to a proto-flight test approach and it will be suitable for launch and flight operations. Within the overall verification approach crucial mechanical tests have been successfully performed (2018) on the SVM platform and on the sunshield (SSH) subsystem: the SVM platform static test, the SSH structure modal survey test and the SSH sine vibration qualification test. The paper reports the objectives and the main results of these tests.

Mass Spectrometric Study of Carbon Cluster Formation in Laser Ablation of Graphite at 355 nm

  • Koo, Young-Mi;Choi, Young-Ku;Lee, Kee-Hag;Jung, Kwang-Woo
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.309-314
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    • 2002
  • The ablation dynamics and cluster formation of $C_n^+$ ions ejected from 355 nm laser ablation of a graphite target in vacuum are investigated using a reflectron time-of-flight (RTOF) mass spectrometer. At low laser fluence, odd-numbered cluster ions with $3{\leq}n{\leq}15$ are predominantly produced. Increasing the laser fluence shifts the maximum size distribution towards small cluster ions, implying the fragmentation of larger clusters within the hot plume. The temporal evolution of $C_n^+$ ions was measured by varying the delay time of the ion extraction pulse with respect to the laser irradiation, providing significant information on the characteristics of the ablated plume. Above a laser fluence of $0.2J/cm^2$ , large cluster ions ($n{\geq}30$) are produced at relatively long delay times, indicating that atoms or small carbon clusters aggregate during plume propagation. The dependence of the intensity of ablated $C_n^+$ ions on delay time after laser irradiation shows that the most probable velocity of each cluster ion decreases with cluster size.

Analysis of Aerodynamic Efficiencies of Fighter Aircraft in Close Formation Flight Using a Panel Method (패널법을 사용한 근접 편대비행 전투기 공력효율성 분석)

  • Kim, Jaemuk;Han, Cheolhuei
    • Journal of Institute of Convergence Technology
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.29-32
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    • 2021
  • 편대비행 항공기들은 선행항공기에서 발생시킨 후류의 영향으로 후행항공기의 공력효율이 증가하는 것으로 잘 알려져 있다. 비점성 비회전 유동장에 관한 연속방정식을 지배방정식으로 사용하는 패널법은 비교적 빠른 시간 이내에 항공기의 공력특성 변화를 계산할 수 있는 장점이 있다. 본 연구에서는 편대비행 항공기들 사이의 항공기들 사이의 흐름방향 거리는 스팬길이의 2.5배로 위치시키고, 수평상대거리는 스팬길이의 -0.4~0.3배로, 수직상대거리는 스팬길이의 -0.25, -0.15.0.15.0.25배로 변화시키며 계산을 수행했다. 연구결과 선행항공기와 후행항공기의 수평상대거리 변화의 경우 주날개들이 안쪽으로 겹침이 발생하고, 수직 상대거리가 가까울수록 더 큰 공력성능 향상을 얻을 수 있었다. 편대비행 하는 후행항공기의 공력성능 향상은 선행 항공기로부터 발생한 익단 와류의 올려흐름 영향에 기인한 것이다. 선행항공기로부터 발생한 익단와류는 후행항공기의 모멘트 특성을 변화시켜 비행안정성에 영향을 미치게 된다. 향후 연구에서는 선행항공기로부터 발생한 와의 영향이 후행항공기의 모멘트 특성에 미치는 영향을 연구 할 것이다.

The Performance of Flight Model of the NISS onboard NEXTSat-1

  • Jeong, Woong-Seob;Moon, Bongkon;Park, Sung-Joon;Lee, Dae-Hee;Pyo, Jeonghyun;Park, Won-Kee;Kim, Il-Joong;Park, Youngsik;Ko, Kyeongyeon;Kim, Mingyu;Kim, Minjin;Ko, Jongwan;Im, Myungshin;Lee, Hyung Mok;Lee, Jeong-Eun;Shin, Goo-Hwan;Chae, Jangsoo;Matsumoto, Toshio
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.42 no.2
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    • pp.58.1-58.1
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    • 2017
  • The NISS (Near-infrared Imaging Spectrometer for Star formation history) is the near-infrared spectro-photometric instrument optimized to the first Next Generation of small satellite (NEXTSat-1). The off-axis optics was developed to cover a wide field of view with 2 deg. ${\times}$ 2 deg. as well as a wide wavelength range from 0.95 to $2.5{\mu}m$. Considering the simple alignment scheme, afocal system was adapted in the optical components. The mechanical structures were tested under the space environment. We have obtained the accurate calibration data using our test facilities under the operational condition. After the final integration of flight model into the satellite, the communication with the satellite and the functional test were passed. The NISS will be launched in early 2018. During around 2-year operation, the spectro-photometric survey covering more than 100 square degree will be performed. To achieve the major scientific objectives for the study of the cosmic star formation in local and distant universe, the main observational targets will be nearby galaxies, galaxy clusters, star-forming regions and low background regions. Here, we report the final performance of the flight model of the NISS.

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