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Belly Sting Model Support Interference Effect of NASA Common Research Model at Low Speed Wind Tunnel (저속 풍동시험 시 NASA Common Research Model의 Belly Sting 모형 지지부에 의한 간섭효과에 관한 연구)

  • Cha, Kyunghwan;Kim, Namgyun;Ko, Sungho
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.49 no.3
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    • pp.167-174
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    • 2021
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) was performed under low-speed wind tunnel test conditions using a 29.7% scale model of the NASA common research model. A wind tunnel test was conducted to measure the aerodynamic coefficient of the CRM with Belly sting model support configuration at a low Reynolds number of 0.3×106 and it was compared with the aerodynamic coefficient of CFD analysis. In order to verify the validation of the analysis, a computational analysis under the conditions of the advance research was performed and compared. The interference effect of the Belly sting model support affected not only the fuselage but also the main and tail wings.

Detection of Second-Layer Corrosion in Aging Aircraft Fuselage

  • Kim, Noh-Yu;Achenbach, J.D.
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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    • v.26 no.6
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    • pp.417-426
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    • 2006
  • A Digital X-ray imaging system using Compton backscattering has been developed to obtain a cross-sectional profile and mass loss of corroded lap-splices of aging aircraft from density variation. A slit-type camera was designed to focus on a small scattering volume inside the material, from which the backscattered photons are collected by a collimated scintillator detector for interpretation of material characteristics. The cross section of the lap-joint is scanned by moving the scattering volume through the thickness direction of the specimen. The mass loss of each layer has been estimated from a Compton backscatter A-scan to obtain the thickness of each layer including the aluminum sheet, the corrosion layer and the sealant. Quantitative information such as location and width of planar corrosion in the lap splices of fuselages is obtained by deconvolution using a nonlinear least-square error minimization method(BFGS method): A simple reconstruction model is also introduced to overcome distortion of the Compton backscatter data due to attenuation effects attributed to beam hardening and quantum noise.

Variation of Notch Shape on the Delamination Zone Behavior in Al/AFRP Laminates (노치형태 변화에 따른 Al/AFRP 적층재의 층간분리거동)

  • Song, Sam-Hong;Kim, Cheol-Woong
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2001.11a
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    • pp.278-285
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    • 2001
  • Aluminum/Aramid Fiber Reinforced Plastic(Al/AFRP) laminates are applied to the fuselage-wing intersection. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the delamination zone behavior of Al/AFRP with a saw-cut and circular hole using average stress criterion and the effect of notch geometry. Mechanical tests were carried out to determine the cyclic-bending moment and delamination zone observed ultrasonic C-scan pictures. In case of Al/AFRP containing saw-cut specimen, the shape and size of the delamination zone formed along the fatigue crack. However, in case of Al/AFRP containing circular hole specimen, the shape and size of delamination zone formed two types. first type, delamination zone formed along the fatigue crack. Second type, not observed fatigue crack. Therefore, delamination zone was formed dependently of the circular hole shape.

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Wind Tunnel Test of Smart Un-manned Aerial Vehicle(SUAV) for TR-E2S1 Configuration (스마트 무인기 TR-E2S1 형상 풍동시험 결과)

  • Yoon SunEiun;Cho Tahwan;Chung Jindeog
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.29 no.3 s.234
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    • pp.295-305
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    • 2005
  • To improve the aerodynamic effciency of TR-E2, a new configuration so called TR-E2Sl was introduced. TR-2251 is composed of different wing airfoil section and T-tail shape compared with TR-E2. Wind tunnel test for TR-EBS1 had been performed by changing the incidence angles of wing and deflection angles of control surfaces such as elevator and rudder. Also the on/off effect of ventral fin attached underneath of AFT fuselage was tested. Test result showed that variations of wing incidence angle did not cause any severe differences in aerodynamic characteristics. Longitudinal and directional characteristics of TR-E2S1 show stable for the pitch and yaw motions. However, the lateral stability of TR-E2S1 is not stable for a certain control surface deflection.

Study on the Propulsion System Integration Optimization for a Turboprop Aircraft (터보프롭 항공기 추진기관 시스템 종합 최적 설계 연구)

  • 공창덕;김진원
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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    • 1995.05a
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    • pp.71-81
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    • 1995
  • The Propulsion System Integration can be defined as the optimization technology of combining the propulsion system components with the airframe to achieve the overall aircraft misson performance goals. The disposition of propulsion system components on engine compartment enveloped by front fuselage and fire bulkhead is very restricted because of the interference with nose L/G and engine mountig strut. The design of components depends on the traditional technical data base. The engine satisfying a customer's ROC was selected among worldwide existing engines by the comparision studies of performance analysis with enigine installed effect, future growth potential, ILS, and application to aircrafts, etc. The ground test of the propulsion system integration was performed in the test cell and on the aircraft to assure the function of the components. The flight test was performed to confirm complying the performance requirements.

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Potential Panel and Vortex Particle Coupling Analysis for Rotor Aerodynamics (포텐셜 패널과 와류 조각 연계방법을 이용한 로터 공력 해석)

  • Jang, Ji Sung;Chung, In Jae;Lee, Duck Joo
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.481-485
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    • 2013
  • Rotor wake causes unsteady aerodynamics of rotor blade. So, accurate prediction of wake is very important and vortex method is good solution for this problem. Aerodynamic force of the rotor blade is calculated by potential panel method and the rotor wake is simulated by vortex particle method. The vortex particle method is easier to treat wake-body interaction and has better performance to expect the effect of ground and fuselage interaction. Rotor in hovering and forward flight condition is simulated through these methods. Thrust and surface pressure of rotor are compared with experiment data.

Active Control of Honeycomb Trim Panels for Aircrafts (항공기용 하니콤 트림판넬의 능동제어)

  • Elliott Stephan J.;Jeong, W.B.;Hong, Chin-Suk
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2006.11a
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    • pp.464-473
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    • 2006
  • This paper summarises theoretical and experimental work on the feedback control of sound radiation from honeycomb panels using piezoceramic actuators. It is motivated by the problem of sound transmission in aircraft, specifically the active control of trim panels. Trim panels are generally honeycomb structures designed to meet the design requirement of low weight and high stiffness. They are resiliently-mounted to the fuselage for the passive reduction of noise transmission. Local coupling of the closely-spaced sensor and actuator was observed experimentally and modelled using a single degree of freedom system. The effect of the local coupling was to roll-off the response between the actuator and sensor at high frequencies, so that a feedback control system can have high gain margins. Unfortunately, only relatively poor global performance is then achieved because of localisation of reduction around the actuator. This localisation prompts the investigation of a multichannel active control system. Globalised reduction was predicted using a model of 12 channel direct velocity feedback control. The multichannel system, however, does not appear to yield a significant improvement in the performance because of decreased gain margin.

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Use of CFD For Design Validation of A Transonic Civil Transport

  • Ok, Honam;Kim, Insun;Choi, Seong-Wook;Sung, Bongzoo
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.13-20
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    • 2000
  • The applications of CFD in the design process of a transonic civil transport at Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) are outlined. Three Navier-Stokes solvers, developed at KARI with different grid approaches, are used to predict the aerodynamic coefficients and solve the flowfield of various configurations. Multi-block, Chimera, and unstructured grids are the approaches implemented. The accuracy of the codes is verified for the transonic flow about RAE wing/fuselage configuration. The multi-block code is used to provide the detailed data on the flowfield around a wall interference model with different test section sizes which will be used in establishing the wall interference correction method. The subsonic and transonic flowfields about K100-04A, one of the configurations of a 100-seater transport developed by KARI and Korea Commercial Aircraft Development Consortium (KCDC), are computed to predict the aerodynamic coefficients. The results for the subsonic flow are compared with those of wind tunnel test, and the agreement is found to be excellent. The interference effect of nacelle installation on the wing of K100-04A is also investigated using the unstructured grid method, and about 10% reduction in wing lift is observed. The accuracy of the three developed codes is verified, and they are used as an efficient tool in the design process of a transonic transport.

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Experimental Investigations of Systematic Errors in Wind Tunnel Testing Using Design of Experiments (실험설계법 기반 풍동시험 시스템 오차 검출 실험연구)

  • Oh, Se-Yoon;Park, Seung-O;Ahn, Seung-Ki
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.41 no.5
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    • pp.335-341
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    • 2013
  • The variation of systematic bias errors in the wind tunnel testing has been studied. A Design of Experiments(DOE) approach to an experimental study of fuselage drag and stability characteristics of a helicopter configuration was applied. When forces and moments measured in one time block differ significantly from measurements made in another time block under assumption that sample observations can be expected to yield same results within permissible measuring errors. The practical implication of this paper is that the systematic error can not be assumed not to exist. The those error reduction could be achieved through the process of randomization, blocking, and replication of the data points.

Experimental Investigations of Accuracy Improvement in Wind Tunnel Testing Using Design of Experiments (실험설계법 기반 풍동실험 정밀도 향상 실험연구)

  • Oh, Se-Yoon;Park, Seung-O;Ahn, Seung-Ki
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.42 no.4
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    • pp.291-297
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    • 2014
  • A Design of Experiments(DOE) approach to an experimental study of fuselage drag and stability characteristics of a helicopter configuration was applied to achieve an accuracy improvement in the wind tunnel testing. The impact of blocking the test was assessed by comparing the ANOVA table for the blocked and unblocked cases. For a second-order response model, the role of blocking resulted in a substantial increase in the accuracy of test results. These accuracy improvement could be achieved through randomization, blocking, and replication of the data points i.e. a re-ordering of the test sequence where the data were acquired.