• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.137-147
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• 2006

In this study, shape memory alloy damper with characteristics of pseudoelastic hysteresis for helicopter rotor blades are investigated. SMAs can be available in damping augmentation of vibrating structures. SMAs show large hysteresis in the process of pseudoelastic austenite-martensite phase transformation which takes place while subjected to loading above the austenite finish temperature. Since SMAs display pseudoelastic hysteresis behavior over large strain ranges, a significant amount of energy dissipation is possible. A damper can be designed with SMA wires prestressed to a baseline level somewhere in the middle of the pseudoelastic stress range. An experimental study of the effects of pre-strain and cyclic strain amplitude as well as frequency on the damping behavior of pseudoelastic shape memory alloy wires are performed. The effects of the shape memory alloy damper on aeroelastic and ground resonance stability of helicopter are studied. In aeroelastic stability, the dynamic characteristics of blades related to pitch angle and the amplitude of lag motion for the rotor equipped with SMA damper were examined. The performance of SMA damper on ground resonance instability are presented through the frequencies and modal damping with respect to rotating speed.

• 항공우주기술
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.33-44
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• 2003

본 논문은 힌지없는 로터 시스템의 설계 핵심기술인 복합재료 플렉셔 설계 및 패틀형 복합재료 블레이드 설계/해석 기법을 소개하였다. 기존 금속재 혹은 엔지니어링 플라스틱 플렉셔 부품을 복합재료를 사용하여 설계한 후 NASTRAN과 FLIGHTLAB을 이용하여 구조 해석 및 동역학 특성 해석을 수행하였다. 패들형 블레이드를 복합재료 힌지없는 플렉셔 장착 허브에 연결한 힌지없는 로터 시스템에 대한 동적 특성을 살펴보았다. 또한 패들형 블레이드를 기존 실물크기 블레이드 구조 자료를 이용하여 프루드 축소화하였으며 축소값을 이용하여 블레이드를 설계하였다. 이 과정을 통해 형상이 복잡한 패들형 복합재료 블레이드에 대한 형상 설계 및 단면구조 설계 기법을 익혔다. 본 논문은 현재 수행중인 “차세대 헬리콥터 로우터 시스템 개발” 사업 등에 직접 적용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.88-98
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• 2003

Compared to the noise limits (CAN7) specified in ICAO Annex 16 for civil helicopters, the Lynx helicopter equipped with BERP blades has only 0.2 EPNdB margin in the approach case although it has more than 4 EPNdB margin in fly-over and take-off conditions. The objectives of the study described in this paper were to devise a low noise main rotor blade for the Lynx using UEAF combined with the high resolution airload model ACROT. A design requirement is that the new blade, KBERP (Korean BERP) blade should achieve a significant reduction in noise during approach(at least 6EPNdB margin) without any noise penalty in fly-over and take-off conditions and minimal performance penalty. It was decided to investigate a tip modification to the BERP blade, employing the twin vortex concept to reduce the BVI noise and to retain the excellent high speed performance characteristics of BERP. Through the parametric study, the KBERP blade with optimized twin vortices has at least a 9 EPNdB noise margin in approach flight condition with only a small penalty in fly-over and take-off conditions. The KBERP tip is thus a very cost effective wav to reduce BVI noise during approach.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.49-57
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• 2003

일반적으로 회전익 공기역학에서 기초적인 해석 도구로 이용되고 있는 운동량 이론 (구동 원반 이론)과 깃 요소법을 부메랑에 적용하여 그 비행 궤적을 예측하여 보았다. 실제로 부메랑을 제작하여 수치 모사의 결과와도 비교하고 물리적인 직관을 얻었다. 실제로 부메랑을 제작하여 수치 모사의 결과와도 비교하고 물리적인 직관을 얻었다. 수치 해석과 실험 모두에서 이륙한 부메랑은 마치 ‘날으는 회전차’와 같이 세차 운동을 수반하면서 헬리콥터 모드로부터 오토자이로 모드로 전이하여 가는 것을 관찰할 수 있었다. 전체 시스템은 극도로 비선형적이어서 초기 조건에 매우 민감함을 보였다. 인자들을 변화시키면 다양한 비행 궤적들을 얻을 수 있다.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산유체공학회 2008년도 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.25-28
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• 2008

An aerodynamic calculation in hover of KUH main rotor blade is performed using a three-dimensional unstructured hybrid mesh viscous flow solver. The flow solver utilizes a vertex-centered finite-volume scheme that is based on the Roe's flux-difference splitting with an implicit Jacobi/Gauss-Seidel time integration. The eddy viscosity are estimated by the Spalart-Allmaras one-equation turbulence model. A solution-adaptive mesh refinement technique is used for efficient capturing of the tip vortex. Calculations are performed at several operating conditions with varying collective pitch setting for KUH main rotor blade in hover. Good agreements are obtained between the present and other results using HOST and CAMRAD II in overall rotor performance. It is demonstrated that the present vertex-centered flow solver is an efficient and accurate tool for the assessment of rotor performance in hover.

• EDISON SW 활용 경진대회 논문집
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• 제4회(2015년)
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• pp.184-190
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• 2015

On wide variety of fields, studies on active twist control are becoming more active. For effective twist control, blades have to have low torsional stresses with high torsional deformations to the same magnitude of torque acting on its cross-section. In this study, 2D sectional analysis and 3D finite element analysis were made for 5 different blades with each having different cross - sections which have different spars. The results from 2D sectional analysis, were then put into 3D blade deformation and stress calculations which lead to analysis. Outcomes from 2D and 3D analysis, showed that on the same torque and concentrated load conditions, the blade with 'C' shaped spar was the best of all the blades which were used in this study.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산유체공학회 2003년도 추계 학술대회논문집
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• pp.95-101
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• 2003

A three dimensional inviscid parallel flow solver has been developed for the simulation of rotor blades in forward flight. The computational domain is divided into stationary and rotating zones for the more efficient mesh adaptation. The conservative mesh treatment algorithm is used for the convection of flow variables and fluxes across the sliding boundary. A deforming mesh algorithm using modified spring analogy is used for the blade motion. In the present paper, detail descriptions of numerical analysis for forward flight are introduced. Some results are presented for a two bladed AH-1G rotor and compared with experimental data.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제41권6호
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• pp.495-501
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• 2013

한국형 기동헬기는 블레이드 가진주파수를 회피하고 지상 운용에서 로터와 기체의 동적 특성이 연계되어 나타나는 불안정성이 없도록 설계되었다. 이러한 설계 목적을 위해 진동 해석과 지상공진 해석을 수행하여 기체와 주로터의 동적 특성을 분석하였다. 이후 훨타워 시험을 통해 주로터의 동적특성을 확인하였으며 지상진동시험을 통해 기체의 동적 특성을 확인하였다. 지상진동시험은 지상 및 비행 운용 조건이 고려된 시험체 구성과 시험 조건을 적용하여 수행되었다. 본 논문에서는 한국형 기동헬기에 적용된 지상진동시험 방법 및 분석 기법을 보이고 해석 모델 보정기법과 보정된 해석 결과를 제시한다.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.291-297
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• 2006

The BVI(blade vortex interaction) noise Prediction has been one of the most challenging acoustic analyses in helicopter aeromechanical Phenomenon. It is well known high resolution airloads data with accurate tip vortex positions are necessary for the accurate prediction of this phenomenon. The truly unsteady time-marching free-wake method, which is able to capture the tip vortices instability in hover and axial flights, is expanded with the rotor flapping motion and trim routine to predict unsteady airloads in forward and descent flights. And Farassat formulation 1-A based on the FW-H equation is applied for the noise prediction considering the blade flapping motion. Main objective of this study is to validate the newly developed prediction code. To achieve the objective, the descent flight condition of AH-1 OLS(operational loads survey) configuration is analyzed using present code. The predicted sectional thrust distribution and sectional airloads time histories show the present scheme is able to capture well the unsteady airloads caused by a parallel BVI. Finally, the predicted noise data, observed in two different positions where are 3.44 times of rotor radius far from the hub center, are quite reasonable agreements with the experimental data compared to the other analysis results.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2008년도 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.256-263
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• 2008

The assumed modes method is developed to derive a set of linear differential equations describing the motion of a flexible wind turbine blade and to propose an approach to investigate the forced responses result from various wind excitations. In this work, we have adopted Euler beam theory and considered that the root of the blade is clamped at the rigid hub. And the aerodynamic parameters and forces are determined based on Blade Element Momentum (BEM) theory and quasi-steady airfoil aerodynamics. Numerical calculations show that this method gives good results and it can be used fur modeling and the forced vibration analysis including the coupling effect of wind-turbine blades, as well as turbo-machinery blades, aircraft propellers or helicopter rotor blades which may be considered as straight non-uniform beams with built-in pre-twist.