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Improved Performance of the Test System for Flight Data Instrumentation Equipment (비행 데이터 계측장비를 위한 점검 시스템 성능 개선)

  • Kim, Sang Beom;Lee, Sun Young;Nam, Young Ho
    • Smart Media Journal
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.54-59
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    • 2021
  • Flight data acquired through flight instrumentation equipment during aircraft development play an important role in aircraft development and performance improvement. Therefore, as the reliability of flight instruments is required, inspection systems to check the soundness of flight instruments are very important. In this paper, we analyze the existing test system for flight data instrumentation equipment and present improvements in the hardware and software aspects of the test system. Based on this, we design and implement a test system with improved performance and present test results. Test system with improved performance improves cost savings, flexible application, and maintenance compared to the existing test system. Therefore, the robustness of the instrumentation equipment can be obtained, which can be expected to improve the reliability of flight data.

The Design and Implementation of the Collision Avoidance Warning Function in the Air Traffic Control System (항공관제 시스템에서 항공기 공중충돌 경고기능의 설계 및 구현)

  • Song, Jin-Oh;Sim, Dong-Sub;Kim, Ki-Hyung
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.213-221
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    • 2009
  • An aircraft collision accident is a disaster that causes great losses of inventories and lives. Though a collision avoidance warning function is provided automatically to pilots in the aircrafts by the enhancement of the aircraft capability, achieving fast decision-making to escape a collision situation is a complex and dangerous work for pilots. If an in-flight collision situation is controlled by the air traffic control system which monitors all airplanes in the air, it would be more efficient to prevent in-flight collisions because it can handle the emergency before the pilot's action. In this paper, we develop the collision avoidance warning function in the air traffic control system. Specifically, we design and implement the five stages of the collision avoidance function, and propose a visualization method which could effectively provide the operators with the trajectories and altitudes of the aircrafts in a collision situation. By developing an in-flight collision warning function in the air traffic control system that visualizes flight patterns through the state transition data of in-flight aircrafts on the flight path lines, it can effectively prevent in-flight collisions with traffic alerts. The developed function allows operators to effectively select and control the aircraft in a collision situation by providing the operators with the expected collision time, the relative distance, and the relative altitude while assessing the level of alert, and visualizing the alert information which includes the Attention-Warning-Alert phase via embodying the TCAS standard. With the developed function the air traffic control system could sense an in-flight collision situation before the pilot's decision-making moment.

VISCOUS FLOW CALCULATIONS OF HELICOPTER MAIN ROTOR SYSTEM IN FORWARD FLIGHT (전진 비행하는 헬리콥터 주로터 시스템의 점성 유동 해석)

  • Jung, M.S.;Kwon, O.J.;Kang, H.J.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.04a
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    • pp.31-38
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    • 2009
  • In the present study, viscous flow calculations of helicopter main rotor system in forward flight were made by using an unstructured hybrid mesh solver. Each rotating blade relative to the cartesian frame was simulated independently by adopting unstructured overset mesh technique. For the validation of the present method, calculations for the Caradonna-Tung non-lifting forward flight and the AH-1G main rotor system in forward flight were made. Additional computation was made for the UH-60A rotor in forward flight. Reasonable agreements were obtained between the present results and the experiment.

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Study on Procedures and Items for Development Flight Test of UAV (무인항공기 개발비행시험을 위한 절차 및 항목에 대한 연구)

  • Park, Dea-Jin;Yang, Jun-Mo;Kim, Bong-Gyun;Lee, Sang-Chul
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.81-86
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    • 2016
  • Unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs) are increasingly used in civilian areas as well as in military areas due to the technological advancement of UAVs. In response to the increasing demand in UAVs, many studies are under way to integrate the airspace between manned aircraft and UAV. The development of flight test can secure the performance and flight characteristics of the designed aircraft. And the capability of research and development can be expanded through the accumulation of technical data. It is also essential to verify the correct performance and characteristics of development aircraft themselves. In this paper, we propose development flight test procedures and items for civilian UAVs.

Aerodynamics and Flight Control of Air Vehicle with Variable Span Morphing Wing (가변스팬 모핑날개를 가진 비행체의 공력특성 및 비행 제어)

  • Bae, Jae-Sung;Hwang, Jai-Hyuk;Park, Sang-Hyuk;Kim, Jong-Hyuk
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2010
  • In the aerospace field, the study on a morphing-wing is in progress to improve flight performance and perform multi flight mission. There are many concepts of morphing-wing such as camber-change, wing-twist, variable-span, and so on. In this study, the aerodynamic characteristics and flight control of an air vehicle with a variable-span morphing wing (VSMW) have been investigated. VSMW with symmetric span control(SSC) can increase cruising range of aircraft by reducing drag in various flight condition. VSMW with anti-symmetric span control(ASSC) can be used in the roll control of an aircraft. The flight control about pure rolling dynamic system and full dynamic system have been performed about the cruise missile.

Development of Drone Racing Simulator using SLAM Technology and Reconstruction of Simulated Environments (SLAM 기술을 활용한 가상 환경 복원 및 드론 레이싱 시뮬레이션 제작)

  • Park, Yonghee;Yu, Seunghyun;Lee, Jaegwang;Jeong, Jonghyeon;Jo, Junhyeong;Kim, Soyeon;Oh, Hyejun;Moon, Hyungpil
    • The Journal of Korea Robotics Society
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.245-249
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    • 2021
  • In this paper, we present novel simulation contents for drone racing and autonomous flight of drone. With Depth camera and SLAM, we conducted mapping 3 dimensional environment through RTAB-map. The 3 dimensional map is represented by point cloud data. After that we recovered this data in Unreal Engine. This recovered raw data reflects real data that includes noise and outlier. Also we built drone racing contents like gate and obstacles for evaluating drone flight in Unreal Engine. Then we implemented both HITL and SITL by using AirSim which offers flight controller and ROS api. Finally we show autonomous flight of drone with ROS and AirSim. Drone can fly in real place and sensor property so drone experiences real flight even in the simulation world. Our simulation framework increases practicality than other common simulation that ignore real environment and sensor.

The Measurement of Expected and Perceived Service Quality of In-flight Meal by Customers (항공 기내식의 서비스 품질에 대한 고객 기대도와 인지도 측정)

  • Kim, Choon-Bin;Baek, Seung-Hee;Yang, Il-Sun
    • The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.57-62
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    • 2009
  • The current exploratory study attempted to investigate the levels of expected and perceived service quality of in-flight meals. A questionnaire was developed following extensive literature review and in-depth interviews. The survey was conducted on board a flight by international passengers and also by passengers in the trans lounge waiting for connecting flights between October 21, 2005 through October 30, 2005. Out of the 450 questionnaires administered, a total of 319 completed questionnaires were returned, yielding a response rate of 89.6%. The 20 items representing the service quality factor of in-flight meals were analyzed, resulting in four distinct dimensions-food quality, employee service, cleanliness and reliability. In all dimensions, customer expectation was higher than the perceived level of service and the service quality of Korean based airlines was higher than that compared to foreign based airlines. There were differences in the perceived service quality of in-flight meals according to the demographics of the respondents. The results of this study can be beneficial from a theoretical and practical point of view by providing empirical data that measures the service quality of in-flight meals.

Development of Flight Control System and Troubleshooting on Flight Test of a Tilt-Rotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

  • Kang, Youngshin;Park, Bum-Jin;Cho, Am;Yoo, Chang-Sun;Koo, Sam-Ok;Tahk, Min-Jea
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.120-131
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    • 2016
  • The full results of troubleshooting process related to the flight control system of a tilt-rotor type UAV in the flight tests are described. Flight tests were conducted in helicopter, conversion, and airplane modes. The vehicle was flown using automatic functions, which include speed-hold, altitude-hold, heading-hold, guidance modes, as well as automatic take-off and landing. Many unexpected problems occurred during the envelope expansion tests which were mostly under those automatic functions. The anomalies in helicopter mode include vortex ring state (VRS), long delay in the automatic take-off, and the initial overshoot in the automatic landing. In contrast, the anomalies in conversion mode are untrimmed AOS oscillation and the calibration errors of the air data sensors. The problems of low damping in rotor speed and roll rate responses are found in airplane mode. Once all of the known problems had been solved, the vehicle in airplane mode gradually reached the maximum design speed of 440km/h at the operation altitude of 3km. This paper also presents a comprehensive detailing of the control systems of the tilt-rotor unmanned air vehicle (UAV).

Verification of Flight Control Law Similarity and HILS Environment Reliability for Fighter Aircraft (전투기급 비행제어법칙 상사성 및 HILS 환경 신뢰성 검증)

  • Ahn, Seong-Jun;Kim, Chong-Sup;Cho, In-Je;Lee, Eun-Yong
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.37 no.7
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    • pp.701-708
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    • 2009
  • The flight control law of developed flight control computer(DFLCC) is developed based on operation flight program of advanced trainer aircraft full scale development final configuration. The flight control law design is used common use development tool in GUI(Graphic User Interface) environment. The flight control law transformed to C-Code is reflected in OFP. The OFP is verified by the standardized verification process. But, before standardized verification process, we need preliminary verification process such as similarity of flight control law and reliability of developed HILS. Similarity of flight control law is verified by comparing the aircraft response of advanced trainer aircraft and those of the developed control law. Also, reliability of developed HILS is verified by comparing the aircraft response of HILS and Non-real time simulation result. This paper verifies similarity of developed control law and reliability of HILS environment as comparing aircraft response.

In-Flight Simulation for the Evaluation of Flight Control Law (비행제어계 평가를 위한 항공기 공중모의 비행시험)

  • Go,Jun-Su;Lee,Ho-Geun;Lee,Jin-Yeong
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.31 no.10
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    • pp.79-88
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    • 2003
  • The paper presented here covers the work associated with the flight control law design, ground based and in flight simulation and handling qualities assessment of the Fly-by-Wire type Aircraft (FBWA). The FBWA configurations are of the same generic form of the Korean advanced trainer. The normal acceleration (Nz) and pitch rate (q) feedback control system is employed for longitudinal axis and roll rate (p) and lateral acceleration (Ny) feedback flight control law is developed in lateral/ directional axis. The flight tests for the FBW A dynamics evaluation were executed for the target aircraft (FBWA) on the IFS (In-Flight-Simulator) aircraft . The test results showed that Level 1 handling qualities for the most unstable flight regime and Level 1/2 for the landing approach flight regime were achieved. And the designed FBWA flight control law has revealed acceptable CHR (Cooper-Harper handling qualities Ratings).