• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.103-109
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• 2001

Productivity enhancement program of wind tunnel testing has begun at Korea Aerospace Research Institute Low Speed Wind Tunnel (KARI LSWT). A previous test record of a canard airplane model was adopted to examine the current status of wind tunnel testing efficiency. The time consumed to perform testing activities from the model preparation to data collection was broken down and the results were compared with those of the recent Boeing low speed test result. The efforts to improve the wind tunnel productivity consisted of the installation of mini crane underneath of test section, fabricating lift device for image fairings, model configuration changing rigs and the modifications of external balance system. Time reductions for changing strut interface platform and installation of image fairings. These effects showed more than 70% improvement over the previous test time. Integration of the new and modified systems will improve productivity of wind tunnel testing in KARI LSWT.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산유체공학회 2005년도 추계 학술대회논문집
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• pp.275-279
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• 2005

The vortex convection and induced flow field behind the KARI 3m x 4m LSWT gust generator was computed by using Computational Fluid Dynamics. For the accurate simulation of vortex convection, inviscid, laminar, Spalart-Allmars k-e and k-w turbulence models were tested with the NAL gust generator configuration and Spalart-Allmaras turbulence model was selected for the prediction of induced flow field behind the KARI LSWT gust generator. The wind tunnel test was also carried out at KARI LSWT and the results were compared with CFD prediction.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.148-153
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• 2017

한국항공우주연구원 중형아음속풍동은 98년 완공 이래 20여년 가까운 노하우를 축적하였으며, 이제는 관련 기술을 상업화하기 위한 노력을 하고 있다. 그 일환으로 스카이다이빙 시뮬레이터가 장착된 수직 풍동 설계 연구를 수행 중에 있다. 고성능 저소음 설계를 포함한 개념 설계를 항우연에서 수행하고, 국내 제작 가능한 업체에 기술 이전을 하여 상업화 가능성을 높이고자 한다. 아울러 중국 시장 진출을 위해 중국 관련 기관과의 협력도 모색하고 있다.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2011년도 제37회 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.784-788
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• 2011

한국항공우주연구원(KARI)에서 개발 중인 중형 전기추진 무인기에 사용할 프로펠러의 선정을 위하여 프로펠러의 비행조건 성능을 풍동시험을 통하여 측정하였고, 해석으로부터 예측된 성능과 비교하였다. 시험은 KARI의 대형 아음속 풍동에서 수행되었다. 시험에 사용된 프로펠러들은 지름 21" 폴딩 타입 상용 제품이다. 시험 결과로부터, 순항조건에서 66%의 효율을 보인 21"${\times}$15.5" 프로펠러가 선정되었다.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.68-74
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• 2000

A comparative wind tunnel testing of an airplane model was performed at the Korea Aerospace Research Institute Low Speed Wind tunnel(KARI LSWT). The model used for the comparative test was a seaplane model from the Glenn L. Martin Wind(GLM) Tunnel of University of Maryland, U.S.A. The 6-component external balance used in force and moment measurement is pyramidal type, which is a precision device that has strain gauge-type load cell inside of balance and the virtual center of the balance coincides with the tunnel centerline. Image method is adopted to eliminate the tare and interference of the model support, and to correct the flow angularity to the model also. Test results from KARI LSWT were compared with the results from GLM tunnel.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.776-783
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• 2003

A low speed wind tunnel test was conducted for full-scale model of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) Low Speed Wind Tunnel(LSWT). The purpose of the presented paper is to illustrate the general aerodynamic and performance characteristics of the UAV that was designed and fabricated in KARI. Since the testing conditions were represented minor portions of the load-range of the external balance system, the repeatability tests were performed at various model configurations to confirm the reliability of measurements. Variations of drag-polar by adding model components such as tails, landing gear and test boom are shown, and longitudinal and lateral aerodynamic characteristics after changing control surfaces such as aileron, flap, elevator and rudder are also presented. To explore aerodynamic characteristics of an UAV with model components build-up and control surface deflections, lift curve slope, pitching moment variation with lift coefficients and drag-polar are examined. The discussed results might be useful to understand the general aerodynamic characteristics and drag pattern for the given UAV configuration.

• 신재생에너지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.87-93
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• 2008

Wind tunnel test for the 12% scaled model of NREL Phase VI wind turbine was conducted in KARI low speed wind tunnel for $2006{\sim}2007$. The 1st and 2nd test was designed to find out the wind tunnel test method for the blade manufacturing accuracy and surface treatment method by using the composite and aluminum blades. And the 3rd test was designed to study the scale effect. The chord extension method which was used for Bo-105 40% scaled model was adapted for scale effect correction. Test results shows that the chord extension method works well for the torque slope but the maximum torque for scaled model is about 8% below than the real scale model. New correction method to correct this offset was proposed.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.194-201
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• 2017

EFD-CFD 비교 워크샵 case 1의 모델로 한국항공우주연구원에서 개발된 KARI-11-180 익형이 선정되었다. 익형 풍동시험은 $0.6m{\times}3.0m$ 모델을 사용하여 KARI LSWT에서 최대 레이놀즈수 3.0E6까지 수행되었다. 익형 형상 및 Cl, Cd 그리고 Cp를 포함한 시험자료가 2015년 KSAS 춘계학술대회에서 공개되었으며, KFLOW, FLUENT 및 STAR-CCM+를 사용한 전산유체해석결과가 2015년 KSAS 추계학술대회에서 공개되었다. 본 논문에는 2015년 발표된 시험 및 전산해석결과를 요약하여 수록하였으며, 시험결과를 포함한 전산해석 결과들 간의 비료결과도 요약수록 하였다.

• 신재생에너지
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.28-36
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• 2006

Numerical analysis of wind turbine scale effect was performed by using commercial CFD code, Fluent. For the numerical analysis of wind turbine, the three dimensional Navier-Stokes solver with various turbulence models was tested. As a turbulence mode, the realizable k-e turbulence model was selected for the simulation of wind turbines. To validate the present method, performance of NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) Phase VI wind turbine model was analyzed and compared with its wind tunnel test and blind test data. Using the present method, numerical simulations for various size of wind tunnel models were carried out and characteristics were analyzed in detail. For wind tunnel test model, the size of nacelle may not be scaled down precisely because of available motor. The effect of nacelle size was also computed and analyzed though CFD simulation. The present results showed the good correlations in pre-stall region but much to be improved in post-stall region. In 2006 and 2007, the performance and the scale effect of standard wind turbine model will be tested in KARI(Korea Aerospace Research Institute) LSWT(Low Speed Wind Tunnel) and the present results will be validated with the wind tunnel data.

• 신재생에너지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.25-30
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• 2009

The wind tunnel test to identify the acoustic noise source position of the wind turbine blade was conducted in KARI low speed wind tunnel. Microphone array and time-domain beamforming methodology was applied to this study. To reduce the data processing time, a modified beamforming method with a criteria between calculation time step and grid size for rotating angle in the cylinderical coordinate system was proposed. The test results shows that the data processing time to identify the noise source position was reduced to 20% compared with conventional method. And the dominant noise source of the blade moves from inboard to blade tip as the frequency increases.