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The Trend and forecast of Regional Aircraft market (세계 중형 항공기 시장 동향과 전망)

  • Chang, Tae-Jin
    • Current Industrial and Technological Trends in Aerospace
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.11-19
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    • 2009
  • Though the regional airlines have grown consistently with world's economic recovery after 2001, now the future of them is uncertain from the current economic depression since 2007. In the regional aircraft industry, there have been two main trends that larger airplanes and regional jets inroad the market. But, the situational change including radical rise of oil price and worldwide recession induces the managerial damage of airlines and it makes them doubt about the regional jet which has been the main stream of regional aircraft after the success of the ERJ-145 in 1990s. Still, most of being developed or planed regional aircrafts choose turbo fan, the future demands of turboprop increase and it becomes a good alternative of future regional aircraft in many market forecasts. Thus in this paper, current situation and tendency of regional aircraft market are investigated with various market forecast reports.

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Flight Loads Analysis for Conceptual Study of the Regional Aircraft Wing Structure (중형항공기 주익 구조개발 선행연구를 위한 비행하중해석)

  • Shin, Jeong-Woo;Kang, Wang-gu;Kim, Sung-Joon;Hwang, In-Hee
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.67-73
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    • 2011
  • For loads analysis of airplane, applicable regulation should be determined. Then, loads conditions are prepared from the regulation. Modeling for aerodynamic, mass, and structure are performed. Panel method is usually adopted for aircraft loads analysis to obtain air loads. The ARGON which is a multidisciplinary fixed wing aircraft design software co-developed by the KARI and TsAGI are used for loads analysis. The ARGON can be utilized for flutter and stress analysis as well as for flight and ground loads analysis. In this paper, flight loads analysis for wing structural design of the regional aircraft at the conceptual design phase are performed with the ARGON. FAR 25 is used for the regulation for the load analysis. Shear force, bending moment and torsion diagrams for the wing and shear force and hinge moment for the aileron are presented.

CFD Analysis of Aerodynamic Characteristics of Regional Turboprop Aircraft Propeller (중형 터보프롭 항공기급 프로펠러 공력특성 전산해석)

  • Choi, W.;Choi, J.S.;Jung, I.M.;Kim, J.H.;Lee, I.W.;Han, S.H.;Won, Y.S.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2011.05a
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    • pp.447-452
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    • 2011
  • Propeller shall have high efficiency and improved aerodynamic characteristics to get the thru5t to fly at high speed for the Regional turboprop aircraft. That is way Clark-Y airfoil which is used to conventional turboprop aircraft propeller is selected as a blade airfoil. Adkins method is used for aerodynamic design and performance analysis with respect to the propeller design point. Adkins method is based on the vortex-blade element theory which design the propeller to satisfy the condition for minimum energy loss. propeller geometry is generated by varying chord length and pitch angle at design point of Regional turboprop aircraft. The propeller design results indicate that is evaluated to be properly constructed, through analysis of propeller aerodynamic characteristics using the Meshless method and MRF, SM method.

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Initial Configuration Layout Design for 95-Seat Regional Turboprop Aircraft

  • Hwang, In Seong;Chung, Jindeog;Kang, Wanggu;Lee, Hae-Chang
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.138-145
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    • 2014
  • The initial configuration for 95-seat passenger regional turboprop aircraft, the so called KC950, was designed to meet the market requirements. This paper prescribes the initial design based upon aircraft design guidelines and compared the competitive aircraft configurations after considering the related FAR 25 regulations. More specifically, results of design describe how to select the fuselage cross-sectional area, how to layout the cabin, and how to determine the overall shape and physical dimension of the fuselage. Sizing of wing and empennage areas is estimated using empirical equations and tail volume coefficients in this design. Some design guidelines to determine wing sweep angle, taper ratio, incidence angle and location are also introduced.

FEM vibroacoustic analysis in the cabin of a regional turboprop aircraft

  • Cinefra, Maria;Passabi, Sebastiano;Carrera, Erasmo
    • Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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    • v.5 no.4
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    • pp.477-498
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    • 2018
  • The main goal of this article is to validate a methodological process in Actran MSC Software, that is based on the Finite Element Method, to evaluate the comfort in the cabin of a regional aircraft and to study the noise and vibrations reduction through the fuselage by the use of innovative materials. In the preliminary work phase, the CAD model of a fuselage section was created representing the typical features and dimensions of an airplane for regional flights. Subsequently, this model has been imported in Actran and the Sound Pressure Level (SPL) inside the cabin has been analyzed; moreover, the noise reduction through the fuselage has been evaluated. An important investigation and data collection has been carried out for the study of the aircraft cabin to make it as close as possible to a real problem, both in geometry and in materials. The mesh of the structure has been built from the CAD model and has been simplified in order to reduce the number of degrees of freedom. Finally, different fuselage configurations in terms of materials are compared: in particular, aluminum, composite and sandwich material with composite skins and poroelastic core are considered.

FBW System and Operational Flight Program Development for Small Aircraft (소형항공기를 위한 FBW 시스템과 비행운영 프로그램 개발)

  • Lee, Seung-Hyun;Kim, Eung Tai;Seong, Kiejeong
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2013
  • To have the competitiveness in the future worldwide small aircraft market, we should be able to develop the aircraft which is highly safe, easy to fly, and having excellent flight characteristics. FBW(Fly-By Wire) system is essential for the enhancement of flight safety and control easiness. FBW system that has been applied only to the modern fighter and transport aircraft is recently applied to smaller aircraft such as regional aircraft, business aircraft and even small aircraft. The purpose of this research includes the development of flight control computer, the definition of FBW system component, the design concept of each component for redundant management, OFP(Operational Flight Program) development, FBW system integration and HILS(Hardware In-the Loop Simulation) verification environment to test this FBW system.

An investigation into energy harvesting and storage to power a more electric regional aircraft

  • Saleh, Ahmed;Lekakou, Constantina;Doherty, John
    • Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.17-30
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    • 2021
  • This is an investigation for a more electric regional aircraft, considering the ATR 72 aircraft as an example and the electrification of its four double slotted flaps, which were estimated to require an energy of 540 Wh for takeoff and 1780 Wh for landing, with a maximum power requirement of 35.6 kW during landing. An analysis and evaluation of three energy harvesting systems has been carried out, which led to the recommendation of a combination of a piezoelectric and a thermoelectric harvesting system providing 65% and 17%, respectively, of the required energy for the actuators of the four flaps. The remaining energy may be provided by a solar energy harvesting photovoltaic system, which was calculated to have a maximum capacity of 12.8 kWh at maximum solar irradiance. It was estimated that a supercapacitor of 232 kg could provide the energy storage and power required for the four flaps, which proved to be 59% of the required weight of a lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery while the supercapacitor also constitutes a safer option.

Analysis of Crashworthiness Characteristics of a Regional Aircraft Fuselage using an Explicit Finite Element Method (외연적 유한요소기법을 활용한 리저널급 항공기 동체 내추락 특성 분석)

  • Park, Ill-Kyung;Kim, Sung-Joon;Hwang, In-Hee
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.40 no.12
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    • pp.1070-1079
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    • 2012
  • The impact energy absorbing is a very important characteristic of an aircraft to enhance the survivability of occupants when an aircraft is under the survivable accident such as an emergency landing condition. The impact energy is generally transmitted into the occupant and absorbed through a landing gear, a subfloor (lower structure of fuselage), and a seat. The characteristic of crash energy absorbing of a subfloor depends on the type of an aircraft, a shape of structure, and an applied material. Therefore, the study of crashworthiness characteristics of a subfloor structure is very important work to improve the safety of an aircraft. In this study, a finite element model of a narrow body fuselage section for the 80~90 seats regional aircraft was developed and crash simulation was executed using an explicit finite element analysis. Through survey of the impact energy distribution of each structural part of a fuselage and floor-level acceleration response, the crashworthiness characteristics and performance was evaluated.

Fatigue Analysis to Determine the Repair Limit for the Damaged Fastener Hole of Aging Aircraft(P-3CK) (노후항공기(P-3CK) 패스너 홀 손상 수리 한계 설정을 위한 피로해석)

  • Kim, Young-Jin;Kim, Hyeung-Geun;Kim, Chang-Young;Chang, Joong-Jin;Lee, Mal-Young
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.41 no.12
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    • pp.959-966
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    • 2013
  • In this study, based on P-3CK project using aging aircraft without any design information, the structural assessments of fastener holes to repair the short edge distance defects are investigated. For this purpose, the nacelle longeron which has many defects is selected and then conservative stress is calculated by performing the static analysis of 1.5ED, 1.8ED, 2.0ED defects of longeron fastener holes. This result applies to TWIST standard load spectrum to generate flight load spectrum. Then the crack growth analysis is performed by using flight load spectrum. Through this, the validity of a repaired fastener hole is evaluated. Finally, the standard of repair and the period of maintenance for a defected fastener hole are established.

Flow of Goods, People and Information among Cities of Northeast Asia

  • Rimmer, Peter J.
    • Journal of the Korean Regional Science Association
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.39-73
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    • 1999
  • An examination is made of container movements, air cargo/passengers and telecommunications traffic in Northeast Asia during 1995. A drawback to studying flows between major cities is that information on telecommunications traffic is only available between countries. Also container traffic data are restricted to individual ports. Consequently, most attention is paid to movements of passenger aircraft between major cities derived from analysing timetables, particularly as they can be related to regional development concepts applied in Europe such as the 'blue banana' and 'bunches of grapes' concepts. A 'peas in a pod' may be a more appropriate movements are examined again in 1998 to gauge the impact of the Asian crisis.

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