• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.223-243
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• 2023

There is a burgeoning demand for minimizing the mass of satellites because of its direct impact on reducing launch-to-orbit cost. This must be done without compromising the structure's efficiency. The present paper introduces a relatively low-cost and easily implementable approach for optimizing structural mass to a maximum natural frequency. The natural frequencies of the satellite are of utmost pertinence to the application requirements, as the sensitive electronic instrumentation and onboard computers should not be affected by the vibrations of the satellite structure. This methodology is applied to a realistic model of Al-Azhar University micro-satellite in partnership with the Egyptian Space Agency. The procedure used in structural design can be summarized in two steps. The first step is to select the most favorable primary structural configuration among several different candidate variants. The nominated variant is selected as the one scoring maximum relative dynamic stiffness. The second step is to use perforation patterns reduce the overall mass of structural elements in the selected variant without changing the weight. The results of the presented procedure demonstrate that the mass reduction percentage was found to be 39% when compared to the unperforated configuration that had the same plate thickness. The findings of this study challenge the commonly accepted notion that isogrid perforations are the most effective means of achieving the goal of reducing mass while maintaining stiffness. Rather, the study highlights the potential benefits of exploring a wider range of perforation unit cells during the design process. The study revealed that rectangular perforation patterns had the lowest efficiency in terms of modal stiffness, while triangular patterns resulted in the highest efficiency. These results suggest that there may be significant gains to be made by considering a broader range of perforation shapes and configurations in the design of lightweight structures.

• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.225-237
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• 2018

The difficulties of satellite vibration testing are due to the commonly expressed qualification requirements being incompatible with the limited performance of the entire controlled system (satellite + interface + shaker + controller). Two features cause the problem: firstly, the main satellite modes (i.e., the first structural mode and the high and low tank modes) are very weakly damped; secondly, the controller is just too basic to achieve the expected performance in such cases. The combination of these two issues results in oscillations around the notching levels and high amplitude beating immediately after the mode. The beating overshoots are a major risk source because they can result in the test being aborted if the qualification upper limit is exceeded. Although the abort is, in itself, a safety measure protecting the tested satellite, it increases the risk of structural fatigue, firstly because the abort threshold has been already reached, and secondly, because the test must restart at the same close-resonance frequency and remain there until the qualification level is reached and the sweep frequency can continue. The beat minimum relates only to small successive frequency ranges in which the qualification level is not reached. Although they are less problematic because they do not cause an inadvertent test shutdown, such situations inevitably result in waiver requests from the client. A controlled-system analysis indicates an operating principle that cannot provide sufficient stability: the drive calculation (which controls the process) simply multiplies the frequency reference (usually called cola) and a function of the following setpoint, the ratio between the amplitude already reached and the previous setpoint, and the compression factor. This function value changes at each cola interval, but it never takes into account the sensor signal phase. Because of these limitations, we firstly examined whether it was possible to empirically determine, using a series of tests with a very simple dummy, a controller setting process that significantly improves the results. As the attempt failed, we have performed simulations seeking an optimum adjustment by finding the Least Mean Square of the difference between the reference and response signal. The simulations showed a significant improvement during the notch beat and a small reduction in the beat amplitude. However, the small improvement in this process was not useful because it highlighted the need to change the reference at each cola interval, sometimes with instructions almost twice the qualification level. Another uncertainty regarding the consequences of such an approach involves the impact of differences between the estimated model (used in the simulation) and the actual system. As limitations in the current controller were identified in different approaches, we considered the feasibility of a new controller that takes into account an estimated single-input multi-output (SIMO) model. Its parameters were estimated from a very low-level throughput. Against this backdrop, we analyzed the feasibility of an LQG control in cancelling beating, and this article highlights the relevance of such an approach.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.219-229
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• 2018

본 논문에서는 복수 Position Sensitive Detector(PSD) 센서와 IR Beacon Module(적외선 비콘 모듈)을 이용하여 우주비행체의 랑데부/도킹/군집 운용과 같은 근접 운용을 위한 칼만 필터 기반의 상대항법 알고리즘 연구를 수행한다. PSD 센서와 적외선 비콘 모듈은 각각 Target Satellite과 Chaser Satellite에 장착되어 위성의 상대 위치와 상대 자세 정보를 획득하여 위성간 근접운용에 사용한다. 각각의 상대 항법 기법의 성능을 비교 분석하기 위하여 수치 시뮬레이션을 수행한다. 상대항법 알고리즘에 사용된 PSD 센서와 적외선 비콘 모듈의 광학적 모델링과 작동 원리를 기반으로 칼만필터의 측정 모델을 구성한다. 확장 칼만 필터(EKF)와 무향 칼만 필터(UKF)는 우주비행체의 병진 운동 및 회전 운동에 대한 운동학 및 동역학적 특성을 활용하는 측정 융합에 기반을 둔 확률론적 상대항법 기법으로 사용된다. EKF와 UKF, 두 필터의 상대 자세 및 상대 위치 추정 성능을 비교한다. Target Satellite과 Chaser Satellite에 장착되는 PSD 센서와 적외선 비콘 모듈의 개수와 상대항법기법의 변화에 따른 수치 시뮬레이션을 수행하여 성능 변화를 확인하였다.

• 한국우주과학회:학술대회논문집(한국우주과학회보)
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• 한국우주과학회 2007년도 한국우주과학회보 제16권2호
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• pp.139-143
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• 2007

전기 추진시스템은 저렴한 개발비와 높은 신뢰성을 제공하는 추진 장치로 많은 분야에서 응용 되어 왔다. 특히 최근에 발사된 SMART-1과 MUSES-C는 우리에게 시사하는 바가 크다. 각각 European Space Agency(ESA)와 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency(JAXA)에서 개발한 행성 탐사선으로, SMART-1은 달 탐사를 목적으로 하고 MUSES-C는 소행성 Itokawa의 토양을 채취해오는 것을 목적으로 한다. 이 두 탐사선에는 각각 Hall effect thruster와 Micro wave ion engine이 탑재되었는데, 작고 저렴한 비용의 탐사선을 이용해서 충분히 행성 탐사가 가능하다는 좋은 선례를 남겼다. 현재 개발되고 있는 과학기술위성 3호(STSAT-3)에도 전기추진 장치가 탑재되는데, SMART-1에 탑재 되었던 것과 유사한 Hall effect thruster가 인공위성 연구센터와 KAIST 물리학과의 GDPL과 공동으로 개발되고 있다. 성능이 좋은 전기 추력 장치를 개발하기 위해 추력기 내부에서 발생하는 플라즈마의 물리적 특성을 파악하는 것은 매우 중요한 일이다. 이 논문에서는 이러한 플라즈마의 특성을 모사하는 방법으로 Particle In Cell 모사와 더불어 독립적인 개개 입자의 운동을 기술하는 입자모사(particle simulation)를 이용하는 방법을 제시 하고자 한다. 이러한 접근 방법은 실제 전기추력장치를 설계하고 실험하는 담당자에게 플라즈마 운동에 대한 명료한 지식을 제공해 줄 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.227-238
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• 1999

발사 이전에 OSMI 모의 복사량을 산출함은 실제로 관측할 자료를 추정하고, 자료처리를 위한 준비에 매우 유용하다. 1999년 발사예정인 다목적 실용위성의 탑재체 중의 하나인 OSMI 자료처리 시스템은 SeaWIFS 자료처리 시스템을 OSMI에 맞추어 재개발된 것이다. 모의 복사량 계산은 OSMI 센서의 파장대역 및 스캔방식, 다목적 실용위성의 궤도에 관한 정보가 고려되어야 한다. 본 연구에서는 대양에서의 OSMI 모의 복사량을 산출하기 위해 CZCS에서 관측한 엽록소를 다목적 실용위성이 관측한다는 가정을 하게 되었다. 궤도 예측에는 수정된 Brouwer-Lyddane 모델이, water-leaving 복사량을 산출하기 위해 CZCS 엽록소 농도가, OSMI가 관측할 대기에 의한 복사량 계산에는 여러 가지 복사모델이 이용되었다. OSMI의 412, 443, 490, 555, 765, 865nm 6가시광선 파장대역에서 모의 복사량을 산출하였다. 예상대로, 총 복사량 중 water-leaving 복사량은 아주 작으며 (10% 미만), 태양해면반사에 의한 영향은 태양 적위 근처에서 관측된다. 그러므로 대기보정은 총 복사량으로부터 엽록소 농도를 계산하는데 매우 중요하다. 태양해면반사에 의해 영향을 받는 자료는 사용할 수 없으므로 OSMI 임무 기간내에 지속적인 전구 해양관측을 위해서는 체계적인 자료수집 계획이 요구된다.

• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.415-431
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• 2022

Secondary flows have a huge impact on losses generation in modern low pressure gas turbines (LPTs). At design point, the interaction of the blade profile with the end-wall boundary layer is responsible for up to 40% of total losses. Therefore, predicting accurately the end-wall flow field in a LPT is extremely important in the industrial design phase. Since the inlet boundary layer profile is one of the factors which most affects the evolution of secondary flows, the first main objective of the present work is to investigate the impact of two different inlet conditions on the end-wall flow field of the T106A, a well known LPT cascade. The first condition, labeled in the paper as C1, is represented by uniform conditions at the inlet plane and the second, C2, by a flow characterized by a defined inlet boundary layer profile. The code used for the simulations is based on the Discontinuous Galerkin (DG) formulation and solves the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations coupled with the Spalart Allmaras turbulence model. Secondly, this work aims at estimating the influence of viscosity and turbulence on the T106A end-wall flow field. In order to do so, RANS results are compared with those obtained from an inviscid simulation with a prescribed inlet total pressure profile, which mimics a boundary layer. A comparison between C1 and C2 results highlights an influence of secondary flows on the flow field up to a significant distance from the end-wall. In particular, the C2 end-wall flow field appears to be characterized by greater over turning and under turning angles and higher total pressure losses. Furthermore, the C2 simulated flow field shows good agreement with experimental and numerical data available in literature. The C2 and inviscid Euler computed flow fields, although globally comparable, present evident differences. The cascade passage simulated with inviscid flow is mainly dominated by a single large and homogeneous vortex structure, less stretched in the spanwise direction and closer to the end-wall than vortical structures computed by compressible flow simulation. It is reasonable, then, asserting that for the chosen test case a great part of the secondary flows details is strongly dependent on viscous phenomena and turbulence.

• 우주기술과 응용
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.86-99
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• 2023

질량분석기는 태양계와 생명의 기원을 밝히기 위한 필수 과학 장비로서, 달/행성/소행성/혜성 등의 대기 및 지표에 존재하는 중성 원소와 이온에 대한 정보를 파악하기 위해 1970년대 초반부터 우주 탐사에 활용되어 왔다. 제4차 우주개발진흥 기본계획(2023-2027)에 따르면 우리나라는 2032년에 달 착륙을 2045년에는 화성 착륙을 성공하는 것을 핵심 목표로 삼고 무인 탐사를 위한 능력을 확보하는 데 기술개발의 역점을 두기로 하였다. 따라서 우주 탐사의 과학적 목표 달성을 위한 가장 기본적인 장비이지만 국내 우주탐사에서 한번도 시도되지 않았던 질량분석기의 국내 개발은 필수적이라고 할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 국내에서 개발된 사중극자 질량분석기의 원리와 원형 모델 및 성능에 대해 소개하고 향후 발전 방향에 대해 논의하고자 한다.

• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.83-103
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• 2024

Adhesive bonding is currently widely used in many industrial fields, particularly in the aeronautics sector. Despite its advantages over mechanical joints such as riveting and welding, adhesive bonding is mostly used for secondary structures due to its low peel strength; especially if it is simultaneously exposed to temperature and humidity; and often presence of bonding defects. In fact, during joint preparation, several types of defects can be introduced into the adhesive layer such as air bubbles, cavities, or cracks, which induce stress concentrations potentially leading to premature failure. Indeed, the presence of defects in the adhesive joint has a significant effect on adhesive stresses, which emphasizes the need for a good surface treatment. The research in this field is aimed at minimizing the stresses in the adhesive joint at its free edges by geometric modifications of the ovelapping part and/or by changing the nature of the substrates. In this study, the finite element method is used to describe the mechanical behavior of bonded joints. Thus, a three-dimensional model is made to analyze the effect of defects in the adhesive joint at areas of high stress concentrations. The analysis consists of estimating the different stresses in an adhesive joint between two 2024-T3 aluminum plates. Two types of single lap joints(SLJ) were analyzed: a standard SLJ and another modified by removing 0.2 mm of material from the thickness of one plate along the overlap length, taking into account several factors such as the applied load, shape, size and position of the defect. The obtained results clearly show that the presence of a bonding defect significantly affects stresses in the adhesive joint, which become important if the joint is subjected to a higher applied load. On the other hand, the geometric modification made to the plate considerably reduces the various stresses in the adhesive joint even in the presence of a bonding defect.