• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.76-83
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• 2005

Thrusters are important actuators where air is rare. Since the maintenance or replacement of thrusters is not easy in such an environment, a thrusting system must be highly reliable. Redundant thrusters are used to meet the reliability requirement. In this paper, a reconfiguration problem for those redundant thrusters is discussed, especially the management or distribution logic of redundant thrusters is focused on. The logic has to be changed if faults occur at thrusters. Reconfiguration is to change the distribution logic to accommodate thrusters' faults. The authors propose a reconfiguration algorithm based on the linear programming method. The authors define the reconfiguration problem as an optimization problem. The performance index is a quantity related with total fuel consumption by thrusters. This algorithm can accommodate multiple faults. Numerical examples are given to show the advantage of the proposed algorithm over existing methods.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.265-272
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• 1999

추력기가 비대칭으로 배치된 위성의 궤도조절시 궤도조절용 추력기를 이용하여 궤도조절과 동시에 자세를 제어하는 한 방법으로 제시하였다. 궤도 조절시에는 추력기의 비분사 시간을 조절하여 자세를 제어하며 궤도를 조절하나, 비대칭의 경우는 기존의 대칭 추력기의 분사방법을 쓸 수 없고 비대칭으로 인한 토크외란을 상세시키며 분사해 주어야 한다. 본 논문에서는 영의 해를 이용하여 토크외란 없이 궤도조절과 함께 자세제어하는 방법을 제시하였으며 시뮬레이션 결과 잘 적용됨을 보였다.

• 항공우주기술
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.114-118
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 통신해양기상위성(COMS)을 위해 예비성능이 최적화된 추력기 형상을 기술한다. EUROSTAR 3000 플랫폼을 기초로 COMS 플랫폼 제작을 위해 정확한 추력기 조정각이 결정되어야 한다. 이 조정각들은 COMS의 위성 무게중심과 추력기 위치에 따라 구체적으로 결정되어야 한다. 추력기 A/B의 중간지점과 MOL 기준으로 피치 추력기(6, 7), 남쪽 추력기(1, 2, 3)와 동서 추력기(4, 5)의 최적 위치와 추력벡터를 얻었다. 추력기에 의한 토크 즉 플룸토크와 기하학적 토크는 추력기에 의한 예비성능을 향상하기 위해 최소화되었다.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제41권6호
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• pp.33-39
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• 2004

The performance of a deep water drillship, is investigated with the view of the characteristics of the thrusters and the resistance increasement due to moonpooi. The model tests have been performed to obtain the resistance of two drillships with the moonpooi open and closed including shape changes of moonpool step. To design the DP system, thrust forces of azimuth thrusters have been measured during azimuthing at zero speed condition. Thrusters, azimuthing under the bottom of ship, have the interactions of the other thrusters due to flow changes made by other thrusters, and the existence of ship hull makes the thrust deduction higher than when the thrust operates by itself. The resistance increasement due to the moonpooi is highly dependent on the step height of the moonpool and the draft. It is found that the height of moonpool step can reduce the resistance increasement by moonpool.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제32권10호
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• pp.60-66
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• 2004

위성의 자세제어 시스템의 신뢰도를 높이기 위하여 여유 추력기를 장착하는데, 이를 활용하기 위해서 효율적인 관리 방안이 요구된다. 본 논문에서는 조종력 할당 기법을 위성의 여유 추력기 관리 방안으로 제안한다. 조종력 할당 기법은 최척화 기법을 이용해서 원하는 모멘트 입력을 구현하는 여유 조종력을 결정하는 방법이다. 여기에서는 여유 추력기에 대한 할당 문제는 선형 프로그래밍 문제로 표현할 수 있음을 보인다. 또한 수치예제를 통해서 제안한 방법이 기존의 방법에 비해 효율적임을 보인다.

• Ocean Systems Engineering
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• 제1권4호
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• pp.297-315
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• 2011

New applications of streamlined Autonomous Underwater Vehicles require an AUV capable of completing missions with both high-speed straight-line runs and slow maneuvers or station keeping tasks. At low, or zero, forward speeds, the AUV's control surfaces become ineffective. To improve an AUV's low speed maneuverability, while maintaining a low drag profile, through-body tunnel thrusters have become a popular addition to modern AUV systems. The effect of forward vehicle motion and sideslip on these types of thrusters is not well understood. In order to characterize these effects and to adapt existing tunnel thruster models to include them, an experimental system was constructed. This system includes a transverse tunnel thruster mounted in a streamlined AUV. A 6-axis load cell mounted internally was used to measure the thrust directly. The AUV was mounted in Memorial University of Newfoundland's tow tank, and several tests were run to characterize the effect of vehicle motion on the transient and steady state thruster performance. Finally, a thruster model was modified to include these effects.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2004년도 제22회 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.137-141
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• 2004

Many monopropellant thrusters use a catalyst for decompose the propellant, hydrazine. The catalyst directly affects the thruster performances and lifetime. Therefore, it is important to confirm that the catalyst is suitable for our thrusters. Until 2002, we used She1l405 catalyst, for satellite RCS thrusters, and H-IIA and M-V launch vehicle upper-stage RCS thrusters. In 2002, however, Shell Chemical Inc. ceased manufacturing She1l405 catalyst and transferred the product to AEROJET, where it was renamed S405. We subsequently investigated the characteristics of AEROJET's S405 catalyst and SOLVAY's KC12GA catalyst, (SOLVAY is a Belgian chemical company, and KC12GA is used for ASTRIUM's thruster) and conducted thruster firing tests using the new catalysts. After conducting, we confirm that the KC12GA catalyst was suitable for our thrusters, and decided to use KC12GA for two satellite programs.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제43권8호
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• pp.722-730
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• 2015

궤도천이용 추력기 시스템에 활용되는 다축 핀틀 추력기 시스템의 구동장치 개수 감소에 대한 필요성으로부터 구동장치 연동 메커니즘을 고안하였다. 본 연구에서는 궤도천이용 추력기 시스템의 주요 임무인 압력제어와 추력분배가 가능한 시스템 설계를 위해 구동장치 개수 감소 가능성 확인 모델을 설계하였다. 가능성 확인 모델을 근거로 피스톤을 적용한 연동 메커니즘을 고안하였고, 수치적 근거와 더불어 AMESim을 활용한 시뮬레이션을 통해 3개의 구동장치로 4개의 핀틀 추력기가 구동 가능하다는 결과를 얻었다.

• Journal of Ship and Ocean Technology
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.27-33
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• 2002

Recently, the application of the electric propulsion system becomes popular because of its advantage over conventional propulsion. However, the complicated flow mechanism and interaction around the azimuth thruster are not fully understood yet, and the studies on the powering performance characteristics with azimuth/pod thrusters are now in progress. The experimental method developed in KRISO(Korea Research Institute of Ships & Ocean Engineering) is introduced and the results of the powering performance tests, consisting of resistance, self-propulsion and propeller open water tests for a cable layer with two azimuth thrusters are presented. For the analysis of powering performance with azimuth thrusters, it is necessary to evaluate the thrust/drag for components of a thruster unit, Extrapolation results could differ according to the various definitions of the propulsion unit; that is the pod, thruster leg and/or nozzle can be treated as hull appendages or as part of propulsion unit, The powering performances based on several definitions are investigated for this vessel. The results of the measurements for the 3-dimensional velocity distribution on the propeller plane are presented to understand the basis of the difference in propulsion characteristics due to the propeller rotational directions.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.47-58
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• 2009

In this study, a Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) simulator using thrusters is developed to validate the spacecraft attitude system. To control the attitude of the simulator, eight cold gas thrusters are aligned with roll, pitch and yaw axis. Also linear actuators are applied to the HIL simulator for automatic mass balancing to compensate the center of mass offset from the center of rotation. The HIL simulator consists of an embedded computer (Onboard PC) for simulator system control, a wireless adapter for wireless network, a rate gyro sensor to measure 3-axis attitude of the simulator, an inclinometer to measure horizontal attitude, and a battery set to supply power for the simulator independently. For the performance test of the HIL simulator, a bang-bang controller and Pulse-Width Pulse-Frequency (PWPF) modulator are evaluated successfully. The maneuver of 68 deg. in yaw axis is tested for the comparison of the both controllers. The settling time of the bang -bang controller is faster than that of the PWPF modulator by six seconds in the experiment. The required fuel of the PWPF modulator is used as much as 51% of bang-bang controller in the experiment. Overall, the HIL simulator is appropriately developed to validate the control algorithms using thrusters.