• International Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.26-30
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• 2016

Experimental study on the unsteady aerodynamics analysis and power consumption of a folding wing is accomplished using a wind tunnel testing. A folding wing model is fabricated and actuated using servo motors. The flapping wing consists of an inboard main wing and an outboard folding wing. The aerodynamic forces and consumed powers of the flapping wing are measured by changing the flapping and folding wings inside a low-speed wind tunnel. In order to calculate the aerodynamic forces, the measured forces are modified using static test data. It was found that the effect of the folding wing on the flapping wing's total lift is small but the effect of the folding wing on the total thrust is larger than the main wing. The folding motion requires the extra use of the servo motor. Thus, the amount of the energy consumption increases when both the wings are actuated together. As the flight speed increases, the power consumption of the folding wing decreases which results in energy saving.

• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.145-167
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• 2017

The presented paper gives an overview of several projects addressing the experimental characterization and control of the buffet phenomenon on 3D turbulent wings in transonic flow conditions. This aerodynamic instability induces strong wall pressure fluctuations and therefore limits flight domain. Consequently, to enlarge the latter but also to provide more flexibility during the design phase, it is interesting to try to delay the buffet onset. This paper summarizes the main investigations leading to the achievement of open and closed-loop buffet control and its experimental demonstration. Several wind tunnel tests campaigns, performed on a 3D half wing/fuselage body, enabled to characterize the buffet aerodynamic instability and to study the efficiency of innovative fluidic control devices designed and manufactured by ONERA. The analysis of the open-loop databases demonstrated the effects on the usual buffet characteristics, especially on the shock location and the separation areas on the wing suction side. Using these results, a closed-loop control methodology based on a quasi-steady approach was defined and several architectures were tested for various parameters such as the input signal, the objective function, the tuning of the feedback gain. All closed-loop methods were implemented on a dSPACE device able to estimate in real time the fluidic actuators command calculated mainly from the unsteady pressure sensors data. The efficiency of delaying the buffet onset or limiting its effects was demonstrated using the quasi-steady closed-loop approach and tested in both research and industrial wind tunnel environments.

• International Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.50-53
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• 2015

It would encounter some complicated flow fields, such as transition, separation, reattachment and disturbances, in the hypersonic flight. Thus, it is difficult to theoretically analyze the hypersonic aerothermodynamics effects, so that the ground-test simulation is thought of as one of the most important methods to improve the understanding level of the hypersonic aerothermodynamics. However, the aero-heating tests could not simulate all aerodynamics and geometry parameters in the real flight due to the differences between the experimental environments supplied by the ground facilities and the flight, so that the feasible technique for the ground-test simulation of the hypersonic aerothermodynamics effects is required to be advanced. The key parameters that are especially required to simulate for aero-heating tests are analyzed and one detailed approach is suggested to perform the experimental investigation on the hypersonic aero-heating effects in the ground facilities in this paper, and the tests are performed in the FD-20 gun tunnel of CAAA (China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics) to give out the data which could be used to confirm the equation from the theoretical analysis.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.225-241
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• 1998

The high-rise supporting towers of long-span suspension and cable-stayed bridges commonly comprise a pair of slender prisms of roughly square cross-section with a center-to-centre spacing of from perhaps 2 to 6 widths and connected by one or more cross-ties. The tower columns may have a constant spacing as common for suspension bridges or the spacing may reduce towards the top of the tower. The present paper is concerned with the aerodynamics of such towers and describes an experimental investigation of the overall aerodynamic forces acting on a pair of square cylinders in two-dimensional flow. Wind tunnel pressure measurements were carried out in smooth flow and with a longitudinal intensity of turbulence 0.10. Different angles of attack were considered between $0^{\circ}$ and $90^{\circ}$, and separations between the two columns from twice to 13 times the side width of the column. The mean values of the overall forces proved to be related to the bias introduced in the flow by the interaction between the two cylinders; the overall rms forces are related to the level of coherence between the shedding-induced forces on the two cylinders and to their phase. Plots showing the variation of the force coefficients and Strouhal number as a function of the separation, together with the force coefficients spectra and lift cross-correlation functions are presented in the paper.

• 항공우주시스템공학회지
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.10-16
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• 2017

한국항공우주연구원(KARI)이 보유하고 있는 개방형 풍동에서 최대이륙중량 28 kg급 옥터콥터(octocopter)를 시험모델로 상승 하강기류, 측풍, 전단류와 같은 악기상에 대한 대처 능력을 향상 시키고 와류고리상태(VRS)와 같은 공기역학적 현상을 규명하여 와류고리상태(VRS) 진입 예방 및 탈출할 수 있는 기술들을 연구하고자 풍동시험을 수행하였다. 소형무인기 풍동시험은 풍속 3.5, 5, 7 m/sec, 회전수 3,500, 4,500, 5,550rpm 조건에서 받음각 $-40^{\circ}{\sim}+20^{\circ}$ 도, ${\pm}90^{\circ}$ 도, 요각 $0^{\circ}$ 도와 $45^{\circ}$ 도로 변화시켜가며 6분력을 측정하여 공력 DB를 작성하였다. 멀티콥터 수직 하강 시험 시 하강속도 6 m/sec에서 와류고리상태의 최고점(VRS peak)이 나타나고, 이 때 약 13 % 정도의 추력감소가 나타났다. 프로펠러 및 동체 상호 간섭에 의한 성능저하 여부를 판단하기 위해 프로펠러 조합을 변화시켜가며 시험을 수행한 결과 단일 프로펠러 대비 최대 15 % 정도의 성능 저하가 있음을 확인할 수 있었다. 이번 시험으로 확보한 자료들은 소형무인기 운용 시 경험하게 되는 악기상에 대처하여 안전성과 생존성을 증대시키기 위한 기술개발 기초자료로 활용될 예정이다.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제5권2_3_4호
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• pp.193-208
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• 2002

Previous studies have shown that Computational Wind Engineering (CWE) is still in its infancy and has a long way to go to become truly useful to the design practitioner. The present work focuses on more recent studies to identify progress on outstanding issues and improvements in the numerical simulation of wind effects on buildings. The paper reviews wind loading and environmental effects; it finds that, in spite of some interesting and visually impressive results produced with CWE, the numerical wind tunnel is still virtual rather than real and many more parallel studies - numerical and experimental - will be required to increase the level of confidence in the computational results.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제5권2_3_4호
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• pp.257-266
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• 2002

In the recent years flow around bridges are investigated using computer modeling. Selvam (1998), Selvam and Bosch (1999), Frandsen and McRobie (1999) used finite element procedures. Larsen and Walther (1997) used discrete vorticity procedure. The aeroelastic instability is a major criterion to be checked for long span bridges. If the wind speed experienced by a bridge is greater than the critical wind speed for flutter, then the bridge fails due to aeroelastic instability. Larsen and Walther (1997) computed the critical velocity for flutter using discrete vortex method similar to wind tunnel procedures. In this work, the critical velocity for flutter will be calculated directly (free oscillation procedure) similar to the approaches reported by Selvam et al. (1998). It is expected that the computational time required to compute the critical velocity using this approach may be much shorter than the traditional approach. The computed critical flutter velocity of 69 m/s is in reasonable comparison with wind tunnel measurement. The no flutter and flutter conditions are illustrated using the bridge response in time.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2004년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.1939-1944
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• 2004

Recently, several kinds of experimental and computational studies are being carried out to investigate the WIG aerodynamic characteristics which are of practical importance to develop the new ground transportation vehicle system. These works are mainly based upon conventional wind tunnel tests, but many problems associated with the WIG aerodynamic characteristics cannot be satisfactorily resolved due to the wind tunnel blockage effects or string problems to support the test object. To do this, it is necessary to develop a novel simulator appropriate to the WIG aerodynamics. The objective of the present study is to clarify the aerodynamic characteristics of a new developed WIG simulator, which is able to imitate real WIG flow circumstances such as gradually decelerating and accelerating flows.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.150-159
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• 2015

An experimental study on frequency characteristics of the microphone array covered with Kevlar sheet was conducted in the closed test section. Microphones that were flush-mounted in the wall of wind tunnel were subjected to very high flow noise resulting from the turbulence in the wall boundary layer. This noise interference by the boundary layer was referred as 'a microphone self-noise' and various approaches were studied to reduce this interference. Recessed microphone array with high tensioned cover was one of the good approaches to reduce this self-noise. But, the array cover could cause an unexpected interference to the measuring results. In this paper the frequency characteristics of the microphone array with Kevlar cover was experimentally studied. The white noise was used as a reference noise source. Three kinds of tensions for the Kevlar cover were tested and those results were compared with the test results without the Kevlar cover. The gap effect between the cover and microphone head was also tested to find out the proper position of microphone in the array module. Test results show that the mid-tension and 10mm gap was the best choice in the tested cases.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제36권7호
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• pp.628-633
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• 2008

십자형 낙하산은 원형 낙하산에 비해 제작상의 이점과 비용상의 이점이 있지만, 비정상 상태의 조건에 대해 많은 제약을 가지고 있다. 본 연구는 십자형 낙하산의 단점을 개선하여 더 나은 형태의 낙하산을 개발하는데 목적을 두고 있으며, Reefing을 통해 이러한 단점들을 개선 할 수 있을 것이라 기대하고 있다. 공력 특성 중에 낙하산의 성능에 가장 크게 작용하는 항력, 안정성, 진동에 대해 풍동 시험을 진행 하였으며, Reefing 효과로 인해 변화되는 낙하산의 형태와 성능들에 대해 연구 할 수 있었다.공력 계수를 얻기 위한 풍동시험은 6분력 피라미달 밸런스와 전방 고정부에 설치된 로드셀에 의해 측정이 되었다. 4개의 십자형 낙하산을 제작하였고, 각각의 값들을 비교하였다. Reefing line ratio에 따라 공력계수들의 변화를 알 수 있었다. 또한 reefing 효과에 따라 separation edge가 발생되어 십자형 낙하산의 안전성 향상을 확인할 수 있었다. 본 연구를 통해 기존 십자형 낙하산의 단점인 안정성을 향상시켜 다양한 분야에서 새로운 십자형 낙하산이 사용될 것이라 기대된다.