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A Study on the Possibility of Damage by Anti-aircraft Debris between the Response of Unmanned Aircraft (무인기 대응 간 대공무기 파편에 의한 피해 가능성 연구)

  • Kim, Sea Ill;Shin, Jin
    • Journal of the Korea Society for Simulation
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2020
  • When enemy drones infiltrate large urban areas, various forms of great republics are deployed in large areas to respond. Due to the characteristics of a large number of government-run aircraft, the residual coal, other than the hit bullet, falls into various sizes of debris after its own explosion. The damage rate was analyzed by dividing the debris into anti-aircraft guns and guided weapons by deriving four factors: critical speed, fragmentation mass, initial speed of debris, and object collision speed, which can cause damage to human life as the debris falls to the ground. In the future, the North is expected to infiltrate the capital city of Seoul by operating unmanned aerial vehicles, which are asymmetric forces, and the damage could be minimized by setting up pre-fatal and fire-restricted zones to minimize casualties between responses.

Design and Performance Verification of L1 Adaptive Flight Control Law Considering the Change of Center of Gravity for Unmanned Tailless Aircraft (무인 무미익 항공기의 무게중심 변화를 고려한 L1 적응제어 비행제어 법칙 설계 및 성능 검증)

  • Ko, Dong-hyeon;Kang, Ji-soo;Choi, Keeyoung
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.47 no.2
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    • pp.114-121
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    • 2019
  • Tailless aircraft have advantages of low visibility compared to conventional aircraft, but drawback of poor stability as well which makes designing controller difficult. The controller design is more difficult, especially when the center of gravity moves due to store release or fuel consumption during flight. In this paper, an L1 adaptive controller is proposed as a way to overcome these problems. The reliability and performance of the controllers were verified by non-linear simulations. RPV Flying Quality Design criteria were used for design criteria. Using the simulation, it is shown that the adaptive controller maintains stability of the unmanned aircraft for sudden large change in the inertial properties. It is also shown that the calculation burden can be reduced when it is used with the gain scheduling method.

Object Detection Capabilities and Performance Evaluation of 3D LiDAR Systems in Urban Air Mobility Environments (UAM 환경에서 3D LiDAR 시스템을 통한 객체 검출 기능 및 성능 평가)

  • Bon-soo Koo;In-ho choi;Jaewook Hwang
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.28 no.3
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    • pp.300-308
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    • 2024
  • Urban air mobility (UAM) is emerging as a revolutionary transportation solution to urban congestion and environmental issues. Especially, electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft are expected to enhance urban mobility, reduce traffic congestion, and decrease environmental pollution. However, the successful implementation and operation of UAM systems heavily rely on advanced technological infrastructure, particularly in sensor technology. Among these, 3D light detection and ranging (LiDAR) systems are essential for detecting obstacles and generating pathways in complex urban environments. This paper focuses on the challenges of developing LiDAR-based perception solutions, emphasizing the importance and performance of object detection capabilities using 3D LiDAR. It integrates LiDAR data processing algorithms and object detection methodologies to experimentally validate the effectiveness of perception solutions that contribute to the safe navigation of aircraft. This research significantly enhances the ability of aircraft to recognize and avoid obstacles effectively within urban settings.

Performance Evaluation of Hydrogen Generator for Fuel Cell Unmanned Aircraft (연료전지 무인기 탑재용 수소발생기의 성능평가)

  • Park, Dae-Il;Kim, Sung-Uk;Kim, Dong-Min;Kim, Tae-Gyu
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.39 no.7
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    • pp.627-633
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    • 2011
  • Performance of a hydrogen generator for a fuel cell unmanned aircraft was evaluated as the change of temperature environment. Sodium borohydride ($NaBH_4$) was used as a hydrogen source due to its high hydrogen content and good storability. The hydrogen gas was generated by the hydrolysis reaction using a catalytic reactor. Reaction chambers were set up with the range of temperatures from -20 to $60^{\circ}C$. The hydrogen generation rate and temperatures changes of reactor and separator were measured at the $NaBH_4$ concentrations of 20 and 25wt.%. As a result, the hydrogen generation rate was decreased as the repeated reaction cycles. It showed that the hydrogen generation rate was stable at low temperature, while at high temperature the hydrogen generation rate was rapidly decreased. The performance degradation was mainly caused by the catalyst loss and $NaBO_2$ deposition on the catalyst surface.

Performance Analysis on Depth and Straight Motion Control based on Control Surface Combinations for Supercavitating Underwater Vehicle (초공동 수중운동체의 조종면 조합에 따른 심도 및 직진 제어성능 분석)

  • Yu, Beomyeol;Mo, Hyemin;Kim, Seungkeun;Hwang, Jong-Hyon;Park, Jeong-Hoon;Jeon, Yun-Ho
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.435-448
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    • 2021
  • This study describes the depth and straight motion control performance depending on control surface combinations of a supercavitating underwater vehicle. When an underwater vehicle experiences supercavitation, friction resistance can be minimized, thus achieving the effect of super-high-speed driving. Six degrees of freedom modeling of the underwater vehicle are performed and the guidance and control loops are designed with not only a cavitator and an elevator, but also a rudder and a differential elevator to improve the stability of the roll and yaw axis. The control performance based on the combination of control surfaces is analyzed by the root-mean-square error for keeping depth and straight motion.

A Discussion on the Legal Definition and Legislation Methods of Drone Taxis (드론 택시의 법적 정의 및 법제화 방안 논의)

  • Choi, Ja-Seong;Baek, Jeong-seon;Hwang, Ho-Won
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.24 no.6
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    • pp.491-499
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    • 2020
  • There are policies that foster the drone industry, which either put a legal precedent on drones through the "Drone Act" or grant a delay or exemption in applying the safety measures of "the Aviation Safety Act". Yet, the definition of a drone is unclear, requiring further discussion on commercial usage. Therefore, we have studied cases domestically and abroad, and also analyzed issues with the current aviation legislation. It was found that a drone is defined as "an unmanned aircraft where a pilot is not on board, and its net weight is 150 kg or less". However, there are several issues, such as that a drone taxi requires a pilot on board, and its weight is 150 kg or more. Thus, we propose to define a drone as "an unmanned aerial vehicle (provided, that its own net weight should be 300 kg or under, or not be limited to weight) under Article 2 (3) of the "Aviation Security Act" as prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport, which operates either by remote, automatically, or autonomously; or an unmanned aircraft under Article 2 (6) of the "Aviation Security Act".

Study on Development of Korean Unmanned Systems through Analysis of U.S. Unmanned Systems Policy (미국의 무인체계 정책 분석을 통한 한국의 무인체계 발전에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Dongseon;Oh, Kyungwon
    • Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.65-70
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    • 2021
  • This study presents a method to efficiently advance the Republic of Korea's Unmanned Systems through the analysis of the development of the U.S. Unmanned System Policy. After the occurrence of the September 11 attacks, the U.S. developed Unmanned Systems as a part of RMA and became the leader in this area. The system went through numerous trials and errors during the development and acquisition. From these experiences, the U.S. had embodied Unmanned Systems acquisition methods by establishing Unmanned Systems Development Guidance and DoD Autonomy Community of Interest in 2012. In addition, as diverse unmanned programs started to proceed, it promoted Core Technology development sharing and simplification of functions of the Unmanned Systems to exclude budget-wasting elements such as duplication of programs. The Republic of Korea must politically build a collaborative system between industry/academia/research institute/military and apply evolutionary development strategies from the first step of the development of the Unmanned Systems the future Game Changer. In operations, concepts of the Manned/Unmanned Systems complex operation should be established and intelligent S/W, Open System, and Cyber Security technologies to materialize them developed.

Comparative legal review between national R&D projects and defence R&D programs - A study on improvement of royalty system for the promotion of aircraft industry - (국가연구개발사업 및 국방연구개발사업 간 비교법적 검토 - 항공기산업 진흥을 위한 기술료 제도 개선에 관한 연구 -)

  • Lee, Hae-Jun;Kim, Sun-Ihee
    • The Korean Journal of Air & Space Law and Policy
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    • v.35 no.1
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    • pp.153-180
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    • 2020
  • This study is meaningful in finding out what legal and policy issues need to be improved in order to foster the aircraft industry, which is relatively underdeveloped compared to the fact that some heavy industries, such as the automobile industry and shipbuilding industry, have achieved a high level of production and technology globally. Korea's aircraft industry has been growing at a slower pace than other industries, largely due to the country's economic growth and the lack of a market structure to properly use variables such as the level of development in related industries, aircraft technology and demand for aircraft manufacturing. While most industries are privately led by the market structure of the competition system, heavy industries such as the aircraft industry generally grow under the market structure of the incomplete competition system, because only by securing huge initial investment costs, high technology, and sufficient demand, they can maintain minimum economic feasibility. The Korean aircraft industry was focused on developing and mass-producing military aircraft focusing on military demand, but it sought to turn the tide by signing the BASA (Bileral Aviation Safety Agreement) with the U.S. A preliminary feasibility study was conducted in 2010 to develop next-generation medium-sized aircraft, but was cancelled due to differences in position with Canada's Bombardier, which is subject to the concourse, and Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) is pushing for the production of Bombardier's Q400 license on its own. Compared to the mid-to-large sized civil aircraft that are facing difficulties in development, KAI and KARI are successfully developing technologies to unmanned aerial vehicles and civil helicopters. In addition, the unmanned aerial vehicle sector is not yet suitable for manufacturers that have an exclusive global influence, so we believe that it is necessary to pursue government-led research and development projects with a focus on the areas of commercial helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles in order to foster the aircraft industry in the future. In addition, since military aircraft such as KT-1 and T-50 are currently being exported smoothly, and it cannot be overlooked that the biggest demand for aircraft manufacturing in the Korea is the military, it is necessary to push forward national R&D projects and defense R&D program simultaneously to enable both civilian-military development. However, there are many differences between the two projects in the way they are implemented, the department in charge and the royalty system. Through this study, we learned about the technology ownership and implementation rights of national R&D projects and defense R&D programs, as well as the royalty system. In addition, problems with the system were identified and improvement measures were derived.

Development of Security Functional Requirements for Secure-Introduction of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (무인항공기의 안전한 도입을 위한 보안기능요구사항 개발)

  • Kang, Dongwoo;Won, Dongho;Lee, Youngsook
    • Convergence Security Journal
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.97-105
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    • 2019
  • With the possibility of wireless control of the aircraft by Nicola Tesla, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle(UAV) was mainly used for military and defense purposes with the rapid development through World War I and II. As civilian applications of unmanned aerial vehicles have expanded, they have been used with various services, and attempts have been made to control various environmental changes and risk factors of unmanned aerial vehicles. However, GPS spoofing, Jamming attack and security accidents are occurring due to the communication in the unmaned aerial vehicle system or the security vulnerability of the unmanned aerial vehicle itself. In order to secure introduction of Unmanned aerial vehicle, South Korea has established Unmanned Aerial Vehicle verification system called Airworthiness Certification. However, the existing cerfication system is more focused on test flight, design and structure's safety and reliability. In this paper, we propose a unmanned aerial vehicle system model and propose security functional requirements on unmanned aerial vehicle system in the corresponding system model for secure-introduction of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. We suggest the development direction of verification technology. From this proposal, future development directions of evaluation and verification technology of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle will be presented.

Vision-based Guidance for Loitering over a Target

  • Park, Sanghyuk
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.366-377
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    • 2016
  • This paper presents a vision-based guidance method that allows a fixed-wing aircraft to orbit around a target at a given radius. The guidance method uses a simple formula that regulates a relative side-bearing angle estimated by a vision system. The global asymptotic stability of the associated guidance law is demonstrated, and a linear analysis is performed to facilitate the proper selection of the relevant control parameters. A flight experiment is presented to demonstrate the feasibility and performance of the proposed guidance method.