• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제5권6호
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• pp.645-662
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• 2009

Adaptive wings are capable of properly modifying their shape depending on the current aerodynamic conditions, in order to improve the overall performance of a flying vehicle. In this paper is presented the concept design of a small-scale compliant wing rib whose outline may be distorted in order to switch from an aerodynamic profile to another. The distortion loads are induced by shape memory alloy actuators placed within the frame of a wing section whose elastic response is predicted by the matrix method with beam formulation. Genetic optimization is used to find a wing rib structure (corresponding to the first airfoil) able to properly deforms itself when loaded by the SMA-induced forces, becoming as close as possible to the desired target shape (second airfoil). An experimental validation of the design procedure is also carried out with reference to a simplified structure layout.

• International Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.1-3
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• 2021

This study proposed a specific preliminary structural design procedure of the main wing for a small scale WIG vehicle to meet the target weight of the system requirement. The high stiffness and strength Carbon-Epoxy material was used for lightness, and the foam sandwich type structure at the upper skin and the spar webs was adopted for improvement of structural stability. After structural design, wing joint part was designed. Through investigation on structural design result, design modification was performed. After design modification, even thought the designed wing weight was a little bit heavier than the target wing weight, the structural safety and stability of the final design feature was confirmed.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제30권10호
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• pp.1061-1068
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• 2013

In this research, the design optimization of a composite sandwich has been performed for using as an airplane wing skin. Automated analysis framework for aero-structure interaction is used for calculating load data on the wing. For automated analysis framework, FLUENT is used for computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis. CFD mesh is generated automatically by using parametric modeling of CATIA and GAMBIT. A computational structure mechanics (CSM) mesh is generated automatically by the parametric method of the CATIA and visual basic script of NASTRAN-FX. The structure is analyzed by ABAQUS. Composite sandwich optimization is performed by NASTRAN SOL200. Design variables are thicknesses of the sandwich core and composite skin panel plies. The objective is to minimize the weight of the wing and constraints are applied for wing tip displacement, global failure index and local failure indexes.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.104-109
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• 2006

In this study, the equivalent plate model is developed using a finite element method(FEM) based on the first order shear deformation theory(FSDT). The substructure synthesis method is used to consider the control surface. For the verification of the equivalent model, the results of free vibration analysis are compared with the ones of 3D wing structure modeled by using the MSC/NASTRAN.

• 대한기계학회논문집
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.615-622
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• 1995

It may be inefficient to conduct the aeroelastic analysis by using full-scale conventional finite-element analyses or experiments, from the initial design phase, for an aircraft wing which can be considered as the discontinuum complex structure with composite laminated skins. In this paper, therefore more efficient aeroelastic analysis has been conducted for a box-beam typed aircraft wing by using the equivalent continuum beam-rod model which is derived from the concept of energy equivalence. Equivalent structural properties of the continuum beam-rod model are obtained from the direct comparison of the finite-element matrices of continuum beam-rod model with those of box-beam typed aircraft wing. Numerical results by the continuum beam-rod model approach are compared with those by the conventional finite-element analysis approach to show that the continuum beam-rod model proposed herein is quite satisfactory as a simplified model of aircraft wing structure for aeroelastic analyses.

• Advanced Composite Materials
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.343-358
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• 2008

This present study provides the structural design and analysis of main wing, horizontal tail and control surface of a small scale WIG (Wing-in-Ground Effect) craft which has been developed as a future high speed maritime transportation system of Korea. Weight saving as well as structural stability could be achieved by using the skin.spar.foam sandwich and carbon/epoxy composite material. Through sequential design modifications and numerical structural analysis using commercial FEM code PATRAN/NASTRAN, the final design structural features to meet the final design goal such as the system target weight, structural safety and stability were obtained. In addition, joint structures such as insert bolts for joining the wing with the fuselage and lugs for joining the control surface to the wing were designed by considering easy assembling as well as more than 20 years service life.

• International Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2019

In the present study, structural safety and stability on the main wing and tail planes of the 1.2 ton WIG(Wing in Ground Effect) flight vehicle, which will be a high speed maritime transportation system for the next generation, was performed. The carbon-epoxy composite material was used in design of wing structure. The skin-spar with skin-stressed structural type was adopted for improvement of lightness and structural stability. As a design procedure for this study, the design load was estimated with maximum flight load. From static strength analysis results using finite element method of the commercial codes. From the stress analysis results of the main wing, it was confirmed that the upper skin structure between the second rib and the third rib was unstable for the buckling load. Therefore in order to solve this problem, three stiffeners at the buckled region were added. After design modification, even though the weight of the wing was a little bit heavier than the target weight, the structural safety and stability was satisfied for design requirements.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2004년도 ICCAS
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• pp.565-569
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• 2004

The wing-body trucks are special vehicles that are designed to provide large carrying space and to protect the freights from outside impacts and bad weather. They are constructed to the structure opening and shutting three-layered aluminum top. In the middle- and large-size(above one-ton) wing-body trucks, wing-body is opened/closed by opening and shutting device of oil pressure type. But one-ton truck is constructed that its wing-body is opened/closed in manual to use helping of stay-dampers. So, we developed an electronic opening and shutting device for one-ton wing-body trucks to improve the inconvenience of usage for manually operated wing-body. The developed device is consisted of two connected links and a dc motor combined with an worm gear. The worm gear changes the rotation axis of the dc motor to a right-angled direction and transfers the torque of dc motor to the links. The two connected links open/shut the wing-body using the torque transferred from the dc motor. When the wing-body starts to be opened, the biggest torque is required from the dc motor for opening the wing-body. And as the wing-body is opened more and more, the required torque is smaller for opening the wing-body. Thus, the structure of two connected links are designed to locate at the center of worm gear so that maximum torque of the dc motor is transferred the links at the initial time starting to open wing-body. The controller of the device with open and closed buttons also is designed to protect the device from over-opening and over shutting operations. The developed device is accomplished for many experiments using actual vehicle. Those experiments show that the device has more excellent performance than the oil pressure type.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제46권6호
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• pp.471-478
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• 2018

본 연구에서는 복합재 날개 구조물에 손상허용설계를 적용하고 이를 입증하기 위한 정하중 시험을 수행하였다. 복합재 날개 구조의 정적강도를 입증하기 위하여 5 조건의 설계 제한하중 시험과 3 조건의 설계 극한하중 시험을 수행하였다. 그 다음으로 손상허용 설계를 입증하기 위하여 관련 규정에 따라서 복합재 주익 주요 취약부위에 BVID 10개, Open hole 11개를 생성 후, 설계 극한하중 시험과 파단시험을 실시하였다. 날개 주요 부위의 변위 및 변형률 시험 결과는 구조해석 결과와 비교적 잘 일치하였으며, 파단시험의 최초 파단부위도 최소안전여유를 갖는 부위에서 발생하여 구조해석 모델 및 강도평가 결과가 실제 구조의 정적 거동과 유사함을 확인하였다.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.129-136
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• 2017

본 연구의 목적은 항공기 주익 구조물에 대한 피로균열진전 해석 및 실험을 통하여 운영 기간에 따른 장기 운영 항공기의 손상허용성을 평가하는 하는 것이다. 이를 위하여 주익 구조물의 피로임계부위 2 곳을 대상으로, 선행 연구에서 개발된 알고리즘을 기반으로 산출된 피로응력 스펙트럼 및 상용 코드인 NASGRO 를 이용한 피로균열진전해석을 수행하고 그 결과를 참고문헌의 결과와 비교하여 피로응력 스펙트럼 및 균열진전해석방법의 타당성을 확인하였다. 또한 실제 주익 구조물에서 채취한 시험편 및 이와 동일 재료로 가공된 시험편을 대상으로 위의 피로응력 스펙트럼을 적용한 피로균열진전시험을 실시하고 그 결과를 이용하여 운영 기간에 따른 주익 구조물의 손상허용성을 평가하였다.