• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.179-189
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• 2011

In this paper, robust adaptive control design problem is addressed for a class of parametrically uncertain aeroelastic systems. A full-state robust adaptive controller was designed to suppress aeroelastic vibrations of a nonlinear wing section. The design used leading and trailing edge control actuations. The full state feedback (FSFB) control yielded a global uniformly ultimately bounded result for two-axis vibration suppression. The pitching and plunging displacements were measurable; however, the pitching and plunging rates were not measurable. Thus, a high gain observer was used to modify the FSFB control design to become an output feedback (OFB) design while the stability analysis for the OFB control law was presented. Simulation results demonstrate the efficacy of the multi-input multi-output control toward suppressing aeroelastic vibrations and limit cycle oscillations occurring in pre- and post-flutter velocity regimes.

• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.263-278
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• 2022

The time-varying structural reliability of an aeroelastic launch vehicle subjected to stochastic parameters is investigated. The launch vehicle structure is under the combined action of several stochastic loads that include aerodynamics, thrust as well as internal combustion pressure. The launch vehicle's main body structural flexibility is modeled via the normal mode shapes of a free-free Euler beam, where the aerodynamic loadings on the vehicle are due to force on each incremental section of the vehicle. The rigid and elastic coupled nonlinear equations of motion are derived following the Lagrangian approach that results in a complete aeroelastic simulation for the prediction of the instantaneous launch vehicle rigid-body motion as well as the body elastic deformations. Reliability analysis has been performed based on two distinct limit state functions, defined as the maximum launch vehicle tip elastic deformation and also the maximum allowable stress occurring along the launch vehicle total length. In this fashion, the time-dependent reliability problem can be converted into an equivalent time-invariant reliability problem. Subsequently, the first-order reliability method, as well as the Monte Carlo simulation schemes, are employed to determine and verify the aeroelastic launch vehicle dynamic failure probability for a given flight time.

• 한국항공운항학회지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.11-16
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• 2006

The wind turbine rotor blade is faced with various aeroelastic problem as rotor blades become bigger and lighter by the use the composite material. The aeroelastic analysis of a wind turbine rotor blade requires its aerodynamic model and structural model. For effective aeroelastic analysis, it is required the simple and effective structural model of the blade. In the present study, we introduce the effective equivalent structural modeling of the blade for aeroelastic analysis. The equivalent beam model of the composite blade based on its 3D finite element model is established. The free vibration analysis shows that the equivalent beam model of the blade is equivalent to its 3D finite element model.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.87-93
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• 2007

항공기 설계를 할 때에는 CFD를 이용한 해석 과정을 수반하는 것이 일반적이다. 그러나 CFD 해석은 많은 계산 시간과 비용이 소요되는데 동적 격자를 이용하면 다양한 모델의 해석 시 격자의 재구성 과정에 소요되는 시간을 줄일 수 있다. 뿐만 아니라 공탄성 해석처럼 격자를 갱신하면서 해석을 수행하는 경우, 설계 모델의 최적화 과정과 같이 다양한 격자를 구성해야 하는 경우에 동적 격자를 사용하면 전체 해석 시간을 줄일 수 있으므로 효율적인 해석이 가능하다.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제5권2_3_4호
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• pp.379-392
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• 2002

Numerical flow computations around an aeroelastic 3D square cylinder immersed in the turbulent boundary layer are shown. Present computational code can be characterized by three numerical aspects which are 1) the method of artificial compressibility is adopted for the incompressible flow computations, 2) the domain decomposition technique is used to get better grid point distributions, and 3) to achieve the conservation law both in time and space when the flow is computed a with moving and transformed grid, the time derivatives of metrics are evaluated using the time-and-space volume. To provide time-dependant inflow boundary conditions satisfying prescribed time-averaged velocity profiles, a convenient way for generating inflow turbulence is proposed. The square cylinder is modeled as a 4-lumped-mass system and it vibrates with two-degree of freedom of heaving motion. Those blocks which surround the cylinder are deformed according to the cylinder's motion. Vigorous oscillations occur as the vortex shedding frequency approaches cylinder's natural frequencies.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.235-256
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• 2010

The aeroelastic stability of bridge decks equipped with multiple tuned mass dampers is studied. The problem is attacked in the time domain, by representing self-excited loads with the aid of aerodynamic indicial functions approximated by truncated series of exponential filters. This approach allows to reduce the aeroelastic stability analysis in the form of a direct eigenvalue problem, by introducing an additional state variable for each exponential term adopted in the approximation of indicial functions. A general probabilistic framework for the optimal robust design of multiple tuned mass dampers is proposed, in which all possible sources of uncertainties can be accounted for. For the purposes of this study, the method is also simplified in a form which requires a lower computational effort and it is then applied to a general case study in order to analyze the control effectiveness of regular and irregular multiple tuned mass dampers. A special care is devoted to mistuning effects caused by random variations of the target frequency. Regular multiple tuned mass dampers are seen to improve both control effectiveness and robustness with respect to single tuned mass dampers. However, those devices exhibit an asymmetric behavior with respect to frequency mistuning, which may weaken their feasibility for technical applications. In order to overcome this drawback, an irregular multiple tuned mass damper is conceived which is based on unequal mass distribution. The optimal design of this device is finally pursued via a full domain search, which evidences a remarkable robustness against frequency mistuning, in the sense of the simplified design approach.

• Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.115-131
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• 2017

Classical flutter of wind turbine blades indicates a type of aeroelastic instability with fully attached boundary layer where a torsional blade mode couples to a flapwise bending mode, resulting in a mutual rapid growth of the amplitudes. In this paper the monitoring problem of onset of flutter is investigated from a detection point of view. The criterion is stated in terms of the exceeding of a defined envelope process of a specific maximum torsional vibration threshold. At a certain instant of time, a limited part of the previously measured torsional vibration signal at the tip of blade is decomposed through the Empirical Mode Decomposition (EMD) method, and the 1st Intrinsic Mode Function (IMF) is assumed to represent the response in the flutter mode. Next, an envelope time series of the indicated modal response is obtained in terms of a Hilbert transform. Finally, a flutter onset criterion is proposed, based on the indicated envelope process. The proposed online flutter monitoring method provided a practical and direct way to detect onset of flutter during operation. The algorithm has been illustrated by a 907-DOFs aeroelastic model for wind turbines, where the tower and the drive train is modelled by 7 DOFs, and each blade by means of 50 3-D Bernoulli-Euler beam elements.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제43권7호
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• pp.601-608
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• 2015

유연날개의 공력 및 구조 설계값을 설계 변수로 하여 정적 상태에서의 정적 공탄성해석 및 최적화를 수행하였다. 정적 공탄성해석과 최적화를 위해 상용 해석소프트웨어들이 연계된 강건한 다분야 최적설계 시스템을 개발하였다. 최적화 설계변수로는 가로세로비, 테이퍼비, 후퇴각과 날개 위아래 스킨 두께를 설정하였다. 전역적 다목적 최적화를 위해 실수기반 적응영역 다목적 유전자 알고리즘을 적용하였으며 계산시간을 줄이기 위해 메타모델로 서포트벡터회귀 기법을 적용하였다. 유연날개에 대한 파레토 결과 분석을 통해 최대 항속시간과 최소 중량에 대한 최적 결과를 확인하였다.

• Composites Research
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.61-71
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• 2000

오늘날 항공기의 경량화를 위해 복합재료를 사용하는 것은 필수적인 설계 및 제작 요건이 되고 있다. 복합재료로 제작된 날개는 적층각에 따라 구조적 특성이 심하게 변화될 수 있기 때문에 설계시 최적의 적층각을 결정하는 것이 매우 중요한 문제이다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 복합재료 날개의 적층각에 대한 정적 공탄성 최적화 연구를 수행하였다. 이를 위해 공력하중에 대한 복합재료 날개의 구조 평형상태를 구할 수 있는 정적 공탄성(하중재분포) 해석시스템을 개발하였으며, 유전자 알고리즘을 활용한 최적화 프로그램이 통합 개발되었다. 후퇴각이 있는 복합재료날개에 대하여 적층각 변화가 정적 공탄성 변형에 미치는 영향을 고찰하였으며, 구조 변형이 최소가 되는 경우의 최적 적층각 조건을 구하였다. 이를 토대로 실제 제작에 실용적인 적층각 조합에 대하여 정적 공탄성 특성을 최대화 할 수 있는 최적 적층각 조건이 제시되었다.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.72-78
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• 2008

본 연구에서는 블레이드 구조 변형 효과를 고려하여 스테이터-로터 상호간섭 케스케이드 모델의 성능평가를 위한 유체-구조 연계해석 시스템을 개발하였다. 고정된 스테이터와 회전하는 로터는 상호간섭 영향이 유동해석에 고려되었으며, 레이놀즈-평균화 난류 방정식인 Spalart-Allmaras 모델과 k-ω SST 난류 모델이 압축성 유동박리 효과를 고려한 유동하중을 예측하기 위해 적용되었다. 정적인 유체-구조 연계해석과 수렴율 증진을 효과적으로 수행하기 위하여 큰 인공 감쇠를 가지는 연계 Newmark 시간적분 기법을 적용하였다. 수치실험을 통해 탄성축 위치에 따른 구조변형 효과가 케스케이드 성능에 미치는 영향을 파악하였다. 구조변형 효과가 고려된 경우 일반적인 강체 블레이드 모델에 대한 성능예측 결과와 다소 차이가 유발될 수 있음을 보였으며 공력탄성학적 영향을 고찰하였다.