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An Investigation of the Effects of Flaperon Actuator Failure on Flight Maneuvers of a Supersonic Aircraft

  • Oh, Seyool;Cho, Inje;McLaughlin, Craig
    • International Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2016
  • The improvements in high performance and agility of modern fighter aircraft have led to improvements in survivability as well. Related to these performance increases are rapid response and adequate deflection of the control surfaces. Most control surface failures result from the failure of the actuator. Therefore, the failure and behavior of the actuators are essential to both combat aircraft survivability and maneuverability. In this study, we investigate the effects of flaperon actuator failure on flight maneuvers of a supersonic aircraft. The flight maneuvers were analyzed using six degrees of freedom (6DOF) simulations. This research will contribute to improvements in the reconfiguration of control surfaces and control allocation in flight control algorithms. This paper compares the results of these 6DOF simulations with the horizontal tail actuator failures analyzed previously.

A Controllable Ternary Interpolatory Subdivision Scheme

  • Zheng, Hongchan;Ye, Zhenglin;Chen, Zuoping;Zhao, Hongxing
    • International Journal of CAD/CAM
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.29-38
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    • 2005
  • A non-uniform 3-point ternary interpolatory subdivision scheme with variable subdivision weights is introduced. Its support is computed. The $C^0$ and $C^1$ convergence analysis are presented. To elevate its controllability, a modified edition is proposed. For every initial control point on the initial control polygon a shape weight is introduced. These weights can be used to control the shape of the corresponding subdivision curve easily and purposefully. The role of the initial shape weight is analyzed theoretically. The application of the presented schemes in designing smooth interpolatory curves and surfaces is discussed. In contrast to most conventional interpolatory subdivision scheme, the presented subdivision schemes have better locality. They can be used to generate $C^0$ or $C^1$ interpolatory subdivision curves or surfaces and control their shapes wholly or locally.

Robust Optimal Controller Design with Sliding Surfaces-Multi Input Case (새로운 슬라이딩 평면을 이용한 강인한 최적 제어기 설계-다입력 계통인 경우)

  • Park, Sung-Kyu;Jin, Mi-Jung;Kwak, Gun-Pyong
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.6 no.9
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    • pp.745-751
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    • 2000
  • In this paper, the novel sliding durfaces are proposed by defining the virtual states. These sliding surfaces have the nominal dynamics of the original system and make it possible that the sliding Mode Control(SMC) technique is used with various types of controllers. Its design is based on the augmented system which additional dynamics as many as input numbers. The reaching phase is eliminated by using the initial virtual states which make the initial sliding functions equal to zero.

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A Study on the Acceleration and Deceleration Control of Free-Form Surfaces (자유곡면의 가감속 제어에 관한 연구)

  • Baek, Dae Kyun;Yang, Seung-Han
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.33 no.9
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    • pp.745-751
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    • 2016
  • This paper presents the acceleration and deceleration control of free-form surfaces. A rapid variation of acceleration (or Deceleration) drives the system into a machine shock, resulting in the inaccuracy of the path control of the NURBS curve. The pattern of acceleration control can be established using the curvature of the NURBS curve. The curvature can be easily calculated from the first and second derivative of the NURBS curve used in Taylor's expansion for NURBS interpolation. However, the derivatives are not used in the recursive method for NURBS interpolation. Hence, we attempted the difference-derivatives for calculating the NURBS curvature. Both, Taylor's expansion and the recursive method, are used jointly for controlling the acceleration in the same interpolation algorithm.

Reverse Engineering for Sculptured Surfaces by Using NURBS Approximation (역공학(Reverse Engineering)을 위한 자유곡면 형상의 NURBS Approximation)

  • Cho, Jae-Hyung;Cho, Myung-Woo
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.19 no.8
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    • pp.108-115
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    • 2002
  • In measuring step for reverse engineering of sculptured surfaces, computer vision system is used to simplify the complicated surface by boundary edge detection method that minimizes the measuring error. The measured data by Coordinate measuring machine is clouded data points of surfaces which is segmented surface using image process. In this research, the measured data is approximated as NURBS surfaces by new suggested algorithm. The position and number of control points, selection of parametric values and compensation of weight factors are proposed. Finally, surface model is simulated and improved resulting performance is obtained.

Leakage and Rotordynamic Analysis of Damper Floating Ring Seal with Round­Hole Surfaces in the High Pressure Turbo Pump (원형 단면 구멍 표면을 갖는 댐퍼 후로팅 링 실의 누설량 및 회전체 동역학적 특성 해석)

  • 하태웅;이용복;김창호
    • Tribology and Lubricants
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    • v.19 no.6
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    • pp.349-356
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    • 2003
  • A damper floating ring seal with round hole pattern surfaces is suggested for better leakage control. The flat plate test of the round hole pattern surfaces has been performed to yield an empirical friction factor model. The exact predictions of the lock­up position of the damper floating ring, the leakage performance, and the rotordynamic coefficients of the seal are necessary to evaluate the rotordynamic performance of the turbo pump unit. The governing equations including the empirical friction factor model for round hole pattern surfaces are solved by the Fast Fourier Transform method. The lock­up position, leakage flow rate, and rotordynamic coefficients are evaluated according to the geometric parameters of the damper floating ring seal. Theoretical results show that the damper floating ring seals yield less leakage and better rotordynamic stability than the floating ring seal with a smooth surface.

Consideration of variable structure controller for robust control and its application to robot manipulator (강인한 제어를 위한 가볍 구조 제어기의 고찰 및 로봇 매니퓰레이터의 적용)

  • 남경태;박정일;이석규
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1996.10b
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    • pp.771-774
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    • 1996
  • This paper presents a continuous time varying sliding surface that allows faster tracking and really guarantees robust contro land smooths control inputs. And this method is evaluated by applying to robot manipulator.

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A High-speed Atomic Force Microscope for Precision Measurement of Microstructured Surfaces

  • Cui, Yuguo;Arai, Yoshikazu;Asai, Takemi;Ju, BinFeng;Gao, Wei
    • International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.27-32
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    • 2008
  • This paper describes a contact atomic force microscope (AFM) that can be used for high-speed precision measurements of microstructured surfaces. The AFM is composed of an air-bearing X stage, an air-bearing spindle with the axis of rotation in the Z direction, and an AFM probe unit. The traversing distance and maximum speed of the X stage are 300 mm and 400 mm/s, respectively. The spindle has the ability to hold a sample in a vacuum chuck with a maximum diameter of 130 mm and has a maximum rotation speed of 300 rpm. The bandwidth of the AFM probe unit in an open loop control circuit is more than 40 kHz. To achieve precision measurements of microstructured surfaces with slopes, a scanning strategy combining constant height measurements with a slope compensation technique is proposed. In this scanning strategy, the Z direction PZT actuator of the AFM probe unit is employed to compensate for the slope of the sample surface while the microstructures are scanned by the AFM probe at a constant height. The precision of such a scanning strategy is demonstrated by obtaining profile measurements of a microstructure surface at a series of scanning speeds ranging from 0.1 to 20.0 mm/s.

Development of In-Process Polishing Pressure Control System (실시간 폴리싱 압력 제어시스템 개발)

  • 오창진;전문식;김옥현
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.109-115
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    • 2004
  • Polishing process has been applied to get extremely fine surfaces, e.g., mirror surfaces such as optical mirrors, lens, molds and etc. Nowadays not only fine surface quality but also submicron order of dimensional accuracy is required for many applications. To meet the requirements polishing process should be provided with an active control of polishing pressure especially for automation of polishing process. In this paper a study on development of an active polishing pressure control system has been presented. A new type of tool assembly has been developed to facilitate the control. The tool is attached to an axis of a polishing machine with a coil spring and control of the polishing pressure is done by the position control of the axis, which needs no additional actuator. The polishing pressure is successfully measured by the measurement of the spring deformation. Control specifications were quantitatively considered by weighting functions and a controller was designed by using loop-shaping technique based on the no synthesis. Some experiments have been executed on a polishing machine with a PC-NC controller. It is shown that the results were coincident well with the theoretical analyses and satisfied the design specifications.

Growth and Migration of BALB/3T3 Fibroblast Cells on Nano-engineered Silica Beads Surface

  • Kim, Jihee;Chandra, Prakash;Yang, Jiyoon;Rhee, Seog Woo
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.34 no.12
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    • pp.3715-3721
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    • 2013
  • In this study, the behavior of cells on the modified surface, and the correlation between the modified substrates and the response of cells is described. A close-packed layer of nano-sized silica beads was prepared on a coverslip, and the adhesion, proliferation, and migration of BALB/3T3 fibroblast cells on the silica layer was monitered. The 550 nm silica beads were synthesized by the hydrolysis and condensation reaction of tetraethylorthosilicate in basic solution. The amine groups were introduced onto the surfaces of silica particles by treatment with 3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane. The close-packed layer of silica beads on the coverslip was obtained by the reaction of the amine-functionalized silica beads and the (3-triethoxysilyl)propylsuccinic anhydride treated coverslip. BALB/3T3 fibroblast cells were loaded on bare glass, APTMS coated glass, and silica bead coated glass with the same initial cell density, and the migration and proliferation of cells on the substrates was investigated. The cells were fixed and stained with antibodies in order to analyze the changes in the actin filaments and nuclei after culture on the different surfaces. The motility of cells on the silica bead coated glass was greater than that of the cells cultured on the control substrate. The growth rate of cells on the silica bead coated glass was slower than that of the control. Because the close-packed layer of silica beads gave an embossed surface, the adhesion of cells was very weak compared to the smooth surfaces. These results indicate that the adhesion of cells on the substrates is very important, and the actin filaments might play key roles in the migration and proliferation of cells. The nuclei of the cells were shrunk on the weakly adhered surfaces, and the S1 stage in which DNA is duplicated in the cell dividing processes might be retarded. As a result, the rate of proliferation of cells was decreased compared to the smooth surface of the control. In conclusion, the results described here are very important in the understanding of the interaction between implanted materials and biosystems.