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Preliminary Conceptual Design of a Multicopter Type eVTOL using Reverse Engineering Techniques for Urban Air Mobility (도심항공 모빌리티(UAM)를 위한 역설계 기법을 사용한 멀티콥터형 eVTOL의 기본 개념설계)

  • Choi, Won-Seok;Yi, Dong-Kyu;Hwang, Ho-Yon
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.29-39
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    • 2021
  • As a means of solving traffic congestion in the downtown of large city, the interest in urban air mobility (UAM) using electric vertical take-off landing personal aerial vehicle (eVTOL PAV) is increasing. eVTOL configurations that will be used for UAM are classified by lift-and-cruise, tilt rotors, tilt-wings, tilted-ducted fans, multicopters, depending on propulsion types. This study tries to perform preliminary conceptual design for a given mission profile using reverse engineering techniques by taking the multicopter type Airbus's CityAirbus as a basic model. Wetted area, lift to drag ratio, drag coefficients were calculated using the OpenVSP which is an aerodynamic analysis software. The power required for each mission section of CityAirbus were calculated, and the corresponding battery and motor were selected. Also, total weight was predicted by estimating component weights of eVTOL.

Design Requirement Analysis and Configuration Proposal of a Vertiport for Domestic Applications of the Urban Air Mobility (도심항공 모빌리티(UAM)의 국내 적용을 위한 수직이착륙장 설계 요구조건 분석 및 형상 제안)

  • Ahn, Byeong-Seon;Hwang, Ho-Yon
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.40-51
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    • 2021
  • In this paper, the design requirements was produced by analyzing domestic and foreign regulations of the vertical takeoff and landing site required to operate the urban air mobility (UAM) system in Korea and the size of the take-off and landing pads were defined, and the configuration of vertiport was proposed. First, for the metropolitan area with high population density, pilot locations of the vertical take-off and landing site were selected based on the demonstration routes suggested by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and analyzed the characteristics of each location and determined the number of possible installations of vertiport by measuring each site. After that, variables necessary for the operation of the vertical takeoff and landing area were set, and the hourly, daily, monthly aircraft operating cycle, the number of acceptable people, and efficiency were calculated according to the number of simultaneous operation and the number of stand. Finally, using CATIA, the configurations of the virtual vertiport was created by applying the design requirements.

Selection and Evaluation of Vertiports of Urban Air Mobility (UAM) in the Seoul Metropolitan Area using the K-means Algorithm (K-means 알고리즘을 활용한 수도권 도심항공 모빌리티(UAM) 수직이착륙장 위치 선정 및 평가)

  • Jeong, Jun-Young;Hwang, Ho-Yon
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.8-16
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    • 2021
  • In this paper, locations of vertiports were selected and evaluated to operate urban air mobility (UAM) in the Seoul metropolitan area. Demand data were analyzed using the data from the survey of commuting population and were marked on a map using MATLAB. To cluster the data, the K-means algorithm function built in MATLAB was used to identify the center of the cluster to as the location of vertiports, and using the silhouette technique, the accuracy and reliability of the clustering were evaluated. The locations of the selected vertiports were also identified using satellite maps to ensure that the locations of the selected vertiports were suitable for the actual vertiport location, and, if the location was not appropriate, final vertiports were selected through the repositioning process.

Aerodynamic Analysis, Required Power and Weight Estimation of a Compound (Tilt rotor + Lift + Cruise) Type eVTOL for Urban Air Mobility using Reverse Engineering Techniques (역설계 기법을 사용한 도심항공 모빌리티용 복합형(틸트로터 + 양력 + 순항) eVTOL의 공력 해석, 요구 동력 및 중량 예측)

  • Kim, Dong-Hee;Lee, Joon-Hee;Hwang, Ho-Yon
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.17-28
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    • 2021
  • Recently, eVTOL, the next-generation of eco-friendly transportation, has been in the spotlight due to global warming along with traffic jams in large cities of many countries. This study benchmark the external features of Hyundai Motors S-A1, a compound eVTOL combined fixed and tilt rotors among many types of eVTOLs, to create the basic configuration using reverse design techniques. Basic configurations were created using CATIA and aerodynamic analyses were performed using the aircraft design and aerodynamic analysis programs, OpenVSP, XFLR5, and the aircraft wetted area, drag, and lift were calculated after selecting the airfoil, incidence angle, and dihedral and anhedral angles through trade study. Also, required powers were estimated for completing the given mission profile and components weight and the total weight were predicted using the estimation formula and data survey.

A Study on Detection and Quantification of a Scramjet Engine Unstart (스크램제트 엔진의 비시동 검출과 정량화 연구)

  • Kim, Hyunwoo;Seo, Hanseok;Kim, Jong-Chan;Sung, Hong-Gye;Park, Ik-Soo
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.50 no.1
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    • pp.21-30
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    • 2022
  • The restart of scramjet engine is almost impossible in case its unstart happens during engine operation. Therefore, it is essential to prognosticate the scramjet engine unstart phenomena. A numerical simulation of a scramjet engine is conducted to investigate the unstart process of the scramjet engine by adjusting the backpressure at the isolator outlet to the engine analysis environment. The start and unstart of the engine are identified by applying a support vector machine (SVM) through the data measured by wall pressure so that the locations of the pressure sensors most suitable for the unstart detection are selected. And the operation conditions in which the engine is avoid to be unstarted are quantified to perceive the safety margin.

Classification of Summer Paddy and Winter Cropping Fields Using Sentinel-2 Images (Sentinel-2 위성영상을 이용한 하계 논벼와 동계작물 재배 필지 분류 및 정확도 평가)

  • Hong, Joo-Pyo;Jang, Seong-Ju;Park, Jin-Seok;Shin, Hyung-Jin;Song, In-Hong
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.64 no.1
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    • pp.51-63
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    • 2022
  • Up-to-date statistics of crop cultivation status is essential for farm land management planning and the advancement in remote sensing technology allows for rapid update of farming information. The objective of this study was to develop a classification model of rice paddy or winter crop fields based on NDWI, NDVI, and HSV indices using Sentinel-2 satellite images. The 18 locations in central Korea were selected as target areas and photographed once for each during summer and winter with a eBee drone to identify ground truth crop cultivation. The NDWI was used to classify summer paddy fields, while the NDVI and HSV were used and compared in identification of winter crop cultivation areas. The summer paddy field classification with the criteria of -0.195

UAV-based Construction Site Monitoring and Analysis System Development for Civil Engineering Management (토목현장에서의 무인비행장치 기반 현장정보 취득 및 분석 시스템 개발)

  • Kim, Changyoon;Youn, Junhee
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.42 no.4
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    • pp.549-557
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    • 2022
  • Due to harsh conditions of construction site, understanding of current feature of terrain and other infrastructures is critical issue for site managers. However, because of difficulties in acquiring the geographical information of the construction sites such as large sites and limited capability of construction workers, comprehensive site investigation of current feature of construction site is not an easy task for construction managers. To address these circumstances of construction sites, this study deduce difficulties and applicabilities of unmanned aerial vehicle in the area of construction site management. To confirm applicability of UAV in civil construction project, case study have been conducted on the road construction project. The result of case study proved that the developed system is one of promising technologies that has been studied in construction site management. To improve applicability of UAV for construction and process management information, law and technical issues will be an important area of future study.

Study of IoT Module Package Design Optimization for Drop Testing by Drone (IoT 모듈 패키지 디자인 최적화 및 드론에서의 낙하해석 연구)

  • Jo, Eunsol;Kim, Gu-Sung
    • Journal of the Microelectronics and Packaging Society
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    • v.28 no.4
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    • pp.63-67
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    • 2021
  • In order to detect fires that may not be visible to the naked eye, an IoT module that uses changes in Carbon dioxide (CO2) levels and temperature to effectively identify ambers (dying flames) was developed. Finite element analysis was then used to optimize the packaging for this module. Given the nature of ambers, the low power long range LoRa (Long Range) technology was used in the development of this module. To protect the module, a number of packages were designed, and comparative analysis performed on the stress generated when they fall. The results of which show that Model C showed the lowest stress. In addition, unlike other models in which stress concentration was predicted in the module mounting part of the package, in this model the stress concentration phenomenon was predicted in the wing part. It was therefore determined that this approach is ideal for protecting the internal module, and a package to which this was applied was manufactured.

The Smart Medicine Delivery Using UAV for Elderly Center

  • Li, Jie;Weiwei, Goh;N.Z., Jhanjhi;David, Asirvatham
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.78-88
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    • 2023
  • Medication safety and medicine delivery challenge the well-being of the elderly and the management of the elderly center. With the outbreak of COVID-19, the elderly in the care center were challenged by the inconvenience of the medication restocking. The purpose of this paper accentuates the importance of the design and development of an UAV-based Smart Medicine Case (UAV-SMC) to improve the performance of medication management and medicine delivery in the elderly center. The researchers came up with the design of UAV-SMC in the light of the UAV and IoT technology to improve the performance of both Medication Practice Management (MPM) and Low Inventory Detection and Delivery (LIDD). Based on the result, with UAV-SMC, the performance of both MPM and LIDD was significantly improved. The UAV-SMC improves the efficacy of medication management in the elderly center by 26.97 to 149.83 seconds for each medication practice and 9.03 mins for each time of medicine delivery in Subang Jaya Malaysia. This paper only investigates the adoption of UAV-SMC in the content of elderly center rather than other industries. The authors consider integrating the UAV-SMC with the e-pharmacy system in the future. In conclusion, the UAV-SMC has significantly improved the medication management and guard the safety of elderly and caretaker in the elderly in the post-pandemic times.

A Study on Diagnosis of BLDC motor and New data-set Feature Extraction using Park's Vector Approach (Park's Vector Approach를 이용한 BLDC모터진단 방법과 새로운 데이터 셋 특징 추출 연구)

  • Goh, Yeong-Jin;Kim, Ji-Seon;Lee, Buhm;Kim, Kyoung-Min
    • Journal of IKEEE
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    • v.26 no.1
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    • pp.104-110
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    • 2022
  • In this paper, we propose a new dataset for AI diagnosis and BLDC motor diagnosis in UAV. In the diagnosis of BLDC motor, PVA(Park's Vector Approach) is difficult to apply due to many ripples of frequency components. However, since the components of ripples are the third harmonics, we propose a method to utilize PVA as circle fitting by applying Savitzky-Golay filter which is excellent for the third harmonics. On the other hand, PVA, a technique to convert from three-phase to two-phase, is always based on the origin during the transformation process. This study demonstrates that the error of the origin and the measured center can be detected and diagnosed in the application process of Circle fitting, and that it can be used as a new data set of AI technology.