• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2006년도 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.300-303
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• 2006

The rotor blade of a helicopter is the key structural units and provides three components such as vertical lifting force, horizontal propulsive force and control force. With advancements in aerospace technology, composite materials have been widely used in lightweight structures. In addition, composites show great potential on the design of rotor blades due to the advantages of strength, durability and weight of the materials. In the operational condition of a helicopter, it is required the vibration characteristics of the rotating blades for avoiding resonance and analysis of efficient performance prediction et al. In this study, the CAMRAD-II is used for analyzing the vibration characteristics of rotating composite blades. The effects of rotating speed and collective angles are investigated. Also, the numerical results are compared with experimental data.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제46권7호
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• pp.542-550
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• 2018

본 논문에서는 헬리콥터의 전진비행시 발생하는 허브 진동 하중 저감을 위해 설계된 능동 뒷전 플랩이 장착된 SNUF 블레이드의 무베어링 주 로터 적용 설계에 대해 살펴보았다. 이를 위해 EDISON의 박벽 복합재료 회전보 진동해석 프로그램(CORBA77_MEMB)을 이용하여 유연보의 단면 설계가 이루어졌다. 다물체 동역학 해석 프로그램 DYMORE를 이용하여 단면 설계에 따른 블레이드 동특성 및 능동 뒷전 플랩을 이용한 하중 제어의 특성을 예측하였다.

• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.69-91
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• 2014

Numerical investigations are presented, which show that a back-flow flap can improve the dynamic stall characteristics of oscillating airfoils. The flap was able to weaken the stall vortex and therefore to reduce the peak in the pitching moment. This paper gives a brief insight into the method of function of a back-flow flap. Initial wind tunnel experiments were performed to define the structural requirements for a detailed experimental wind tunnel characterization. A structural integration concept and two different actuation mechanisms of a back-flow flap for a helicopter rotor blade are presented. First a piezoelectric actuation system was investigated, but the analytical model to estimate the performance showed that the displacement generated is too low to enable reliable operation. The seond actuation mechanism is based on magnetic forces to generate an impulse that initiates the opening of the flap. A concept based on two permanent magnets is further detailed and characterized, and this mechanism is shown to generate sufficient impulse for reliable operation in the wind tunnel.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.117-124
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• 2009

In the environment where various and complicated threat signals exist, RWR (Radar Warning Receiver), which can warn pilot of the existence of threats, has long been a necessary electronic warfare (EW) system to improve survivability of aircraft. The angle of arrival (AOA) information, the most reliable sorting parameter in the RWR, is measured by means of four-quadrant amplitude comparison direction finding (DF) technique. Each of four antennas (usually spiral antenna) of DF unit covers one of four quadrant zones, with 90 degrees apart with nearby antenna. According to the location of antenna installed in helicopter, RWR is subject to signal loss and interference by helicopter body and structures including tail bumper, rotor blade, and so on, causing a difficulty of detecting hostile emitters. In this paper, the performance degradation caused by signal interference by tail rotor blades has been estimated by measuring amplitude video signals into which RWR converts RF signals in case a part of antenna is screened by real tail rotor blade in anechoic chamber. The results show that corruption of pulse amplitude (PA) is main cause of DF error. We have proposed two algorithms for resolving the interference by tail rotor blades as below: First, expand the AOA group range for pulse grouping at the first signal analysis phase. Second, merge each of pulse trains with the other, that signal parameter except PRI and AOA is similar, after the first signal analysis phase. The presented method makes it possible to use RWR by reducing interference caused by blade screening in case antenna is screened by tail rotor blades.

• Composites Research
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.340-346
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• 2022

본 연구에서는 복합재료 블레이드에 대한 최적 구조설계 프레임워크를 구성하고, 이를 헬리콥터 블레이드에 적용하여 최적 구조설계를 수행하였다. 단면 형상의 경우 C형 및 D형 스파를 선택할 수 있게 구성하였으며, 최적설계 프레임워크는 유전자 알고리즘과 입자 군집 최적화 알고리즘을 결합한 PSGA를 활용하였다. 단면의 기하학적 모델링은 B-spline을 이용하여 구현하였고, 유한요소 모델 생성 프로그램 Gmsh를 통해 단면 유한요소모델을 만든 뒤 단면 해석 프로그램인 Ksec2D를 사용하여 구조해석 결과를 도출하였다. 본 최적설계 프레임워크를 HART II 블레이드에 적용하여 최적 구조설계를 수행한 결과, C형 스파 모델은 기준 형상 대비 무게 7.39%, D형 스파 모델은 6.65% 감소하였으며, 이때 전단중심은 모두 공력중심과 인접한(5% 이내) 결과를 도출하였다. 본 연구를 통해 일반적인 헬리콥터 블레이드의 단면에 적용할 수 있는 최적 구조설계 프레임워크의 유효성을 확인하였다.

• Composites Research
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.50-59
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• 2001

다목적헬리콥터용으로 설계된 복합재 무힌지 로터깃에 대하여 강도저하모델을 활용하여 비행모사 하중스펙트럼에 따라 피로파손 확률분포와 잔여강도 변화거동을 해석하여 피로수명을 예측하였다. 이때 작용하는 피로하중은 실제 헬리콥터 운용상태를 모사하는 무힌지 로터깃의 표준하중스펙트럼인 FELIX 데이터로부터 비행 대 비행 하중스펙트럼을 구성하였고 피로손상이 가장 극심하게 예상되는 깃뿌리 부근의 국부응력스펙트럼은 스킨과 스파의 적층구조해석을 수행함으로써 구하였다.

• 한국복합재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국복합재료학회 2000년도 추계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.187-190
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• 2000

Cyclocopter is air vehicle to vertically take-off and land like a helicopter. This is an efficient and quiet means of being able to direct thrust compared to a helicopter. The rotor consists of several blades rotating about a horizontal axis perpendicular to the direction of normal flight. The direction of blade span is parallel to rotating axis and both end roots are connected to the hub to resist centrifugal force and to transmit the power. The pitch of the individual blades to the tangent of the circle of the blade's path is varied cyclically to gain thrust. In the paper, the design and manufactures of cyclocopter rotor blades are presented. Stress at the roots of cyclocopter blades is great due to centrifugal and aerodynamic forces and aeroelastic instabilities appear. The blades consist of main spar, front spar, polyurethan foam, weight, and skin and spars and skin are made of glass/epoxy composite.

• International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.24-34
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• 2007

Closed-loop active twist control of integral helicopter rotor blades is investigated in this paper for reducing hub vibration induced in forward flight. A four-bladed fully articulated integral twist-actuated rotor system has been designed and tested successfully in wind tunnel in open-loop actuation. The integral twist deformation of the blades is generated using active fiber composite actuators embedded in the composite blade construction. An analytical framework is developed to examine integrally twisted helicopter blades and their aeroelastic behavior during different flight conditions. This aeroelastic model stems from a three-dimensional electroelastic beam formulation with geometrical-exactness, and is coupled with finite-state dynamic inflow aerodynamics. A system identification methodology that assumes a linear periodic system is adopted to estimate the harmonic transfer function of the rotor system. A vibration minimizing controller is designed based on this result, which implements a classical disturbance rejection algorithm with some modifications. Using the established analytical framework, the closed-loop controller is numerically simulated and the hub vibratory load reduction capability is demonstrated.

• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산유체공학회 2007년도 춘계 학술대회논문집
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• pp.120-124
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• 2007

Helicopters and rotary-wing vehicles encounter a wide variety of complex aerodynamic phenomena and these phenomena present substantial challenges for computational fluid dynamics(CFD) models. This investigation presents the rotor aerodynamic analysis items for the helicopter development and variety aerodynamic analysis methods to provide the better solution to researchers and helicopter developers between aerodynamic problems and numerical aerodynamic analysis methods. The numerical methods to make an analysis of helicopter rotor are as below - CFD Modelling : actuator disk model, BET model, fully rotor model,... - Grid : sliding mesh, chimera mesh / structure mesh, unstructure mesh,... - etc. : panel method periodic boundary, quasi-steady simulation, incompressible,... The choice of CFD methodology and the numerical resolution for the overall problem have been driven mostly by available computer speed and memory at any point in time. The combination of the knowledge of aerodynamic analysis items, available computing power and choice of CFD methods now allows the solution of a number of important rotorcraft aerodynamics design problems.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.159-166
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• 2018

본 연구에서는 소형민수헬기(Light Civil Helicopter, LCH)의 풍동시험에 필요한 축소 로터 블레이드에 대해 내부 구조설계와 동특성 및 하중해석을 수행하였다. 축소로터 풍동시험은 로터 시스템의 공력성능과 소음 특성을 평가하기 위해 수행되므로, 실제 크기의 로터시스템과 동일한 공력 특성을 모사할 수 있도록 축소 블레이드 설계 시 마하 스케일(Mach-scale) 기법을 적용하였다. 마하 스케일 블레이드는 실물 블레이드의 끝단속도(blade tip speed)와 동일한 값을 유지할 수 있도록 로터의 회전속도를 증가시켜야 하며, 블레이드 중량, 단면강성 및 고유진동수 등은 특정한 축소계수(${\lambda}$, scaling factor)를 통해 조정된다. 블레이드 내부의 주요 구성품인 스킨, 스파, 토션박스 등을 설계하기 위해 탄소섬유와 유리섬유 계열의 복합소재를 적용하였으며, 국내에서 수급이 가능한 프리프레그(prepreg) 형태의 복합소재를 적용하였다. 내부구조 설계가 완료된 블레이드에 대해 단면강성을 평가하기 위해 KSec2D 프로그램을 사용하였으며, 회전익 항공기의 통합해석 프로그램인 CAMRADII를 이용하여 축소 블레이드의 하중 분포와 동역학적 특성을 검토하였다.