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The Effects of the IERS Conventions (2010) on High Precision Orbit Propagation

  • Roh, Kyoung-Min;Choi, Byung-Kyu
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • v.31 no.1
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    • pp.41-50
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    • 2014
  • The Earth is not perfectly spherical and its rotational axis is not fixed in space, and these geophysical and kinematic irregularities work as dominant perturbations in satellite orbit propagation. The International Earth Rotation Service (IERS) provides the Conventions as guidelines for using the Earth's model and the reference time and coordinate systems defined by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). These guidelines are directly applied to model orbital dynamics of Earth satellites. In the present work, the effects of the latest conventions released in 2010 on orbit propagation are investigated by comparison with cases of applying the previous guidelines, IERS Conventions (2003). All seven major updates are tested, i.e., for the models of the precession/nutation, the geopotential, the ocean tides, the ocean pole tides, the free core nutation, the polar motion, and the solar system ephemeris. The resultant position differences for one week of orbit propagation range from tens of meters for the geopotential model change from EGM96 to EGM2008 to a few mm for the precession/nutation model change from IAU2000 to IAU2006. The along-track differences vary secularly while the cross-track components show periodic variation. However, the radial-track position differences are very small compared with the other components in all cases. These phenomena reflect the variation of the ascending node and the argument of latitude. The reason is that the changed models tested in the current study can be regarded as small fluctuations of the geopotential model from the point of view of orbital dynamics. The ascending node and the argument of latitude are more sensitive to the geopotential than the other elements. This study contributes to understanding of the relation between the Earth's geophysical properties and orbital motion of satellites as well as satellite-based observations.

A Preliminary Study of Near Real-time Precision Satellite Orbit Determination (준 실시간 정밀 위성궤도결정을 위한 이론적 고찰)

  • Bae, Tae-Suk
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.693-700
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    • 2009
  • For real-time precise GPS data processing such as a long baseline network RTK (Real-Time Kinematic) survey, PPP (Precise Point Positioning) and monitoring of ionospheric/tropospheric delays, it is necessary to guarantee accuracy comparable to IGS (International GNSS Service) precise orbit with no latency. As a preliminary study for determining near real-time satellite orbits, the general procedures of satellite orbit determination, especially the dynamic approach, were studied. In addition, the transformation between terrestrial and inertial reference frames was tested to integrate acceleration. The IAU 1976/1980 precession/nutation model showed a consistency of 0.05 mas with IAU 2000A model. Since the IAU 2000A model has a large number of nutation components, it took more time to compute the transformation matrix. The classical method with IAU 2000A model was two times faster than the NRO (non-rotating origin) approach, while there is no practical difference between two transformation matrices.

Classification of the Front Body of a Missile and Debris in Boosting Part Separation Phase Using Periodic and Statistical Properties of Dynamic RCS (동적 RCS의 주기성과 통계적 특성을 이용한 기두부와 단 분리 시 조각들의 구분)

  • Choi, Young-Jae;Choi, In-Sik;Shin, Jinwoo;Chung, Myungsoo
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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    • v.29 no.7
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    • pp.540-549
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    • 2018
  • Classifying the front body of the missile and debris of a high-speed missile in intercepting a high-speed missile is an important issue. The motion of the front body of the missile is characterized by precession, but the motion of the debris in the boosting part separation phase is characterized by tumbling. There are periodic patterns caused by the precession or tumbling motion on the dynamic radar cross section (RCS). In addition, there are statistical properties caused by the change pattern of the dynamic RCS. A method is proposed to classify the front body of the missile and debris using periodic and statistical properties of the dynamic RCS. Three kinds of feature vector are extracted from the periodic and statistical properties of the dynamic RCS. The front body of the missiles and debris was classified using a support vector machine.

Fast Precessional Motion of Co/Pd Multilayer Systems Induced by Heat Treatment

  • Sohn, Jeong-Woo;Lee, Kyeong-Dong;Song, Hyon-Seok;Kim, Seon-Ock;Kim, Ji-Wan;Jeong, Jae-Woo;Shin, Sung-Chul
    • Proceedings of the Korean Magnestics Society Conference
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    • 2010.06a
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    • pp.94-94
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    • 2010
  • Co/Pd multilayer systems have been investigated with much attention for a long time due to the high and easily controllable perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. Two [Pd(1)/Co(0.4 nm)]5 multilayer systems - one is as-deposit, and the other is annealed at $350^{\circ}C$ - are studied with an all-optical approach. A two-color optical pump probe setup using 30 fs laser pulse at 82 MHz repetition rate is used to measure the time-resolved magneto-optical Kerr signal. It turns out the heat treatment enhances the perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, and leads to faster magnetization precession. The frequency reaches 30 GHz in the annealed sample, which is a factor of 2 larger compared to the as-deposit film.

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Experimental Investigations on Upper Part Load Vortex Rope Pressure Fluctuations in Francis Turbine Draft Tube

  • Nicolet, Christophe;Zobeiri, Amirreza;Maruzewski, Pierre;Avellan, Francois
    • International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.179-190
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    • 2011
  • The swirling flow developing in Francis turbine draft tube under part load operation leads to pressure fluctuations usually in the range of 0.2 to 0.4 times the runner rotational frequency resulting from the so-called vortex breakdown. For low cavitation number, the flow features a cavitation vortex rope animated with precession motion. Under given conditions, these pressure fluctuations may lead to undesirable pressure fluctuations in the entire hydraulic system and also produce active power oscillations. For the upper part load range, between 0.7 and 0.85 times the best efficiency discharge, pressure fluctuations may appear in a higher frequency range of 2 to 4 times the runner rotational speed and feature modulations with vortex rope precession. It has been pointed out that for this particular operating point, the vortex rope features elliptical cross section and is animated of a self-rotation. This paper presents an experimental investigation focusing on this peculiar phenomenon, defined as the upper part load vortex rope. The experimental investigation is carried out on a high specific speed Francis turbine scale model installed on a test rig of the EPFL Laboratory for Hydraulic Machines. The selected operating point corresponds to a discharge of 0.83 times the best efficiency discharge. Observations of the cavitation vortex carried out with high speed camera have been recorded and synchronized with pressure fluctuations measurements at the draft tube cone. First, the vortex rope self rotation frequency is evidenced and the related frequency is deduced. Then, the influence of the sigma cavitation number on vortex rope shape and pressure fluctuations is presented. The waterfall diagram of the pressure fluctuations evidences resonance effects with the hydraulic circuit. The influence of outlet bubble cavitation and air injection is also investigated for low cavitation number. The time evolution of the vortex rope volume is compared with pressure fluctuations time evolution using image processing. Finally, the influence of the Froude number on the vortex rope shape and the associated pressure fluctuations is analyzed by varying the rotational speed.

Nonequilibrium Domain Configurations Undergoing Large Angle Rotations in Mesoscopic Magnetic Thin Film Elements (retracted)

  • Choi, B.C.;Hong, Y.K.;Rudge J.;Donohoe G.;Xiao Q.F.
    • Journal of Magnetics
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.61-65
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    • 2006
  • The physical origin of complex dynamic domain configuration in nonequilibrium magnetic systems with mesoscopic length scales has been studied. An increasing complexity in the spatial feature of the evolution is found to accompany the increasing reversal speed, when a ferromagnetic element is driven by progressively faster switching fields applied antiparallel to the initial magnetization direction. As reversal rates approach the characteristic precession frequencies of spin fluctuations, the thermal energy can boost the magnetization into local configurations which are completely different from those experienced during quasistatic reversal. The sensitive dependence of the spatial pattern on switching speed can be understood in terms of a dynamic exchange interaction of thermally excited spins; the coherent modulation of the spins is strongly dependent on the rise time of switching pulses.

Tidal Disruption Flares from Stars on Bound Orbits

  • Hayasaki, Kimitake;Stone, Nicholas;Loeb, Abraham
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.38 no.2
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    • pp.60.1-60.1
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    • 2013
  • We study tidal disruption and subsequent mass fallback process for stars approaching supermassive black holes on bound orbits, by performing three dimensional Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics simulations with a pseudo-Newtonian potential. We find that the mass fallback rate decays with the expected -5/3 power of time for parabolic orbits, albeit with a slight deviation due to the self-gravity of the stellar debris. For eccentric orbits, however, there is a critical value of the orbital eccentricity, significantly below which all of the stellar debris is bound to the supermassive black hole. All the mass therefore falls back to the supermassive black hole in a much shorter time than in the standard, parabolic case. The resultant mass fallback rate considerably exceeds the Eddington accretion rate and substantially differs from the -5/3 power of time. We also show that general relativistic precession is crucial for accretion disk formation via circularization of stellar debris from stars on moderately eccentric orbits.

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Production and Test of a NutationDamper Applied Missile (유도탄에 사용되는 뉴테이션댐퍼의 제작 및 시험)

  • Kim, Sung-Kuk;Lee, Yong-Deog;Yeou, Bo-Yeoun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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    • 2007.11a
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    • pp.159-162
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    • 2007
  • 뉴테이션(Nutation, 장동)은 자이로스코프와 같은 큰 축 대칭 물체의 회전축에 대해 작은 불규칙적인(어원적으로 "nodding") 운동이다. 위성체가 회전상태에 돌입하게 될 때 위성체가 순수한 회전 운동이 아닌 뉴테이션 운동을 일으킬 경우, 이를 제거하기 위하여 뉴테이션댐퍼(NutationDamper)를 사용한다. 유도탄에 들어가는 부품 중에서 자이로조립체 내에 들어 있는 뉴테이션댐퍼의 개발을 하고자 본 연구를 수행 하게 되었으며, 자이로조립체 내에서 뉴테이션댐퍼의 역할은 자이로조립체의 원주상에 환형 튜브 형상으로 장착되어 자이로조립체가 세차운동(Precession)을 할 때 부가적으로 수반되는 바람직하지 못한 떨림(Wobble motion)인 뉴테이션을 감쇠시키는 기능을 수행한다.

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Development of the Algorithm for Strapdown Inertial Navigation System for Short Range Navigation

  • Lee, Sang-Jong;Naumenko, C.;Bograd, V.;Kim, Jong-Chul
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.81-91
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    • 2000
  • The mechanization of navigation equation is depending on the designer according to the orientation vector relating the body frame to a chosen to inertial and navigation frames for its purposes. This paper considers the appropriate Earth Fixed frame for short range vehicle and develops a mechanization and algorithm for Strapdown Inertial Navigation System(SDINS). This mechanization consists of two parts : translational mechanization and rotational mechanization{attitude determination). The accuracy, availability and performance of this SDINS mechanization are verified on the simulation and the numerical method for integration attitude propagation is compared with a well-known method in a precession motion.

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