• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.225-242
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• 2016

Euclid is an astronomy and astrophysics space mission of the European Space Agency. The mission aims to understand why the expansion of the Universe is accelerating and what is the nature of the source responsible for this acceleration which physicists refer to as dark energy. This paper provides both an overview of the spacecraft mechanical architecture and a synthesis of the process applied to establish adequate mechanical loads for design and testing. Basic methodologies and procedures, logics and criteria which have been used with the target to meet a compliant, "optimised" design are illustrated. The strategy implemented to limit the risk for overdesign and over-testing without jeopardizing the design margins is also addressed.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제17권12호
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• pp.1912-1921
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• 2003

This paper presents a global mode modeling of space structures and a control scheme from the practical point of view. Since the size of the satellite has become bigger and the accuracy of attitude control more strictly required, it is necessary to consider the structural flexibility of the spacecraft. Although it is well known that the finite element (FE) model can accurately model the flexibility of the satellite, there are associated problems : FE model has the system matrix with high order and does not provide any physical insights, and is available only after all structural features have been decided. Therefore, it is almost impossible to design attitude and orbit controller using FE model unless the structural features are in place. In order to deal with this problem, the control design scheme with the global mode (GM) model is suggested. This paper describes a flexible structure modeling and three-axis controller design process and demonstrates the adequate performance of the design with respect to the maneuverability by applying it to a large flexible spacecraft model.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2001년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.131-134
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• 2001

The three-dimensional precision measurement technology for industry product of middle and/or large scale has been developed. Theodolite measurement system which is one of the technology is widely used in aerospace industry. This paper describes measurement method and results for spacecraft structure test model by using the measurement system. And structural stability for STM is desribed through the comparison between design values and measured values.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.34-48
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• 2004

본 연구에서는 대형 구조물의 최적설계에서 문제되는 많은 계산시간과 컴퓨터의 계산능력을 최소화할 수 있도록 부분구조합성법의 하나인 구속모드법을 이용한 연성하중해석 모델 및 모달과도해석을 포함한 최적화 절차를 제시하였다. 제안된 방법의 수치모사를 위한 프로그램을 개발하여 위성체 주요 구조부재인 플랫폼에 대한 최적화를 수행함으로써 그 타당성을 검증하였다. 제안된 기법을 통해 초기설계 단계에서 정확성을 유지하면서 계산시간을 단축할 수 있었고 위성체 구조부재에 대한 최적화를 수행하여 각각의 구조부재에 대한 특성을 파악함으로써 설계 활용방안을 제시하였다.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제38권12호
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• pp.1209-1216
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• 2010

본 연구는, 위성에 장착되는 각종 전자장비 하우징을 종래의 알루미늄 합금에서 복합재료로 대체함으로써 위성 경량화를 극대화할 수 있는 대안을 다루었다. 이를 위해, 기존 전자장비 하우징 재료로 널리 사용되는 알루미늄 합금에 비해 가벼우면서, 충분한 내구성과 다양한 기능성을 제공하는 복합재료 전자장비 하우징 설계를 위한 요구사항을 정의하였다. 또한, 열전도도, 전기전도도, EMI 보호, 방사차폐 특성과 더불어 강도가 우수한 구조적 특성을 갖춘 경량 복합재료 전자장비 하우징을 모듈화 방식으로 제작하기 위한 개념설계를 수행하고, 위성설계에 있어 무게절감을 크게 향상할 수 있는 가능성을 제시하였다.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.602-608
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• 2002

The flexible structure like solar array and antenna in spacecraft shows very sensitive responses to the inner or outer disturbance and noise. And the spacecraft becomes more complex and larger as it has various mission and role. But since the spacecraft need to have the limited mass, the thin and light material should be selected and this necessity induces the decrease d natural frequency and structural stiffness. It reduces the ability of adapting to the disturbance and induces the structural unstability. Certainly, the disturbance does not only make the structural unstability, but also give the bad effect to the precise attitude control. So it is necessary to control the vibration in the space. In this paper, the flexible structure control modeling with piezo sensor and piezo actuator is developed. The model uncertainty of damping ratio is overcome by robust control. The system equation is induced by the finite element method.

• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.17-37
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• 2022

This paper discusses an improved unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV, configuration characterized by telescopic booms to optimize the flight mechanics and fuel consumption of the aircraft at various loading/flight conditions.The starting point consists of a full-composite smaller UAV which was derived by a general aviation ultralight motorized aircraft ULM. The present design, named ToBoFlex, extends the two-booms configuration to a three tons aircraft. To adapt the design to needs relevant to different applications, new solutions were proposed in aerodynamic fields and materials and structural areas. Different structural solutions were reported. To optimize aircraft endurance, the innovative concept of Telescopic Tail Boom was considered along with two different tails architecture. A new structural configuration of the fuselage was proposed. Further consideration of hydrogen fuel cell electric propulsion is now being studied in collaboration between the Polytechnic of Turin and Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University which could be the starting point of future investigations.

• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.277-294
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• 2018

In the space industry, structures undergo several vibration and acoustic tests in order to verify their design and give confidence that they will survive the launch and other critical in-orbit dynamic scenarios. At component level, vibration tests are conducted with the aim to reach local or global interface loads without exceeding the design loads. So, it is often necessary to control and limit the input based on a load criterion. This means the test engineer should be able to assess the interface loads, even when load cannot be measured. This paper presents various approaches to evaluate interface loads using measured accelerations and by referring to mass operators. Various methods, from curve fitting techniques to finite element-based methods are presented. The methods are compared using signals with known imperfection to identify strengths and weaknesses of each mass operator definition.

• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.303-328
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• 2015

A design methodology is presented to develop the hingeless control surfaces for MAV using adhesively bonded Macro Fiber Composite (MFC) actuators. These actuators have got the capability to deflect the trailing edge surfaces of the wing to attain the required maneuverability, besides achieving the set aerodynamic trim condition. A scheme involving design, analysis, fabrication and testing procedure has been adopted to realize the trailing edge morphing mechanism. The stiffness distribution of the composite MAV wing is tailored such that the induced deflection by piezoelectric actuation is approximately optimized. Through ground testing, the proposed concept has been demonstrated on a typical MAV structure. Electromechanical analysis is performed to evaluate the actuator performance and subsequently aeroelastic and 2D CFD analyses are carried out to see the functional requirements of wing trailing edge surfaces to behave as elevons. Efforts have been made to obtain the performance comparison of conventional control surfaces (elevons) with morphing wing trailing edge surfaces. A significant improvement in lift to drag ratio is noticed with morphed wing configuration in comparison to conventional wing. Further, it has been shown that the morphed wing trailing edge surfaces can be deployed as elevons for aerodynamic trim applications.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제33권8호
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• pp.99-104
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• 2005

인공위성에서 구조체의 역할은 발사환경 및 궤도상의 모든 발생 가능한 환경에서 위성체를 안전하게 지지하는 것이다. 인공위성의 개발단계에서 구조 및 열 개발모델은 유한요소모델 보정 및 구조강도/특성 확인 등의 구조적인 특징과 열평형시험을 통한 열적 안정성의 확인을 그 목적으로 한다. 이때 얻어진 결과는 실제 비행모델의 개발 시 구조 및 열적 안정성 검증 등의 중요한 자료로써 활용된다. 본 논문에서는 고정밀 지구관측위성의 구조 및 열 개발모델에 대해 구조 관점에서의 설계/해석에 대해 기술하고 또한 모달 시험을 통한 시험결과와 유한요소해석과의 비교에 대해 기술한다.