• 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산유체공학회 2004년도 추계 학술대회논문집
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• pp.137-139
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• 2004

The monopropellant hydrazine thrusters are widely used for the satellite on-board propulsion system fulfilling various missions in space. They have outstanding features caused by the nearly unlimited restart capability and the very high credibility. The sole monopropellant thruster used at precent in nation is MRE-1 that is a standard component of NASA. It can produce 4.45 N of nominal thrust. Due to the glowing complexity with a satellite mission, the needs for thrusters of the diverse performance are being increased. The numerical simulation could give useful information to develop a new type thruster instead of the experiments performed previously. Therefore it is critical to make a reliable computer code to prepare design change of a thruster. In this paper, the performance analysis and validation of the satellite monopropellant hydrazine thruster currently used is accomplished as the preliminary study to serve valuable data for future design change.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.84-90
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• 2006

The formation flying of satellites has been identified as an enabling technology for many future space missions. The application of conventional thrusters for formation flying usually results in high cost, limited life-time, and a large weight penalty. Various methods including the use of coulomb forces have been considered as an alternative to the conventional thrusters. In the present investigation, we investigate the feasibility of achieving the desired formation using Coulomb forces. This method has several advantages including low cost, light weight and no contamination. A simple controller based on the relative position and velocity errors between the leader and follower satellites is developed. The proposed controller is applied to circular formations considering the effects of disturbances in initial formation conditions as well as system nonlinearity. Results of the numerical simulation state that the proposed controller is successful in establishing circular formations of leader and follower satellites, for a formation size below 100 m.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2007년도 제28회 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.175-178
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• 2007

The mode transition from cone-jet to dripping in colloid thruster operation has been analytically investigated. The transition has been predicted by the dynamic behavior of a liquid drop at the tip of the cone-jet. Conservation laws are applied to determine the upward motion of the drop, and an instability model of electrified jets is used to determine the jet breakup. Finally, for the first time, the analysis enables prediction of the transition in terms of the Weber number and electric Bond number. The predictions are in good agreement with experimental data.

• 한국항공운항학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.75-80
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• 2014

A lunar lander demonstrator developed for the purpose of demonstrating lunar landing technologies recently in Korea. The thruster control system of the lunar lander demonstrator adopted the main thrusters for altitude control and the reaction thrusters for attitude control. In this paper, we propose a path tracking controller base on Euler angles. The control signals of the controller are of continuous type. And Pulse Width Modulator(PWM) is adopted to provide On/Off signals. We perform MATLAB simulation for evaluating the path tracking performance and the final landing velocity of the lunar lander demonstrator.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.236-242
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• 2005

Dynamic Positioning(DP) system maintains ship's position (fixed location or predetermined track) exclusively by means of CPPs and thrusters. To generate the control input adequate to various situation an integrated controller for CPPs and thrusters is required. The integrated controller is composed of a thrust calculation algorithm and a thrust allocation algorithm. The thrust calculation algorithm generates thrusts in the surge direction and the sway direction from the desired forward and lateral speed and generates a moment about the yaw axis from desired heading angle. The thrust allocation algorithm allocates the generated thrusts and moment to each CPP and thruster. Computer simulations are executed to confirm the effectiveness of the suggested controller.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.67-73
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• 2005

This paper describes depth, heading and speed control of an underwater vehicle that has four stern thrusters of which forces are coupled in the diving and, steering motion, as well as the speed of the vehicle. The optimal linear quadratic controller is designed based on a linearized- state space model, developed by combining the dynamic equations of speed, steering and diving motion. The designed controller gives provides an optimal thrust distribution, minimizing the given performance index to control speed, depth and heading simultaneously. To validate the performance of the controller, a simulation and tank-test are carried out with DUSAUV (Dual Use Semi-Autonomous Underwater Vehicle), developed by KORDI as a test-bed for testing new underwater technologies. Optimal gains of the controller are tuned, using a computer simulation environment with a nonlinear 6-DOF numerical DUSAUV model, developed by PMM (Planner Motion Mechanism) test. To verify the performance of the presented controller in experiment, a tank-test with DUSAUV is carried out in the ocean engineering basin in KORDI. The experimental results are also compared with the simulation results to investigate the accordance of the numerical and the real mode.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제7권6호
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• pp.1044-1055
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• 2015

DPCap analysis can assist in determining the maximum environmental forces the DP system can counteract for a given heading. DPCap analysis results are highly affected by the thrust forces provided by the thrust system which consists of several kinds of thrusters. The thrust forces and moment are determined by the maximum thrust of the thrusters as well as the thruster configuration. In this paper, a novel local optimization of thruster configuration based on a synthesized positioning capability criterion is proposed. The combination of the discrete locations of the thrusters forms the thruster configuration and is the input, and the synthesized positioning capability is the output. The quantified synthesized positioning capability of the corresponding thruster configuration can be generated as the output. The optimal thruster configuration is the one which makes the vessel has the best positioning capability. A software program was developed based on the present study. A local optimization of thruster configuration for a supply vessel was performed to demonstrate the effectiveness and efficiency of the program. Even though the program cannot find the global optimal thruster configuration, its high efficiency makes it essentially practical in an engineering point. It may be used as a marine research tool and give guidance to the designer of the thrust system.

• 한국추진공학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.40-46
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• 2022

홀추력기는 이온을 가속하여 추력을 얻는 전기추력기의 일종으로, 높은 비추력을 보유하여 다양한 우주임무에 활용되고 있다. 특히, 최근 다양한 우주임무 내 100 kg 내외의 소형 및 초소형위성의 활용이 가파르게 증가하면서, 이를 위한 저전력 전기추력기 연구개발의 중요성 역시 크게 증가하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 양극전력 200 W 미만의 홀추력기 랩모델 두 기를 설계 및 제작하고, 운전변수에 따른 추력성능 혹은 방전특성을 분석하였다. 결과적으로, 양극전력 50-175 W에서 2.5-9.0 mN 수준의 추력과 600-1,150 s의 비추력, 15-28% 양극효율을 확보하였다.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제28권9호
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• pp.149-158
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• 2023

전 세계적으로 기후변화의 패러다임에 따라 조선업계에서도 친환경연료를 이용하는 추진시스템이 고려되면서, 다양한 추진기 역시 각광을 받고 있다. 일반적인 프로펠러와 타로 구성되었던 추진기들은 전방위추진기(아지무스 스러스터)라는 특수한 추진기의 발전으로부터 그 종류가 다양해지고 있다. 이러한 전방위추진기는 과거에는 예인선에 많이 설치되어 있으나, 현재는 동적위치제어시스템을 탑재한 해양플랜트운영선박에 많이 설치되어 사용되고 있는데, 이는 일반적인 추진기의 조타 방법과 상이하여 승선하는 선원들이 그 특성을 익히는데 많은 시간이 소요되고 있다. 아울러 이러한 특수한 추진기와 관련한 교육 역시 제한적으로 존재한다. 본 연구에서는 전방위추진기 탑재 선박의 조종 미숙으로 발생한 해양사고를 STAMP 기법을 통해 원인을 분석한 후 특수한 추진기를 설치한 선박의 안전 운항을 위해 표준조타명령에 대한 필요성을 시사하고자 한다.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2009년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.537-538
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• 2009