• Composites Research
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.30-37
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• 2005

In this paper, geometrically non-linear finite element analyses were performed to study the mechanical behavior of the material system of the envelope of stratospheric airships. The microstructure of the load-bearing plain weave layer was identified and modeled. The Updated Lagrangian formulation was employed to consider the geometric non-linearity as well as the induced structural non-linearity for the fiber tows. The stress-strain behavior was predicted and the effective elastic modulus was calculated by numerical experiments. It was found the non-linear stress-strain curves were largely different from those by linear analysis. And non-linear elastic moduli were much higher than linear elastic moduli. The difference was more distinguishable when the tow waviness ratio was smaller.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.89-96
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• 2005

This study has been performed on the mechanism of heat transfer between stratospheric airship and its surroundings while the airship is staying in the air at the altitude of 20km. The computational grid of airship has been generated and the results influenced by the number and the shape of grids have been compared. The temperature distributions have been obtained through this thermal analysis considering three modes of heat transfer - conduction, convection and radiation - in stratospheric conditions. Based on the airship's surface and inner temperature variations, the influence of temperature distributions on the helium envelope and the payload has been predicted.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society For Composite Materials Conference
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• 2005.04a
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• pp.221-225
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• 2005

성층권 비행선 기낭용 막재료를 개발하였다. 성층권 비행선을 구현하기 위한 초경량/고강도의 막재료를 설계 개발하였다. 요구조건을 만족시키기 위하여 벡트란, 테들라 등의 최신 고분자 화합물을 적층한 막재를 개발하였다. 개발된 막재료에 대한 유한요소 미세구조 모델링을 수행하고, 물성치를 예측하였다. 막재료에 대한 물성시험을 수행하였다. 단위 시편에 대한 강도-강성 시험을 수행하였으며, 이를 유한요소 예측치와 비교하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society For Composite Materials Conference
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• 2004.04a
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• pp.87-90
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• 2004

In this paper, geometrically non-linear finite element analyses were performed to study the mechanical behavior of the material system of the envelope of stratospheric airships. The microstructure of the load­bearing plain weave layer was identified and modeled. The Updated Lagrangian formulation was employed to consider the geometric non-linearity as well as the induced structural non-linearity for the fiber tows. The stress-strain behavior was predicted and the effective elastic modulus was calculated by numerical experiments. It was found the non-linear stress-strain curves were largely different from those by linear analysis with much higher non-linear elastic moduli. The difference was more distinguishable when the tow waviness was smaller.