• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.163-172
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• 2002

The turbine system composed of a nozzle and a rotor is used to drive turbopumps while gas passes through the nozzle, potential energy is converted to kinematic energy, which forces the rotor blades to spin. In this study, an aerodynamic design of a turbine system is investigated using compressible fluid dynamic theories with some pre-determined design requirements (i.e.,pressure ratio, rotational speed, required power etc.) obtained from a liquid rocket engine (L.R.E.) system design. For simplicity of a turbine system, impulse-type rotor blades for open type L.R.E. have been chosen. Usually, the open-type turbine system requires low mass flow rate compared to the close-type system. In this study, a partial admission nozzle is adopted to maximize the efficiency of the close-type turbine system. A design methodology of the a turbine system has been introduced. Especially, a partial admission nozzle has been designed by means of simple empirical correlations between efficiency and configuration of the nozzle. Finally, a turbine system design for a 10 ton thrust level of L.R.E is presented.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.37 no.1
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• pp.25-30
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• 2013

In military vehicles moving over poor roads, severe vibration of the chassis can damage internal components. Currently, many studies have focused on active and semi-active suspensions to reduce the vibration of the chassis. In this study, a vibration reduction technique is suggested by applying a unique rotating suspension structure. SH-ADD, a type of modified Skyhook, was selected as a controller for vibration reduction. A random ISO class E road was selected as the driving road. The simulation was performed using ADAMS Control and Matlab Simulink. The control result was compared with the RMS acceleration with a focus on the cumulative fatigue of the internal equipment.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.32-41
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• 1994

The stabilized Michelson interferometer was developed in order to measure micro dynamic displacement at the surface of solids due to elastic wave propagation. The stabilizer was designed to compensate light path disturbances using a reference mirror driven by piezoelectric actuator. Using stabilizer, the effect of external vibration was reduced and the quadrature condition was satisifed. As the results, the output of photodetector had maximum sensitivity and linearity. The minimum detectable displacement was 0.3nm at the band width of 10 MHz. The epicentral displacements due to the glass capillary breaks and the steel ball drop impact were measured using the developed interferometer and the results were compared with the calculated one.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.43 no.12
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• pp.1071-1078
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• 2015

Numerical computations were performed to investigate the effects of pintle stroke, altitude, and bore on the performance of an external pintle thruster. Results show that under-expansion flow occurs always, independent of pintle stroke. An external pintle thruster shows good performance in that it is capable of good amount of thrust control, while aerodynamic loads are increased due to shock waves on the pintle support. When altitude is increased to 20 km, the nozzle exit velocity, Mach number, thrust as well as aerodynamic loads are increased. Bore increases aerodynamic load 5.9%, and therefore pintle shape without bore is preferred for lower aerodynamic load of a pintle in order to actuate the pintle.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.1-7
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• 2017

While a satellite is carried into orbit by a launch vehicle, it is exposed to the severe launch environment with random vibrations and shock. Accordingly, these vibration sources affect electronic equipment, particularly the printed circuit board (PCB) in the satellite. When the launch load impacts the PCB, it causes negative behavior. This causes perpendicular bending around the boundary of fixation points that finally leads to the failure of solder joints, lead wires, and PCB cracks. To overcome these issues, the electronic equipment design must meet reliability requirements. In this paper, Steinberg's method is used to derive allowable and maximum deflection to verify design from a life perspective concerning the control board of the Antenna Pointing Driver (APD) mounted on KOMPSAT-3.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.43 no.10
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• pp.928-935
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• 2015

This paper presents low temperature structural tests of a UAV wing which has room temperature-curing adhesive bond. The wing structure is made of carbon fiber reinforced composites, and the skins are bonded to the inner structures (such as ribs and spars) using room temperature-curing adhesive bond. Also, to verify damage tolerance design of the wing structure, barely visible impact damages are intentionally created in the critical areas. The attachment fittings of the wing are fixed in a specially designed chamber which can simulate the low temperature environments of the operating altitudes. The test load is applied by hydraulic actuators which are placed outside the chamber. The structural tests consist of strain survey tests and a durability test for 1-life fatigue load spectrum. During the tests, strains of major parts are measured by strain gauges and FBG sensors. The change of the initial impact damages is also monitored using piezoelectric sensors. The 1-life damage tolerance of the composite structure is verified by the structural tests under the simulated environments.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.16 no.1 s.94
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• pp.42-48
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• 1999

A control method for a robot hand grasping a object in a partially unknown environment will be proposed, where a proximate sensor detecting the distance between the fingertip and object was used. Particularly, the finger joints were driven servo-pneumatically in this study. Based on the proximate sensor signal the finger motion controller could plan the grasping process divided in three phases ; fast aproach, slow transitional contact and contact force control. That is, the fingertip approached to the object with full speed, until the output signal of the proximate sensor began to change. Within the perating range of the proximate sensor, the finger joint was moved by a state-variable feedback position controller in order to obtain a smooth contact with the object. The contact force of fingertip was then controlled using the blocked-line pressure sensitivity of the flow control servovalve for finger joint control. In this way, the grasping impact could be reduced without reducing the object approaching speed. The performance of the proposed grasping method was experimentally compared with that of a open loop-controlled one.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.864-870
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• 2017

The propellants are burned in the pre-burner of the staged combustion cycle engine, and the resulting hot gas drives the turbine, and the turbine operates the turbo pump. The burned gas passing through the turbo pump is supplied to the combustor at high temperature and high pressure, where the gas is supplied in an excess of fuel or an excess of oxidant depending on the amount of fuel or oxidant. When the cycle works at oxidizer-rich staged combustion, its metal pipe can ignite or explode by the impact of even small particles. In this study, we develop the powder combinations for anti-oxidation coating through the analysis of other coating materials and establish the coating process.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.34 no.8
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• pp.1129-1136
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• 2010

Damper springs in a drive-line absorb the impulsive torque generated when a lock-up clutch is connected directly, instead of via a fluid coupling. Design optimization and finite element analysis were performed to improve the shock- and vibration-absorption capacity of the lock-up clutch. For this purpose, a multi-body dynamics model was developed by including the main parts of a vehicle, such as an engine with a clutch, a transmission, drive shafts and wheels, and a whole mass of a vehicle. The spring constants were selected so that resonance of a system could be avoided. Damper springs were optimized on the basis of the spring constants, impulsive torques, compressed angles, spring counts, fatigue constraints, etc. Topology optimization was performed for three plates with the damper springs. The compliance was set up as an objective function, and volume fraction was fixed below 0.3. A new shape for the plates was proposed on the basis of the topology result.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.147-147
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• 2012

댐 및 제방 등의 수공구조물 붕괴에 의한 극한홍수 전파를 해석하기 위한 2차원 홍수 해석기법에는 현재까지 다양한 기법들이 개발되어 왔고 다양한 모형들이 상용화 또는 범용화 되고 있다. 그 중 흐름의 전파양상을 정확하게 반영할 수 있는 상류이송기법인 Godunov형태의 유한체적기법은 충격파와 같은 불연속적인 해를 가지는 문제를 정확히 해석할 수 있고, 비구조적 격자 사용의 용이성 등의 장점 때문에 2차원 홍수파 전파 해석에 있어서 최근 십수년간 가장 활발하게 연구되어왔다. 하지만 이러한 기법은 양해법을 근간으로 하는 해석 기법으로써, 계산거리의 간격이나 계산시간의 간격, 격자망의 구성 등 엄격한 제한이 필요하다. 특히 방대한 계산시간을 요구하는 기법의 약점은 홍수예 경보 등을 위한 실시간 모형의 구동에 있어서 큰 제약이 되어 왔다. CPU의 성능이 지속적으로 발전하면서 이러한 문제는 점차 극복되어 왔으나, 발열 등의 문제와 이를 극복하기 위한 멀티코어의 등장으로 인해 단일 코어의 성능개발은 매우 더딘 것이 사실이다. 현재까지 연구되고 개발되어 온 모형들은 특별한 처리 없이는 단일 코어만을 사용하여 계산할 수 밖에 없기 때문에 멀티코어의 장점을 전혀 이용할 수 없다. 이러한 점을 극복하기 위해 프로그램을 병렬화하여 단일 문제에 대해 멀티코어를 사용할 수 있다면 계산시간 단축에 큰 효과를 거둘 수 있을 것이다. 현재까지 IT분야에서 다양한 병렬프로그래밍 기법들이 개발되고 소개되어 왔다. 본 연구에서는 병렬프로그래밍 기법중 가장 널리 사용되고 있는 MPI(Message Passing Interface)기법을 적용함으로써 기 개발된 고정확도 유한체적모형을 병렬화 하여 계산시간을 단축하고자 하였다. 개발된 모형을 장애물이 존재하는 실험하도의 댐 붕괴 문제와 2002년 태풍 루사 시 큰 피해를 입은 강릉시 일원의 섬석천 유역에 위치한 장현저수지와 동막저수지의 붕괴사례에 대해 적용하였다. 모형을 코어 개수별로 다양하게 모의함으로써 기존모형과의 결과에 대한 일치성을 확인하였고, 기존 모형 대비 계산시간 단축의 효과를 입증할 수 있었다. 개발된 본 모형을 실시간 홍수범람해석을 위한 시스템으로 구축할 수 있다면, 실시간 홍수예 경보에 있어 주요지점에서의 수위해석 뿐만이 아닌 제내지 범람 예보 분야까지 확대 적용할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.