• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.30 no.5
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• pp.1-8
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• 2002

The performance of MAV(Micro Air Vehicles) propellers is highly affected by the aerodynamic characteristics of a 2-D blade airfoil shapes. XFOIL is used to predict the lift and drag coefficients in low Reynolds Number flows. ARA-D 6%, which shows a good performance in low Reynolds Number regions, is selected as a blade airfoil. The 3-D propeller blade shape is optimized with the minimum energy loss condition, and the distribution of aerodynamic coefficients of ARA-D 6% is calculated. The designed optimal blade is compared with the Black Widow's propeller blade shape in the same conditions. The results indicate that the designed propeller installed in MAV can provide a good performance.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• 1998.06c
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• pp.461-464
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• 1998

수중 프로펠러의 비공동 소음을 수치적으로 해석하였다. Ffowcs Williams-Hawkings 형태의 음향상사 방정식을 시간영역에서 해석하였으며 임의의 형상과 하중조건을 가지는 프로펠러의 소음 예측이 가능하도록 하였다. 또한 좌표계 변환을 통해 관찰자에 대해 상대적 운동이 있는 경우에도 소음 예측이 가능하도록 하였다. 균일/비균일 유입류 조건을 갖는 수중 프로펠러에 대해 소음 해석을 수행하였고 각각의 조건에 대해 음원별 소음 강도와 방향성을 예측하였다. 수치 해석결과 프로펠러 표면상의 압력 변화에 따른 비정상 하중에 의한 이중극 소음이 지배적인 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 음원별 접근법은 수중 프로펠러의 운용시 지배적인 소음원을 구별하고 그 특성을 파악하여 적절한 소음 제어책을 마련하는 기반이 될 것이다.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.65-72
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• 2012

Numerical simulations were performed to study the stall characteristics of turboprop aircraft. Stall characteristics were qualitatively investigated using the computational results of various configurations based on the combinations of propeller and high lift device. For the analysis of stall characteristics, three-dimensional Navier-Stokes solver with Spalart-Allmaras turbulence model was used and the relative motion between propeller and wing was simulated using sliding mesh technique. For the cruise configurations, major flow separation was occurred at the fuselage/wing fairing and the separation was reduced under propeller slipstream condition. For the high lift device configuration without propeller, major flow separation was occurred at the outboard side of nacelle. With rotating propeller, early stall onset due to low relative velocity and high effective angle of attack was observed on the outboard wing section. Regarding rotating direction of propeller, inboard-down direction was preferred due to the stall delay effect of propeller slipstream.

• Bulletin of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.29-40
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• 1989

A new blade section of propeller is developed to obtain higher propeller efficiency and better cavitation performance. Eleven foil sections are carefully designed and manufactured to compare the lift-drag characteristics and cavitation performances. It is expected that the developed section behaves better in the vicinity of the ship's wake, where the angle of attack variation is large, because of its wider width in lift-drag and cavitation-free bucket diagrams. A propeller design method using the selected foil section is presented. Three chordwise loading shapes are selected to investigate the influence of the lift-drag ratios on the propeller efficiencies and cavitation performances. Three propellers are designed, which correspond to the selected chordwise loading shapes. Two more propellers which use existing foil sections are designed to compare the section performance.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.12 no.6
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• pp.23-31
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• 2018

In the present work, the thrust and torque of multicopter propellers in hovering are predicted based on BET method. The geometry information of the propellers is obtained using a three dimensional scanner and the airfoil section is extracted using CATIA. EDISON CFD is adopted to calculate the drag and lift of airfoil at a given geometry and flow conditions and then thrust is calculated with respect to a given RPMs based on BET. Two simulations with laminar and turbulent flows are considered. The predicted value is compared with the performance data from the Product Company and results from JavaProp software, which is used in the design and prediction of propellers. In the case of a 9-inch propeller, the thrust from the product company is corresponding to the results between the laminar and turbulent flow conditions. In the 16-inch case, the predicted thrust at turbulent flow conditions conformed well with reference one. The predicted torque shows a big difference with the reference data.

• CDE review
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.50-51
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• 1996

본 과제에서는 point data를 사용하여 CAD에서 모델링된 프로펠러를 LOM 공정으로 제작한 후 LOM 모델을 master pattern으로 사용하여 주조까지 실행하는 작업을 실시하였다. 주조공정시 알루미늄을 소재로 사용하였으며, 주조된 프로펠러는 기능테스트에 사용할 수 있는 성능을 지니고 있다. 이 결과는 현재까지 프로펠러 제작용으로 주로 사용하던 5축 가공을 rapid prototyping과 주조방법을 통해 대처할 수 있는 가능성을 제시하고 있다. 그러나 아직 제품의 정확도가 부족하여 오차 발생원인 및 누적과정을 분석하여 정확도를 향상시키는 작업이 향후 연구과제로 남아있다. 본 연구는 현재 수행중인 국제공동과제 "동시공학 구현을 위한 형상설계 및 급속조형 기술 개발"의 일부이며 알피 코리아사와 삼성중공업의 기술적 도움으로 진행되었다.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.60-71
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• 2021

Propeller performance measurement system for commercial propeller was designed and applied to the wind tunnel test for 3 commercial propeller models with diameters of 30 inch. The thrust and torque of the propeller was directly measured by using 6-components balance installed on the rotating axis. The measurement system was validated by using wind tunnel balance calibration equipment. Propeller test stand including measurement and rotating system was validated by using QTP propeller. In the hovering condition, we compared the performance test results and the specifications of the commercial propeller provided by the manufacturer and confirmed that there are differences in the thrust and the torque. We measured the propeller performance with various wind speeds, propeller models and angles of attack and was summarized by thrust coefficients. We confirmed that the trend of the thrust coefficients was different in the low angle of attack and high angle of attack. An aerodynamics database that can be used for future aerodynamic design of an unmanned aerial vehicle was secured.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.49 no.2
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• pp.107-120
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• 2021

Electric-powered distributed propulsion aircraft possess a complex wake flow and mutual interference with the airframe, due to the use of many propellers. Accordingly, in the early design stage, rapid aerodynamic and load analysis considering the effect of propellers for various configurations and flight conditions are required. In this study, an efficient panel-based aerodynamic analysis method that can take into account the propeller effects is developed and validated. The induced velocity field in the region of propeller wake is calculated based on Actuator Disk Theory (ADT) and is considered as the boundary condition at the vehicle's surface in the three-dimensional steady source-doublet panel method. Analyses are carried out by selecting an isolated propeller of the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)'s Quad Tilt Propeller (QTP) aircraft and the propeller-wing configuration of the former experimental study as benchmark problems. Through comparisons with the results of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) based on actuator methods, the wake velocity of propeller and the changes in the aerodynamic load distribution of the wing due to the propeller operation are validated. The method is applied to the analysis of the Optional Piloted Personal Aerial Vehicle (OPPAV) and QTP, and the practicality and validity of the method are confirmed through comparison and analysis of the computational time and results with CFD.

• Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• v.38 no.3
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• pp.31-40
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• 2001

Low-order panel methods are being used to design marine propellers. Since the potential value over each panel for these methods is assumed to be a constant, the accuracy of prediction is known to be limited. Therefore, a higher order boundary element method(HOBEM) has been studied to enhance the accuracy of prediction. In this paper, a HOBEM representing the body boundary surfaces and physical quantities by a 9-node Lagrangian shape function is employed to analyse the flow around marine propellers in steady potential flow. First, the numerical results for a circular wing with thickness variations are compared with Jordan's linear solution. Then, the computational results of two propellers(DTRC 4119 & DTRC 4842 propeller) are compared with the experimental and numerical results published. The pressure distribution on the surface of the propeller is also compared with experimental data.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.47 no.2
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• pp.81-89
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• 2019

In this study, wind tunnel test on Quad-Tilt Propeller which has tandem wings is carried out to analyze the aerodynamic interference effect of front wing and propeller on rear wing during forward flight. Using 6-axis balance system, forces and moments of whole aircraft were measured and using strain gauge at wing root, bending moments were measured to observe change of aerodynamic force of each wings. A 12-hole probe was used to measure the flow field in the wing and propeller wake. Flow characteristics were observed qualitatively through flow visualization experiment using tuft and smoke. To measure the aerodynamic interference by elements, the influence of front wing and propeller on rear wing was analyzed by changing the wings and propellers mount combination.