• Current Industrial and Technological Trends in Aerospace
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.119-129
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• 2011

The soft landing of a lunar lander after the entrance of lunar orbit is an essential prerequisite for the accomplishment of the lander's lunar mission. During the landing process of a lunar lander, efficient shock absorption and stability maintenance are indispensible technology to protect payloads. Therefore, the landing gear is a crucial structural component of a lunar lander, it has to absorb the kinetic energy associated with touchdown and support the static load of the landing module in an upright position. In this paper, various landing gears of lunar landers which are being developed as well as which had been successfully landed on the moon surface are investigated. In the end, the Korean lunar lander, which is being designed for preliminary development model, is presented as an example of the lunar lander development.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.47 no.4
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• pp.309-318
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• 2019

The thermal design of the Lunar Terrain Imager (LUTI) on the Korean Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO) was performed and the soundness of the thermal design was verified by thermal analysis. The thermal environment of the lunar mission orbit should be reflected in the thermal design because the IR radiation of the lunar surface is important, unlike the earth orbit. The components or modules exposed to the outside of the satellite are insulated with MLI as much as possible, but the camera tube and the radiator are functionally exposed, so the thermal shield using the concept of radiation shape factor is mounted on the front to mitigate IR radiation. The IR emissivity is important in the front side of the radiator that receives little solar radiation, and components that are susceptible to thermal deformation such as the tube use a radiation heater to minimize the temperature gradient. Through the investigation of computational results, it was confirmed that the thermal design of LUTI is stable in various situations.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.40 no.11
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• pp.934-939
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• 2012

In this study, the performance validation of a PAO-AIR heat exchanger developed for the ECS(Environmental Control System) of a UAV(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) has been carried out. The performance goals of a PAO-AIR heat exchanger were established by the system schematic analysis. And a heat exchanger to be met the ECS performance was developed by a detailed design and a precision manufacture. Using the developed heat exchanger, the experiment about pressure loss and effectiveness, overall heat transfer coefficient to prove the developed PAO-AIR heat exchanger performance in various conditions as well as a design point of heat exchanger was performed and the experimental results were analyzed. As the experimental results, the performance and characteristic of a PAO-AIR heat exchanger developed for the ECS of a UAV were analyzed and the development suitability was proved.

• Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.66-73
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• 2019

Thanks to various efforts to reduce disasters by the government and the Health and Safety Authority, disasters across industries and the construction industry show their reduction trend. However, the falling disasters in the construction industry have not decreased and increased on the contrary. Especially falling disaster caused by Hanging Scaffolding is the most critical disaster which shows low occurrence frequency but is directly connected to death of worker. The working environment for Hanging Scaffolding is poor in domestic construction site. In particular, the Hanging Scaffolding workers in small construction sites are not on the safety control and management by anyone for their works. They are driven to unsafe working condition with mostly uncertified facilities which are made by themselves. Therefore, this study is focused on searching falling disaster factors from the 242 disaster cases caused by Hanging Scaffolding Work in 15 years presented by KOSHA, and trying to provide suggestions for improvement. The improvement of the method of work requires facility improvement and work due to high accident rate caused by unsafe behavior. Analysis of the case of a disaster occurring over the past 15 years shows that no disaster occurred due to problems in the order of operations presented by KOSHA. However, it was found that many accidents resulted from death caused by safety belts not being installed or attached to ropes using safety belts without following the order of work. The most important aspect of improving the work method was the installation and wearing of lifeboats and safety belts.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.225.2-225.2
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• 2012

저궤도 관측용 다중 카메라를 통해 고해상도 위성을 제공할 수 있으며, 지도 제작이나 환경, 농업, 해양 지역 모니터링 등의 목적으로 사용될 수 있다. 특히 항공촬영 및 지구 관측을 통해 수치표고모델(DEM) 추출을 함으로써 촬영지역의 고도정보를 포함하는 입체영상을 얻는데 유용하다. 또한, 달 관측을 위한 관측위성에 장착할 경우 달 표면의 지형을 정밀하게 얻어내어 달표면 고도 지형 지도제작 및 향후 달 탐사선을 통한 달 탐사 시 탐사지역 선정에 필요한 정보를 제공할 수 있다. 다중 카메라를 포함한 탑재체 시스템은 크게 광학부와 카메라 전자부로 구성된다. 광학부에서는 입체촬영 및 줌인이 가능한 광학계를 제공하며, 카메라 전자부에서는 광학계를 통해 검출기로 입사되는 빛에너지를 전자신호로 변환하고, 이를 카메라 전자부 영상출력 형식으로 변환하게 된다. 특히, 다중카메라를 각각 제어하기 위한 정밀제어로직, 다양한 촬영 지원 모드, 다중카메라 영상자료 및 영상처리를 위한 추가적인 영상정보를 제공한다. 본 논문에서는 저궤도 관측용 다중 카메라를 이용한 다양한 활용에 따른 각 모드별 성능분석방법을 제안한다. 이를 위해 각 촬영조건에 따라 필요한 파라미터를 분석하고 실제 활용시 예상되는 성능을 분석해 본다. 또한 다중카메라를 통해 얻어진 영상을 처리하는데 필요한 처리 과정 및 처리된 영상을 활용하는 방법을 제시한다. 특히 다중 카메라 촬영을 통해 얻어진 영상데이터의 특성을 알아보고, 이를 보정 및 처리하기 위해 필요한 추가 적인 정보, 영상파라미터, 처리 단계 및 최종결과물을 검증하는 방법을 제시한다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.1979-1983
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• 2009

DMZ권은 지난 반세기 동안 출입이 통제된 덕분에 다양한 생물종의 서식공간이자 생명벨트로 형성되어 있다. 서부 DMZ권에는 한강 하구와 임진강 유역의 성동 습지와, 장단 습지, 문산 습지, 임진각 습지 및 초평도 습지가 있으며, 이곳에는 멸종위기종 1급인 황새, 노랑부리저어새, 저어새 등 8종과 2급인 큰고니, 개리 등 21종, 황조롱이, 매, 흑두루미 등 천연기념물 22종이 서식하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 서부 DMZ권을 중심으로 현지 조사를 통해 하천환경과 습지 현황을 조사하였다. 임진각 습지는 임진강의 건천화 때문인지, 아님 썰물 때문인지 유량은 그리 많지 않았다. 덕분에 갯벌이 많이 드러나고 재두루미와 개리 등이 눈에 뜨였다. 장단반도는 절반은 농경지, 절반은 갈대 군락지이다. 군락지에는 갈대뿐만 아니라 달뿌리풀, 갯버들도 서식하고 있었다. 농경지에는 재두루미 가족이 섭식하고 있고 임진강에는 기러기 약 2천 이상이 발견되었으며, 고라니도 다수가 조사되었다. 최근에는 136마리가 조사되었다. 초평도의 습지에서는 물새가 탐조되었다. 습지는 생태계의 훌륭한 서식처의 역할을 하며, 수질 개선과 기후 조절 기능도 갖고 있으며, 생태 관광에도 기여를 하고 있음이 밝혀졌다.

• 프린팅코리아
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• v.7 no.10
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• pp.74-76
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• 2008

대형 유통업체들이 잇따라 '환경가치 경영'을 발표하며, 콩기름을 사용한 전단을 발행하는 등 환경경영에 적극 나서고 있다. 2004년 '환경경영'을 선포한 롯데백화점은 광고전단을 '콩기름잉크'를 사용하고 있다. 신세계 이마트도 점내 안내문을 '재생용지'로 변경, 사용해 오고 있으며, 이 양만해도 연간 약 300 톤에 달한다. 이들 대형 업체들은 인쇄업체도 친환경기기 및 기자재를 사용해야 한다고 밝히고 있어, 바야흐로 인쇄의 친환경 시대가 도래하고 있음을 보여주고 있다.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.42 no.5
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• pp.741-749
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• 2022

Major space agencies are planning for the rover-based lunar exploration since water-ice was detected in permanently shadowed regions (PSR). Although sunlight does not directly reach the PSRs, it is expected that reflected sunlight sustains a certain level of low-light environment. In this research, the indoor testbed was made to simulate the PSR's lighting and topological conditions, to which low light enhancement methods (CLAHE, Dehaze, RetinexNet, GLADNet) were applied to restore image brightness and color as well as to investigate their influences on the performance of feature extraction and matching methods (SIFT, SURF, ORB, AKAZE). The experiment results show that GLADNet and Dehaze images in order significantly improve image brightness and color. However, the performance of the feature extraction and matching methods were improved by Dehaze and GLADNet images in order, especially for ORB and AKAZE. Thus, in the lunar exploration, Dehaze is appropriate for building 3D topographic map whereas GLADNet is adequate for geological investigation.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.171-186
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• 2009

Various Earth-Moon transfer trajectories are designed and analyzed to prepare the future Korea's Lunar missions. Minimum fuel trajectory solutions are obtained for the departure year of 2017, 2020, 2022, and every required mission phases are analyzed from Earth departure to the final lunar mission orbit. N-body equations of motion are formulated which include the gravitational effect of the Sun, Earth and Moon. In addition, accelerations due to geopotential harmonics, Lunar J2 and solar radiation pressures are considered. Impulsive high thrust is assumed as the main thrusting method of spacecraft with launcher capability of KSLV-2 which is planned to be developed. For the method of injecting a spacecraft into a trans Lunar trajectory, both direct shooting from circular parking orbit and shooting from the multiple elliptical intermediate orbits are adapted, and their design results are compared and analyzed. In addition, spacecraft's visibility from Deajeon ground station are constrained to see how they affect the magnitude of TLI(Trans Lunar Injection) maneuver. The results presented in this paper includes launch opportunities, required optimal maneuver characteristics for each mission phase as well as the trajectory characteristics and numerous related parameters. It is confirmed that the final mass of Korean lunar explorer strongly depends onto the initial parking orbit's altitude and launcher's capability, rather than mission start time.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.46 no.4
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• pp.338-344
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• 2018

The lunar surface temperature is important as a environmental parameter for the thermal design of the lunar exploration vehicles such as orbital spacecraft, lander, and rovers. In this study, the temperature is numerically predicted through a simplified lumped system model for the energy conservation. The physical values required for the analysis of the energy equation are derived by considering the geometric shape, and the values presented in the previous research results. The areal specific heat, which is the most important thermo-physical property of the lumped system model, was extracted from the temperature measurements by the Diviner loaded on the LRO, and the value was predicted by calibration of the analytical model to the measurements. The predicted temperature distribution obtained through numerical integration has sufficient accuracy to be applied to the thermal design of the lunar exploration vehicles.