• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.49 no.1
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• pp.75-84
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• 2021

The authors had presented two previous papers[1,2] on Helicopter/Rotorcraft develoment in Europe and US. Meanwhile, the next generation rotorcrafts, currently under development in US and Europe, have new configurations (tilt-rotor, coaxial, compound) of rotor-type vertical takeoff/landing rotorcrafts to overcome the disadvantages of traditional helicopters. For developing these new types of rotorcrafts, the upgraded conceptual design/comprehensive programs are required. In US and Europe, they are already developing new program tools with their technologies and database obtained during more than last half centuries. For us, many academia, research institutes and industrial engineers have experienced and developed core technologies on rotorcrafts (aerodynamics, structural analysis, flight dynamics, and noise analysis etc.) comparable to US and Europe during last couple of decades of developing helicopters and various configurations of rotorcrafts. In this paper, the pros and cons of conceptual design/comprehensive tools currently used in US and Europe have been summarized. Furthermore, the possibilities and problems to develope our own design and analysis tools have been studied.

• Current Industrial and Technological Trends in Aerospace
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.104-111
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• 2007

내충돌성(crashworthiness)은 항공기 추락시 탑승객을 보호할 수 있는 항공기와 그 내부 시스템 및 구성품의 성능으로 정의할 수 있다. 민간 항공 분야에서 내충돌성에 대한 체계적인 연구가 시작된 것은 1980년대로서 90년대에 이르러서야 감항 기준으로서 완성되게 된다. 항공기의 안전성과 관련된 주요 설계 요건들이 이미 50-60년대에 기본적인 틀을 갖추었다는 점을 감안하면 내충돌성과 관련된 설계 요구조건은 상대적으로 새로 운 설계 개념으로 생각할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 회전익 항공기를 중심으로 내충돌성 확보를 위해 고려해야 할 사항을 살펴보고, 현재 민간 회전익 항공기에 적용되고 있는 주요한 내충돌성 설계기준을 소개하도록 한다.