• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.391-401
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• 2015

Crashworthiness design and certification have been and will continue to be the main concern in aviation safety. The effects of roll angles on fuselage section crashworthiness for typical civil transport category aircrafts were investigated. A fuselage section with waved-plates under cargo floor is suggested, and the finite element model of fuselage section is developed to simulate drop test subjected to 7 m/s impact velocity under conditions of 0-deg, 5-deg, 10-deg and 15-deg roll angles, respectively. A comparative analysis of failure modes, acceleration responses, and energy absorption of fuselage section under various conditions are given. The results show that the change of roll angles will significantly affect fuselage deformation, seat peak overloads, and energy absorption. The crashworthiness capability of aircraft can be effectively improved by choosing appropriate landing way.

• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.477-498
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• 2018

The main goal of this article is to validate a methodological process in Actran MSC Software, that is based on the Finite Element Method, to evaluate the comfort in the cabin of a regional aircraft and to study the noise and vibrations reduction through the fuselage by the use of innovative materials. In the preliminary work phase, the CAD model of a fuselage section was created representing the typical features and dimensions of an airplane for regional flights. Subsequently, this model has been imported in Actran and the Sound Pressure Level (SPL) inside the cabin has been analyzed; moreover, the noise reduction through the fuselage has been evaluated. An important investigation and data collection has been carried out for the study of the aircraft cabin to make it as close as possible to a real problem, both in geometry and in materials. The mesh of the structure has been built from the CAD model and has been simplified in order to reduce the number of degrees of freedom. Finally, different fuselage configurations in terms of materials are compared: in particular, aluminum, composite and sandwich material with composite skins and poroelastic core are considered.

• 한국항공운항학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.44-50
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• 2012

The noise reduction is important one of considerations in the process of a civil aircraft development program. External noise sources are classified into an air-born source and a structure-born source. Among these noise sources, the most affected noise source into a cabin is the air-born noise source from an engine or propeller. The external noise is transmitted into the cabin through the fuselage structure of airplane which are composed of an fuselage structure, an interior trim panel and an acoustic insulation layer between an fuselage structure and an interior trim panel. Therefore, appropriate fuselage structure and acoustic insulation layer is very important to reduce the internal noise level. In this paper, the vibro-acoustic coupled analysis of the cabin noise of the 80~90 seats regional turboprop aircraft is carried out to validate the acoustic analysis method using Direct BEM and FEM. The sound pressure level onto the fuselage skin is acquired by fan-source noise analysis using BEM, and which sound pressure is used as acoustic noise source in vibro-acoustic noise analysis for cabin noise analysis using FEM.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.32-43
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• 2014

Automatic fiber placement (AFP) has become a popular processing technique for composites in the aerospace industry, due to its ability to place prepregs or tapes precisely in the exact position when complex parts are being manufactured. This paper presents the design, analysis, and manufacture of an AFP mandrel for composite aircraft fuselage skin fabrication. According to the design requirements, an AFP mandrel was developed and a numerical study was performed through the finite element method. Linear static load analyses were performed considering the mandrel structure self-weight and a 2940 N load from the AFP machine head. Modal analysis was also performed to determine the mandrel's natural frequencies. These analyses confirmed that the proposed mandrel meets the design requirements. A prototype mandrel was then manufactured and used to fabricate a composite fuselage skin. Material load tests were conducted on the AFP fuselage skin curved laminates, equivalent flat AFP, and hand layup laminates. The flat AFP and hand layup laminates showed almost identical strength results in tension and compression. Compared to hand layup, the flat AFP laminate modulus was 5.2% higher in tension and 12.6% lower in compression. The AFP curved laminates had an ultimate compressive strength of 1.6% to 8.7% higher than flat laminates. The FEM simulation predicted strengths were 4% higher in tension and 11% higher in compression than the flat laminate test results.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.65-74
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• 2002

항공기 동체의 주 구조를 이루는 스킨, 스트링거, 프레임을 복합재료 부재료 대체하여 파손 및 좌굴에 대해 유한요소해석을 수행하였다. 각 부재의 하중은 기존 항공기 MD90-30의 하중을 적용하였으며, 스트링거, 프레임은 I, Z, T-type의 3가지 단면형상을 선정하여 해석하였다. 복합재료 부재의 적층각, 적층수에 따른 부재의 특성을 알아보고, 단면형상에 대한 비교를 수행하였다. 해석결과 파손은 적층각에 좌굴은 적층수에 많은 영향을 받으며, 스킨, 스트링거는 좌굴이 프레임은 축방향 하중에 의한 파손이 부재 설계의 중요한 요소임을 알 수 있었다. 스트링거, 프레임은 준등방성 적층의 경우 [0/60/-60]적층이 좋은 결과를 갖는 것을 알 수 있었고 단면형상에 대해서는 I-type이 가장 좋은 결과를 보였다. 또한 기존 알루미늄 부재와의 비교를 통해 복합재료 부재의 경량성을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제40권12호
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• pp.1070-1079
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• 2012

항공기 사고 시 항공기 구조물의 충돌에너지 흡수 특성은 탑승자 생존성 향상을 위해 매우 중요한 요소이다. 일반적으로 항공기의 비상착륙 시 충돌에너지는 착륙장치, 동체 하부 구조물(Subfloor), 좌석을 통해 탑승자에게 흡수/전달되며, 이 세 가지 구성품은 항공기 내추락성에 매우 중요한 구성품이다. 이 구성품들 중 동체 하부 구조물의 충돌 에너지 흡수 특성은 항공기 형식, 구조물의 형태 및 적용된 재료에 따라 결정된다. 따라서 항공기 동체 하부 구조물의 내추락 특성에 관한 연구는 항공기 안전성 향상을 위해 매우 중요한 분야이다. 본 연구에서는 상대적으로 내추락 특성이 취약한 80~90 인승급 리저널항공기 Narrow Body 동체의 내추락 유한요소 모델 구성과 외연적 유한요소해석을 통한 내추락 해석이 수행되었다. 동체 구조의 충돌에너지 흡수 및 좌석 장착점의 가속도 응답 등의 해석 결과 분석을 통해, 내추락 특성 및 성능 평가 과정을 수행하였다.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.138-145
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• 2014

The initial configuration for 95-seat passenger regional turboprop aircraft, the so called KC950, was designed to meet the market requirements. This paper prescribes the initial design based upon aircraft design guidelines and compared the competitive aircraft configurations after considering the related FAR 25 regulations. More specifically, results of design describe how to select the fuselage cross-sectional area, how to layout the cabin, and how to determine the overall shape and physical dimension of the fuselage. Sizing of wing and empennage areas is estimated using empirical equations and tail volume coefficients in this design. Some design guidelines to determine wing sweep angle, taper ratio, incidence angle and location are also introduced.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.103-110
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• 2020

Riveting is mainly used to assemble the aircraft fuselage. An average of 2~3 workers is needed to assemble an aircraft fuselage consisting of various size frames by riveting. In this study, a riveting process that enables one-person operation using an automated C-frame riveting machine was proposed for improving the efficiency of productivity. The proposed process was verified stability through structural analysis. In the range that can maintain structural stability, panel thickness of the riveting machine and shape were modified to optimizing the shape for reducing the weight of the riveting process. The structural analysis was performed by software ANSYS workbench 19.2. The optimized riveting machine was reduced by 257kg compared to the existing model.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.638-644
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• 2021

Infrared guided weapons act as threats that greatly degrade the survivability of combat aircraft. Infrared weapons detect and track the target aircraft by sensing the infrared signature radiated from the aircraft fuselage. Therefore, in this study, we analyzed the infrared signature and susceptibility of supersonic aircraft according to omni-directional detection angle. Through the numerical analysis, we derived the surface temperature distribution of fuselage and omni-directional infrared signature. Then, we calculated the detection range according to detection angle in consideration of IR sensor's parameters. Using in-house code, the lethal range was calculated by considering the relative velocity between aircraft and IR missile. As a result, the elevational susceptibility is larger than the azimuthal susceptibility, and it means that the aircraft can be attacked in wider area at the elevational situation.

• 항공우주기술
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.221-229
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• 2013

인간동력항공기의 개념을 분석하여 최고 성능의 인간동력항공기 개발을 위하여 필요시되는 동력증강 및 항력감소 설계에 대하여 연구하였다. 2012년 인간동력항공기 시범경진대회에 출전하기 위하여 유선형 동체 채택에 의한 항력저감 및 팔과 다리 힘 동시사용에 의한 동력증강개념을 제시하였으며 개념 확인을 위하여 동체의 전산해석 및 동력장치 설계를 수행하였다. 유선형 동체의 효과를 최대한 이용하기 위해서는 동체형상 설계가 중요하며 팔의 동력을 이용하기 위해서는 조종 장치의 설계가 중요하고 비행실험이 요구된다.