• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.579-592
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• 2016

CNUSAIL-1, to be launched into low-earth orbit, is a cubesat-class satellite equipped with a $2m{\times}2m$ solar sail. One of CNUSAIL's missions is to deploy its solar sail system, thereby deorbiting the satellite, at the end of the satellite's life. This paper presents the design results of the attitude control system for CNUSAIL-1, which maintains the normal vector of the sail by a 3-axis active attitude stabilization approach. The normal vector can be aligned in two orientations: i) along the anti-nadir direction, which minimizes the aerodynamic drag during the nadir-pointing mode, or ii) along the satellite velocity vector, which maximizes the drag during the deorbiting mode. The attitude control system also includes a B-dot controller for detumbling and an eigen-axis maneuver algorithm. The actuators for the attitude control are magnetic torquers and reaction wheels. The feasibility and performance of the design are verified in high-fidelity nonlinear simulations.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제61권2호
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• pp.68-76
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• 2024

The rotor sail is one of the representative devices in eco-friendly wind-assisted propulsion systems that have been practically applied to commercial ships. The present study proposes an asymmetric vertical folding rotor sail (AFRS) designed for small ships, featuring asymmetric geometry along the vertical direction and the function of vertical folding. To evaluate the aerodynamic performance of rotor sail, the drag, lift and lift-to-drag ratio were derived using computational fluid dynamics. The aerodynamic performance of AFRS was compared with that of normal rotor sail with different aspect ratios and spin ratios. The effect of geometric parameters on the aerodynamic performance of AFRS was assessed by varying the asymmetric diameter ratio. The maximum improvement in lift-to-drag ratio for AFRS was approximately 12% in the considered case. Additionally, the resistance is decreased when AFRS is vertically folded without rotating. Throughout the present study, improved aerodynamic and resistance performances for AFRS were confirmed, which will successfully provide additional propulsion to small ships.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.63-70
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• 2017

본 논문에서는 가항력돛을 이용한 궤도이탈 장치를 설계 및 제작하고 전개 특성을 연구하였다. 형상기억합금을 이용한 분리장치를 개발하고, 형상기억합금의 구동에 따라 테잎 스프링의 복원력을 이용해 구동되는 새로운 궤도이탈 장치를 설계하고 실험하였다. 가항력돛의 효율적인 수납 및 전개를 위해 origami flasher 방식 중 original ISO flasher 방식을 선정하였으며, 반복적인 실험을 하기 위해서 다른 재료들에 비해 저렴한 우주재료인 mylar film을 가항력돛의 재료로 사용하였다. 또한, 일회성 장치 신뢰성 평가 방법 중 하나인 FTA(fault tree analysis) 방법을 통해 장치의 신뢰도(0.997572)를 평가하고 가장 치명도가 높은 부분이 Roller failure임을 확인하였다. 최종적으로 가항력돛의 전개장치의 제작 및 실험을 통하여 향후 궤도이탈 장치의 개발 가능성을 확인하였다.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.228-239
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• 2016

CNUSAIL-1은 $4m^2$ 크기의 태양돛을 탑재한 3U 크기의 큐브위성이며, 주 임무는 지구 저궤도에서 태양돛을 성공적으로 전개하고 태양돛을 이용해 Drag Sail을 실현하는 것이다. 또한, 이에 따른 자세와 궤도에 대한 영향을 확인하는 임무를 수행한다. 본 논문에서는 CNUSAIL-1의 태양돛에 사용되는 박막과 붐의 재질과 물성치에 관련된 실험을 수행하며, 이를 통해 태양돛 박막의 반사율/투과율 요구도를 확인하고, 박막과 붐의 인장강도를 측정함으로서 지구 저궤도 환경에서의 돛 전개 시 발생가능 응력에 대한 안전성을 확인한다. 또한, 태양돛의 전개장치를 개발 제작하여 우주환경을 모사한 지상시험을 수행함으로서 태양돛 전개의 가능성을 검증하였으며, 태양돛의 탑재와 접기 방법에 따라 비교 전개하는 실험을 통하여 접기방법을 결정하고, Spiral spring 두께에 따른 전개실험과 각속도 시험을 수행하여 실제 전개 시에 생길 수 있는 위성체에 대한 영향성 등을 살펴보았다.

• 항공우주시스템공학회지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.16-21
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• 2017

본 논문에서는 drag-sail의 수납 효율을 높이기 위해 새로운 접기 방법인 blossom method를 제안하였다. 가항력 돛을 접을수록 두께가 늘어남에 따라 발생하는 문제점을 해결하기 위해 접히는 라인에 여유 공간(offset)을 주고, offset film 라인이 교차하는 지점에는 구멍을 뚫어 film의 일그러짐을 방지하였다. 또한, blossom method의 적용 가능성을 확인하기 위해 mylar film으로 제작하여 전개 실험을 수행하였다. Blossom method를 적용할 경우, 수납부피 대비 전개면적 비인 수납비는 1: 68.64로 기존의 가항력 돛 접기 방법인 z-fold method보다 약 1.88배 향상되었으며, 전개 실험 결과 구멍이나 jamming에 의한 손상이 없는 것을 확인하였다.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.431-439
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• 2006

Due to the limitation of size of the test section, blockage effects could not be avoided in the model test of yacht sails for common wind tunnels. In this paper, a numerical analysis is performed to investigate the blockage effects on the lift and drag forces measured from wind tunnel experiments for a 30 feet sloop yacht sail. Complex airflows around the jib and main sails including three-dimensional flow separations are calculated for various close-hauled conditions. It is found that the blockage of a wind tunnel changes the flow separation and consequently the lift and drag forces of the sails, especially the main sail, reduce and increase, respectively, due to the blockage effects.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제48권5호
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• pp.445-450
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• 2011

In order to estimate a yacht sail performance, measuring system of aerodynamic forces acting on the yacht sail is constructed and experiments of flexible model sail are carried out at the medium-size subsonic wind tunnel of Chungnam National University. Experimental results for a flexible sail are compared with experimental and numerical results of fixed shape sail. In case of a fixed shape sail, lift and drag coefficients are rarely changed at all velocity conditions. However, those of the flexible sail are decreased as the incoming velocity is increased. These are understandably resulted from shape variations due to the flexible material. Therefore aero-elastic similarity should be more carefully considered in the model test rather than other similarities.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.477-486
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• 2010

During sailing by wind-driven thrust on the sail, a catamaran sailing yacht generates leeway and heeling. For predicting sail force, a model test was carried out according to running attitude. Through the model test, drag and side force of the real ship was predicted. A purpose of this study is to find sail force to C.E from changed attitude during running direction. By balance of hull and sail, a heeling force of designed sail is predicted. Also through heeling force and driving force, total sail force and direction from C.E are considered with changed mast including leeway and heeling.

• 대한조선학회논문집
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.308-316
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• 2011

Although a yacht sails operate with large displacement due to very thin thickness, many studies for flow around yacht sails have not considered the sail deformation. The sail deformation not only caused a change in the center of effect(CE) on the sail but also a change in the thrust of the sail. The change of the CE and thrust affects the center of lateral resistance(CLR) and side forces of the hull, and the balance of the yacht. These changes affect the motion of the yacht which changes the velocity of the yacht. Thus, when analyzing the flow around yacht sails, the sail deformation should be considered. In the present study, fluid-structure-interaction(FSI) analysis of a two dimensional section of yacht sails was performed to consider the effects of sail deformation on the lift and drag performance. FSI and moving mesh methods were studied. Computational methods were verified using benchmark test cases such as the flow around horizontal and vertical cantilever beams. Shape deformation, pressure distribution, lift forces and separation flow were compared for both rigid and deformable sail.

• 한국마린엔지니어링학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국마린엔지니어링학회 2005년도 전기학술대회논문집
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• pp.832-839
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• 2005

It is important to understandflow characteristics and performances of sailsfor both sailors and designers who want to have efficient thrust of yacht. In this paper the viscous flows around sail-like rigid wings, which are similar to main and jib sails of a 30 feet sloop, are calculated using a CFD tool. Lift, drag and thrust forces are estimatedfor various conditions of gap distance between the two sails and the center of effort of the sail system is obtained. Wind tunnel experiments are also carried out to measure aerodynamic forces acting on the sail system and to validate the computation. It is found that the combination of two sails produces the lift force larger than the sum of that produced separately by each sail and the gap distance between the two sails is an important factor to determine total lift and thrust.