• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.36 no.12
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• pp.1229-1235
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• 2008

ELT(emergency locator transmitter) has assisted in the rescue of thousands of lives in distress. Aviators, mariners and land users being equipped with distress beacons are capable of transmitting distress signals to the satellites in emergency situations anywhere in the world. In this paper, Drop/Impact simulation was performed for ELT Body-case. FE model for Body-case was constructed with MSC/Dytran and refined using the Karas example simulation for Body-case prototype. Shock/impact survivability analysis was performed for ELT operations. FE model constructed with MSC/Nastran. Transient response analysis for refined ELT model was perfomed for ELT under impact shock loading condition.

• 한국항공운항학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2015.11a
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• pp.88-91
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• 2015

MISSING Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has not been discovered and unknown whether it crashed on the ground or under the sea. There are a couple of emergency equipment in the airplane not only outside of airplane but inside airplane such as ELT(Emergency Locator Transmitter). Since the ELT developed, it is required to be installed in the airplane for regulation requirement. However, despite of its important function, it is not working properly or shows wide search range for rescue during the crash or ditching on the water. I would like to propose how to over come the up-to-dated position data just before the event. Connecting with ADIRS or GPS which is installed internal airplane system will help to reduce the rescue time for survival passenger.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.38 no.3
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• pp.294-299
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• 2010

ELT(Emergency Locator Transmitter) is used to send distress signal in the event of an aircraft crash. It is very useful but the ELT may transmit wrong signal caused by misjudging between crash and hard-landing. The reason of this problem is the low accuracy of the mechanical G-switch currently in use. To improve the ELT, we developed an ELT system using the MEMS(Micro Electro-Mechanical Sensor) accelerometer. The ELT system consists of acceleration data acquisition/analysis system, program of crash recognition, and GPS receiving system for the position information of an aircraft crash site. A free-drop table was developed for verification of the ELT system. The free-drop table was designed to replicate the acceleration and the pulse duration of the hard landing and the crash. By using the free-drop table, we showed that the ELT system performed well.