• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2010년도 제34회 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.226-230
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 배터리와 전기모터 방식의 추진장치를 사용하는 소형무인항공기의 비행성능을 분석한다. 비행시험을 통해 얻은 데이터로부터 공력특성을 예측하고, 이를 활용하여 비행성능을 예측한다. 최대 항속시간을 얻을 수 있는 적정 비행속도를 제시하고, 비행속도에 따른 항속시간 및 항속거리를 예측한다.

• 한국추진공학회지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.65-70
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• 2010

전기모터와 배터리로 구성된 추진장치를 사용하는 소형무인항공기는 무게가 8kg 이하로 손으로 던져 이륙이 가능하고 운용이 간편하면서도 실시간으로 영상정보를 전송할 수 있어 활용이 증가하고 있다. 하지만 이러한 소형무인항공기의 비행 성능에 대한 해석방법이나 해석결과는 별로 알려진 게 없다. 본 논문에서는 전기추진방식의 무인항공기 연구를 위해 제작한 소형무인항공기의 성능해석방법을 기술하고 결과를 도출한다. 비행체의 공력 데이터는 실제 비행시험으로부터 얻은 활공성능 데이터를 이용하여 구하고 비행속도에 따른 요구추력과 요구동력을 예측한다. 배터리를 동력원으로 사용하는 경우의 항속거리와 항속시간을 예측하는 방법을 제시하고 결과를 도출한다.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.140-147
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• 2017

본 논문에서는 전기추진 무인항공기의 동력원으로 주로 사용되고 있는 리튬폴리머 배터리의 상태 모니터링을 위해 기존에 자체 개발한 동력 모니터링 장치인 PMU의 개선 및 제작에 관하여 기술하였다. 개선된 PMU는 비행에 필요한 다양한 센서와 모터의 구동에 안정적인 전압과 전류를 제공하며 모니터링 채널과 온도센서의 추가로 상태 모니터링의 정밀도가 향상되었다. 지상 시험환경을 통해 무인항공기에 탑재되는 PMU의 전압전류 측정값을 보정하고 실제 비행시험을 통해 개선된 성능을 확인하였다.

• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.17-37
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• 2022

This paper discusses an improved unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV, configuration characterized by telescopic booms to optimize the flight mechanics and fuel consumption of the aircraft at various loading/flight conditions.The starting point consists of a full-composite smaller UAV which was derived by a general aviation ultralight motorized aircraft ULM. The present design, named ToBoFlex, extends the two-booms configuration to a three tons aircraft. To adapt the design to needs relevant to different applications, new solutions were proposed in aerodynamic fields and materials and structural areas. Different structural solutions were reported. To optimize aircraft endurance, the innovative concept of Telescopic Tail Boom was considered along with two different tails architecture. A new structural configuration of the fuselage was proposed. Further consideration of hydrogen fuel cell electric propulsion is now being studied in collaboration between the Polytechnic of Turin and Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University which could be the starting point of future investigations.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.623-640
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• 2017

The full nonlinear equations of an unmanned aerial vehicle ground taxiing mathematical dynamic model are built based on a type of unmanned aerial vehicle data in LMS Virtual.Lab Motion. The flexible landing gear model is considered to make the aircraft ground motion more accurate. The electric braking control system is established in MATLAB/Simulink and the experiment of it verifies that the electric braking model with the pressure sensor is fitted well with the actual braking mechanism and it ensures the braking response speediness. The direction rectification control law combining the differential brake and the rudder with 30% anti-skid brake is built to improve the directional stability. Two other rectifying control laws are demonstrated to compare with the designed control law to verify that the designed control is of high directional stability and high braking efficiency. The lateral displacement increases by 445.45% with poor rectification performance under the only rudder rectifying control relative to the designed control law. The braking distance rises by 36m and the braking frequency increases by 85.71% under the control law without anti-skid brake. Different landing conditions are simulated to verify the good robustness of the designed rectifying control.

• 항공우주시스템공학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.11-17
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• 2019

본 연구에서는 전기 동력 소형 고정익 무인항공기의 낮은 레이놀즈 영역 및 최소한의 제원으로 운용에 필요한 성능을 일반적인 이론 분석으로 예측하였다. 이를 간단한 전기모터 풍동시험과 실증 비행시험을 통해 비교 분석하여 이론 분석의 타당성을 확인하였다. 분석한 결과의 타당성 확인 결과, 3.5 kg의 고정익 소형 무인항공기는 일반적인 이론분석으로 공력 성능의 분석이 가능하지만, 필요추력은 설계오류가 발생할 가능성이 있는 것으로 확인된다. 이러한 연구 결과를 바탕으로 낮은 레이놀즈 영역에서 비행하는 유사 소형 고정익 무인항공기 개발 시 설계오류를 최소화 하는 방법을 제안하였다.

• 항공우주시스템공학회지
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2014

This paper presents the trade-off study of conducting a survey of the weights for various kind of propulsion systems installed in the Smart Unmanned Aerial Vehicle TR-100, a tilt-rotor vehicle, which is developed by Korea Aerospace Research Institute, in order to predict the appropriate propulsion system for present and future Personal Air Vehicle, which has single mode and vertical take-off & landing. In order to perform the trade-off study, we set the requirements that the vehicle hovers for 1 hour with 1,000 kg maximum take off weights. In this study, the power systems are classified engine, which uses the fossil fuel - turboshaft engine, piston engine, diesel engine and rotary engine, and electric motor with fuelcell or Li-Ion battery. The results of trade-off study shows the power systems using fossil fuel are superior to using fuelcell or Li-Ion battery for weight of propulsion system. Also turboshaft engine is the best power system for the aspects of system weight, and the nexts are rotary engine, piston engine, diesel engine, electric motor with Li-Ion battery, and electric motor with fuelcell.

• 한국추진공학회지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.79-86
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• 2010

현재 운용중인 UAV 추진기관의 종류 및 각각의 특징과 장단점들을 살펴보았다. 전기추진을 위한 에너지원과 내연기관 추진의 동력원을 상호 비교하였으며, 미래의 UAV에 적합한 추진기관들의 성능 요구 조건을 분석, 제시하였다.

• 한국항공운항학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.51-56
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• 2015

This paper presents the procedure of drag prediction for EAV-1, based on a numerical analysis correlated to an in-flight test. EAV-1, developed by Korea Aerospace Research Institute, is a small-sized UAV to test a hydrogen-fuel cell power system. The long-endurance test flight of 4.5 hours provides numerous in-flight data. The thrust and drag of EAV-1 during the flight test are estimated based on the wind-tunnel test results for EAV-1's propeller performance. In addition, the CFD analysis using a commercial Navier-Stokes code is carried out for the full-scale EAV-1. The computational result suggests that the initial CFD analysis substantially under-predicts the in-flight drag in that the discrepancy is up to 27.6%. Therefore, additional investigation for more accurate drag prediction is performed; the effect of propeller slipstream is included in the CFD analysis through "fan disk" modelling. Also, the additional drag from airplane trim and load factor that actually exists during the flight test in a circular path is considered. These supplemental analyses for drag prediction turn out to be effective since the drag discrepancy reduces to 2.3%.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.252-261
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• 2023

Analysis of dynamic characteristics and flight vibration test for unmanned aerial vehicles was studied by using dummy test body. The FEM model for dummy test body was supplemented by results of modal and random vibration test. The free end boundary condition to simulate flight environments was made by test setup using bungee cable. Prior to the flight vibration test using a dual electric vibration exciters, the test procedure to calculate quantitative vibration level was studied by using military specification. The actual test was successfully done by using the analysis and pretest results. From the analysis results, it was possible to determine the feasibility of the test by predicting the excitation force of the flight vibration test and to get the response of any point which could not be measured by the test. The results of this study will much contribute to the Test and Evaluation of unmanned aerial vehicles.