• 한국항공운항학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.73-79
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• 2010

Flight test is the final and a mandatory process for the development of unmanned aerial vehicles(UAVs) as well as manned. Since most UAVs fly in a low speed and are prone to adverse weather conditions such as air turbulence, atmospheric weather environment around flight test regions will be a critical item to be considered for a flight test planning for UAVs. In this paper, we suggest a decision method for a UAV flight test schedule based on weather conditions of surface and upper atmospheres and also introduce a program for an effective flight test planning through weather forecasts.

• 한국항공운항학회지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.105-110
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• 2011

The flight test comes at the end of the aircraft development process and is an unique part. The purposes of the flight test are to evaluate the characteristics of the aircraft and validate its design in the real operating environment. Atmospheric considerations are key elements, when the planner of flight test establishes the flight test planning. The primary objective of atmospheric considerations is to ensure safety of the vehicle. The planning through atmospheric considerations can minimize flight cancellations caused by severe weather. In this paper, we present a program for flight suitability distinction, and develop a program for calculation of available sorties.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.337-345
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• 2023

In this paper, we propose a 3D LiDAR sensor-based costmap generation and path planning algorithm using it for reliable autonomous flight in complex indoor environments. 3D path planning is essential for reliable operation of UAVs. However, existing grid search-based or random sampling-based path planning algorithms in 3D space require a large amount of computation, and UAVs with weight constraints require reliable path planning results in real time. To solve this problem, we propose a method that divides a 3D space into several 2D spaces and a path planning algorithm that considers the distance to obstacles within each space. Among the paths generated in each space, the final path (Best path) that the UAV will follow is determined through the proposed objective function, and for this purpose, we consider the rotation angle of the 2D space, the path length, and the previous best path information. The proposed methods have been verified through autonomous flight of UAVs in real environments, and shows reliable obstacle avoidance performance in various complex environments.

• 항공우주시스템공학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.40-46
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• 2024

본 연구는 도심 지역에서 드론 비행 경로의 계획과 안전성 평가를 개선하기 위해 CFD(Computational Fluid Dynamics)를 활용하는 방법을 제시한다. 도심 지역에서의 드론 비행은 빠르게 증가하고 있는데, 아직 경로 계획 및 안전성 평가 방법이 정립되어 있지 않으며 실험적으로 접근하고 있어 위험성이 높은 문제가 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 CFD를 활용하여 드론과 건물 간 복잡한 3D 공간에서의 유체 역학을 고려한 비행 경로를 계획하고, 각 경로의 안전성을 정량적으로 평가하였다. 이를 위해 김천 혁신도시를 대상 지역으로 설정하여 지형과 건물 데이터 수집 및 비행 예상 경로를 선정하였다. CFD 유동 해석을 통해 비행 시뮬레이션과 안전성 평가를 위한 기본 데이터를 마련하였으며 이를 통해 드론이 제안된 비행 경로로 비행하였을 때 환경 유동에 의한 안전성 평가를 수행하였다.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.268-276
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• 2013

The objective of this paper is to give a general understanding for the development flight test of Korean Utility Helicopter(KUH). This paper contains the contents of detailed flight test plan, the type of flight test, an introduction to main flight test area, and the overview of flight test results. At the beginning, more than 8,500 test points were identified for airworthiness certification to show the compliance for the KUH development requirements. However, the number of flight test points were optimized to 7,800 at the end. To accomplish the test objectives, about 860 flight test sorties had been performed, and more than 1,000 test sorties were consumed for trouble shooting. This paper also describes some major issues faced during development flight test phase.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.150-160
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• 2020

In this paper, we introduce a pilot's scheduling model which is able to maintain and balance their capabilities for each relevant skill level in military helicopter squadron. Flight scheduler has to consider many factors related pilot's flight information and spends a lot of times and efforts for flight planning without scientific process depending on his/her own capability and experience. This model reflected overall characteristics that include pilot's progression by basis monthly and cumulative flight hours, operational recent flight data and quickly find out a pinpoint areas of concern with respect to their mission subjects etc. There also include essential several constraints, such as personnel qualifications, and Army helicopter training policy's constraints such as regulations and guidelines. We presented binary Integer Programming (IP) mathematical formulation for optimization and demonstrated its effectiveness by comparisons of real schedule versus model's solution to several cases experimental scenarios and greedy random simulation model. The model made the schedule in less than 30 minutes, including the data preprocessing process, and the results of the allocation were more equal than the actual one. This makes it possible to reduce the workload of the scheduler and effectively manages the pilot's skills. We expect to set up and improve better flight planning and combat readiness in Korea Army aviation.

• 한국항공운항학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.170-176
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• 2017

In recent years, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) were actively developed in various fields. In development process of UAVs, flight test is performed to ensure that minimum safety requirements and technical requirements are met. By constructing flight test infrastructure such as takeoff and landing facilities, operation procedure, and equipments, flight test can be performed effectively. In this paper, operation procedures of civil UAV's flight test are proposed. The procedures proposed are composed by two main steps: first, planning and permitting procedure of flight test. Secondly, execution and control procedure of flight test.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.71-77
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• 2005

일반적으로 무인항공기는 비행 전에 계획된 비행항로나 운용자의 실시간 통제에 따라 임무를 수행한다. 성공적으로 임무를 완수하려면 무인항공기와 지상통신장비 간의 통신 가시선 분석 등이 필수적으로 요구된다. 본 논문은 무인항공기의 안전한 비행을 위해 지상통제장비가 임무계획 단계와 임무통제 단계에서 수행하는 여러 가지 분석 기법들을 제안한다. 제안된 기법들은 대부분의 무인항공기 체계에 적용될 수 있다.

• 한국항공운항학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.92-97
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• 2022

In the Aviation Safety Act, the part about fatigue management of Flight dispatcher was added as an amended law. Prior to the amendment of the Act, the regulations on fatigue of flight dispatcher governed by the FOM approved and reported by airlines according to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, but were enforced by law from June 9, 2021. In this study, the scope and work type of flight dispatchers are checked, and unlike flight attendants, it is intended to consider legal working hour management measures for flight dispatchers according to the enforcement of the fatigue management act.

• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.88-92
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• 2018

Currently drone industry has become one of the fast growing markets and the technology for unmanned aerial vehicles are expected to continue to develop at a rapid rate. Especially small unmanned aerial vehicle systems have been designed and utilized for the various field with their own specific purposes. In these fields the path planning problem to find the shortest path between two oriented points is important. In this paper we introduce a path planning strategy for an autonomous flight of unmanned aerial vehicles through reinforcement learning with self-positioning technique. We perform Q-learning algorithm, a kind of reinforcement learning algorithm. At the same time, multi sensors of acceleraion sensor, gyro sensor, and magnetic are used to estimate the position. For the functional evaluation, the proposed method was simulated with virtual UAV environment and visualized the results. The flight history was based on a PX4 based drones system equipped with a smartphone.