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CHARACTERISTICS OF LOW LEVEL TEMPERATURE INVERSION IN TAIWAN

  • Liou Yuei-An;Yan Shiang-Kun
    • Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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    • 2005.10a
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    • pp.38-41
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    • 2005
  • The observation data from MTP-5HE ofEPA are used to study the temperature inversion phenomenon in the lower boundary layer in Taipei, Taichung and Kaohsiung of Taiwan. Characteristics of temperature inversion at three cities are extracted using different classification methods. The characteristics of temperature inversion in Taichung and Kaohsiung show a similar trend but are different from that in Taipei. The numbers of the occurrence of temperature inversion in Taichung and Kaohsiung were much larger than that in Taipei. The main types of temperature inversion in Taiwan are radiation inversion and frontal inversion. Compared to frontal inversion, radiation inversion on average occurs at a lower altitude, lasts a longer period, has a deeper thickness, and reaches a higher temperature difference of inversion. Frontal inversion plays a significant role for the inversion event lasting over 12 hours.

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An obstacle avoidance system of an unmanned aerial vehicle using a laser range finder

  • Kim, Hyun;Miwa, Masafumi;Shim, Joonhwan
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.37 no.7
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    • pp.737-742
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    • 2013
  • Recently, unmanned aircrafts for safe measurement in hazardous locations have been developed. In a method of operation of unmanned aircraft vehicles (UAV), there are two methods of manual control and automatic control. Small UAVs are used for low altitude surveillance flights where unknown obstacles can be encountered. Obstacle avoidance is one of the most challenging tasks which the UAV has to perform with high level of accuracy. In this study, we used a laser range finder as an obstacle detector in automatic navigation of unmanned aircraft to patrol the destination automatically. We proposed a system to avoid obstacles automatically by measuring the angle and distance of the obstacle using the laser range finder.

Reference Trajectory Analysis and Trajectory Control by Bank Angle for Re-Entry Vehicle

  • Cho, Kyeum-Rae;Lee, Dae-Woo
    • Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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    • v.16 no.6
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    • pp.745-756
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    • 2002
  • The re-entry problem consists of guidance design and trajectory control. This paper summarizes the detailed relationships between the velocity, drag acceleration and altitude in determining reference trajectories. The computational issues are also addressed, and the performance of the proposed simple nonlinear control of a bank angle for the longitudinal/ lateral trajectory is demonstrated. In particular, the fixed bank angle methods that can reduce the drag acceleration errors at low-speeds are proposed. The importance of bank reversals with respect to the azimuth errors Is also elucidated.

Applying Cybersecurity and Anti-Tamper Methods for Secure Operating of Unmanned Weapon Systems (무인화 무기체계의 안정적인 운용을 위한 Cybersecurity 및 Anti-Tamper의 적용)

  • Lee, Min Woo
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Systems Engineering
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.36-42
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    • 2020
  • Due to the population of the Republic of Korea is getting less, the shortage of available troops has become a big issue. In response to this, the need for Unmanned weapon systems is rising. To operate an Unmanned weapon system near borderlines or low altitude, it is necessary to protect not only the system itself but also operational information communicated between the Unmanned system and control station, so that they should be safe using Cybersecurity measures. Besides, it is critical to protect a few core technologies applied to Unmanned weapon systems throughout the Anti-Tamper measures. As the precedent studies only focus partially, Cybersecurity or Anti-Tamper, it is acknowledged that comprehensive studies are needed to be conducted. This study is to incorporate both concepts into Korea's defense acquisition process. Specifically, we will outline the concepts and needs of Cybersecurity and Anti-Tamper, and briefly present ways to apply them simultaneously.

Steady State Operational Characteristic Analysis of the Propulsion System for the Canard Rotor Wing UAV in three different Flight Modes (비행 모드에 따른 CRW UAV 추진시스템의 정상상태 운전특성 해석)

  • 공창덕;강명철;기자영;박종하;양수석;전용민
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.215-218
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    • 2003
  • In this study, a performance model of the Smart UAV propulsion system with ducts, tip jets and variable main nozzle, which has flight capability of the rotary wing mode for the take-off/landing and low speed forward flight as well as the fixed wing mode for high speed forward flight, has been newly developed. With the proposed model, steady-state performance analysis was performed at various flight modes and conditions, such as rotary wing mode, fixed wing mode, compound wing, mode altitude and flight speed.

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The Design of Path Length Controller in Ring Laser Gyroscope for Attitude Control in the LEO satellite (위성 자세제어 자이로 센서 피에조 구동기 설계)

  • Kim, Eui-Chan
    • Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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    • 2009.05a
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    • pp.341-343
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    • 2009
  • The Ring Laser Gyroscope makes use of the Sagnac effect within a resonant ring cavity of a He-Ne laser and has more accuracy than the other gyros. The Low Earth Orbit satellite for observatory use require the high accuracy Gyro to control and determine the altitude because of the need of payload pointing accuracy. In this paper, The theory of the Path Length Control is explained. The electrical design of Path Length Controller Is described. The Design for Path Length Controller is composed of the demodulator, integrator, phase shifter, high voltage amplifier. We apply the circuit to 28cm square ring laser gyro and get the test results.

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THE ICE ANALYSIS OF HIGH ASPECT RATIO WING USING FENSAP-ICE (FENSAP-ICE를 이용한 고세장비 날개 결빙해석)

  • Jung, K.J.;Lee, J.H.;Kang, I.M.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2010.05a
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    • pp.456-459
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    • 2010
  • Icing is one of the most serious hazards for aircraft. The amount and rate of icing depend on a number of meteorogical and aerodynamic factors. Of primary importance are amount of liquid water content of droplets, their size, the temperature of aircraft surfaces, the collection efficiency, and the extent of supercooled droplets. In this study, in-flight icing analysis of low reynolds number high aspect ratio wing is carried out by using FENSAP-ICE. Each liquid water contents with altitude is obtained from FAR 25 Appendix-C. And the collectoin efficiency is calculated to check out the ice accretion position of wing with two angles of attack. The degradation of aerodynamic characteristics of aircraft are figured out by investigating the accretion of rime and glaze ice.

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A Numerical Study on Real Gas Effect due to High Temperature and Speed Flow (고온 고속유동으로 인한 실제 기체효과의 수치해석적 연구)

  • 송동주
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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    • v.18 no.9
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    • pp.2431-2442
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    • 1994
  • In this paper the efficient space marching Viscous Shock Layer and Parabolized Navier-Stokes method have been applied to study the complex 3-D hypersonic equilibrium chemically reacting flowfilelds over sphere-cone($10^{\circ}$) vehicle at low angles of attack($0^{\circ}~5^{\circ}), Mach 20, and an altitude of 35km. The current bluntbody/afterbody space marching numerical method predicts the complex flowfields accurately and efficiently even on a small computer. The shock thickness from equilibrium air model is thinner than that from the perfect gas model. The windside wall heat-transfer rate, pressure and skin friction force were increased significantly when compared with those of leeside. The CA, CN, CM were increased almost linearly with the angle of attack in this region. The wall pressure, heat transfer, skin friction and axial force coeffient from equilibrium model were much higher than those from perfect gas model. The center of pressure moved forward with the increase of angle of attack.

The Design of Path Length Controller in Ring Laser Gyroscope for Attitude Control in the LEO satellite (저궤도 위성 자세제어를 위한 자이로의 광경로 제어기 설계)

  • Kim, Eui-Chan;Lee, Heung-Ho
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.57 no.2
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    • pp.256-260
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    • 2008
  • The Ring Laser Gyro makes use of the Sagnac effect within a resonant ring cavity of A He-Ne laser and has more accuracy than the other Gyros. The Low Earth Orbit satellite for observatory use require the high accuracy Gyro to control and determine the altitude because of the need of payload pointing accuracy. In this paper, The theory of the Path Length Control is explained. The electrical design of Path Length Controller is described. The Design for Path Length Controller is composed of the demodulator, Integrator, Phase shifter, High Voltage Amplifier. We apply the circuit to 28cm square ring laser gyro and get the test results.

Zero-Sean-Back Reference Height Generation Filter (Zero-Scan-Back 기준 고도 생성 필터)

  • Whang, Ick-Ho;Ra, Won-Sang
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2007.04a
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    • pp.386-388
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    • 2007
  • In many applications of UAVs flying in low altitude, the steady supply of accurate height measurements is very important for the UAVs to complete their mission successfully. In order to do this, a barometer or GPS height measurements are widely used. However, because these two sensors have their limitations in the application environment, a method for fusing these two measurements to produce reference heights are required. In this paper, a reference height generation filter is designed for UAV(Unmanned Air Vehicle) applications. The barometer errors originated by the change of the atmospheric environment are modeled using random walk models, and then the errors are identified and compensated through the ZSB(zero-scan-back) filter algorithm using the GPS height measurements. The performance of the proposed filter is demonstrated by realistic simulations.

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