• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.76-83
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• 2005

Thrusters are important actuators where air is rare. Since the maintenance or replacement of thrusters is not easy in such an environment, a thrusting system must be highly reliable. Redundant thrusters are used to meet the reliability requirement. In this paper, a reconfiguration problem for those redundant thrusters is discussed, especially the management or distribution logic of redundant thrusters is focused on. The logic has to be changed if faults occur at thrusters. Reconfiguration is to change the distribution logic to accommodate thrusters' faults. The authors propose a reconfiguration algorithm based on the linear programming method. The authors define the reconfiguration problem as an optimization problem. The performance index is a quantity related with total fuel consumption by thrusters. This algorithm can accommodate multiple faults. Numerical examples are given to show the advantage of the proposed algorithm over existing methods.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제32권10호
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• pp.60-66
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• 2004

위성의 자세제어 시스템의 신뢰도를 높이기 위하여 여유 추력기를 장착하는데, 이를 활용하기 위해서 효율적인 관리 방안이 요구된다. 본 논문에서는 조종력 할당 기법을 위성의 여유 추력기 관리 방안으로 제안한다. 조종력 할당 기법은 최척화 기법을 이용해서 원하는 모멘트 입력을 구현하는 여유 조종력을 결정하는 방법이다. 여기에서는 여유 추력기에 대한 할당 문제는 선형 프로그래밍 문제로 표현할 수 있음을 보인다. 또한 수치예제를 통해서 제안한 방법이 기존의 방법에 비해 효율적임을 보인다.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.68-75
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• 2018

This study deals with the heading angle and depth keeping control technique for an ROV with multiple horizontal and vertical thrusters by thrust allocation. The light work class ROV URI-L, which is under development at KRISO, is a redundant actuating system with multiple thrusters that are larger than the ROV's degree of freedom. In the redundant actuating system, there are several solutions for a specific ROV motion to be performed. Therefore, a thrust allocation algorithm that considers the entire propulsion system should be regarded as important. First, this paper describes the propulsion system of the ROV and introduces the thrust allocation method of each motion controller. In addition, the performance of the controller is examined using a heading angle and depth keeping control test in a stationary state.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제19권9호
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• pp.797-804
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• 2013

In this paper, a study of a new hovering six dof underwater robot with redundant horizontal thrusters, titled HAUV (hovering AUV), is presented. The results of study on the structure design, deployment of thrusters, and development of the developed control system of the AUV was presented. For the HAUV structure, a structure design and an analysis of the thrusting system was performed. For navigation, a sensor fusion board which can proceed various sensor signals to identify correct positions and speeds was developed and a total control system including EKF (Extended Kalman Filter) was designed. Rolling, pitching and depth control tests of the HAUV have been performed, and relatively small angle error and depth tracking error results were shown.