• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.401-406
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• 2013

Non-explosive shockless holding and release mechanism for a nano class small satellite application has been proposed and investigated. The great advantages of the mechanism are a much lower shock level and larger constraint force than the conventional mechanism using pyro and the heating wire cutting mechanism which has been generally applied to the cube satellite program. To investigate the effectiveness of the mechanism design, EM mechanism was developed and tested to verify the basic function of the mechanism. The test results indicate that the proposed mechanism is well functioning as the mechanism design intends.

• 항공우주시스템공학회지
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.20-25
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• 2013

In case of cube satellite, it is difficult to realize the same performance as commercial satellite due to its highly restricted unit accommodation space. To maximize the performance of the cube satellite, design concept considering the multi-function of satellite is required. In this paper, mechanism design of cube satellite which is applicable for the holding and release of multi-deployable structures has been proposed and investigated. In addition, a switch mechanism design for the autonomous system operation just after the cube satellite separation from P-POD has also been proposed. The effectiveness of the mechanism design for holding and release of multi-deployable structures has been demonstrated by EM test of the holding and release mechanism.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.156-164
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• 2016

우주기반기술 검증용 극초소형 위성 STEP Cube Lab.(Cube Laboratory for Space Technology Experimental Project)의 주요 탑재체인 집광형 프레넬렌즈가 적용된 고효율 집광형 태양전력시스템, 열선 절단방식이 적용된 무충격 구속분리장치 그리고 MEMS 기반의 고체추력기에 대해 인증수준의 열진공 시험과 열평형 시험을 수행하였다. 이를 통해 열진공 환경 하의 인증수준의 시험온도규격에서 탑재체의 구조건전성 및 정상작동성을 검증하고, 열평형 시험 결과로부터 보다 신뢰성 높은 보정된 열해석 모델을 확립하였다. 본 논문에서는 주요 임무 탑재체의 인증수준의 열환경 시험에 대한 기능시험 결과 및 시험 결과로부터 수행된 열모델 보정과 최종 열모델의 궤도 열해석 결과에 대해 기술하였다.