• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제38권10호
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• pp.1031-1037
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• 2010

이 논문에서는 소형 정찰 UAV의 동력원으로 연료전지 시스템을 적용하기 위해, 기존의 흑연 분리판을 대체할 수 있는 가벼운 알루미늄 분리판을 제시하였다. 분리판은 연료전지 시스템 전체 무게의 80% 이상을 점유하므로, 경량의 알루미늄 분리판은 연료전지 UAV의 유효 탑재량과 항속 시간을 증가시킬 수 있다. 일반적으로 사용되고 있는 흑연 재질의 분리판과 성능을 비교 및 평가하기 위해 알루미늄과 흑연 분리판을 제작하였으며, 알루미늄 분리판의 성능이 흑연 분리판에 비해 약 15% 이상 증가하였음을 확인하였다. 또한, 실제 소형 정찰 UAV에 적용하기 위한 기초 연구로써 알루미늄 분리판을 이용한 단전지의 성능을 다양한 운전조건에서 측정하였다.

• 한국항공운항학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2011

Several studies on the development for solar powered uninhabited aerial vehicles(UAVs) are under way as the use of the renewable energy becomes more and more important these days. This paper is for the conceptual design by a discrete and iterative method. An initial design point with 1.5 meter wing span is determined in the global design, which deploys the mass and energy balances among each component of UAV including solar cells and airframe. Then, the iteration for subsystems is carried out with the help of Vortex Lattice Method(VLM) to optimize the aircraft configuration and the solar power system. It is demonstrated in simulations that the optimized design increases the flight time from 62 to 120 minutes when the solar power system is installed. Also, the associated dynamic analysis reveals that the designed small aircraft has the acceptable stability and controllability.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2009년도 제33회 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.395-398
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• 2009

Currently, a new generation of ducted fan UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) is under development for a wide range of inspection, investigation and combat missions as well as for a variety of civil roles like traffic monitoring, meteorological studies, hazard mitigation etc. The current study presents extensive results obtained experimentally in order to investigate the tip clearance effects on performance characteristics of a ducted fan for small UAV systems. Three ducted fans having different tip clearance gap and with same rotor size were examined under three different yawed conditions of calibrated slanted hot-wire probe. Three dimensional velocity flow fields were measured from hub to tip at outlet of the ducted fan. The analysis of data were done by PLEAT (Phase locked Ensemble Averaging Technique) and three non-linear differential equations were solved simultaneously by using Newton -Rhapson numerical method. Flow field characteristics such as tip vortex and secondary flow were confirmed through axial, radial and tangential velocity contour plots. At the same time, the effects of tip clearance on axial thrust and input power were also investigated by using wind tunnel measurement system. For enhancing the performance of ducted fan, tip clearance level should be as small as possible.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제40권9호
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• pp.800-806
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• 2012

본 논문은 지상지원과 지상관제의 기능을 결합한 무인항공기의 비행시험을 위한 통합형 지상지원시스템(Ground support system)에 대한 설계 및 개발에 관해 기술한다. 통합비행시험은 비행체의 성능을 검증하기 위한 필수적인 절차이다. 개발한 통합형 지상지원시스템은 비행시험에 필요한 인적 물적 자원과 시간을 절감하고 비행시험의 체계적인 준비와 진행을 하기 위한 인프라로써 비행시험의 제반 사항을 갖추어 지상관제, 통신, 발전, 장비의 수송, 수리와 유지 등이 가능하며 소규모 연구소에서 2~3명의 인원으로 운용하기에 적합한 수준이다.

• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.65-80
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• 2017

Small aircrafts, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), are used especially for military purposes. Because landing fields are limited in rural and hilly places, take-off or landing distances are very important. In order to achieve a short landing or take-off distance many parameters have to be considered, for instance the design of aircrafts. Hence this paper represents a better design to enlarge the use of fixed wing aircrafts. The document is based on a live and simulated experiments. The various components of designed aircraft are enhanced to create short take-off distance, greater lift and airflow without the need for proper runway area. Therefore, created aerodynamics of the remotely piloted aircraft made it possible to use fixed wing aircrafts in rural areas.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제37권7호
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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.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제29권7호
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• pp.820-827
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• 2005

Development of an engine with good fuel economy is very important for successful implementation of long endurance miniature UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles). In the study, a 4-stroke glow-plug engine was modified to a gasoline-fueled spark-ignition engine. Engine tests measuring performance and friction losses were conducted to tune a simulation program for performance prediction. It has been found that excessive friction losses are caused by insufficient lubrication at high speeds. The simulation program predicts that engine power and fuel economy get worse with high altitude due to increasing portion of friction losses. The simulation results suggest quantitative guidelines for further development of a practical engine.

• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.283-296
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• 2019

The influence of different planform parameters on the aerodynamic performance of large-scale subsonic and transonic Blended Wing Body (BWB) aircraft have gained comprehensive research in the recent years, however, it is not the case for small-size low subsonic speed Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The present work numerically investigates aerodynamics governing four different trailing edge geometries characterizing BWB configurations in standard flight conditions at angles of attack from $-4^{\circ}$ to $22^{\circ}$ to provide generic information that can be essential for making well-informed decisions during BWB UAV conceptual design phase. Simulation results are discussed and comparatively analyzed with useful implications for formulation of proper mission profile specific to every BWB configuration.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.87-97
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• 2023

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can capture high-resolution imagery from a variety of viewing angles and altitudes; they are generally limited to collecting images of small scenes from larger regions. To improve the utility of UAV-appropriated datasetsfor use with deep learning applications, multiple datasets created from variousregions under different conditions are needed. To demonstrate a powerful new method for integrating heterogeneous UAV datasets, this paper applies a combined segmentation network (CSN) to share UAVid and semantic drone dataset encoding blocks to learn their general features, whereas its decoding blocks are trained separately on each dataset. Experimental results show that our CSN improves the accuracy of specific classes (e.g., cars), which currently comprise a low ratio in both datasets. From this result, it is expected that the range of UAV dataset utilization will increase.

• 항공우주시스템공학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.76-85
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• 2024

최근 전 세계적으로 볼 때 소형 무인기에 의한 테러 및 전쟁 활용도가 높아지고 있어 소형 무인기를 대상으로 하는 대공 사격 훈련의 필요성이 더욱 대두 되고 있는 반면, 실제 우리나라의 대공 표적기 사격 훈련은 소음 등의 민원으로 인해 제한되는 사례가 많다. 본 논문에서 효율적인 대공 사격 훈련과 사격장 소음 민원의 해소를 위한, 전기 동력 기반의 직접 타격 형 고속 저소음 소형 대공 표적기의 개발 및 시험 내용을 설명한다. 사격 훈련 시 요구되는 비행 속도 및 비행시간 만족을 위해 비행체 사이징을 수행하고, 해석 프로그램을 사용하여 공력 성능 해석을 수행하였다. 성능해석을 바탕으로 모터 추진시스템 선정 및 가변피치 프로펠러 시스템 설계를 수행하여 성능 시험을 지상시험장치에서 수행 하였고, 최종적으로 비행 시험을 통해 목표 비행 속도, 비행시간 및 비행 소음도를 확인 하였다.