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Time-Resolved Infrared Spectroscopy of Molecular Reorientation During FLC Electro-Optic Switching

  • Jang, Won-Gun;Clark, Noel A.
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.07a
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    • pp.1112-1117
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    • 2003
  • Polarized Fourier transform infrared (IR) absorption is used to probe molecular conformation in a ferroelectric liquid crystal (FLC) during the reorientation induced by the external field. Spectra of planar aligned cells of FLC W314 are measured as functions of IR polarizer orientation and electric field applied to the FLC. The time evolution of the dichroism of the absorbance due to biphenyl core and alkyl tail molecular vibration modes, is observed. Static IR dichroism experiments show a W314 dichroism structure in which the principal axis of dielectric tensor from molecular core vibration are tilted further from the smectic layer normal than those of the tail. This structure indicates the effective binding site in which the molecules are confined in the Sm-C phase has, on average, "zig-zag" shape and this zig-zag binding site structure is rigidly maintained while the molecular axis rotates about the layer normal during field-induced switching.

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Static Wind Tunnel Test of Smart Un-manned Aerial Vehicle(SUAV) for TR-S4 Configuration (스마트 무인기 TR-S4 형상의 정적 풍동시험)

  • Choi Sung-Wook;Kim Cheol-Wan;Lee Jang-Yeon;Chung Jin-Deog
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.30 no.10 s.253
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    • pp.1012-1018
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    • 2006
  • To evaluate the aerodynamic efficiency of TR-S4 configuration, wind tunnel tests of 40% scaled model were done in KARI LSWT. TR-S4 configuration has different nacelle shape, larger EO/IR camera and aftward wing location compared with TR-S2. Component build-up test after adding each element of model is performed. Also effects of horizontal tail incidences, Flaperon and Aileron deflection. on aerodynamic characteristics are measured. Test results showed that TR-S4 configuration has favorable stability characteristics in longitudinal, lateral and directional for the pitch and yaw motions.

Evaluation on Structural Safety for Carbon-Epoxy Composite Wing and Tail Planes of the 1.2 Ton Class WIG

  • Park, Hyunbum
    • International Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2019
  • In the present study, structural safety and stability on the main wing and tail planes of the 1.2 ton WIG(Wing in Ground Effect) flight vehicle, which will be a high speed maritime transportation system for the next generation, was performed. The carbon-epoxy composite material was used in design of wing structure. The skin-spar with skin-stressed structural type was adopted for improvement of lightness and structural stability. As a design procedure for this study, the design load was estimated with maximum flight load. From static strength analysis results using finite element method of the commercial codes. From the stress analysis results of the main wing, it was confirmed that the upper skin structure between the second rib and the third rib was unstable for the buckling load. Therefore in order to solve this problem, three stiffeners at the buckled region were added. After design modification, even though the weight of the wing was a little bit heavier than the target weight, the structural safety and stability was satisfied for design requirements.

An Experimental Study on High Angle of Attack Static Stability Analysis For the Aerodynamic Design of Canard Type High Maneuver Aircraft (카나드 형상 고시동 항공기 공력설계를 우한 높은 받음각 정적 안정성 분석 실험 연구)

  • Chung, In-Jae
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.35 no.7
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    • pp.575-580
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    • 2007
  • During the conceptual design phase of a canard type high maneuverable aircraft, the low speed small scale wind tunnel test was conducted to investigate the high angle-of-attack static stability of the aircraft. In this study, 1/50th scale generic canard-body-wing model was used for the small scale wind tunnel test. For the analysis of static stability including high angle-of-attack nonlinear characteristics, the vertical tail effects were studied due to canard deflections. In addition, the nose chine effects were studied at high angle-of-attack. Based on the results obtained from the experimental study, the configuration change effects for canard type aircraft on high angle-of-attack static stability have been able to analyze.

Aerodynamic Characteristics of WIG Effect Vehicle with Direct Underside Pressurization (DUP (Direct Underside Pressurization)을 가진 위그선의 공력특성에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Ju-Hee
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.38 no.7
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    • pp.655-663
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    • 2010
  • DUP (direct underside pressurization) is a device that can considerably increase lift, reduce take-off speed and minimize hump drag when a WIG effect vehicle takes off on the water surface. A 3-dimensional numerical investigation of a WIG effect vehicle with DUP is performed to analyze aerodynamic characteristics and the static height stability. The model vehicle, named Aircat, consists of a propeller in the middle of a fuselage, an air chamber under the fuselage, Lippisch-type wings and a large horizontal T-tail. The lift is mainly increased by the stagnation of the accelerated air coming into the air chamber through the channel in the middle of the fuselage. However, the accelerated air increases drag as well as reduces static height stability.

A Study on the Effects of Side Jets to the Longitudinal Aerodynamics of Subsonic Missile (측방 제트가 아음속 유도탄 종방향 공력특성에 미치는 영향 연구)

  • GO, Beom Yong;HUR, Ki Hoon
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.393-404
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    • 2017
  • Side jet effect on the aerodynamic characteristics of a missile was investigated using experimental and computational methods. A couple of side jets were injected toward outward downstream at mid point of missile body. Cold air jet was used in the wind tunnel test, and cold and hot jet were used in the computation. Wind tunnel test was carried out with jet and without jet, and calculation was performed for three cases ; no jet, cold air jet, and hot mixture gas jet. From the comparison of measured and calculated data for all cases, two points could be deduced. Firstly, side jet made static stability to be unstable by increasing body normal force near the side jet exit and by decreasing tail normal force. Secondly, hot mixture gas had more significant effect on the static stability of a missile-type body than cold air jet.

Static Wind Tunnel Test of Smart Un-manned Aerial Vehicle(SUAV) for TR-S2 Configuration (스마트 무인기 TR-S2 형상의 정적 풍동시험)

  • Choi Sungwook;Cho Taehwan;Chung Jindeog
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.29 no.6 s.237
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    • pp.755-762
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    • 2005
  • To evaluate the aerodynamic efficiency of TR-S2 configuration designed by SUDC, wind tunnel tests of $40\%$ scaled model were done in KARI LSWT. The aerodynamic characteristics of plain and Semi-Slotted Flaperon were compared, and vortex generators were installed to improve flow pattern along the wing surface. Effects of the control surface such as elevator, rudder, aileron, and incidence angle of horizontal tail are measured for various testing conditions. Test results showed that Semi-Slotted Flaperon produced more favorable lift, lift/drag, and stall margins and application of vortex generator would be best choice to enhance wing performance. Longitudinal, lateral and directional characteristics of TR-S2 were found to be stable for the pitch and yaw motions.

Prebreakdown Avalanche Pulses in Compressed SF6 under Uniform Field (평등전계에서 압축 SF6가스의 절연파괴 선구 애벌렌체의 전류 펄스)

    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.33 no.3
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    • pp.106-111
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    • 1984
  • Prebreakdown current pulses arising from avalanche growth in SF6 were recorded under static uniform field at pressures up to about 400kpa. At pressures less than 100kpa the current pulses consist of the electron component observed as the fast rise of current, the negative ioncomponent which is superimposed, and the positive ion component comprising the tail of the pulse. The values of positive ion drift velocity were measured from the present pulse data. At pressures in excess of about 100 Kpa the pulse shapes becam distorted such that quantitative analysis was no longer possible, and did not indicate the action of any photosecondary process at the cathode. Breakdown appers to result from the seperate development of single avalanche.

Reconfigurable Flight Control Design for the Complex Damaged Blended Wing Body Aircraft

  • Ahn, Jongmin;Kim, Kijoon;Kim, Seungkeun;Suk, Jinyoung
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.290-299
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    • 2017
  • Reconfigurable flight control using various kinds of adaptive control methods has been studied since the 1970s to enhance the survivability of aircraft in case of severe in-flight failure. Early studies were mainly focused on the failure of actuators. Recently, studies of reconfigurable flight controls that can accommodate complex damage (partial wing and tail loss) in conventional aircraft were reported. However, the partial wing loss effects on the aerodynamics of conventional type aircraft are quite different to those of BWB(blended wing body) aircraft. In this paper, a reconfigurable flight control algorithm was designed using a direct model reference adaptive method to overcome the instability caused by a complex damage of a BWB aircraft. A model reference adaptive control was incorporated into the inner loop rate control system enhancing the performance of the baseline control to cope with abrupt loss of stability. Gains of the model reference adaptive control were polled out using the Liapunov's stability theorem. Outer loop attitude autopilot was designed to manage roll and pitch of the BWB UAV as well. A 6-DOF dynamic model was built-up, where the normal flight can be made to switch to the damaged state abruptly reflecting the possible real flight situation. 22% of right wing loss as well as 25% loss for both vertical tail and rudder control surface were considered in this study. Static aerodynamic coefficients were obtained via wind tunnel test. Numerical simulations were conducted to demonstrate the performance of the reconfigurable flight control system.

Multidisciplinary Design Optimization(MDO) of a Medium-Sized Solar Powered HALE UAV Considering Energy Balancing (에너지 균형조건을 고려한 중형 태양광 추진 고고도 장기체공 무인기의 다분야 통합 최적설계)

  • Park, Kyung-Hyun;Min, Sang-Gyu;Ahn, Jon;Lee, Dong-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.40 no.2
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    • pp.129-138
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    • 2012
  • A MDO study of a midium-sized solar powered High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) UAV has been performed, focused on energy balance. In the MDO process, Vortex Lattice Method(VLM) is employed for the aerodynamic modeling of the vehicle, of which structural weight is estimated with the modeling proposed by Cruz. Tail volume ratios have been set as constants, while the location of tail surfaces is determined from longitudinal static stability criterion. By balancing the available energy from solar cells, battery, and altitude, with the energy-requirement of the vehicle, the possibility of continuous flight over 24-hours has been investigated. The solar radiation level is set as that of summer at the latitude of $36^{\circ}$ north. During the daytime, the aircraft climbs using solar energy, accumulating potential energy, which supplements energy balance during the night. Optimizations have been sought in size of the vehicle, its weight distribution, and flight strategy.