• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.982-996
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• 2016

In this paper, new tethered aerial robots including roaming tethered aerial robots (RTARs) for radioactive material sampling and stationary tethered aerial robots (STARs) for environment monitoring are proposed to meet extremely-long-endurance missions of nuclear power plants. The flight of the proposed tethered aerial robots may last for a few days or even a few months as long as the tethered cable provides continuous power. A high voltage AC or DC power system was newly adopted to reduce the mass of the tethered cable. The RTAR uses a tethered cable spooled from the aerial robot and an aerial tension control system. The aerial tension control system provides the appropriate tension to the tethered cable, which is accordingly laid down on the ground as the RTAR roams. The STAR includes a tethered cable spooled from the ground and a ground tension control system, which enables the STAR to reach high altitudes. Prototypes of the RTAR and STAR were designed and successfully demonstrated in outdoor environments, where the load power, power type, operating frequency, and flight attitude of the RTAR and STAR were: 180 W, AC 100 kHz, and 20 m; and 300 W, AC or DC 100 kHz, and 80 m, respectively.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2008년도 추계학술대회A
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• pp.757-761
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• 2008

The aerostat dynamic equation of motion has been built including the tether cable dynamic effects. A numerical program to solve the derived equation of motion has been developed. The dynamic motion of the 32m aerostat has been analyzed under discrete gust and continuous turbulence. The aerostat behaviors under discrete gust which represents a deterministic approach for determining design loads for manned aircraft are solved to verify the effect of aerostat mechanical properties on the aerostat dynamic behavior. Continuous turbulences are simulated for each given altitude, translational mean wind velocity and gust intensity. Dynamic behaviors of the 32m aerostat are simulated for each continuous turbulence conditions. Translational and vertical velocity and pitching behavior and tether reaction force are monitored for each simulation.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.375-385
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• 2016

Given the rapid progress made in understanding the dynamics of an offshore floating body in an ocean environment, the present study aimed to simulate ocean waves in a small-sized wave flume and to observe the motion of a cylindrical floating body placed in an offshore environment. To generate regular ocean waves in a wave flume, we combined a wave generator and a wave absorber. In addition, to precisely visualise the oscillation of the body, a set of light-emitting diode illuminators and a high-speed charge-coupled device camera were installed in the flume. This study also focuses on the spectral analysis of the movement of the floating body. The wave generator and absorbers worked well to simulate stable regular waves. In addition, the simulated waves agreed well with the plane waves predicted by shallow-water theory. As the period of the oncoming waves changed, the movement of the floating body was substantially different when tethered to a tension-leg mooring cable. In particular, when connected to the tension-leg mooring cable, the natural frequency of the floating body appeared suddenly at 0.391 Hz as the wave period increased.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제38권5호
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• pp.381-388
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• 2014

본 연구는 해상풍력발전을 위한 기초적인 연구로서 해상의 상태를 단순히 모사한 파랑에 의한 부유체의 시계열 및 주파수 거동의 특성을 파악하기 위하여 조파기를 구축하고 이의 타당성연구를 하고자 하였다. 소형의 조파수조에 모사된 여러 가지 파고 데이터를 검증하였으며, 단순한 부유형상을 제작하여 설치하고 이의 거동을 해석하였다. 부유체의 거동분석을 위해 하부체에 계류선을 설치 유무에 따라 그 거동특성도 관찰하였다. 부유체 거동을 가시화하기 위하여 부유체 내에 LED를 설치하여 고속카메라를 이용하여 촬영한 이미지를 해석하였다. 그 결과 부유체에 계류선이 설치된 경우 파랑에 의한 힘이 계류선으로 분산이 된다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 또한 부유체의 시계열 거동에 대한 스펙트럼 분석 결과 파랑의 주기가 길어질수록 피크값이 점차 감소한다는 것을 확인하였다.