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DEVELOPMENT OF THERMAL ANALYSIS PROGRAM FOR HEAT PIPE INSTALLED PANEL OF GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE (히트 파이프가 장착된 정지궤도 위성 패널 열해석 프로그램 개발)

  • Jun, Hyoung-Yoll;Kim, Jung-Hoon;Han, Cho-Young;Chae, Jong-Won
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2010.05a
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    • pp.416-421
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    • 2010
  • The north and south panel of a geostationary satellite are used for radiator panels to reject internal heat dissipation of electronics units and utilize several heat pipe networks to control the temperatures of units and the satellite within proper ranges. The design of these panels is very important and essential at the conceptual design and preliminary design stage so several thousands of nodes of more are utilized in order to perform thermal analysis of panel. Generating a large number of nodes(meshes) of the panel takes time and is tedious work because the mesh can be easily changed and updated by locations of units and heat pipes. Also the detailed panel model can not be integrated into spacecraft thermal model due to its node size and limitation of commercial satellite thermal analysis program. Thus development of a program was required in order to generate detailed panel model, to perform thermal analysis and to make a reduced panel model for the integration to the satellite thermal model. This paper describes the development and the verification of panel thermal analysis program with ist main modules and its main functions.

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DEVELOPMENT OF THERMAL ANALYSIS PROGRAM FOR GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE PANEL (정지궤도위성 위성체패널 열해석 프로그램 개발)

  • Jun, Hyoung-Yoll;Kim, Jung-Hoon;Han, Cho-Young;Chae, Jong-Won
    • Journal of computational fluids engineering
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.66-72
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    • 2010
  • The north and south panel of a geostationary satellite are used for radiator panels to reject internal heat and utilize several heat pipe networks to control the temperatures of units and the main structures of satellite within proper ranges. The design of these panels is very important and essential at the conceptual design and preliminary satellite design stage, so several thousands of nodes or more are utilized in order to perform detailed thermal analysis of panel. Generating a large number of panel nodes takes time and is tedious work because the nodes can be easily changed and updated by locations of units and heat pipes. Also the detailed panel model can not be integrated into spacecraft thermal model due to its node size and limitation of commercial satellite thermal analysis program. Thus development of a program was required to generate a detailed panel model, to perform thermal analysis and to make a reduced panel model for the integration to the satellite thermal model. This paper describes the development and the verification of the panel thermal analysis program with its main modules and functions.

Practical and Verifiable C++ Dynamic Cast for Hard Real-Time Systems

  • Dechev, Damian;Mahapatra, Rabi;Stroustrup, Bjarne
    • Journal of Computing Science and Engineering
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    • v.2 no.4
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    • pp.375-393
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    • 2008
  • The dynamic cast operation allows flexibility in the design and use of data management facilities in object-oriented programs. Dynamic cast has an important role in the implementation of the Data Management Services (DMS) of the Mission Data System Project (MDS), the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's experimental work for providing a state-based and goal-oriented unified architecture for testing and development of mission software. DMS is responsible for the storage and transport of control and scientific data in a remote autonomous spacecraft. Like similar operators in other languages, the C++ dynamic cast operator does not provide the timing guarantees needed for hard real-time embedded systems. In a recent study, Gibbs and Stroustrup (G&S) devised a dynamic cast implementation strategy that guarantees fast constant-time performance. This paper presents the definition and application of a cosimulation framework to formally verify and evaluate the G&S fast dynamic casting scheme and its applicability in the Mission Data System DMS application. We describe the systematic process of model-based simulation and analysis that has led to performance improvement of the G&S algorithm's heuristics by about a factor of 2. In this work we introduce and apply a library for extracting semantic information from C++ source code that helps us deliver a practical and verifiable implementation of the fast dynamic casting algorithm.

Preliminary Thermal Analysis for LEO Satellite Optical Payload's Thermal Vacuum Test (저궤도위성 광학탑재체의 지상 열진공 시험을 위한 예비 열해석)

  • Lee, Jongl-Yul;Huh, Hwan-Il;Kim, Sang-Ho;Chang, Su-Young;Lee, Deog-Gyu;Lee, Seung-Hoon;Choi, Hae-Jin
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.39 no.5
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    • pp.466-473
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    • 2011
  • The purpose of satellite thermal control design is to maintain all the elements of a spacecraft system within their temperature limits for all mission phases. The thermal analysis model for Low Earth Orbit satellite payload level simulation is established by considering thermal vacuum test environment condition, thermal vacuum chamber configuration, and satellite's payload inner thermal environment. The established thermal analysis model is used to determine thermal vacuum test conditions and test case requirements.

Thruster Configuration Optimisation on COMS and Preliminary Performances Analysis (COMS의 추력기 형상 최적화 및 예비성능 분석)

  • Park, Yeong-Ung
    • Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.114-118
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    • 2006
  • This paper describes the thrusters configuration optimized in preliminary performances for COMS (Communication, Ocean and Meteorological Satellite). The exact values of the thrusters tilt angles must be frozen for the manufacturing of COMS platform based on the EUROSTAR 3000 platform as these angles depend on the spacecraft center of mass position and thrusters location, the definition process has to be performed specifically for COMB. Concerning pitch control thrusters (6, 7), South thrusters (1, 2, 3), and East/West thrusters (4. ~, their optimum positions and force orientations based on the thrusters A/B middle position and MOL (Middle Of Life) are obtained. The torques of thrusters (plume and geometrical torques) are minimized to improve the preliminary performance of thrusters.

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On-Orbit AOCS Sensor Calibration of Spacecraft (인공위성의 궤도상에서 자세제어계 센서 보정)

  • Yong, Gi-Ryeok;Lee, Seon-Ho;O, Si-Hwan;Bang, Hyo-Chung;Lee, Seung-U
    • Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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    • v.5 no.2
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    • pp.90-101
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    • 2006
  • In this paper, the calibration parameters of the gyros and star hackers are estimated by using an on-orbit AOCS sensor calibration algorithm. The calibration algorithm was implemented by Kalman filter. In order to estimate gyro calibration parameters, the calibration algorithm requires calibration maneuver and it was analyzed whether the star trackers are protected by Sun, Moon and Earth or not. Also the star tracker calibration algorithm used the camera image information. This kinds of camera image information simulated ground control point and orbit information. The estimated accuracy of star tracker calibration parameters depends on camera image information.

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A Solar Cell Based Coarse Sun Sensor for a Small LEO Satellite Attitude Determination

  • Zahran, Mohamed;Aly, Mohamed
    • Journal of Power Electronics
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.631-642
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    • 2009
  • The sun is a useful reference direction because of its brightness relative to other astronomical objects and its relatively small apparent radius as viewed by spacecrafts near the Earth. Most satellites use solar power as a source of energy, and so need to make sure that solar panels are oriented correctly with respect to the sun. Also, some satellites have sensitive instruments that must not be exposed to direct sunlight. For all these reasons, sun sensors are important components in spacecraft attitude determination and control systems. To minimize components and structural mass, some components have multiple purposes. The solar cells will provide power and also be used as coarse sun sensors. A coarse Sun sensor is a low-cost attitude determination sensor suitable for a wide range of space missions. The sensor measures the sun angle in two orthogonal axes. The Sun sensor measures the sun angle in both azimuth and elevation. This paper presents the development of a model to determine the attitude of a small cube-shaped satellite in space relative to the sun's direction. This sensor helps small cube-shaped Pico satellites to perform accurate attitude determination without requiring additional hardware.

Corrosion Resistance and Thermo-optical Properties of Lithium Polysilicate Spray Coated Anodized AZ31B Magnesium Alloy for Space Applications

  • Ghosh, Rahul;Thota, Hari K.;Rani, R. Uma
    • Corrosion Science and Technology
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    • v.18 no.5
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    • pp.182-189
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    • 2019
  • A thin spray coating of inorganic black lithium polysilicate (IBLP) on black anodized AZ31B magnesium alloy was fabricated for better corrosion resistance and thermo-optical properties for thermal control of spacecraft components. The morphology of the specimens with and without IBLP-based spray coating was characterized by SEM-EDS techniques. Impedance and potentiodynamic measurements on the specimens revealed better corrosion resistance for the specimen with a thin coating of lithium polysilicate. This was primarily due to the presence of lithium polysilicate inside the micro-cracks of the black anodized specimen, restricting the diffusion paths for corrosive media. Environmental tests, namely, humidity, thermal cycling, thermo vacuum performance, were used to evaluate the space-worthiness of the coating. The thermo-optical properties of the coating were measured before and after each environmental test to ascertain its stability. The specimen with an IBLP-based spray coating showed enhanced thermo-optical properties, greater than ~0.90. Hence, the proposed coating demonstrated better handling, better corrosion resistance, and space-worthiness during the pre-launch phase owing to its improved thermo-optical properties.

Passive suppression of helicopter ground resonance instability by means of a strongly nonlinear absorber

  • Bergeot, Baptiste;Bellizzi, Sergio;Cochelin, Bruno
    • Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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    • v.3 no.3
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    • pp.271-298
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    • 2016
  • In this paper, we study a problem of passive suppression of helicopter Ground Resonance (GR) using a single degree freedom Nonlinear Energy Sink (NES), GR is a dynamic instability involving the coupling of the blades motion in the rotational plane (i.e. the lag motion) and the helicopter fuselage motion. A reduced linear system reproducing GR instability is used. It is obtained using successively Coleman transformation and binormal transformation. The analysis of the steadystate responses of this model is performed when a NES is attached on the helicopter fuselage. The NES involves an essential cubic restoring force and a linear damping force. The analysis is achieved applying complexification-averaging method. The resulting slow-flow model is finally analyzed using multiple scale approach. Four steady-state responses corresponding to complete suppression, partial suppression through strongly modulated response, partial suppression through periodic response and no suppression of the GR are highlighted. An algorithm based on simple criterions is developed to predict these steady-state response regimes. Numerical simulations of the complete system confirm this analysis of the slow-flow dynamics. A parametric analysis of the influence of the NES damping coefficient and the rotor speed on the response regime is finally proposed.

Effective simulation-based optimization algorithm for the aircraft runway scheduling problem

  • Wided, Ali;Fatima, Bouakkaz
    • Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.335-347
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    • 2022
  • Airport operations are well-known as a bottleneck in the air traffic system, putting growing pressure on the world's busiest airports to schedule arrivals and departures as efficiently as possible. Effective planning and control are essential for increasing airport efficiency and reducing aircraft delays. Many algorithms for controlling the arrival/departure queuing area are handled, considering it as first in first out queues, where any available aircraft can take off regardless of its relative sequence with other aircraft. In the suggested system, this problem was compared to the problem of scheduling n tasks (plane takeoffs and landings) on a multiple machine (runways). The proposed technique decreases delays (via efficient runway allocation or allowing aircraft to be expedited to reach a scheduled time) to enhance runway capacity and decrease delays. The aircraft scheduling problem entails arranging aircraft on available runways and scheduling their landings and departures while considering any operational constraints. The topic of this work is the scheduling of aircraft landings and takeoffs on multiple runways. Each aircraft's takeoff and landing schedules have time windows, as well as minimum separation intervals between landings and takeoffs. We present and evaluate a variety of comprehensive concepts and solutions for scheduling aircraft arrival and departure times, intending to reduce delays relative to scheduled times. When compared to First Come First Serve scheduling algorithm, the suggested strategy is usually successful in reducing the average waiting time and average tardiness while optimizing runway use.