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The proposal of a cryptographic method for the communication message security of GCS to support safe UAV operations (안정적인 UAV 운영을 위한 GCS의 통신메시지의 암호화 제안)

  • Kim, Byoung-Kug;Hong, Sung-Hwa;Kang, Jiheon
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.25 no.10
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    • pp.1353-1358
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    • 2021
  • IoT (Internet of Things) emerges from various technologies such as communications, micro processors and embedded system and so on. The IoT has also been used to UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) system. In manned aircraft, a pilot and co-pilot should control FCS (Flight Control System) with FBW(Fly By Wire) system for flight operation. In contrast, the flight operation in UAV system is remotely and fully managed by GCS (Ground Control System) almost in real time. To make it possible the communication channel should be necessary between the UAV and the GCS. There are many protocols between two systems. Amongst them, MAVLink (Macro Air Vehicle Link) protocol is representatively used due to its open architecture. MAVLink does not define any securities itself, which results in high vulnerability from external attacks. This paper proposes the method to enhance data security in GCS network by applying cryptographic methods to the MAVLink messages in order to support safe UAV operations.

USN Environmental Gas Sensing System using Quad Rotor (초소형 비행체 Quad Rotor를 이용한 USN 환경 가스 센싱 시스템)

  • Lee, Byung-Seok;Lee, Joon-Hwa;Kim, Gyu-Sik;Kim, Jo-Chun
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2008.04a
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    • pp.45-46
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    • 2008
  • There are various polluting emissions related to the air quality such as $NO_x$, $CO_2$, CO, VOCs, $O_3$, $SO_2$, $CH_4$, $H_2S$, $NH_3$, etc. We need the system that reduces emission of these environment gases and detects risk factors in modern society. Therefore, if we use the USN(Ubiquitous Sensor Network) technology and a MAV(Micro Air Vehicle) Quad Rotor which can be hovering and moving free for setting up the environment gas sensing system, the realtime measurement on environment gases is facilitated and by extension, in application of traffic watchdog, forest fire surveillance and counter-terrorism efforts, we anticipate making better use of a Quad Rotor.

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Study on the Electromagnetic Excitation System for the Measurement of Dynamic Coefficients of Air Foil Bearing for High Speed Rotor (초고속 회전체용 공기 포일 베어링의 동특성 계수 측정을 위한 전자석 가진장치에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Cheol-Hoon;Choi, Sang-Kyu;Ham, Sang-Yong
    • The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.18-25
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    • 2013
  • Recently the requirement of long-term mobile energy source for mobile robot or small-sized unmanned vehicle is highly increased, and the micro turbine generator(MTG) which is known to have high energy and power density is under development. MTG is designed to have air foil bearing and high speed rotor of which operating speed is 400,000rpm. In the development stage of high speed rotor and bearing, stability analysis for the full operational speed range is essential and the dynamic coefficients such as stiffness and damping coefficients of bearing depending on the rotational speed are required for that. Although perturbation method is usually used to identify the dynamic coefficients, it's not easy to give the perturbation to the high speed rotating rotor. In this study, we present the dynamic coefficients measurement system for air foil bearing which consists of electromagnets, gap sensors, high speed motor and controller. This measurement system can exert the sine sweep force to the rotor-bearing, measure the displacement of rotor and get FRF(Frequency response function) of rotor-bearing. The least square estimation method is applied to identify the dynamic coefficients of bearing from the measured frequency response at the different rpm and the identified dynamic coefficients for the wide rotational speed range are presented.

The Development Trend of a VTOL MAV with a Ducted Propellant (덕티드 추진체를 사용한 수직 이·착륙 초소형 무인 항공기 개발 동향)

  • Kim, JinWan
    • Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.68-73
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    • 2020
  • This purpose of this paper was to review the development trend of the VTOL MAVs with a ducted propellant that can fly like the VTOL at intermediate and high speeds, hovering, landing, and lifting off vertically over urban areas, warships, bridges, and mountainous terrains. The MAV differs in flight characteristics from helicopters and fixed wings in many respects. In addition to enhancing thrust, the duct protects personnel from accidental contact with the spinning rotor. The purpose of the U.S. Army FCS and DARPA's OAV program is spurring development of a the VTOL ducted MAV. Today's MAVs are equipped with video/infrared cameras to hover-and-stare at enemies hidden behind forests and hills for approximately one hour surveillance and reconnaissance. Class-I is a VTOL ducted MAV developed in size and weight that individual soldiers can store in their backpacks. Class-II is the development of an organic VTOL ducted fan MAV with twice the operating time and a wider range of flight than Class-I. MAVs will need to develop to perch-and-stare technology for lengthy operation on the current hover-and-stare. The near future OAV's concept is to expand its mission capability and efficiency with a joint operation that automatically lifts-off, lands, refuels, and recharges on the vehicle's landing pad while the manned-unmanned ground vehicle is in operation. A ducted MAV needs the development of highly accurate relative position technology using low cost and small GPS for automatic lift-off and landing on the landing pad. There is also a need to develop a common command and control architecture that enables the cooperative operation of organisms between a VTOL ducted MAV and a manned-unmanned ground vehicle.

Design and Development of SNU MAV using Experimental Studies (실험적 연구를 통한 SNU 초소형 비행체 설계 및 개발)

  • 이영빈;김종암;김규홍;김우례
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.34 no.11
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    • pp.9-17
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    • 2006
  • The SNU MAV has been designed through studies on highly efficient aerodynamic shape and propulsion system. The configuration of the vehicle was determined from conventional empirical equations, iterative wind tunnel tests and flight tests. The propeller shape was optimized with the various thrust tests and RSM(Response Surface Method) to obtain the higher efficient propulsion system. It was certified that the MAV could fly for over 17 minutes with a 210mAh battery. In addition, it showed good flight characteristics in both stability and controllability.

Design and Analysis for the Propeller of MAVs in Low Reynolds Number Flows (저레이놀즈수 영역의 초소형비행체 프로펠러 설계 및 해석)

  • Lee, Ki-Hak;Kim, Kyu-Hong;Lee, Kyung-Tae;Ahn, Jon
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.30 no.5
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2002
  • The performance of MAV(Micro Air Vehicles) propellers is highly affected by the aerodynamic characteristics of a 2-D blade airfoil shapes. XFOIL is used to predict the lift and drag coefficients in low Reynolds Number flows. ARA-D 6%, which shows a good performance in low Reynolds Number regions, is selected as a blade airfoil. The 3-D propeller blade shape is optimized with the minimum energy loss condition, and the distribution of aerodynamic coefficients of ARA-D 6% is calculated. The designed optimal blade is compared with the Black Widow's propeller blade shape in the same conditions. The results indicate that the designed propeller installed in MAV can provide a good performance.

The Changes of Shinkansen Vehicles' Nose Shape (신간선 전두부 디자인의 형상 변천)

  • Kim, Kwang-Myung;Han, Suk-Woo
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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    • v.10 no.2 s.39
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    • pp.124-130
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    • 2007
  • The emphasis of this paper is to find out the changes in length of nose in line with speed improvement and changes of the tendency in the shape of the nose in line with time series based on the Shinkansen vehicle. The length of the nose on the lines of high speed tends to get longer, however there is no proportion between the speed and the nose according to optimal design that was designed to reduce micro-pressure wave and air resistance. The Shinkansen vehicles, according to the shape, can be classified in to an Advanced Paraboloid shape, a Sharp-nosed shape, a Flat-nosed shape and an Organic Double-edged shape and is gradually changing in the trend of diversity and distinction. Hereafter, the design of the nose will be developed better into the design that will comprehend identity of manufacturer, region and culture on the basis of optimized aerodynamic shape.

Nonlinear Characteristics of Low-speed Flow Induced Vibration for the Safety Design of Micro Air Vehicle

  • Chang, Tae-Jin;Kim, Dong-Hyun;Lee, In
    • Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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    • v.12 no.11
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    • pp.873-881
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    • 2002
  • The fluid induced vibration (FIV) phenomena of an equivalent airfoil system of MAV have been investigated in low Reynolds number flow region. Unsteady flows with viscosity are computed using two-dimensional incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. The present fluid/structure interaction analysis is based on one of the most accurate computational approach with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and computational structural dynamics (CSD) techniques. The highly nonlinear fluid/structure interaction phenomena due to severe flow separations have been analyzed for the low Reynolds region that has a dominancy of flow viscosity. The effects of Reynolds number and initial angle of attack on the fluid/structure coupled vibration instability are shown and the qualitative trend of FIV phenomenon is investigated.

Heavy Metal Removal Efficiency in Accordance with Changes in Acid Concentrations in a Micro-nano Bubble Soil Washing System and Pickling Process (마이크로나노버블 토양세척시스템 및 산세척 복합공정의 산 농도변화에 따른 중금속 제거효율에 관한 연구)

  • Jung, Jin-Hee;Choi, Ho-Eun;Jung, Byung-Gil;Sung, Nak-Chang;Yi, Gi-Chul;Choi, Young-Ik
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.26 no.1
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    • pp.23-28
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    • 2017
  • This study was aimed at determining the changes in heavy metal removal efficiency at different acid concentrations in a micro-nanobubble soil washing system and pickling process that is used to dispose of heavy metals. For this purpose, the initial and final heavy metal concentrations were measured to calculate the heavy metal removal efficiency 5, 10, 20, 30, 60, and 120 min into the experiment. Soil contaminated by heavy metals and extracted from 0~15 cm below the surface of a vehicle junkyard in the city of U was used in the experiment. The extracted soil was air-dried for 24 h, after which a No. 10 (2 mm) was used as a filter to remove large particles and other substances from the soil as well as to even out the samples. As for the operating conditions, the air inflow rate in the micro-nano bubble soil washing system was fixed at 2 L/min,; with the concentration of hydrogen peroxide being adjusted to 5%, 10%, or 15%. The treatment lasted 120 min. The results showed that when the concentration of hydrogen peroxide was 5%, the efficiency of Zn removal was 27.4%, whereas those of Ni and Pb were 28.7% and 22.8%, respectively. When the concentration of hydrogen peroxide was 10%, the efficiency of Zn removal was 38.7%, whereas those of Ni and Pb were 42.6% and 28.6%, respectively. When the concentration of hydrogen peroxide was 15%, the efficiency of Zn removal was 49.7%, whereas those of Ni and Pb were 57.1% and 42.6%, respectively. Therefore, the efficiency of removal of all three heavy metals was the highest when the hydrogen peroxide concentration was 15%.

Design and Analysis of IPMC Actuator-driven ZNMF Pump for Air Flow Control of MAV's Wing (IPMC 작동기로 구동되는 초소형 비행체 날개의 공기흐름 조절용 ZNMF(zero-net-mass-flux) 펌프의 예비설계 및 해석)

  • Lee, Sang-Gi;Kim, Gwang-Jin;Park, Hun-Cheol
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.34 no.3
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    • pp.22-30
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    • 2006
  • In this paper, a systematic design method on an IPMC(ionic polymer-metal composite)-driven ZNMF(zero-net-mass-flux) pump is introduced for the flow control of an MAV's (micro air vehicle) wing. Since the IPMC is able to generate a large deformation under a low input voltage along with its ability to operate in air, and is easier to be manufactured in a small size, it is considered to be an ideal material of the actuating diaphragm. Through the numerical methods, an optimal shape of the IPMC diaphragm was found for maximizing the stroke volume. Based on the optimal IPMC diaphragm, a proto-type ZNMF pump with a slot, was designed. By using the flight speed of the MAV considered in this work, the driving frequencies(~ 40 Hz) of IPMC diaphragm, and the flow velocity through the pump's slot, the calculated non-dimensional frequency and the momentum coefficient ensure the feasibility of the designed ZNMF pump as a flow control device.