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Rotor Track and Balance of a Helicopter Rotor System Using Modern Global Optimization Schemes

최신의 전역 최적화 기법에 기반한 헬리콥터 동적 밸런싱 구현에 관한 연구

  • You, Younghyun (Department of Aerospace Information Engineering, Konkuk University) ;
  • Jung, Sung Nam (Department of Aerospace Information Engineering, Konkuk University) ;
  • Kim, Chang Ju (Department of Aerospace Information Engineering, Konkuk University) ;
  • Kim, Oe Cheul (Korea Aerospace Industries, Ltd.)
  • Received : 2013.04.26
  • Accepted : 2013.06.26
  • Published : 2013.07.01
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Abstract

This work aims at developing a RTB (Rotor Track and Balance) system to alleviate imbalances originating from various sources encountered during blade manufacturing process and environmental factors. The analytical RTB model is determined based on the linear regression analysis to relate the RTB adjustment parameters and their track and vibration results. The model is validated using the flight test data of a full helicopter. It is demonstrated that the linearized model has been correlated well with the test data. A hybrid optimization problem is formulated to find the best solution of the RTB adjustment parameters using the genetic algorithm combined with the PSO (Particle Swarm Optimization) algorithm. The optimization results reveal that both track deviations and vibration levels under various flight conditions become decreased within the allowable tolerances.

본 연구에서는 헬리콥터 로터 블레이드의 제작 과정 및 여러 가지 요인으로 인해 발생하는 불균형성을 해소하기 위한 RTB(Rotor Track and Balance) 알고리즘을 개발하였다. 비행 시험 결과로부터 RTB 조절 값과 트랙 및 기체 진동 사이의 상호관계를 선형모델을 이용한 회귀분석을 통하여 RTB 모델을 구축하였다. 개발된 RTB 알고리즘을 실기 시험 결과에 적용하여 RTB 모델을 검증하였고 선형화 모델만으로도 비교적 정확한 모델링이 가능함을 확인하였다. RTB 조절값 설정을 위해 최적화 문제를 정식화하고 유전자 알고리즘에 입자 군집 최적화(PSO) 알고리즘을 결합하여 빠른 수렴성을 갖는 최신의 최적화 기법을 적용하였다. 또한 최적화 해석을 통하여 얻은 RTB 조절값을 이용하여 트랙 편차와 기체 진동을 허용 기준치 아래로 감소시키고, 다양한 비행 조건에 대하여 효율적인 RTB를 수행할 수 있음을 보였다.

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