Special Issue
  • Structural Optimization of 3D Printed Composite Flight Control Surface according to Diverse Topology Shapes
  • Myeong-Kyu Kim*, Nam Seo Goo**, Hyoung-Seock Seo*†

  • * School of Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering, University of Ulsan
    ** Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Konkuk University

  • 다양한 위상 형상에 따른 3D 프린트 복합재료 조종면의 구조 최적화
  • 김명규* · 구남서** · 서형석*†

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Abstract

When designing ships and aircraft structures, it is important to design them to satisfy weight reduction and strength. Currently, studies related to topology optimization using 3D printed composite materials are being actively conducted to satisfy the weight reduction and strength of the structure. In this study, structural analysis was performed to analyze the applicability of 3D printed composite materials to the flight control surface, one of the parts of an aircraft or unmanned aerial vehicle. The optimal topology shape of the flight control surface for the bending load was analyzed by considering three types (hexagonal, rectangular, triangular) of the topology shape of the flight control surface. In addition, the bending strength of the flight control surface was analyzed when four types of reinforcing materials (carbon fiber, glass fiber, high-strength high-temperature glass fiber, and kevlar) of the 3D printed composite material were applied. As a result of comparing the three-point bending test results with the finite element method results, it was confirmed that the flight control surface with hexagonal topology shape made of carbon fiber and Kevlar had excellent performance. And it is judged that the 3D printed composite can be sufficiently applied to the flight control surface.


선박, 항공기 구조물을 설계할 때 경량화 및 강도를 만족할 수 있도록 설계하는 것은 중요하다. 현재, 경량화와 구조물의 강도를 만족시키기 위한 방법으로 3D 프린트 복합재료를 이용한 위상 최적화에 관련된 연구가 활발히 이루어지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 항공기 또는 무인기의 부품 중 하나인 조종면에 대한 3D 프린트 복합재료의 적용 가능성을 분석하기 위해 구조해석을 수행했다. 조종면의 내부 위상 형상에 대해 3가지(육각형, 사각형, 삼각형) 형상을 고려하여 굽힘 하중에 대한 조종면의 최적의 위상 형상을 분석하였다. 또한 3D 프린트 복합재료의 4가지 강화재(탄소섬유, 유리섬유, 고강내열유리섬유, 케블라)를 적용했을 때의 조종면의 굽힘 강도를 분석하였다. 3점 굽힘 실험결과와 구조해석 결과를 비교한 결과, 탄소섬유와 케블라로 제작된 육각형의 위상 형상을 갖는 조종면이 우수한 성능을 갖는 것을 확인하였다. 이를 통해 조종면에 대해 3D 프린트 복합재를 충분히 적용 가능할 것으로 판단된다


Keywords: 위상형상(Topology shape), 복합재료(Composite materials), 3D 프린팅(3D printing), 조종면(Flight Control Surface), 유한요소법(Finite Element Method)

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Correspondence to

  • Hyoung-Seock Seo
  • School of Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering, University of Ulsan

  • E-mail: seohs@ulsan.ac.kr