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http://dx.doi.org/10.5139/IJASS.2015.16.4.529

A Preliminary Design of Flight Test Conditions for a Sub-scale RBCC Engine using a Sounding Rocket  

Kim, Hye-Sung (Pusan National University)
Kim, Kui-Soon (Pusan National University)
Oh, Se-Jong (Pusan National University)
Choi, Jeong-Yeol (Pusan National University)
Yang, Won-Seok (Agency for Defense Development)
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International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences / v.16, no.4, 2015 , pp. 529-536 More about this Journal
Abstract
Various R&D programs for rocket-based combined cycle (RBCC) engines have progressed worldwide for the space development and the defense applications. As a way toward indigenous domestic RBCC program, a preliminary design of flight test conditions was studied in this study for a sub-scale RBCC engine using a sounding rocket. Launch and flight profiles were calculated for several booster options and compared with that of HyShot II program. The result shows that the Korea Sounding Rocket-II (KSR-II) is a proper candidate to perform the flight test available in Korea. The recommend flight test conditions with KSR-II are Mach 6.0 with a test vehicle of 230 kg and Mach 7.4 with 50 kg. Present study will soon be followed by a design of sub-scale RBCC for a flight test using a sounding rocket.
Keywords
Rocket-Based Combined Cycle (RBCC); flight test; sounding rocket; KSR-II;
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