• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.180-187
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• 2007

Korea Aerospace Research Institute(KARI) is developing Korea Space Launch Vehicle(KSLV). KSLV-I is composed of liquid propulsion system for the first stage and apogee kick motor as the second stage. Kick motor has a high expansion ratio nozzle and its starting altitude is 300km high. To verify the performance of kick motor, high altitude test facility (HATF) to simulate its operating condition is necessary. This paper contains preliminary design for construction of HATF.

• Proceeding of EDISON Challenge
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• 2016.11a
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• pp.63-67
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 극초음속 추진기관을 위한 고공환경 모사 설비 장치에서 시험부 안에 들어가는 시험 모델의 변수에 대해 고찰하였다. 시험부에 적용할 시험 모델을 대상으로 진행하고, 시험 모델 형상 변화에 따른 유동 특성을 파악하였다. 시험 모델에 대한 주요 변수는 폐색율, 각도, 받음각으로 설정하였으며, 해석은 EDISON_CFD에서 제공하는 정렬격자 기반 2차원 압축성 유동 범용 해석 SW로 진행하였다. 해석 결과를 통해 다양한 형상 변수에 따라 변화 되는 충격파 뒤의 압력층 두께를 확인 하였고, 압력층 두께가 두꺼워 질수록 시험 조건을 모사 할 수 없음을 확인하였다. 본 연구를 통해 형상 변수에 따른 극초음속 추진기관을 위한 고공모사설비에서 시험부에 적용될 시험 모델의 범위를 확인하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.37-43
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• 2008

In order to verify the performance of upper stage propulsion system designed to operate in the upper atmosphere, test facility which can simulate high altitude is needed. Cylindrical supersonic exhaust diffuser, which utilizes the momentum of exhaust gas, provides a simple means for providing a low pressure around the propulsion system. This paper describes sub-systems and specification of high altitude test facility developed for the test of KSLV-I kick motor. Performance of the facility has been successfully verified through five times of hot firing tests.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.733-736
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• 2010

Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) performed the preliminary design of liquid rocket engine high-altitude simulation firing test facility for the development and qualification of LRE for the 2nd stage of KSLV-II. The engine high-altitude simulation firing test facility, which are to be constructed at Goheung Space Center, will provide liquid oxygen and kerosene to enable the high-altitude simulation firing test of 2nd stage engine at ground test facility. The high-altitude environment is obtained using a supersonic diffuser operated by the self-ejecting jet from the liquid rocket engine.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.73-82
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• 2015

A high altitude test facility which includes supersonic diffuser and ejector has been developed to simulate atmospheric pressure at 25 km using a 500 N class small scale liquid rocket engine. Also high altitude simulation test for the small scale liquid rocket engine was performed to verify the facility's performance. The experimental facility consists of high altitude simulation device, propellants supply system and coolant supply system. Low pressure condition corresponding to about 27 km(0.021 bar) altitude atmosphere was successfully simulated and a small scale liquid rocket engine thrust level was confirmed at the simulated condition by the high altitude test facility verification test.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.117-121
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• 2012

Upper stage propulsion system designed for operation in the upper atmosphere should be tested under nozzle full flow conditions to verify its performance on the ground. KARI has carried out high altitude simulation test of KSLV-I kick motor using cylindrical supersonic exhaust diffuser. Also cold and hot flow test for the sub-scaled diffuser have been conducted to verify the design of real scale diffuser and to study its operating characteristics. This paper deals with the results obtained from these high altitude simulation tests.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.104-111
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• 2005

Gas turbine engines for aircraft are usually operated at the altitude condition which is quite different from the ground condition. In order to measure the precise performance data at the altitude condition, the engine should be tested at the altitude condition by a real flight test or an altitude simulation test with an altitude test facility. In this paper, the present state of the altitude test facility and the test technologies at urn(Korea Aerospace Research Institute) will be introduced.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.136-141
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• 2008

Cylindrical supersonic exhaust diffuser, which utilizes the momentum of high temperature gas exhausted from nozzle, provides simple methods for obtaining stable and low pressure around the propulsion system. Hot zone on which exhausted gas from nozzle exit impinges directly should be cooled to avoid melting of diffuser. This paper describes method and result of subscale high altitude simulation test with water cooling. Subscale gas generator with solid propellant was used for hot gas source and tap water for coolant.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.46 no.10
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• pp.791-797
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• 2018

In this work, the high-altitude environment simulation study was carried out at an altitude of 65 km exceeding Mach number of 6 after the launch of Korean Space Launch Vehicle using a shock tunnel. To minimize the flow disturbance due to the strut support of test model as much as possible, a few different types of strut configurations were considered. Using the configuration with minimum disturbance, the high-altitude environment simulation experiment including a propulsion system with a single-plume, was conducted. From the thruster test through flow visualization, not only a shockwave pattern, but a general flow-field pattern from the mutual interaction between the exhaust plume and the free-stream undisturbed flow, was experimentally observed. The comparison with the computation fluid dynamic(CFD) results, showed a good agreement in the forebody whereas in the afterbody and the nozzle the disagreement was about ${\pm}7%$ due to unwanted shockwave formation emanated from the nozzle-exit.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.1011-1015
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• 2017

In this study, numerical and experimental studies on the nozzle flow in a sub-scale cold flow test were conducted to simulate high altitude condition. In the theoretical calculation, the temperature of the nozzle outlet is calculated to be lower than the liquefaction point, and the fluid exists at the phase change point. Also, numerical analysis result is higher than theory calculation but lower than liquefaction temperature. As a result of cold flow test, it was confirmed that the temperature was much higher than theory and analysis. This is because it assumed that it is adiabatic in the theoretical calculation, but the experiment in the actual environment is not the adiabatic but the heat exchange with the outside exists.