• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.498-501
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• 2012

The Model Rocket Engine Test Facility has been improved to develop the Korea Space Launch Vehicle II(KSLV-II). The modified Model Rocket Engine Test Facility will be used to develop 7-tonf class liquid rocket engine combustor. The test result and test technique acquired from this facility will be used to develop the high performance liquid rocket engine combustor. This paper describes the modified Model Rocket Engine Test Facility for a Sub-scale model test of the 7-tonf class combustor.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 1998.10a
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• pp.1-1
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• 1998

로켓엔진 추력발생용으로 광범위하게 사용되는 액체추진제는 고성능, 대용량의 액체추진제 로켓엔진에서는 필연적으로 고주파 연소불안정의 문제를 수반하며, 이 연소불안정의 정도는 연소성능과 더불어 엔진개발의 성패를 좌우하는 중요한 여건이 된다. 따라서 안정한 로켓의 비행을 보장하기 위해서는 연소불안정의 문제가 선결되어야 한다. 연소불안정의 기본 메커니즘은 연소기에서 발생하는 압력섭동에 반응하여 불안정한 음향에너지를 되먹임하는 연소과정으로 설명된다. 연소불안정 현상이 발견된 이후 실험 및 이론적 접근에 의해 이와 같은 연소불안정 메커니즘 및 예측에 대한 체계적인 연구가 이루어져 왔으며, 현재까지의 다양한 고주파 연소불안정 예측방법 중에서 음향 및 기화 응답함수를 이용하는 방법은 직관적 고찰에 의존하는 단순한 연소모델을 적용하며 주로 음향적 섭동에 의한 연소의 반응을 연소안정성 평가의 파라메터로 사용한다. 이와 같은 음향적인 예측방법은 연소불안정 현상을 이론적으로 전개하므로 경제적으로 각종 설계변수에 대한 연소불안정의 변화를 구분할 수 있는 장점이 있어 성능 및 호환설계와 병행하여 로켓엔진 연소실의 초기 안정성 설계방법으로 주로 사용된다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.62-65
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• 2011

액체로켓엔진용 극저온 산화제 고압 배관 기술 개발을 위해 시제품을 제작하였다. 기술 개발 시제품은 체결용 플랜지, 직관, 곡관, 벨로우즈, 분기구로 구성하였다. 액체로켓엔진용 극저온 산화제 고압 배관은 터보펌프에서 토출된 고압의 극저온 산화제를 연소기로 공급하는 경로이므로 극저온, 고압의 작동환경에서 구조적 안정성을 가져야 한다. 따라서 본 제작공정 개발에서는 극저온을 고려한 구조해석을 수행하여 적합한 소재를 선정하였으며, 공정개발과 특수공정을 적용하여 시제품을 제작한 후 구조강도 시험을 수행하였다. 본 개발을 통해 액체로켓엔진에 적용되는 극저온 산화재 고압배관을 위한 기술적 기반과 소재 응용기술, 향후 고성능 대형 액체로켓엔진에 적용하기 위한 공정개발을 완료하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.16-17
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• 2002

재생냉각은 엔진 경량화 및 높은 추력을 발생시킬 수 있으며 엔진이 장시간 작동할 경우에도 추력의 변화가 일어나지 않는 우수성으로 인해, 액체로켓엔진에서 보편적으로 사용되고 있는 냉각방식이며, 고성능 액체로켓엔진 개발에 있어서 핵심기술이다. 일반적으로 재생냉각 방식은 연소기 내벽에 형성된 냉각유로에 연료 또는 산화제를 흘려보내 고온고압의 연소실내에 온도 경계층을 생성시키면서 벽면온도를 적정온도 이내로 유지하는 것이 목적이며, 또한 냉각유로에서의 압력강하가 추진제 공급 시스템의 공급 압력의 한계값을 넘어서지 않도록 하며, 냉각후의 연료 또는 산화제의 열역학적 상태가 엔진 작동 조건에 적합하도록 제어하여야 한다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.39 no.10
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• pp.966-978
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• 2011

Transpiration cooling is the most effective cooling technique for the high-performance liquid rockets and air-breathing engines operating in aggressive environments with higher pressures and temperatures. When applying transpiration cooling, combustor liners and turbine blades/vanes are cooled by the coolant(air or fuel) passing through their porous walls and also the exit coolant acting as an insulating film. Practical implementation of the cooling technique has been hampered by the limitations of available porous materials. But advances in metal-joining techniques have led to the development of multi-laminate porous structures such as Lamilloy$^{(R)}$ fabricated from several diffusion-bonded, etched metal thin sheets. And also with the availability of lightweight, ceramic matrix composites(CMC), transpiration cooling now seems to be a promising technique for high-performance engine cooling. This paper reviews recent research activities of transpiration cooling and its applications to gas turbines, liquid rockets, and the engines for hypersonic vehicles.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.102-108
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• 2004

A layout of regenerative liquid rocket engine using turbo pump has been designed for development of high performance liquid rocket engine. each components of engine system was placed by considering assembly and characteristic. first stage engine system is controled by one plane of axis gimballing and composed of four engine assembly to cluster with launch vehicle. second stage engine system is controled by two plane of axis gimballing and composed of one engine assembly. assembly and disassembly Processes and required program have been developed. various shape of instruments were also developed for carrying out assembly and disassembly process efficiently.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2004.10a
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• pp.162-165
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• 2004

A layout of regenerative liquid rocket engine using turbo pump has been designed for development of high performance liquid rocket engine. each components of engine system was placed by considering assembly and characteristic. first stage engine system is controled by one plane of axis gimballing and composed of four engine assembly to cluster with launch vehicle. second stage engine system is controled by two plane of axis gimballing and composed of one engine assembly. assembly and disassembly processes and required program have been developed. various shape of instruments were also developed for carrying out assembly and disassembly process efficiently

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.29-33
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• 2009

On the basis of the development experience of a gas generator for the 30 ton-f thrust liquid rocket engine combustor a Subscale Ground Firing Test Facility was designed and fabricated for a gas generator for the 75 ton-f thrust liquid rocket engine combustor. The Subscale Ground Firing Test Facility developed is going to be used to develop 75 ton-f class gas generator. Acquired data and test technique from this facility will be used to develope the high performance liquid rocket engine combustor and the Ground Firing Test Facility. This report describes the improved Subscale Ground Firing Test Facility for 75 ton-f class gas generator and results of the cold flow test.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.75-86
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• 2004

KSR-III is the first Korean sounding rocket propelled by a liquid propellant propulsion system and it has been developed over 5 years using purely domestic technologies. The propulsion system of KSR-III is a 13-ton class see-level thrust liquid rocket engine(LRE) which utilizes liquid oxygen and kerosene for its propellants and employed pressurized propellant feeding and ablative cooling system. The problem of combustion instabilities which has brought the most difficulty in the development was resolved by implementation of a baffle. Through the development of KSR-III LRE, meaningful achievements have been made in the core technologies of LRE such as design of injectors and combustion chambers and test, evaluation, and control of combustion instabilities. The acquired technologies will be applied to the development of higher performance LREs necessary for future space development programs such as Korean Small Launch Vehicles(KSLV) In this paper, the development of KRE-III LRE system is described including its design, analyses. performance tests and evaluation.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.407-410
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• 2005

Acoustic coupling between combustion chamber and gas-liquid scheme injectors are studied numerically in liquid rocket engine adopting linear acoustic analysis. The injectors can play a role as half-wave resonators. The combustion chamber with numerous injectors shows peculiar acoustic coupling with the injectors. As the injector length approaches a half wavelength or the original tuning length, new injector-coupled acoustic modes show up in the chamber and thereby, the acoustic-damping effect of the tuned injectors is appreciably degraded.