• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.43 no.8
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• pp.712-721
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• 2015

Pulse Detonation Engine (PDE) has been considered as a future propulsion system for broad range of operation and higher thermal efficiency. Various subsystem technologies have been studied for more than decade to improve the performance of the potential system. New valve systems has been developed for the stable operation at high frequency including inflow-driven valve, rotary valve and valveless system. To foster the detonation initiation with a little ignition energy, plasma ignition method and DDT (deflagration to detonation transition) acceleration method such as swept ramp mechanism have been studied. Fluidic nozzle system and other nozzle system are the ongoing research topics to maximize the propulsion performance of the PDE. Present paper introduces the state of the art of PDE subsystem technologies developed in recent years.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.81-89
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• 2018

In this study, the operating characteristics of a small-scale pulse detonation engine (PDE) were investigated experimentally for application as a small thruster and an igniter. The PDE was constructed using commercial gas tubes with an inner diameter of 4.22 mm. The operating and detonation propagation characteristics of the PDE were investigated over the ranges of equivalence ratios and operating frequencies. Measured detonation speed was close to 10% of the theoretical CJ values at 1 Hz and 5 Hz conditions. However, unstable propagation characteristics were shown at 20 Hz and lean conditions, where the velocity deficit was increased by 20~62%.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 1998.10a
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• pp.35-35
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• 1998

충격파의 경사반사는 초음속 비행체의 외부유동, 대형압축기의 디퓨져 내의 유동, 증기 터어빈 최종단 익렬유동, 데토네이션파가 벽면에 입사하는 유동 혹은 램제트의 연소공기 유입구 유동 등 초음속 유동에서 흔히 발생하며 이때의 유동장의 해석과 충격파 감쇄, 충격파와 간섭하는 벽면의 영향 등은 공학적으로 구명되어져야 할 중요한 문제이다. 전파하는 평면충격파가 벽면에 입사하는 경우 일어나는 충격파 경사반사는 크게 정상반사와 마하반사로 대별된다. 정상반사와 마하반사 간의 천이기준에 대한 연구는 오래 전부터 수행되어 왔고 입사충격파가 약한 경우 이론적 천이 기준인 이탈기준(detachment criterion)과 실험값의 차이 즉 Neumann paradox가 존재한다는 것이 밝혀졌다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.48 no.2
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• pp.135-146
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• 2020

To define an interface in a conventional level-set method, an analytical function must be revealed for an interfacial geometry. However, it is not always possible to define a functional form of level sets when interfaces become complex in a Cartesian coordinate system. To overcome this difficulty, we have developed a new level-set formalism that discriminates the interior from the exterior of a CAD modeled interface by parameterizing the stereolithography (STL) file format. The work outlined here confirms the accuracy and scalability of the hydrodynamic reactive solver that utilizes the new level set concept through a series of tests. In particular, the complex interaction between shock and geometrical confinements towards deflagration-to-detonation transition is numerically investigated. Also, a process of flame spreading and damages caused by point source detonation in a real-sized plant facility have been simulated to confirm the validity of the new method built for reactive hydrodynamic simulation in any complex three-dimensional geometries.