• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.32 no.5
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• pp.109-115
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• 2004

A 1-D system design program has been developed for the preliminary design of the turbopump system in liquid rocket engines, which use LOx and kerosene as propellants. Gasgenerator cycle and staged combustion cycle were considered as turbopump type liquid rocket engine systems. In the system analysis, mass flow balance, thrust, specific impulse, mixture ratios, turbopump power, and turbine expansion ratio of engine system were analyzed. Results show that most of the parameters agree well with real engine parameters except gasgenerator. Therefore, the l-D system design program developed in this study can be used to derive the preliminary design parameters of a turbopump with any thrust level liquid rocket engine.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.55-59
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• 2008

It is very difficult to measure an accurate thrust for the performance test of liquid rocket engine. Liquid rocket engine is attached to the propellant feed system, control valve and many other safety systems. Without considering these effects, thrust data measured from the firing test is not reliable and meaningless. In this research, the modified thrust measurement system, which includes both all these side effects is developed for the verification of low thrust liquid rocket engine performance. In addition, reliability appraisal technique is studied to secure the reliability of thrust measurement system.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.393-397
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• 2006

In this study, combustion characteristics of solid propellants using sorbitol and potassium nitrate were found out. Burning rate was calculated with several combustion experiments, also specific impulse and characteristic exhaust velocity were compared with theoretical value. Thrust measured with thrust measurement system using plate spring. Mixture ratio of propellants was varied in experiments, also combustion characteristics of solid propellants which consulted experimental results was used micro solid rocket design having 1mm nozzle throat.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.31-34
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• 2003

To trace the working point of pressure-fed rocket propulsion system, direct analogy model was suggested, by which propellant mass flow rate and combustion chamber pressure were calculated from propellant tank pressures, levels and flight acceleration. In this paper, the analysis of KSR-III flight test results was taken by example, and it can be described that working point transition tendency of pressure-fed rocket propulsion system can be calculated by this direct analogy model.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.415-418
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• 2006

하이브리드 추진제는 연소 중 연료의 후퇴율 및 연소 면적의 변화로 인해 O/F비가 변화하므로 이로 인해 설계 및 해석에 어려움을 가지게 된다. 본 연구에서는 요구임무를 만족하는 하이브리드 로켓모터에 대한 설계를 수행하였다. 하이브리드 모터의 기초 설계를 실시하고 그 결과를 이용하여, 일정한 산화제 유량이 공급된다는 가정 하에, 연소 시 연소면적변화에 따른 O/F비 변화를 고려한 하이브리드 모터의 내탄도 해석을 실시하였으며, 그 결과를 이용하여 로켓의 외탄도 해석을 실시하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.229-232
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• 2009

DC-shift phenomenon can be observed in Hybrid rocket combustion. This phenomenon makes performance drop which is structure problem or reduce thrust. Understanding of DC-shift phenomenon, the conditions of the hybrid rocket combustion stability can be found. In this paper, the condition of DC-shift was found and made by using acoustic mode and vortex shedding frequency. The conditions of stable combustion was defined from the experimental study of DC-shift phenomenon.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.522-525
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• 2009

DC-shift phenomenon can be observed in Hybrid rocket combustion. This phenomenon makes performance drop which is structure problem or reduce thrust. Understanding of DC-shift phenomenon, the condition of the hybrid rocket combustion stability can be found. In this paper, the condition of Negative DC-shift was found and made by changing oxidizer flow with pre-post chamber. The Negative C-shift phenomenon and characteristic were defined from the experimental study.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.237-240
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• 2007

To control Thrust of propulsion system, we built the 50 N level PE-COx hybrid rocket, and changed the mass flow rate of COx. From the preliminary experiential results, we could see possibility of controlling thrust of the hybrid rocket by controlling mass flow rate of COx.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.5 no.4
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• pp.67-74
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• 2001

Based on the national space development project, the necessity of developing liquid propellant rocket engine is revealed to secure the basic technology for the development of individual artificial-satellite launcher. Consequently, KARI (Korea Aerospace Research Institute) is developing a liquid propellant rocket engine for the KSR-III. Currently, a prototype engine using kerosene/LOx which produces 13-ton thrust is designed, fabricated and tested. In this paper, test procedure and technique for liquid propellant rocket engine are introduced with the analysis of static and dynamic test data.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.1104-1107
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• 2017

In this paper, we focused on Analytic Hierarchy Process(AHP) as an efficient means of decision-making on the major issues that may arise during the liquid rocket engine development, reviewed the validity and applicability of the AHP through the problem of selecting the propellant of the liquid rocket engine.