• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• v.y2005m4
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• pp.281-287
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• 2005

Nonlinear behaviors such as steep-fronted wave motions and a finite amplitude limit cycle often accompanying combustion instabilities have been numerically investigated using a characteristic-based approximate Riemann solver and the well-known ${\eta}-{\tau}$ model. A resonant pipe initially subjected to a harmonic pressure disturbance described the natural steepening process that leads to a shocked N-wave. For a linearly unstable regime, pressure oscillations reach a limit cycle which is independent of the characteristics of the initial disturbances and depends only on combustion parameters and operating conditions. For the 1.5 MW gas generator under development in KARI, the numerical results show good agreement with experimental data from hot-firing tests.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.15 no.6
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• pp.98-106
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• 2011

This paper reviews the state-of-the-art thermoacoustic(TA) modeling techniques and research trend to predict major parameters determining combustion instabilities in lean premixed gas turbine combustors. Linear TA modeling results give us an information on eigenfrequencies and initial growth rate of the instabilities. For the prediction, linear relation equation between acoustic waves and heat release oscillations should be derived in the determined system. Key information for this analysis is to determine the heat release fluctuations in the combustor, which is typically obtained by using n-${\tau}$ function from flame transfer function measurements and/or predictions. Great advancement in the linear TA modeling has been made over a couple of decades, and some successful prediction results have been reported in actual gas turbine combustors. However nonlinear TA model developments which are required to analyze nonlinear system behaviors such as limit cycle saturation and transition phenomena are still limited in a very simple system. In order to fully understand combustion instabilities in a complicated real system, nonlinear flame dynamics and acoustic wave interaction with nonlinear system boundary conditions should be explained from the nonlinear TA model developments.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.20-27
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• 2016

The prediction of combustion instability is important to avoid an obvious threat to the structural safety and the motor performance because it affects the apparent response function of the propellant, the burning rate, and a mean flow Mach number at the local surface. The combustion instability occurs in case acoustic waves were coupled with the combustion/flow dynamic frequency. In this paper, an acoustic instability model is derived from the nonlinear wave equation for analysing acoustic dynamics in solid rocket motors. The chamber pressure and burning rate effects on combustion instability have been investigated.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.41-47
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• 2012

It is very important to predict the nonlinear behavior of combustion instability such as transition phenomena and limit cycle amplitude for fully understanding and controlling the instabilities. These nonlinear instability characteristics are highly dependent upon the flames' nonlinear dynamics in a gas turbine premixed combustor. In this study, nonlinear instability TA(Thermo-acoustic) models were introduced by applying the concept of flame describing function to the thermoacoustic analysis method. As a result of model development, for a given combustor length, the growth rate of instability was greatly affected by the change in amplitude, although the instability frequency was not. Further researches under various operating conditions and model validation on limit cycle amplitude are required.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 1998.10a
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• pp.4-4
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• 1998

고체 추진제의 비정상적인 연소 현상을 해석하여 연소 불안정을 예측하는 것은 추진시스템의 설계 시 매우 중요하다. 로켓의 비정상 연소 현상을 해석하기 위하여 많은 이론적 연구가 진행되어 왔다. 이론적인 해는 주로 선형 해석의 결과들로 정상 상태에서 발생하는 불안정 현상을 예측하는 데에는 적합하지만 비정상 현상을 설명하기에는 부족하다. 따라서 수치 기법을 이용한 비선형 해석이 수행되어 졌다. 기존의 비정상 연소에 관한 연구들은 일정한 물성치를 사용하고 추진제 내에서의 화학 반응과 복사 열전달 등을 무시하여 추진제의 특성을 단순화 시켜 비정상 해석을 수행하였다. 본 연구에서는 비정상 연소 현상에 대한 비선형 수치 해석을 하려한다. 실험에서 밝혀진 것과 같이 추진제의 물성치를 온도의 함수로 사용하고 응축영역으로의 복사 열전달을 고려하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.1-2
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• 2000

액체 추진제 로켓 엔진의 연소 불안정은 주요 설계인자이며 로켓 엔진 개발의 주된 장애요인이다, 하지만 연소 불안정은 구동 메커니즘 및 연소와 관련된 물리 현상에 대한 연구 부족으로 주로 경험적 방법 흑은 시행착오를 거쳐 해결해 왔다. 이론적 방법은 수식화 과정과 그 적용에 있어 불합리한 가정과 근사화 과정을 사용하기 때문에 치명적인 한계를 갖는다. 그리고 수치적 방법은 연소 불안정 관련 현상의 세부 모델링 과정에 문제가 있다.(중략)

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.32-40
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• 2012

For predicting eigenfrequency and initial growth rate of combustion instabilities in lean premixed gas turbine combustor, linear thermoacoustic analysis model was developed in the current paper. A model combustor was selected for the model validation, which has well-defined inlet and outlet conditions and a relatively simple geometry, compared to the combustor in the previous works. Analytical linear equations for thermoacoustic waves were derived for a given combustion system. It was found that the prediction results showed a good agreement with the measurements, even though there was underestimation for instability frequencies. This underestimation was more obvious for a longer flame (i.e. wider temperature distribution) than for a shorter flame.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.68-77
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• 2017

High-frequency combustion instability results from a feedback coupling between the unsteady heat release rate and the acoustic waves formed resonantly in the combustion chamber. It can be modeled as thermoacoustic problems with various degrees of the assumptions and simplifications. This paper presents numerical analysis of self-excited combustion instabilities in a variable-length lean-premixed combustor and designs of passive control devices such as baffle and acoustic resonators in a framework of 3-D FEM Helmholtz solver. Nonlinear behaviors such as steep-fronted shock waves and a finite amplitude limit cycle are also investigated with a compressible flow simulation technique.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 1998.04a
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• pp.29-29
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• 1998

고체 추진제 연소불안정에 관한 해석은 준-정상 1차원 해석인 QSHOD(Quasi-Steady Homogcneous One-Dimension)에 의하여 단순화된 지배방정식을 이용하여 응축영역을 해석하는 것이 일반적이다. 이때 외부교란에 대한 기체영역과 표면반응 영역의 응답은 화학반응이 발생하지 않는 고체영역의 응답에 비하여 매우 빠르므로 준-정상적인 거동을 한다. 본 연구에서는 복사열전달에 의한 열속(heat flux)이 고체 추진제의 표면에 존재하며 이 중의 일부가 고체영역에서 흡수될 때 표면에서의 선형교란을 고려한 ZN(Zeldovich-Novozhilov) 방법을 이용하여 연소불안정 현상을 이론적으로 해석하여 연소불안정 현상을 설명할 수 있는 연소 응답함수를 구하였다. 본 연구에서 얻어진 응답함수를 해석함으로써, Zebrowski등$^{(5)}$ 에 의하여 얻어진 복사열 교란에 대한 응답함수가 과소 평가된 응답특성을 나타내고 있음을 알았다. 또한 응답함수의 고유불안정성을 판별하는 민감계수 r과 k의 영역의 해석으로부터 SOn등$^{(6)}$ 에 의하여 밝혀진 안정 경계선의 안정한 영역보다 본 연구에서 구한 안정 경계영역이 줄어드는 경향을 보여주고 있다. 이것은 (6)에서 과소 평가된 복사열전달의 영향을 수정한 결과 때문이다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.59-66
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• 1998

The combustion instability analysis of solid propellants is generally done by the simplified governing equations for chemically inert condensed phase region with QSHOD assumption. Since the gas phase and surface reaction layer can be more rapidly relaxed to the external perturbations than the condensed phase, these regions are treated as quasi-steady manner in the analysis. In this paper, the classical ZN(Zeldovic-Novozhilov)approach was re-examined with the presence of radiation augmented burning enhancement in the combustion. Also, the surface reaction was assumed to partially absorb the incident radiant heat fluxes and pass the remaining to the chemically inert condensed phase. As a result of the analysis, the burning rate response function was obtained which consists of a pressure response function and a radiation response function. The response function was shown to be able to predict the results of T-burner tests.