• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.68-75
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• 2015

In this paper, unsteady characteristics of pressure in solid rocket motor were analyzed by using response of pintle actuation, pressure and thrust data from ground test. Pressure and thrust in solid rocket motor can be controlled in real time by varying nozzle throat area with pintle, installed in the valve. Unsteady characteristics of pressure can be observed in this system occurred by various reasons. Two critical reasons, error of pintle actuation and ablation of center tube, are found and effects of each reason can be analyzed individually by re-prediction of pressure with response of pintle actuation and analyzing thrust to pressure ratio.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.117-121
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• 2008

The effect of tip clearance on the performance of a supersonic impulse turbine was investigated experimentally. Test was performed using high pressure air in wide ranges of pressure ratio and rotational speeds. Test revealed that efficiency gradient of the subject turbine at a reference test point was a very low value of 0.05. Turbine efficiency was varied non-linearly with respect to tip clearance. It has been found that efficiency gradient is proportional to the cube of rotational speed at a fixed turbine pressure ratio. It also has been found that efficiency gradient shows its minimum at a reference test pressure ratio irrespective of rotational speeds.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.35 no.12
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• pp.1143-1150
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• 2007

The fuel transfer characteristics of the jet pump between fuel tanks, which is applied in the smart UAV fuel supply system, were experimentally investigated. The operating conditions of the jet pump were setup to meet the engine requirement according to mission profile, and the jet pump performance was evaluated at those conditions. The pressure ratio and the efficiency of the jet pump were measured with the variation of flow ratio. In addition, the area ratio was taken into the consideration to examine the effect on the jet pump performance. From the evaluation results, the jet pump met the fundamental requirement to transfer fuel with the flow ratio of 2.23. In the case of the jet pump that is focused on the fuel transfer quantity rather than its efficiency, the flow ratio would be adjusted through the variation of area ratio of the jet pump within the permitted limit of pressure ratio.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.26 no.6
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• pp.34-42
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• 2022

A correlation between propellant supply condition and chamber pressure in GCH₄-LOx small rocket engine was explored and hot-firing tests were conducted to analyze the engine performance characteristics according to the equivalence ratio variation at a constant chamber pressure. Correlation studies have shown that chamber pressure is linearly proportional to oxidizer supply pressure. As a result of the test, the thrust, specific impulse and characteristic velocity that are the main performance parameters of a rocket engine, were found to be enhanced as the equivalence ratio starting from a fuel-lean condition approached the stoichiometric ratio, but the efficiencies of characteristic velocity and specific impulse were on the contrary, in their dependency on the equivalence ratio.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.41 no.9
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• pp.563-570
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• 2017

Experimental and numerical studies were performed to investigate the performance and internal flow characteristics of a supersonic second throat exhaust diffuser (STED) with back pressure ($P_a$). An ejector system was used to vary the back pressure ($P_a$) conditions. The operating gas for the STED and the ejector was high pressure nitrogen at room temperature. When the back pressure ($P_a$) at a constant nozzle inlet pressure $P_0$) decreases, the pressure recovery location moves downstream. If the pressure ratio $P_0/P_a$) is the same, even if the nozzle inlet pressures $P_0$) are different, the diffuser's internal flow pattern and starting pressure ratio ($(P_0/P_a)_{st}$) are almost the same.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.163-172
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• 2002

The turbine system composed of a nozzle and a rotor is used to drive turbopumps while gas passes through the nozzle, potential energy is converted to kinematic energy, which forces the rotor blades to spin. In this study, an aerodynamic design of a turbine system is investigated using compressible fluid dynamic theories with some pre-determined design requirements (i.e.,pressure ratio, rotational speed, required power etc.) obtained from a liquid rocket engine (L.R.E.) system design. For simplicity of a turbine system, impulse-type rotor blades for open type L.R.E. have been chosen. Usually, the open-type turbine system requires low mass flow rate compared to the close-type system. In this study, a partial admission nozzle is adopted to maximize the efficiency of the close-type turbine system. A design methodology of the a turbine system has been introduced. Especially, a partial admission nozzle has been designed by means of simple empirical correlations between efficiency and configuration of the nozzle. Finally, a turbine system design for a 10 ton thrust level of L.R.E is presented.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.44-45
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• 2002

일반적으로 노즐이나 오리피스로부터 방출되는 초음속 단일 자유제트 유동의 경우, 제트내부에서 발생하는 충격파 시스템이나, 제트경계의 형상 그리고 제트코어의 길이 및 초음속 영역의 길이 등은 종래의 연구로부터 비교적 잘 알려져 있다. 이들 연구에 의하면, 제트의 압력비가 어느 정도 증가하게 되면, 노즐 하류에서 제트내부에는 마하 디스크가 발생하게 되며, 제트유동은 압축과 팽창을 반복하는 구조로 된다. 또 노즐 출구로부터 마하 디스크까지의 거리와 마하 디스크의 직경 등은 노즐의 압력비의 함수로 주어진다고 알려져 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.206-212
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• 2011

Hysteresis phenomena in fluid flow systems are frequently encountered in many industrial and engineering applications and mainly appear during the transient processes of change of the pressure ratio. Shock-containing flow field in supersonic nozzles is typically subject to such hysteresis phenomena, but associated flow physics is not yet understood well. In the present study, experimental work has been carried out to investigate supersonic nozzle flows during the transient processes of change in the nozzle pressure ratio. Time-dependent surface wall pressures were measured by a multiple of pressure transducers and the flow field was visualized using a nano-spark Schlieren optical method. The results obtained show that the hysteresis phenomenon is strongly dependent on the nozzle geometry as well as the time scale of the change of pressure ratio.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.25 no.6
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• pp.20-28
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• 2021

High enthalpy test facilities, such as a shock tunnel, are to be operated at the specific pressure ratio according to the desired test condition. A metallic diaphragm is machined or a forced rupture device is used to open it at a specific pressure ratio. The diaphragm opening procedure takes several hundred microseconds including rupture and deformation. This process is expected to affect the test conditions. In this study, numerical simulation was performed for different materials, thicknesses, and opening ratios. And the characteristics of shock wave generation and the stagnation condition in the tube are investigated. Results show that the final opening ratio and rupturing procedure directly affect the speed of a shock wave, stagnation pressure, and test time.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.6 no.3
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• pp.324-332
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• 1996

DLC 박막을 RF 플라즈마 화학증착법(PECVD)을 이용하여 CH4와 CO2기체로부터 합성하였다. 증착압력, CH4와 CO2가스의 조성비, 바이어스 전압(-VB) 등의 증착조건 변화에 따른 증착속도는 증착층의 두께를 알파스텝으로 측정하여 결정하였으며, 박막의 구조 변화에 따른 증착속도는 증착층의 두께를 알파스텝으로 측정하여 결정하였으며, 박막의 구조 변화는 FTIR 분광분석을 이용하여 분석을 행하였다. 이 연구로부터 얻은 실험 결과는 다음과 같다: 1) 증착속도는 증착압력 및 바이어스 전압의 증가에 따라 증가한다. 2)바이어스 전압 300V이상에서, CO2량 증가는 순증착속도를 증가 시킨다. 3) 순수한 CH4가스를 사용할 경우에는 바이어스전압(-VB)이 증가함에 따라 박막내 수소의 함량과 sp3/sp2비는 감소하는 경향을 나타낸다. 4)증착압력이 증가함에 따라 박막내 수소함량은 증가하며, sp3/sp2비는 감소한다. 5)50mTorr의 증착압력에 증착시, CH4-+Co2 혼합가스에서 이산화탄소의 부피분율에 따라서는 박막내 수소함량은 감소하며, sp3/sp2비는 증가한다.