• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.17 no.9
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• pp.2280-2285
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• 1993

Many items, as internal pressure, thrust, temperature, strain, etc. are measured in Ground Firing Test (GFT) of rocket motors. But these items are influenced by various phenomena occurred during propellant combustion. In this study, natural frequencies of motor itself and system(motor+loadcell) on Stand were measured. Also motor responses were measured during burning and analyzed so that the vibration characteristics occurred during GFT and the causes and characteristics of vibration signal appearing on thrust curve were identified.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society For Composite Materials Conference
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.119-122
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• 2002

The vibration qualification test of satellite antenna is required to verify that there will be no structural damage due to the severe vibration caused by the launch of satellite. For the qualification test, reasonable test load condition needs to be introduced by dynamic analysis. The present work has been performed to provide an understanding how the qualification test load can be evaluated by the results of both normal mode and sine vibration analyses with notching technique for a composite Ka-band antenna structure.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.1-8
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• 2015

A ground hot-firing test(HFT) was accomplished to draw a correlation between the pressure oscillation intensity of combustion chamber and thrust response characteristics in a 70 N-class hydrazine thruster which has been developed recently. Monopropellant grade hydrazine was adopted as a propellant for the HFT, and combustion-chamber characteristic length, propellant injection pressure were applied as test parameters. It was confirmed that the decrease of thrust-chamber diameter and injection pressure augmented the pressure oscillation of stagnation chamber in the test condition specified, and the oscillation hampered the pulse response performance of test models.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.407-410
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• 2008

TEST CELL(엔진 시운전실)은 다양한 형태의 자원들이 결합한 종합 시스템이다. 즉, 건물 및 각종 설비로부터 엔진운용에 직접적으로 필요한 각종 제어 및 계측장비, 그리고 엔진운용자가 안전하고 정확하게 엔진을 구동하고 그 결과를 빠르고 쉽게 분석하게 하는 장비 및 운용 소프트웨어에 이르기까지 다양한 특성의 많은 서브 시스템들이 유기적으로 결합되어야 한다. 또한 주변 환경에 최대한 영향을 주지 않도록 소음, 진동 등이 발생되지 않아야 하므로 그 전체 시스템구성이 복잡하고 다양한 분야의 전문적인 지식과 시스템기술을 필요로 한다. 엔진의 지상성능시험에는 여러 단계의 시험을 거쳐야 하는데 그 중에서 지상성능시험은 엔진의 성능상태를 확인하는 시험이다. 여기에 TEST CELL(엔진시운전실)의 구성품을 추구하는데 저렴한 비용으로 설계하는 방안을 열거하고자 한다.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.190-200
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• 2007

A pyrogen type igniter was designed to satisfy the requirements of KSLV-I Kick Motor system. To insure the reliability of the igniter before the production of the flight model, we have been performed the structure, environmental, combustion tests. The hydraulic test was carried out to confirm the strength of the components of the igniter. The shock and vibration tests were considered to check whether the igniter operates normally under the severe environmental condition. The combustion tests were also performed to understand the ignition characteristics with the variation of initial condition. Finally, we confirmed that the igniter could provide the acceptable energy to ignite the propellant of kick motor at the ground test.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.10-18
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• 2010

Scramjet engine is one of the core parts of hypersonic vehicle of next generation and being investigated by many countries. Korea Aerospace Research Institute performed a ground test of the model scramjet engine S1 in 2007. And, S2 model which is improved from S1 model in engine startability and thrust was tested with HIEST (High Enthalpy Shock Tunnel) at Kakuda Space Center of JAXA. Design condition of S2 model was Mach 6.7, however, it was tested at Mach 7.7 as an off-design condition test. As a test result, flow separation was found at the inside of the intake, but the engine showed stable combustion pressure distribution. Furthermore, compared to other test models, S2 model showed a good performance value in thrust and specific impulse.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.113-121
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• 2009

Shaker system is used to simulate the vibration from the launch environment. The vibration tests are performed in the vertical and lateral direction. For the lateral vibration test, the slip table system is used with shaker system. For the latest large satellite, vibration test adaptor is made of the steel. But slip table of lateral vibration is made of magnesium, so there is big difference of thermal expansion ratio between slip table and vibration test adaptor. This paper encompasses the following items; verification process of thermal characteristics and overturning moment and a solution for lateral vibration test with steel vibration test adaptor.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.37 no.12
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• pp.1258-1263
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• 2009

This paper describes the design and test results of engineering qualification model(EQM) of mass memory unit(MMU) for STSAT-3. The MMU for STSAT-3 having 32Gb mass memory capacity is capable of receiving and transmitting the mission data from MIRIS(Multi-purpose IR Imaging System) and COMIS(Compact Imaging Spectrometer) at 100Mbps and 10Mbps. The performance of EQM MMU was verified by the tests of data receiving from two payloads and data transmission to the data receiving system. Moreover, the vibration and thermal vacuum test was performed to verify the launch vehicle and space environments.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.180-187
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• 2007

Korea Aerospace Research Institute(KARI) is developing Korea Space Launch Vehicle(KSLV). KSLV-I is composed of liquid propulsion system for the first stage and apogee kick motor as the second stage. Kick motor has a high expansion ratio nozzle and its starting altitude is 300km high. To verify the performance of kick motor, high altitude test facility (HATF) to simulate its operating condition is necessary. This paper contains preliminary design for construction of HATF.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.22-29
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• 2010

In this study, computational multi-body dynamics and structural vibration analyses including some impact condition have been conducted for the ground flight test system of the developed smart UAV model. Designed ground test system has four degree-of-freedom motions with limited motion control mechanism. Design safety margin designs for several structural components are tested and verified considering expected critical motions (pitching and rolling) of the test smart UAV model. Computational results for various analysis conditions are practically presented in detail. Futhermore, proper design modifications of the initially designed test equipment in order to guarantee or increase structural safety have been successfully conducted in the design stage.