• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.133-137
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• 2008

Results of combustion tests performed for a regenerative cooling combustor of a 30 tonf-class liquid rocket engine were described. The combustion chamber has chamber pressure of 60 bar, propellant mass flow rate of 89 kg/s, and nozzle expansion of 12. The combustion chamber is composed of mixing head, baffle injector, and regenerative cooling chamber. The hot firing tests were performed at design and off-design points. The test results show that the combustion characteristic velocity is in the range of 1738${\sim}$1751 m/sec and the specific impulse of the combustion chamber is in the range of 253${\sim}$270 sec. The peak of combustion characteristic velocity and specific impulse for this combustor is shown at mixture ratio of 2.35 and 2.5, respectively.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.196-200
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• 2005

A theoretical model for the calculation of chemical equilibrium composition of propellant combustion product is briefly presented for the performance analysis of monopropellant hydrazine rocket engine. Analysis result is compared to that of test and evaluation of 1-lbf class thruster and is scrutinized primarily from the view point of ammonia dissociation fraction. Chemical equilibrium composition and average molecular weight is additionally depicted according to the variation of propellant inlet pressures and the varying nozzle area ratio. The theoretical analysis is tried as a way of derivation of design parameters for mid- and large-thrust class of monopropellant rocket engines.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.133-139
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• 2009

An analysis has been performed on the specific impulse for a liquid rocket engine of gas generator cycle. The present analysis method has been validated through the comparison of the optimal specific impulse for the 300t thrust conceptual engine against the published data. The engine specific impulse can be increased by applying film coolant decreasing the fuel pump head for regenerative cooling despite the decrease of specific impulse of the combustion chamber when the film coolant participates combustion more than the critical amount. The improved condition shows that higher combustion chamber pressure is achieved with less fuel pump head rise by additional film cooling.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.163.2-163.2
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• 2012

다목적실용위성 3호는 2012년 5월 발사되어, 위성 기능점검을 위한 시험을 성공적으로 완료하였다. 위성이 발사체로부터 분리된 이후 임무궤도(고도 685km, 승교점 지방시 13시 30분을 갖는 태양동기궤도)를 획득하기 위해서는 궤도조정이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 다목적실용위성 3호의 초기운영 기간 동안 수행한 총 10번의 궤도조정 계획 및 결과에 대해 기술하였다. 궤도조정 1 단계에서는 궤도조정 절차 및 기능을 점검하기 위해 6번의 시험 궤도조정을 순차적으로 수행하였고 이후 2 단계에서는 임무궤도 진입을 위해 4번의 궤도조정을 실시하였다. 궤도조정을 위해서는 원하는 추력분사 방향을 맞추기 위해 롤 방향 또는 피치 방향의 자세제어가 필요한데, 추력기를 사용하여 자세를 기동하는 모드(Del-V Mode)와 휠을 사용하여 자세를 기동하는 모드(Fine Del-V Mode)로 구분된다. 시험 궤도조정에서는 우선적으로 두 가지 모드에 대한 모드전환 시험을 실시하여 위성체 및 지상국 운영절차에 대한 이상 유무를 점검하였고, 이후 추력기 분사량을 10초로 설정하여 예측 대비 실제 궤도변경 결과값을 확인하였다. 시험 궤도조정의 결과를 토대로 본 궤도조정에서는 임무궤도를 획득하기 위한 경사각 조정 및 고도 조정을 수행하였다. 경사각 조정 시에는 승교점 지방시의 변화량을 줄이고, 이후 자연 교란력에 의한 궤도변화를 고려하여 목표궤도를 계획하였다. 또한, 고도 조정 단계에서는 연료 사용량 및 이심률 변화를 최소화 할 수 있도록 전형적인 호만 궤도천이 방식을 적용하였다. 궤도조정 결과 당초 목표한 값을 정확하게 달성하였고, 궤도조정 이후 궤도변화도 장기간 동안 임무궤도 범위를 유지함을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.105-108
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• 2008

Nowadays, as there is so much interest in environment, hydrogen peroxide attracts attention as an eco-propellant. Hydrogen peroxide is widely used for mono-propellant of thruster, and oxidizer of bi-propellant rocket. Especially, it is used as mono-propellant of the thruster for attitude control of satellite and military weapons. So, the need of long time storage of hydrogen peroxide appears and storage test is required. In this paper, necessity of storage test of hydrogen peroxide and some conditions and methods are introduced. In addition, the results of storage tests under some condition are compared and analyzed.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2001.12a
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• pp.33-36
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• 2001

본 논문은 높은 추력비(전동기 추력/전동기 중량=N/ Kg)를 갖는 영구자석 여자 횡축형 선형 전동기(TFLM)를 가진기 엑츄에이터로 사용하여 부피와 체적을 줄이고 적은 중량이 요구되는 고출력 전동식 가진기 시스템을 유압식을 대체하여 구현하고 가변 변위 및 가변 속도가 가능한 제어 방법을 개발하여 적용하고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.218-222
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• 2011

During the development of the iridium catalyst for domestic production, the catalyst failure, loss, sintering phenomena are observed by high pressure and temperature. By these abnormal failure of catalyst bed, the performance of thruster is degraded. To figure out the detail phenomena on the damaged catalyst bed, a numerical analysis code is developed by assuming the catalyst bed as an one dimensional porous media. The numerical analysis code is validated with experiment data. Thereby, resulting physical phenomena are examined by considering the variation of catalyst bed characteristics incurred by catalyst granule failure. Through these numerical analyses we figure out the effect of the catalyst loss on the decomposition of hydrazine and ammonia.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.124-132
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• 2004

This paper deals with the static and dynamic analysis of the housing and PCB of TCU(Thruster Control Unit) for KSLV-I(Korea Space Launch Vehicle-I). TCU should pass the environment test simulating the flight environment of KSLV-I. The most important tests are the vibration and the shock tests. In this research, we proposed a design standard about the vibration and the shock environment and then verified TCU housing and PCB design met the standard. Based on the analytical results, the TCU housing was redesigned to meet the design standard. The new design is supposed to pass the environment test.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.12 no.5
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• pp.9-17
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• 2008

Pseudo-3D spatial distribution of spray droplets is investigated by using Dual-mode Phase Doppler Anemometry (DPDA) in order to examine the disintegration and spreading behavior of spray exiting from liquid-propellant thruster injector. Spray injected from nozzle orifice with length-to-diameter ratio ($L/d_o$) of 1.67 and under the injection pressure of 27.6 bar is aligned to the vertical. Vertical and horizontal mean velocities of droplets, Sauter Mean Diameter (SMD), and volumetric flux decrease as droplets travel from center/upstream toward outer region/downstream of spray. Although the distribution of spray characteristic parameters is symmetric against the geometric axis of nozzle orifice, their absolute values are asymmetric.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.121-127
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• 2011

In the attitude and orbit control subsystem design, the moment of inertia of the satellite is the major contributor to be considered. Satellites equipped with large solar arrays need to measure the moment of inertia accurately to avoid the interference of the thruster actuation period with its flexible mode. In this paper, the in-orbit tests of COMS to measure the moment of inertia are described. Then, the differences between the measured through in-orbit test and the predicted are compared. Finally, it is verified that the differences are below uncertainty bounds considered in the critical design of COMS attitude and orbit control subsystem.