• Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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• v.5 no.3
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• pp.269-278
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• 2003

Microtunneling techniques play a crucial role in the construction of pipelines. In this paper shows the automatic tunneling algorithm of microtunneling system by using fuzzy logic technology to assist operators assuring the quality of microtunneling construction. To have effective output value of fuzzy controller, we slightly modified the conventional defuzzificaton methods. The proposed automatic tunneling algorithm shows good tunneling results comparable with those of experts.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.37 no.4
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• pp.419-424
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• 2009

A Xenon feed system has been developed for a 300 W Hall-effect thruster intended for orbit maintenance of small satellite. The system can store about 2 kg of xenon gas at 150 bar and is capable of controlling the mass flow rate of the gas at 0.5 SCCM resolution. The performance of the system is verified with a laboratory experiment. It is confirmed that the operation of the feed system is successful at a pressure level of $1.0{\times}10^{-6}$ torr in the vacuum chamber.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.72-77
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• 1999

The mono-hydrazine thrusters which have been selected for satellite auxilliarly propulsion system since 1960s were koreanized for KOMPSAT attitude control. In this paper, design and manufacturing, test of the mono-hydrazine thruster were briefly reviewed with KOMPSAT attitude control thrusters and the key technology to be developed in the future for various small thrusters of launch vehicle, satellite and guidance missile were proposed.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.80-85
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• 2014

Side jet thruster using nozzle closure separation device provides a solid rocket with a trajectory shift function. Side jet thruster consists of low combustion temperature propellant, neutral type propellant grain and nozzle closure separation device. If a trajectory shift is required, side jet thrust is generated on the rocket by separating some nozzle closures located in the opposite direction to thrust. After completing trajectory shift, the other nozzle closures located in the thrust direction are separated to cease side jet thrust. The operation process is verified through ground static test. The result in this study can be applied to changing rocket trajectory by controlling side jet thrust through nozzle closure separation.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.364-367
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• 2011

The development of the DCS thrust unit during the attitude control thruster of the launch vehicle and guided missile is introduced. The DCS thrust unit using solid propellants based on a two-axis control is designed and through the thermo-structural and flow analysis is designed in detail. The performance of the thrust unit based on the detail design is demonstrated through a combustion test.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.58-67
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• 2023

Results of dry-run tests, cold-flow tests, and hot-firing tests performed to throttle a methane engine uni-element thrust chamber are covered in the paper. After installing flow control valves on the oxidizer and fuel supply lines of the methane engine combustion test facility, a number of dry-run tests were repeated so that the valves could reach set strokes quickly and stably. Then, cold-flow tests using liquid nitrogen and gaseous nitrogen were conducted to confirm the stable supply of the simulated propellants according to the valve control. Finally, using liquid oxygen and gaseous methane, hot-firing tests for fixed and continuous thrust control of 50% to 10% of the nominal thrust were successfully performed.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.31 no.8
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• pp.85-90
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• 2003

To control spacecraft including satellite, we should understand precisely the performance of propulsion system and the program logic with appropriate format for satellite operations. In this study, the thruster performance functions was generated by using the best curve fitting for performance data from bi-propellant thrusters. Detailed thruster performance data are, in general, company proprietary information, therefore real firing tests were performed to understand the basic characteristics of the performance curve. Experimental rocket motor utilize liquid oxygen and kerosine as propellant and designed average thrust was 100 pound.

• Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.37.2-37
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• 2002

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.1-8
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• 1999

In the present paper an attempt has been made to simulate the secondary injection-primary flow interaction in the conical rocket nozzle and to derive the performance of secondary injection thrust vector control(SITVC) system. Complex three-dimensional flowfield induced by the secondary injection is numerically analyzed by solving unsteady three-dimensional Euler equation with Beam and Warming's implicit approximate factorization method. Emphasized in the present study is the effect of secondary injection such as secondary mass flow rates and the momentum of secondary/primary nozzle flow mass rates upon the gross system performance parameters such as thrust ratio, specific impulse ratio and deflection angle. The results obtained in terms of system performance parameters show that lower secondary mass flow rate is advantageous for to reduce secondary specific impulse loss. It is further found that the nozzle with secondary jet injected downstream and interacting with fast primary flow is preferable for efficient and stable SITVC over the wide range of use with the penalty of side specific impulse loss.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.166.2-166.2
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• 2012

국내에서 개발한 고기동 저궤도 위성이 일본 다네가시마 우주센터에서 2012년 5월 18일 발사되었다. 자세제어계는 위성의 임무수행을 완수할 수 있도록 발사 후부터 위성 수명 기간 동안 자세명령을 생성하고 제어 및 결정을 하며, 궤도 조정과 모멘텀 덤핑등의 임무를 수행한다. 이러한 임무 수행을 가능하게 하기 위해 자세제어계는 적절한 센서와 구동기 조합을 사용하여 추력기 기반 안전모드, 궤도 조정을 위한 Del-V Burn 기동 모드, 태양지향 서브모드 및 목표지향 서브모드 등을 설계했다. 고기동 위성의 초기 운용 중 자세제어계는 자세제어계 하드웨어의 초기 구동 및 점검을 수행하고 설계한 각 모드의 기능과 성능 확인을 수행하게 된다. 본 연구는 성공적으로 완료한 자세제어계 하드웨어의 초기 점검 결과를 소개하는 것이 목적이다. 초기 운용은 위성이 발사된 직후 탑재컴퓨터가 깨어나면서부터 시작되는데, 발사 후 최초 접속시 추력기 기반 안전모드에서 태양 획득 성능 및 제어 성능을 확인한 후 정상 상태 모드인 태양지향 자세로 전환하기 위해 자세제어계 하드웨어인 별 추적기, 자기토커, 반작용휠의 초기 구동 및 점검을 수행하였다. 본 연구에서는 각 하드웨어의 초기 구동 점검과 성능 및 기능 요구조건 만족에 대한 성능 분석 결과를 정리하였다.