• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.84-90
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• 2004

A performance evaluation is made in terms of thrust, impulse bit. and specific impulses for a set of mono-propellant hydrazine thrusters producing 0.95 lbf of nominal thrust at an inlet pressure of 350 psia. With a brief description on the hot-firing test configuration and procedures. a typical data obtained from steady-state firing mode is given directly showing the variational behavior of propellant supply pressure, mass flow rate, vacuum condition, and thrust. The performance features are successfully compared to the reference criteria of 1-lbf standard mono-propellant rocket engine. Additionally. a statistical inter-thruster treatment is concisely depicted for the justification of selected thrusters as a grouped member of flight model for spacecraft propulsion system.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.1188-1191
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• 2017

Thrust is one of the crucial performance parameter of a combustion chamber in the combustion chamber development test. So it is very important to measure an accurate thrust. Thrust calibration test was performed to identify the system characteristics, resistance and linearity of a vertical thrust measurement system(TMS) for accurate thrust measurement. It has been found 6.9% ~ 8.6% errors between the measured thrust by TMS calibration equations and theoretical thrust. It has been confirmed that the TMS calibration is necessary to be performed with the propellant lines connected to the combustion chamber for accurate thrust measurement.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.27-34
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• 2011

A numerical analysis was peformed for the supersonic aircraft with variable pitch thrust vector nozzle. Based on the requirement of the mixed turbofan engine of the supersonic aircraft, two dimensional thrust vector nozzle with variable pitch angle was designed. To investigate the effect of the thrust vectoring nozzle, the numerical analysis was conducted by using Fluent under the several pitch deflection angle.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.18-26
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• 2007

A development of monopropellant thruster for microsatellite that uses concentrated hydrogen peroxide is described. Catalyst, the most important component in the thruster, was prepared and coated on a monolith honeycomb. Performance evaluation of thruster was peformed by considering the efficiency of characteristic velocity and ignition delay. As a result, 96.0% of $C^*$ efficiency was obtained at designed propellant flowrate and steady state operating condition.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.67-73
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• 2007

In recent years hydrogen peroxide has become considerably more attractive as a green rocket propellant so a laboratory model of hydrogen peroxide thruster adopted silver catalyst and a test facility has been developed to research a hydrogen peroxide propulsion. The design scheme of thruster and the test data are presented including ignition delay, efficiency of characteristic exhaust velocity. As a result, 95% of efficiency of characteristic exhaust velocity was obtained at steady state operation condition.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2015.07a
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• pp.841-842
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• 2015

비접촉 선형 영구자석 기어는 직선 추력을 요구하는 반송 장치에서 모터의 회전운동을 직선 운동으로 변환하는 기계적인 변환 장치와 달리 마찰에 의한 손실과 소음 및 진동이 적고 윤활유와 유지 보수가 불필요하다는 장점을 가지고 있다. 하지만 물리적 접촉 방식을 사용하는 기계적인 변환장치에 비해 비접촉 방식을 사용하는 영구자석 기어는 상대적으로 낮은 전달추력능력을 가진다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 비접촉 선형 영구자석 기어의 양측 가동자 사이에서 추력을 전달하는 Pole Piece의 특성을 파악하고, Pole Piece형상의 제안 및 최적 설계를 통해 낮은 전달추력능력을 향상시키고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.170-176
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• 2010

A numerical analysis was peformed for the supersonic aircraft with variable pitch thrust vector nozzle. Based on the requirement of the mixed turbofan engine of the supersonic aircraft, two dimensional thrust vector nozzle with variable pitch angle was designed. To investigate the effect of the thrust vectoring nozzle, the numerical analysis was conducted by using Fluent under the several pitch deflection angle.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.43 no.4
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• pp.311-317
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• 2015

This paper describes how to apply one-dimensional simulation to predict unsteady state characteristics of the cold-gas pintle thruster. Mass flow rate, chamber pressure, and nozzle exit pressure are key parameters for thrust control. Chamber pressure rose and fell monotonously with the pintle stroke variation, while thrust variation was different from chamber pressure variation. During the forward pintle stroke operation, the thrust value tended to decrease initially and returned to increase when pintle speed and chamber free volume exceed some specified value. Even though one-dimensional simulation has the limitations to predict unsteady state characteristics, it is still useful for initial performance assessment of various thrusters which adopt an altitude compensation nozzle such as a dual-bell nozzle, prior to experiment or numerical analysis.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.28-39
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• 2018

In this study, numerical simulations were performed for steady and unsteady state characteristics of length effects on linear pintle nozzles using the overset grid method. Nozzles and pintles are created separately by an auto grid generation program to use the overset grid method. Appropriate turbulent models and numerical methods are selected for the validation of simulations. Pintle shapes are chosen from five types, with differences in the ratio of length and diameter. The longer the pintle length, the greater the thrust and thrust coefficient. The chamber pressure tendency of steady-state and unsteady-state are different for various pintle velocities. The thrust of the nozzle exit responds to changes in the nozzle throat in the unsteady-state, and the speed of pressure propagation wave generated by movement of the pintle is considered to predict the major factor of performance.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2013.02a
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• pp.564-564
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• 2013

홀 추력기는 플라즈마를 이용하는 전기추력기 중 하나로, 인공위성의 자세제어, 궤도수정, 궤도천이 뿐만아니라 행성간 임무수행을 위한 우주선의 엔진으로 사용된다. 홀 추력기 채널 내부에 발생된 Xe 이온들은 양극과 음극 사이에 존재하는 전기장에 의해 가속되어 추력을 발생시킨다. 이때 Xe 이온들은 자기장에 의해 감금된 전자와 중성 Xe 원자 사이의 충돌에 의해 발생하며, 실험적 및 이론적 연구를 통해 단일 전하를 띤 이온(Xe II)뿐만 아니라 다중 전하(Xe III 등)를 띤 이온도 생성되는 것으로 알려져 있다. 이온의 전하량 비율은 홀 추력기의 추력효율 및 연료효율에 영향을 미치며, 다중 전하를 띤 이온의 높은 에너지는 채널벽의 침식문제를 야기하는 등 홀 추력기 이온빔의 전하량 분석 연구는 물리적 연구측면 뿐만아니라 실용적인 측면에서도 매우 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 자기장과 그에 수직한 방향의 전기장에서 발생하는 로렌츠 힘을 이용하여 이온의 전하량을 분석할 수 있는 $E{\times}B$ 탐침을 설계 및 개발하였다. 개발된 $E{\times}B$ 탐침은 70 mm 길이의 집속기와 $148{\times}138{\times}90mm$의 본체, 40 mm길이의 콜렉터로 구성된다. $E{\times}B$ 탐침 설계에 가장 중요한 균일한 자기장 설계를 위해 전산모사를 통해 최적화 작업을 진행하였으며, 실험을 위한 진단계의 최적화와 초기 실험결과가 발표될 예정이다.