• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.5 no.4
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• pp.94-101
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• 2001

The shock structure of dual coaxial jet is experimentally investigated. Eight different kinds of coaxial, dual nozzles are employed to observe the major features of the near field shock structure on the supersonic, coaxial, dual jets. Four convergent-divergent supersonic nozzles having the Mach number 2.0 and 3.0 are used to compare the coaxial jet flows discharging from two sonic nozzles. The primary pressure ratio is changed in the range between 1.0 and 10.0, and the assistant jet ratio from 1.0 to 4.0. The results show that the impinging angle, nozzle geometry and pressure ratio significantly affect the near field shock structure, Mach disk location and Mach disk diameter.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2011.04a
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• pp.61-65
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• 2011

In this paper, the nozzle design with asymmetric configuration using the optimal method is used in order to improve the under- and over-expansion problem of the flow at the supersonic turbine nozzle. For the design of nozzle contour, 8 design variables are selected and the total-to-static efficiency from the nozzle inlet to the wake outlet is considered as the objective function to be maximized. The Fluent6.3 and the iSIGHT-FD program are used for calculation of nozzle flow and design optimization respectively. RBF(Radial Basis Function) method is chosen for approximate optimization algorithm. It is shown that the static efficiency of improved nozzle design increases 1.35% and loss coefficient decreases 19.85% as compared to baseline design.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2011.04a
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• pp.130-131
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• 2011

In the present work, a synchronization test system for variable nozzle is described. Variable nozzles are used to enhance the effectiveness of aircraft engines at various altitudes. The synchronization test system was developed to verify the dynamic characteristics and synchronization of variable nozzle mechanism including flaps. The system with a variable nozzle was analyzed, before its fabrication, by a multi-body dynamics analysis software RecurDyn. The newly developed test system is being used to show the synchronization capability of a variable nozzle system.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.22 no.5
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• pp.22-31
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• 2018

In this study, numerical simulations were performed to determine the dynamic characteristics of a pintle nozzle, with changes to the chamber boundary conditions. To apply movement, to the pintle, the nozzle and pintle were created separately by an auto-grid generation program using an overset grid method. The chamber boundary conditions were selected between a constant mass-flow rate condition and a propellant burn-back condition. The pressure and thrust characteristics of the constant mass-flow rate condition were determined by changing the ratio of the mass-flow rate in the inlet. The propellant burn-back condition was considered by formulation of the combustion rate. The burn-back conditions represented nonlinear phenomena, unlike the constant mass flow rate, and a small flow rate resulted in a large change in the chamber pressure.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.16-27
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• 2018

A basic numerical analysis was performed to confirm the possibility of combining a dual bell nozzle and an Expansion-Deflection(E-D) nozzle. The dual bell nozzle was designed based on the first-stage nozzle of the Korean Space Launch Vehicle that is being developed, and the E-D nozzle concept was applied to the dual bell nozzle. The inlet condition was analyzed by applying eight types of frozen flow analysis, and k-${\omega}$ SST was selected as the turbulence model. The number of optimal grids was obtained as 240,000 through the grid sensitivity analysis. As a result, it was confirmed that the transition altitude increased owing to over-expansion when the E-D nozzle concept was applied to the dual bell nozzle, and the specific impulse gain was obtained at high altitudes compared with the KSLV-II first-stage engine.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.38-51
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• 2018

This study was carried out to improve the performance characteristics of nozzleless boosters that are used in ramjet boosters. A propellant using Zr as the metal fuel was developed, which provided a higher density than the propellant using Al as the metal fuel. The developed propellant was cast using the nozzleless booster and a ground test was carried out by varying the length-to-diameter ratio (L/D ratio) of the propellant. From a comparison between the performance characteristics of propellants using Zr and Al, it was proved that the performance of the propellant using Zr is higher than that of propellant using Al, except for the specific impulse, under all tested conditions. As the length-to-diameter ratio was increased, the specific impulse of the propellant using Zr was decreased by 88% compared with that of the propellant with Al. However, because of the density difference between the propellants, the impulse density of the propellant with Zr was higher than that of the propellant with Al under all tested conditions.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.2-3
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• 2002

일반적으로 연소과정에서 발생한 고온고압의 연소가스로 인하여 액체추진기관의 연소실 및 노즐 벽면 그리고 추진기관 후방부위에 대류열전달(Convective heat transfer)과 복사열전달(Thermal radiative heat transfer)이 발생하는 것으로 알려져 있으며, 액체추진기관에서 발생하는 복사열전달 현상은 재생냉각장치의 열입력량 예측 및 발사체의 추진기관 후방부위에 탑재되는 전자장이 및 구조물의 열적환경(Thermal environmental phenomena)을 분석하는데 매우 중요하다. 이에 본 연구에서는 노즐 후방부위에서 발생하는 복사열전달량(Radiative heat transfer rate)을 측정하고 연소압(Chamber pressure)과 혼합비(Mixture ratio)에 따른 영향을 파악하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.1-8
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• 2014

Overexpanded flow of an axisymmetric thruster nozzle is numerically simulated to investigate effects of nozzle pressure ratio (NPR) on the shock structure and thrust performance. The Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations with k-${\omega}$ SST turbulence model are solved utilizing FLUENT solver. As the NPR is raised, thrust performance monotonically increases with the shock structure and flow-separation point being pushed toward the nozzle exit. It is also discussed that the flow structure at nozzle-exit plane which is immediately affected by a position of nozzle-interior shocks and expansion waves, has strong influence upon the thrust performance of thruster nozzle.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.46-52
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• 2006

Techniques used for thrust vector control in rocket motors are mainly classified nozzles installed mechanical interference on the expansive region of nozzle(such as jet tabs and jet vanes) and movable nozzles(such as ball&socket and flexible seal). Using the numerical analysis and cold-flow test, this paper evaluates the performance of supersonic nozzle with asymmetric entrance shape when the test nozzle, especially ball&socket, is tilted. Numerical result shows that the effect of the asymmetric entrance shape on the flow field is suddenly diminished at the nozzle throat and downstream is mostly free from the effect of asymmetric entrance shape. Although the calculated thrust and lateral force are less than those of cold-flow test, two results show a fairly good agreement. But the cold-flow test results indicate the effective angles calculated from measured forces are not agreement with the geometric angles.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.162-166
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• 2005

A thermal resistance estimation of carbon/carbon composites used as the nozzle throat insert of solid rocket motor was performed using TPEM motor. Three types of TPEM motor and two types of propellant were employed. The ablation rate is higher for the higher chamber pressure and also higher for the higher concentration of oxidizing species in combustion gas, but it is lower for the higher material density.