• 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.

• 한국가시화정보학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2004.04a
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• pp.9-18
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• 2004

초음속 유동하에서 측추력기 주위의 유동 현상을 실험 및 수치해석을 이용하여 해석하였다. 실험은 버지니아공대의 초음속 풍동과 건국대의 초음속 풍동을 사용하였으며 계산 코드는 Aerosoft 사의 GASP(ver.4.0)과 건국대의 AADL3D를 사용하였다. 실험결과는 Schlieren, Shadow graph 등의 가시화 장치와 압력 센서와 PSP(Pressure Sensitive Paint)를 이용하여 유동장 특성과 압력분포를 구하여 실제 작용되는 힘과 모멘트를 구하였다. 실험조건은 자유류의 흐름이 마하수 4 이고 측추력기와 자유류의 압력비가 532 이었다. 성능향상 방안으로 측추력기 후방에 램프를 설치하는 것을 제안하였으며 이에 대한 실험을 수행하여 수직력에 대한 변화는 없지만 피칭다운 모멘트가 약 $70\%$ 감소함을 보여주어 실제로 성능이 향상되었음을 입증하였다. 또한 측추력기의 성능에 영향을 주는 여러 가지 인자들에 대한 가시화실험을 수행하여 그 이해를 돕고자 하였으며, 현재 건국대에서 보유하고 있는 고속유동 관련 실험장치의 소개와 이를 이용한 연구들을 소개하므로써 압축성 유동장 연구에 이러한 실험장치의 필요성에 대한 이해를 구하고자 한다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.63-70
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• 2013

To analyze flow characteristics of the side jet thruster with 4 shutters and rectangular nozzles, a 3-D simulation has been implemented. Numerical calculations for two rotation angles of the shutter, have been conducted. Internal recirculation in a chamber and asymmetric flow structure in a nozzle were observed. In addition, the more shutter rotated, the more asymmetries of flow increased, and this phenomena resulted in thrust bias. The degrees of thrust bias and thrust performance with the rotation angles of the shutter were predicted and compared with theoretical thrust.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.110-116
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• 2012

To analyze flow characteristics and performance of the side jet thruster with 4 shutters and rectangular nozzles, a 3-D simulation has been implemented. Numerical calculations for three rotation anlgles of the shutter, have been conducted. Internal recirculation in a chamber and asymmetric flow structure in a nozzle were observed. In addition, the more shutter rotated, the more asymmetries of flow increased, and this phenomena resulted in thrust bias. The degrees of thrust bias and thrust performance with the rotation angles of the shutter were predicted and comparisons with theoretical thrust were made.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.38 no.12
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• pp.1359-1365
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• 2014

In this study, 1-way fluid structure interaction analysis(FSI) for the shutter, component of side jet thruster was performed to evaluate the safety. Driving torque to open nozzle, thermal and high pressure load of hot gas was applied to shutter. Thus, the shutter must be designed to endure this load during combustion. We carried out computational fluid dynamics analysis to obtain the pressure, temperature, and heat transfer coefficient of hot gas of side jet thruster. We then used the data as the load condition for a thermal structural analysis using a mapping method. The locations with the maximum stress and temperature distributions were found. We compared the maximum stress with the tensile stress of shutter material according to temperature to evaluate the safety. We also analyzed the radial deformation of the shutter to set the proper interface gap with the side jet thruster parts.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.32 no.4
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• pp.73-79
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• 2004

An experimental and computational study has been performed for investigation of the jet interaction in supersonic flow with a ramp located behind a sonic, lateral jet. The experimental techniques include schlieren, pressure taps, and Pressure Sensitive Paint. The numerical solver used in this study is AeroSoft's structured flow solver GASP Version 4.0. A Mach 4 crossflow with a pressure ratio of 532, and the 3D ramp was designed by parametric study using GASP. The results showed that the ramp located downstream of the jet decrese the nose-down pitching moment by 70% without a force loss.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.36 no.6
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• pp.581-586
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• 2008

The MEMS solid propellant thrusters have very low thrust level for applying to the propulsion system of micro/nano satellites or the side jet thruster of smart bombs. In this research, the fabrication possibility of planar type MEMS solid propellant thrusters that have enlarged burning surface area was examined and the safety of the structure of thruster during the firing test was confirmed. The performance of a micro igniter which is the key component of the MEMS solid propellant thruster was estimated by the ANSYS Icepak and evaluated by the experiment. Finally, the thrust was measured by the micro force sensor. The levels of thrust were 300, 600 mN in the case of K=15, 20.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.69-75
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• 2003

The ideal thrust function is used to determine the local thrust of supersonic combustor. Method of thrust determination from measured pressures are applied to the Mach 2.5 model supersonic combustor. In this application, measured pressures from the experiments in the University of Michigan are used to determine the local thrust of supersonic combustor. Marginal results of local thrust are obtained and discussed. Combustion and wedge affect thrust distributions in the upstream region significantly. The thrust determination from pressure measurements can be a simple, feasible and applicable method, especially when thrust stand is not available.

• 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.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.191-195
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• 2006

It is definitely required to control dispersion of the rocket engine performance in order to accomplish the mission of a launch vehicle successfully. A performance dispersion analysis was conducted for a gas generator cycle liquid rocket engine and the required pressure drops were estimated for engine tunning. As a result, the vacuum thrust dispersion of the engine was from +9.1% to -8.7% and the mixture ratio deviated from +9.7% to -9.6% from the nominal value due to the errors of components and the engine inlet condition of propellants. The required pressure drop in the LOx line to the combustor is higher than in the fuel line for same mixture ratio change.