• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.124-131
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• 2002

In this study, a preliminary design code was developed for the initiation of HTPB/LOX hybrid rocket system. HTPB was assumed to have a constant regression rate. And initial input parameters; number of port, initial O/F ratio F/W ratio, and chamber pressure, were varied to analyze the effects on the performance and geometry of rocket system. The results showed a qualitatively good agreement with previous data. And it was revealed that there exists a number of design results that meet the mission requirements and that we could find an optimal design case if a proper constraint would be imposed. Thus, it is natural to account for the optimal algorithm during the design procedure and to consider more realistic and reliable formulations used for weight estimation of structural supports and accessories.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.31 no.3
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• pp.72-78
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• 2003

In this paper, the feasibility study and the parametric design of hybrid motor with HTPB/LOX were conducted for micro air launch system. Design results were compared with 1st stage of Pegasus XL for verification of hybrid motor. Results showed that hybrid motor replace solid booster if Isp of hybrid motor reaches 330sec. In addition, mission analysis was established for micro air launch system, and parametric design was conducted with design variables: number of port, initial oxidizer flux, and chamber pressure. And the region of Isp was identified by parametric study which satisfied design constraints and mission analysis.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.32 no.4
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• pp.53-60
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• 2004

Optimal design of the hybrid motor has been performed for the first stage of nanosat air launch vehicle using F-4E Phantom as mother plane. Selected design variables are number of ports, the initial oxidizer flux, the combustion chamber pressure, and the nozzle expansion ratio. GBM(Gradient Based Method) and GA(Genetic Algorithm) are simultaneously used to compare the versatility of each algorithm for optimal design in this problem. Also, two objective functions of motor weight, and length are treated separatedly in the optimization to study how the objective function can affect the optimal design. The design results show that the optimal design can be successfully achieved either using GBM or GA regardless of the choice of the objective function; motor weight or length. And nanosat air launch vehicle which has total mass of 704.74kg, and length of first stage 3.74m is designed.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.17-23
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• 2006

This paper describes the preliminary design procedure for the hybrid propulsion system. For a given mission defined by velocity increment, the design of a polyethylene/LOX hybrid rocket was implemented. In addition, Seven-cluster multi-port fuel-grain was considered. After determining the system size including the combustion chamber, the performance parameters such as specific impulse, thrust, characteristic velocity, and thrust coefficient can be predicted by using empirical regression rate correlation, though most of preliminary design code assume constant regression rate. The results of the performance prediction indicated that besides the widely used HTPB/LOX, polyethylene/LOX hybrid motor can be a viable alternative to the more widely used SRMs.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2000.04a
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• pp.12-12
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• 2000

우리 나라는 일본상공의 비행을 피하기 위하여 제주도와 남해안 근해로 발사장 선정이 국한되는 지정학적인 위치로 볼 때 발사장 선택에 제한이 없는 공중발사에 대한 가능성 연구가 필요한 시점에 있다. 본 연구는 우리 나라와 같은 분단 된 특수상황 그리고 지정학적 위치에서의 발사장을 고려한 우주 발사체 개발의 필요성에 따라 F-4에 장착 가능한 3단형 공중발사 로켓을 설계하고 1/3의 축소 모형을 제작하였다. 2kg의 payload를 갖는 발사체의 1단은 LRM ( Lox/kerosene )을 사용하였고 2, 3단은 SRM ( HTPB/AP/Al )을 사용하였으며 발사고도는 11-l2km 상공에서 F-4에 의해서 발사되고 31km지점에서 1단 분리가 이루어지며 62km지점에서 2단 분리와 nose fairing을 분리하게 된다. 전장은 6.85m 이며 전체 무게는 560.6kg 이고 전체 발사체 시스템의 CAD 도면은 아래 그림 1과 같이 주어져 있다. 그림 2에서는 F-4E phantom의 장착성을 검토해 본 결과 장착이 가능함을 알 수 있었으며 추진제 양의 감소로 크기를 대폭 줄일 수 있었다.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• v.17 no.10
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• pp.1572-1582
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• 2003

Hybrid rocket combustion has a manifestation of stable response to the perturbations compared to solid propellant combustion. Recently, it has revealed that the low frequency combustion instability about 10 Hz was occurred mainly due to thermal inertia of solid fuel. In this paper, the combustion response function was theoretically derived by use of ZN (Zeldovich-Novozhilov) method. The result with HTPB/LOX combination showed a quite good agreement in response function with previous works and could predict the low frequency oscillations with a peak around 10 Hz which was observed experimentally. Also, it was found that the amplification region in the frequency domain is independent of the regression rate exponent n but showed the dependence of activation energy. Moreover, the response function has shown that the hybrid combustion system was stable due to negative heat release of solid fuel for vaporization, even though the addition of energetic ingredients such as AP and Al could lead to increase heat release at the fuel surface.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.77-77
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• 2002

초소형 공중발사체 설계 시 하이브리드 모터의 적용가능성에 대한 연구를 실시하였다. HTPB/LOX를 추진제로 하여 마차바퀴형 연료 그레인, 산화제 탱크 가압방식을 사용하였고, 성능특성을 계산하기 위하여 하이브리드 연료의 연소율이 일정하다고 가정 하였다. 본 연구에 사용된 임무는 중량 3.5kg의 나노위성을 근지점 고도 200km, 원지점 고도 1,500km의 타원궤도로 진입시키는 것을 목적으로 하는 로켓의 1단 부분에 관한 것으로 1단의 발사속도는 M=1.3, 발사고도는 12km, 연소종료 고도는 40km이다. 1단에 대한 페이로드 중량은 127.5kg이고, 속도증가분($\Delta$V)은 3,330m/s이다. 모선은 F-4E를 사용하였고 모선의 특성상 발사체의 총 중량이 1,000kg이하로 제한되고 길이와 직경이 5m${\times}$5m로 제한되나 1단에 대한 길이의 제한조건은 현재까지 명확히 정립되지 않은 상태이다. 설계과정에서의 변수는 연료 그레인 포트 개수, 초기 산화제 플럭스, 연소실 압력을 사용했고, 설계 제한조건은 추진제 중량, 평균 비추력, 평균 추력, 연소시간, 1단 길이, 직경, 연소시간이고, 이들의 범위는 모선의 특성과 초소형 공중발사체의 임무특성에 맞게 설정하였다.