• 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.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.167-171
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• 2012

A computational analysis of nozzle flow is conducted to investigate effects of the flight altitude on thrust performance. Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equation with k-${\omega}$ SST(Shear Stress Transport) turbulence model is employed to simulate the nozzle flow in various altitude conditions, where continuum mechanics is to be valid. Thrust performance of the nozzle is exceedingly poor upto 10 km of flight altitude because of the irreversible phenomena such as shock and/or flow separation occurring inside the nozzle, whereas it is restored to the nominal value as the altitude is attained higher than 30 km.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.12-24
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• 2020

The dual-throat nozzle is an extremely effective method in the thrust vectoring control field, utilizing another convergent section to connect with the divergent part of the conventional convergent-divergent nozzle. In the present research, the numerical simulation is conducted to investigate the effects of the injection angle on thrust vectoring performance in a 3D supersonic nozzle. Five injection angles are discussed and core performance variations are analyzed, including the deflection angle, injected mass flow ratio, system resultant thrust ratio, efficiency, Mach number contour and streamline on the symmetry plane, and Mach number contours at different slices. Meaningful conclusions are offered for fighter jet designers.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 1998.04a
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• pp.21-21
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• 1998

추력방향 제어시스템 설계에 있어서 가장 기본적으로 요구되는 Requirement는 Rocket Motor의 추력, 요구되는 최대 Side Force, Rocket Motor의 외경, System의 총 구동시간, 구동후의 분리여부 등이다. 이러한 Requirement를 만족하기 위해서는 Nozzle 출구의 분출가스 물성치로부터 초음속 유동해석을 통하여 Vane 주위의 속도, 온도, 압력 분포를 구하고, Vane의 받음각 변화에 대한 Aerodynamic Force와 Moment를 계산하고, Side Force를 만족하는 최대 받음각의 결정, Torque를 만족하는 감속기와 Motor의 선정 및 Housing 기본 형상을 설계하였다. 금번 개발에서는 지상 시험용으로서 안전 계수를 Flight Model보다 약간 높게 설계하였으며, 작동 완료 후 System이 Nozzle로부터 떨어져나가는 분리시스템은 포함하지 않았다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 1998.04a
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• pp.23-23
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• 1998

Jet Vane Type 추력방향제어 시스템의 구조적 안정성을 검토하기 위해 시스템의 해석을 Vane, Ablation & Bracket Interface, Nozzle flange & Housing Interface 및 Fastener의 세 부분으로 나누어 수행하였다. 해석을 위한 외력조건은 유동해석을 통해 얻어진 온도 및 압력분포에 근거하였으며, Vane의 응력해석을 위해서는 상용 Software인 Patran 및 Nastran이 사용되었다. 이번 연구는 Test Model 단계로서 충분한 강도의 고정 Housing이 사용되어, 이에 대한 해석은 수행되지 않았지만 추후 Flight Model 단계에서는 함께 고려되어질 것이며, 각 경우의 Margin of Safety값들을 도출하여 구조적 안정성을 검토하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2004.03a
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• pp.408-413
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• 2004

Numerical and experimental investigation were car-ried out to clarify the flow structure of underexpanded jet from a square nozzle. The square nozzle rep-resents one of the clustered combustors of a linear aerospike engine. From the numerical results, the three-dimensional shock wave of the underexpanded square jet was found to be composed of two shocks. One is the intercepting shock which corresponds to the shock observed in two-dimensional planar jet. The other is the recompression shock divided into two types. The expansion fans coming from the nozzle edges interact with each other at the comers of the nozzle exit, and overexpanded regions are generated. Therefore one of the two recompression shocks is formed at the comers of the nozzle exit behind the overexpanded regions. As the jet goes downstream, the overexpanded regions grow larger to coalesce at the symmetry planes. Then, the other type of the recompression shock is generated. The three-dimensional shock structure formed by the intercepting shock and the recompression shocks dominates the expansion of the jet boundary. The shock detection algorithm us-ing CFD results was developed to reveal the relation between the shock waves and the jet boundary, and it was found that the cross-sectional jet shape becomes cross-shape. The key features observed in the numerical investigation were verified by the experimental results. The shock structure at the diagonal plane was in good agreement with the experimental schlieren images. Moreover, the cross-sections visualized by the Mie scattering method confirmed that the cross-section of the jet becomes cross-shape.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.34-39
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• 2005

In this study, 3-D nozzle shape and the shape of nozzle at exit plane were adopted as design parameter of 3-D supersonic nozzle and numerical analyses for these parameters have been performed to investigate the flow and performance characteristics for design parameters of the turbine. Firstly, comparing results for nozzle shape, rectangular nozzle had less total pressure loss occurred in axial gap and more power by 1.5% than circular nozzle did. Next, comparing the results for the shape of nozzle at exit plane, it is found that the performance of partial admission turbine was largely depended upon the gap between nozzle wall at exit plane and the hub / tip of rotor blade and the length between nozzles.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2008.03a
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• pp.448-451
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• 2008

Three methods of nozzle flow analysis, frozen-equilibrium, shifting-equilibrium and non-equilibrium approaches, were used to rocket nozzle flow, those were coupled with the methods of computational fluid dynamics code. For a design of high temperature rocket nozzle, chemical equilibrium analysis which shares the same numerical characteristics with frozen flow analysis can be an efficient design tool for predicting maximum thermodynamic performance of the nozzle. Frozen fluid analysis presents the minimum performance of the nozzle because of no consideration for the energy recovery. On the other hand, the case of chemical-equilibrium analysis is able to forecast the maximum performance of the nozzle due to consideration for the energy recovery that is produced for the fast reaction velocity compared with velocity of moving fluid. In this study, using the chemical equilibrium flow analysis code that is combined the modified frozen-equilibrium and the chemical-equilibrium. In order to understand the thermochemical characteristic components and the accompanying energy recovery, shifting-equilibrium flow analysis was carried out for the 30 $ton_f$-class KARI liquid rocket engine nozzle together with frozen flow. The performance evaluation based on the 30 $ton_f$-class KARI LRE nozzle flow analyses will provide an understanding of the thermochemical process in the nozzle and performances of nozzle.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.42-55
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• 2021

In this study, the effect of nozzle performance according to the selection of the center line equation. Three of S-type nozzles and three of double S-type nozzles were designed using the curve equation and design parameters, and the nozzle shielding performance was evaluated using the shielding ratio definition. In order to analyze the internal flow of the nozzle, the characteristics of the velocity distribution and pressure distribution were studied, and the nozzle performance was evaluated through the total thrust ratio(f) and the nozzle insulation efficiency coefficient(η). On the other hand, the centerline with a sharply change in curvature at the entrance has a low nozzle performance and a high shielding rate. The double S-type nozzle is excellent nozzle performance and shielding rate by using a smooth centerline at the first curvature.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.76-79
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• 2007

From the previous researches about flow characteristic of micro-nozzle， we found that viscosity and back pressure induced heavy losses in micro nozzle. To overcome thess losses, we began to study new conceptual micro propulsion system that is thermal transpiration based micro propulsion system. It has no moving parts and can pump the gaseous propellant by temperature gradient only (cold to hot). Most of previous research on thermal transpiration is in its early stage and mainly studied for application to small vacuum facility or gas chromatography in ambient condition using nanoporous material like aerogel. In this study, we focus on basic research of propulsion system based on thermal transpiration using polyimide material in vacuum conditions.