• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.43-46
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• 2006

Storage air heater(SAH) is a general purpose facility that is used to simulate the high altitude condition of supersonic ground test facility, thurst compensation test of rocket engine nozzle and gas turbine engine combustor test. SAH in KARI is built to simulate the total temperature of the supersonic ground test facility which has a wide flight envelope from altitude 0km, Mach 2 to altitude 25km, Mach 5 and operates up to 1300K, 3.5MPa. In this paper, we introduces the SAH in JAXA which is model of SAH in KARI and summarizes the design process and manufacture of ours.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.56-66
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• 2013

Weight reduction of the VTHL / TSTO type of the reusable launch vehicles using RBCC engines are investigated. To predict weight and thrust of the vehicles, equations of motion are analyzed. Analysis results are compared with specifications of existing launch vehicles for validations. For the mission of inserting 2.5 ton payload to 200 km circular orbit, the case A, which uses the RBCC engine in the 1st stage shows smaller weight than the case B, which uses the RBCC engine in the 2nd stage. The weight of the case A shows only 25.8% of a existing rocket launch vehicle's weight.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.331-335
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• 2006

Theoretically, stable operations of an inlet are achieved at the design condition. However, at off-design conditions supersonic inlets often encounter the problem of aerodynamic instability, called inlet buzz. During inlet buzz, supersonic inlets exhibit considerable oscillation of the shock system in front of the inlet and corresponding large pressure fluctuations downstream. This phenomenon results in decrease of engine performance. An experimental and numerical study was conducted to investigate the phenomenon of supersonic inlet buzz on a generic, axisymmetric, external-compression inlet with a single-surface center-body. This study suggest that intermittent buzz exist and the frequency become to be large as increasing the back pressure.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2007.04a
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• pp.168-171
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• 2007

A technical review of current slurry and gelled propellants is presented. In advanced countries, it is confirmed that these propellants have high specific impulse, density, excellent handling, safety characteristics and thrust controllability through research since 1950s. Substantial researches have been pursued to characterize the rheological properties, spray/combustion phenomena and propulsion system design for the gel propellant characteristics. Slurry and gelled propellants are developing actively to applicate both military and space propulsion fields such as tactical missile, air-breathing ramjet, pulse detonation engine, and combined cycle engine of future propulsion mode.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.72-78
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• 2005

Considerable achievements on scramjet technology have been performed since the end of 1950's when the improvement of performance on ramjet engine was begun. From the viewpoint of rapid and economic efficiency, scramjet propulsion system is presently regarded as the most promising one considered to be applied to the atmospheric hypersonic airplanes and ballistic weapons and even the space launch vehicles. Histories and current trends on scramjet development of USA and Russia are investigated and suggested in this paper.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.79-85
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• 2005

Considerable achievements on scramjet technology have been performed since the end of 1950's when the improvement of performance on ramjet engine was begun. From the viewpoint of rapid and economic efficiency, scramjet propulsion system is presently regarded as the most promising one considered to be applied to the atmospheric hypersonic airplanes and ballistic weapons and even the space launch vehicles. Histories and current trends on scramjet development of france, Germany, Japan and Australia are investigated and suggested in this paper.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.705-708
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• 2011

Ejector system can induce the secondary flow or affect the secondary chamber pressure by both shear stress and pressure drop which are generated in the primary jet boundary. Ejectors are widely used in a range of applications such as a turbine-based combined-cycle propulsion system and a high altitude test facility for rocket engine, pressure recovery system, desalination plant and ejector ramjet etc. The primary interest of this study is to set up an design procedure on the configuration and operating condition of multi-ejector for the various high altitude simulation.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 1998.10a
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• pp.12-12
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• 1998

무기체계의 추진체로서 고체 로켓트 추진기관이 제작의 용이성, 구조의 간단성, 이에 따른 저렴한 제작비, 그리고 고 신뢰도 확보가능 등의 여러 장점으로 대부분의 현존 전술 유도무기에 채택되어 사용되어 오고 있으나 대응, 방어 무기체계의 빠른 발전으로 이에 따른 새로운 추진기관의 유도무기체제가 요구되고 있다. 램제트 기관은 공기흡입추진기관으로 상대적으로 높은 비추력(1000-2000s)과 추력 중량비(∼20)을 가지며, 이로 인해 기존의 로켓 엔진에 비해 4-5배의 성능을 낼 수 있으며, 초음속 장거리 비행에 적합하다며, 또한 높은 속도영역까지 운용가능하고 구조가 비교적 간단하다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 1998.10a
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• pp.14-14
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• 1998

램제트 엔진은 초음속에서 공기가 충격파를 통해 아음속으로 속도가 낮아지고 압력이 증가하는 램 압축 현상을 이용하되 압축기를 사용하지 않고 아음속 상태에서 연소하는 구조로 되어 있다. 따라서 각 부품의 성능은 독립적이지 않으며 전체적인 성능을 규명하기 위해서는 공기 흡입구와 연소실, 연료 분사체계 등의 상호작용을 고려하여 유동의 특성과 그에 따른 연소현상의 특성을 함께 고려해야만 한다. 본 연구에서는 속도 범위 Mach 5이내, 고도 30km이내의 운항조건을 갖는 유도 무기에 장착될 램제트 엔진 개발을 위한 연구의 첫 번째 단계로써, 램제트 연소실내의 유동장해석을 실험과 수치해석 두 분야로 나누어 수행하였다.

• Proceeding of EDISON Challenge
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• 2012.04a
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• pp.77-80
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• 2012

초음속 흡입구는 설계점에서 안정적으로 작동하지만 설계점 밖에서는 엔진성능이 급격히 감소하거나 층 격파 불안정 문제가 발생할 수 있다. 초음속 흡입구의 일반적인 특성을 파악하기 위해 2단 꺾임각을 갖는 외부 압축식 2차원 흡입구를 설계하고 EDISON_열유체 시스템을 이용하여 최종적으로 설계 마하수 2.5에서 작동하는 형상을 얻었다. 그러나 설계 마하수 이하의 영역에서는 충격파-경계층, 충격파간 상호작용으로 인해 유동에서 박리가 발생하고 최종적으로 흡입구 목을 질식시켜 아임계 상태로 천이된다. 이를 해결하기 위해 유동 제어 방법 중 하나인 bleeding을 이용하여 경계층을 제거하거나 유동의 박리를 방지하여 충격파를 cowl lip 전방에 안정하게 고정시킬 수 있었으며, 결과적으로 목적하였던 마하수 2.0에서 2.5에 이르는 작동 영역에서 강건하게 운용될 수 있는 초음속 흡입구를 설계하였다.