• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.32-40
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• 2006

Dynamic Radioscopy technique was developed to observe internal phenomena of motors during firings. For use of this technique, generator and image box consisting of conversion screen, mirror, and video camera were designed and fabricated at our laboratory, and static firing tests were conducted to small motors. Protection devices against vibration and noise induced from during combustion were also made and their performances were evaluated with reference to the vibration criteria. Test results have shown that the vibration levels at concerned points were measured less than vibration criteria, and the internal phenomena during firings were also observed clearly.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.219-222
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• 2007

This research on 2nd stage solid rocket motor of KSLV-I for performance change was carried out. Solid rocket motor shall ignite on altitude of 300km. Solid Rocket Motor performed Static Firing Test and High Altitude Test for motor performance. A study made an analysis of specific impulse variation for nozzle ambient pressure.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.126-133
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• 2018

A liquid rocket engine experiences various static loads in flight, such as high pressures due to propellents, thrust and thermal loads due to cryogenic liquid oxygen and combustion gas with extreme vibration. During the engine development stage, structural analyses and investigation on the strain measured from ground firing tests are necessary for determining the structural reliability of the engine. In this study, the strain characteristics, obtained from the ground firing tests of a 75 tonf-class engine, were analyzed.

• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• v.1 no.3
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• pp.273-289
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• 2014

Accuracy of a reconstruction technique assuming a constant characteristic exhaust velocity ($c^*$) efficiency for reducing hybrid rocket firing test data was examined experimentally. To avoid the difficulty arising from a number of complex chemical equilibrium calculations, a simple approximate expression of theoretical $c^*$ as a function of the oxidizer to fuel ratio (${\xi}$) and the chamber pressure was developed. A series of static firing tests with the same test conditions except burning duration revealed that the error in the calculated fuel consumption decreases with increasing firing duration, showing that the error mainly comes from the ignition and shutdown transients. The present reconstruction technique obtains ${\xi}$ by solving an equation between theoretical and experimental $c^*$ values. A difficulty arises when multiple solutions of ${\xi}$ exists. In the PMMA-LOX combination, a ${\xi}$ range of 0.6 to 1.0 corresponds to this case. The definition of $c^*$ efficiency necessary to be used in this reconstruction technique is different from a $c^*$ efficiency obtained by a general method. Because the $c^*$ efficiency obtained by average chamber pressure and ${\xi}$ includes the $c^*$ loss due to the ${\xi}$ shift, it can be below unity even when the combustion gas keeps complete mixing and chemical equilibrium during the entire period of a firing. Therefore, the $c^*$ efficiency obtained in the present reconstruction technique is superior to the $c^*$ efficiency obtained by the general method to evaluate the degree of completion of the mixing and chemical reaction in the combustion chamber.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.4 no.3
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• pp.19-28
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• 2000

In general the data such as thrust, pressure, temperature and combustion time are measured in developing the propulsion system of solid rocket motor through static firing test. But in the case of personal surface to air missile there are required a severe safety specifications in order to eliminate gunner hazard from the exhaust plume of motors. The safety requirements lead to the design of separation device and safety igniter device. The dynamic firing test for the designed two devices should be conducted under the flight environmental conditions to verify the requirements compliance. In this study the technique for dynamic firing test of propulsion system of personal surface to air missile is proposed and the method to design the dynamic test bench is also studied.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.211-214
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• 2007

Solid rocket motor that includes AL powder in propellant gets slag during static firing test. Slag is piled up to weak area in motor case and causes dangerous phenomena like explosion of motor. In this paper, It is shown that boots gap liner casting process was developed and static firing test was performed with better results.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.50-54
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• 2011

This paper presents a two-phase model for hybrid rocket internal ballistics design using $N_2O$ as oxidizer The two-phase model results are compared with data obtained from static firing test. Two-phase model is suitable for blow-down type with saturated compressible fluid as $N_2O$, presented the result by Part 1. HDPE as Fuel, and $N_2O$ as oxidizer were used during the static firing test. The combustor were designed for an average thrust of 30 kgf where oxidizer tank pressure in set to 50 bar. The numerical results of internal ballistic showed good agreements with static firing test results where thrust, oxidizer tank pressure and chamber pressure are compared.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.73-84
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• 2004

In general, static firing test is conducted before flight in order to obtain data such as thrust. pressure, temperature and strain, which show the characteristics of rocket motors. But the measured thrust of the obtained data is especially distorted by the effects of dynamic characteristics of thrust stand so that it is difficult for us to determine the exact value of peak thrust and rising time etc., which represent the performance of rocket motor. This paper, therefore. verified the causes of distortion of measured thrust, and proposed the theoretical method to estimate the true thrust from the distorted thrust. And also the proposed method was applied to virtual thrust stand using computer simulation, and showed good result. As a result of that, the proposed method was proven to be valid and applicable to estimate distorted thrust.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.53-56
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• 2008

When someone measuring for pressure of a Solid Rocket Motor(SRM) at Static Firing Test, generally, used with pressure tube to be filled in Oil. But, if you used pressure tube with oil, you were worried about possibility of spilled oil when you measured pressure in SRM at high altitude environment. Because it usually connected at ignitor. In this paper, We described how to make a pressure tube without oil and matters to be attended to design it.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2000.04a
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• pp.13-13
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• 2000

일반적으로 고체추진 로켓 모타의 개발단계 때 공통적으로 수행되는 주시험(main test)으로는 추력, 압력, 회전률 등의 성능측정을 하기 위한 정적연소시험(static firing test), 내부 정수압(hydrostatic pressure)에 의한 폭발 압력 시험, 연소중이나 연소 후 케이스에 대한 굽힘 강성 시험, 이외에 노화 시험, 환경시험 등이 요구된다. 그러나 신궁과 같은 휴대용 대공 시스템의 추진기관 개발의 경우에는 사수를 보호하기 위해 여러 가지 안전장치들이 설계되고, 이러한 장치들의 성능에 대한 요구 조건들을 확인하기 위한 특수시험(specific test)들이 필요하게 된다. 이러한 특수시험을 위한 각종 시험대들을, 위에서 언급한 주시험을 위해 사용되는 정적시험대(static test bench)들과 구분하기 위해 동적 시험대(DTB : Dynamic Test Bench)라고 한다. 본 연구에서는 신궁 추진기관의 사출모타 점화에서 비행모타 점화에 이르는 일련의 비행절차를 확인하기 위한 동적 시험대 설계 및 제작, 계측장치 구성 및 데이터 획득 방법 등에 관한 내용을 소개하며, 동적 시험대에서 수회에 걸쳐 수행된 동적 시험 결과를 분석/정리하였다.