• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1994.07a
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• pp.49-51
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• 1994

LIM has been developed for use in the industry, transportation, OA, FA because of the merits of direct drive and simple structure. The thrust control of LIM usually has been the average thrust control. However, vector control is required to control the instantaneous thrust force for an accurate positioning and speed control. To obtain dynamic vector control characteristics, it is important to make equivalent circuits which represent exactly LIM In this paper, asymmetrical d-q equivalent circuits is built [1] and vector control characteristics is calculated by simulation using these circuits.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.37-40
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• 2003

The thrust vector control using a fluidic counterflow concept is achieved by applying a vacuum to a slot adjacent to a primary jet which is shrouded by a suction collar. The vacuum produces a secondary reverse flowing stream near the primary. The shear layers between the two counterflowing streams mix and entrain mass from the surrounding fluid. The presence of the collar inhibits mass entrainment and the flow m the collar accelerates causing a drop in pressure on the collar. For the vacuum asymmetrically applied to one side of the nozzle, the jet will vector toward the low-pressure region. The present study is performed to investigate the effectiveness of thrust vector control using the fluidic counterflow concept. A computational work is carried out using the two-dimensional, compressible Navier-Stokes equations, with several kinds of turbulence models. The computational results are compared with the previous experimental ones. It is found that the present fluidic counterflow concept is a viable method to vector the thrust of a propulsion system.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.496-501
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• 2003

Computational study is performed to understand the fluidic thrust vectoring control of an axisymmetric nozzle, in which secondary gas injection is made in the divergent section of the nozzle. The nozzle has a design Mach number of 2.0, and the operation pressure ratio is varied to obtain the different flow features in the nozzle flow. The injection flow rate is varied by means of the injection port pressure. Test conditions are in the range of the nozzle pressure ratio from 3.0 to 8.26 and the injection pressure ratio from 0 to 1.0. The present computational results show that, for a given nozzle pressure ratio, an increase of the injection pressure ratio produces increased thrust vector angle, but decreases the thrust efficiency.

• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.39-57
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• 2022

Instead of developing new guided missiles, converting unguided missile into guided ones by adding guidance and controlkits hasbecome aglobaltrend.Ofthemost efficient andwidelyused thrust vector control(TVC) techniquesin rocketry isthe jet vanes placed inside the nozzle divergentsection. Upon deflecting them, lift created on the vanesistransferred to the rocket generating the desired control moment. The presentstudy examinesthe concept of using an add-on jet vaneTVC kit to a plain nozzle.The impact of adding the kit with different vaneslocations and deflectionanglesisnumericallyinvestigatedbysimulatingtheflowthroughthenozzlewiththekit.Twohingelocations are examined namely, at 24% and 36% of nozzle exit diameter. For each location, angles of deflection namely 0°, 5°, 10°, and 15° are examined. Focus is made on variation of control force, thrust losses, lift and drag on vanes, jet inclination, and jetflow structure withTVCkit design parameters.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.10-20
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• 2019

Recently, fluidic thrust vector control has become a core technique to control multifarious air vehicles, such as supersonic aircraft and modern rockets. Fluidic thrust vector control using the shock vector concept has many advantages for achieving great vectoring performance, such as fast vectoring response, simple structure, and low weight. In this paper, computational fluid dynamics methods are used to study a three-dimensional rectangular supersonic nozzle with a slot injector. To evaluate the reliability and stability of computational methodology, the numerical results were validated with experimental data. The pressure distributions along the upper and lower nozzle walls in the symmetry plane showed an excellent match with the test results. Several numerical simulations were performed based on the shear stress transport(SST) $k-{\omega}$ turbulence model. The effect of the momentum flux ratio was investigated thoroughly, and the performance variations have been clearly illustrated.

• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2004.04a
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• pp.1637-1642
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• 2004

Experimental and computational studies were performed to investigate the effectiveness of a thrust vectoring method using a counterflow concept. A shadowgraph method was used to visualize the supersonic jet expanded from a two-dimensional convergent-divergent nozzle and deflected by a now suction. The primary nozzle pressure and suction nozzle pressure ratios are varied between 3.0 and 5.0, and between 0.2 and 1.0 respectively. The present experimental and computational results showed that, for a given primary nozzle pressure ratio, a decrease in the suction nozzle pressure ratio produced an increased thrust vector angle, and during the change processes of the suction pressure, a hysteresis effect of the thrust vectoring was found through the wall pressure distributions.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.288-291
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• 2010

Numerical analysis was conducted on thrust vector control using multi-nozzle system. The nozzle using flow valve switch to control mass flow of multi scarfed nozzle to manage thrust was considered. The operating characteristics of scarfed nozzle, thrust component and moment of multi nozzle in terms of mass flow rate were investigated by three dimensional flow simulation.

• Advances in aircraft and spacecraft science
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• v.3 no.4
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• pp.367-378
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• 2016

Thrust Vectoring is a dynamic feature that offers many benefits in terms of maneuverability and control effectiveness. Thrust vectoring capabilities make the satisfaction of take-off and landing requirements easier. Moreover, it can be a valuable control effector at low dynamic pressures, where traditional aerodynamic controls are less effective. A numerical investigation of Fluidic Thrust Vectoring (FTV) is completed to evaluate the use of fluidic injection to manipulate flow separation and cause thrust vectoring of the primary jet thrust. The methodology presented is general and can be used to study different techniques of fluidic thrust vectoring like shock-vector control, sonic-plane skewing and counterflow methods. For validation purposes the method will focus on the dual-throat nozzle concept. Internal nozzle performances and thrust vector angles were computed for several range of nozzle pressure ratios and fluidic injection flow rate. The numerical results obtained are compared with the analogues experimental data reported in the scientific literature. The model is integrated using a finite volume discretization of the compressible URANS equations coupled with a Spalart-Allmaras turbulence model. Second order accuracy in space and time is achieved using an ENO scheme.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.25-30
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• 2010

Dual throat nozzle(DTN) is recently attracting much attention as a new concept of the thrust vectoring technique. This DTN is designed with two throats, an upstream minimum and a downstream minimum at the nozzle exit, with a cavity in between the upstream throat and exit. In the present study, a computational work has been carried out to analyze the performance of a dual throat nozzle(DTN) at various mass flow rate of secondary flow and nozzle pressure ratios(NPR). Two-dimensional, steady, compressible Navier-Stokes equations were solved using a fully implicit finite volume scheme. The present computational results were validated with some experimental data available. Based upon the present results, The control effectiveness of thrust-vector is discussed in terms of the thrust coefficient and the discharge coefficient.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.339-342
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• 2010

Dual throat nozzle(DTN) is recently attracting much attention as a new concept of the thrust vectoring technique of propulsion jet. This DTN is designed with two throats, an upstream minimum and a downstream minimum at the nozzle exit, with a cavity in between the upstream throat and exit. In the present study, a computational work has been carried out to analyze the performance of a dual throat nozzle(DTN) at various mass flow rate of secondary flow. Two-dimensional, steady, compressible Navier-Stokes equations were solved using a fully implicit finite volume scheme. The present computational results were validated with some experimental data available. Based upon the present results, Thrust-vector control using a DTN is discussed in terms of the thrust coefficient and the coefficient of discharge.