• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2008년 영문 학술대회
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• pp.195-201
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• 2008

In the jet engines on the aircrafts cruising at high altitude over 20 km and subsonic speed, the Reynolds number in terms of the compressor blades becomes very low. In such an operating condition with low Reynolds number, it is widely reported that total pressure loss of the air flow through the compressor cascades increases dramatically due to separation of the boundary layer and the secondary-flow. But the detail of flow mechanisms causes the total pressure loss has not been fully understood yet. In the present study, two series of numerical investigations were conducted to study the effects of Reynolds number on the aerodynamic characteristics of compressor cascades. At first, the incompressible flow fields in the two-dimensional compressor cascade composed of C4 airfoils were numerically simulated with various values of Reynolds number. Compared with the corresponding experimental data, the numerically estimated trend of total pressure loss as a function of Reynolds number showed good agreement with that of experiment. From the visualized numerical results, the thickness of boundary layer and wake were found to increase with the decrease of Reynolds number. Especially at very low Reynolds number, the separation of boundary layer and vortex shedding were observed. The other series, as the preparatory investigation, the flow fields in the transonic compressor, NASA Rotor 37, were simulated under the several conditions, which corresponded to the operation at sea level static and at 10 km of altitude with low density and temperature. It was found that, in the case of operation at high altitude, the separation region on the blade surface became lager, and that the radial and reverse flow around the trailing edge become stronger than those under sea level static condition.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제47권7호
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• pp.479-488
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• 2019

순항 유도탄은 비행기처럼 날개와 제트엔진을 사용하여 상당 거리를 순항한 후 최종 목표에 도달하는 유도탄이다. 적의 레이더에 쉽게 포착되지 않을뿐더러 아음속 장거리 순항이 가능해야 하므로, RCS 저감과 향상된 공력성능을 고려한 통합 설계가 필수적이다. 본 연구에서는 Taurus 유도탄과 유사한 순항 유도탄 모델을 설계한 후, Physical Optics (PO; 물리적 광학) 기법과 Navier-Stokes CFD 코드를 사용하여 비행체의 RCS와 공력특성을 분석하였다. 이를 바탕으로 공력성능 향상과 RCS 저감 기술이 적용된 순항 유도탄의 최적 형상을 도출하였다.