Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers (한국추진공학회지)

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Core Technologies of the X-51A SED-WR Program

X-51A 스크램제트 기술 실증기 개발 프로그램 핵심 기술

  • 노진현 (부산대학교 대학원 항공우주공학과) ;
  • 원수희 (서울대학교 대학원 기계항공공학부) ;
  • ;
  • 최정열 (부산대학교 항공우주공학과) ;
  • 변종렬 (국방과학연구소 1기술연구본부 5부) ;
  • 임진식 (국방과학연구소 1기술연구본부 5부)
  • Published : 2008.10.30
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Abstract

The present article is intended to introduce the X-51A Scramjet Engine Demonstrator-Wave Rider (SED-WR) program and its core technologies to the korean propulsion community. The X-51A program is lead by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and is sponsored by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Most of the contents is taken from the paper by Hank et al.[1] with the supplemental materials from additional references. X-51A is a hypersonic experimental vehicle for the flight test of the hydrocarbon fuel-cooled scramjet engine developed by the AFRL HyTech program. The scramjet engine and the hypersonic flight technologies may enter the era of practical use by the completion of the ground tests in 2008 followed by the flight tests scheduled in 2009.

본 문건은 미 공군 연구소가 미국 방위고등연구계획국의 후원으로 개발한 X-51A 스크램제트 엔진실증기에 대한 비교적 상세한 기술적 내용을 국내에 소개하고자 하는 목적으로 작성되었다. 주된 내용은 Hank 등의 논문을 인용하였으며[1] 기타 관련 문헌을 참고하여 내용을 보완하였다. X-51A는 미 공군의 HyTech 프로그램에 의하여 개발된 탄화수소 연료-냉각 스크램제트 엔진의 비행 시험을 위한 극초음속 시험 비행체로서, 2008년까지 관련 지상 시험을 모두 마치고 2009년에 예정된 비행 시험을 마치면 스크램제트 엔진 및 극초음속 비행 기술은 바야흐로 실용화 단계에 접어들게 될 것이다.

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