• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.44-49
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• 2011

A study of the fatigue life of copper alloy which was used in inner jacket of regenerative cooling chamber of liquid rocket engine has been performed. Generally used life prediction methods -original universal slopes method, modified universal slopes method, Mitchell's method, B$\"{a}$umel and Seeger's method, and Ong's method- have been used for predicting the fatigue data. It was found that the novel life prediction method which was modified from Ong's method was suggested since almost all data have not been predicted well with the widely used methods. The suggested modified Ong's method predicted well within 3X scatterbands.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.89-92
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• 2010

A study about the fatigue life of copper alloy which is used in inner jacket of regenerative cooling chamber of liquid rocket engine has been performed. Generally used life prediction methods-original universal slopes method, modified universal slopes method, Mitchell's method, Baumel and Seeger's method, and Ong's method-have been used for predicting the fatigue data. It was found that the novel life prediction method which is modified from Ong's method was suggested since almost all data have not been predicted well with the widely used methods. The suggested modified Ong's method predicted well within 3X scatterbands.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.33 no.12
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• pp.109-116
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• 2005

Elastic-plastic structural analysis for regenerative cooling chamber of liquid rocket thrust chamber is performed. Uniaxial tension test is also conducted for the copper alloy in order to get material data necessary for the structure analysis. The results of uniaxial tension test reveal that copper alloy become ductile after brazing process and flow stress becomes lower as temperature becomes higher. As a result of structural analysis using the material data, the deformation of cooling channel is more increased by thermal load than by internal pressure of cooling fluid. Therefore, the results of analysis show that structural stability and cooling performance of combustion thrust chamber which is designed to endure mechanical load and minimized a channel thickness are improved by decreased thermal load as possible.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.41 no.10
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• pp.833-839
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• 2013

Thermal vacuum test should be performed prior to launch to verify satellites' functionality in a harsh space environment which is represented by extremely cold temperatures and vacuum conditions. A thermal vacuum chamber which consists of a vacuum vessel, a pumping system, and a thermal control system are used to perform thermal vacuum tests of a satellite system and its components. A cryogenic blower is a core component of the closed loop thermal control system for thermal vacuum chambers. This paper describes the fan design of the cryogenic blower, the design of the thermal protection interface between the driving part and the fluid part, which were verified by thermal and structural analyses. The performance of the cryogenic blower is confirmed by similarity test on the test bench.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.87-96
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• 2002

Outgassing from such sources as paints, coatings, adhesives and other non-metallic surfaces can contaminate satellites, especially second surface mirror and optical lens, it cause satellite to fail in own missions. The vacuum bake-out test using high temperature(more than $85 ^{\circ}C$)and high vacuum(less than $5.0{\times}1-^{-3}$ Pa) certify that the components of satellite work properly and can survive and operate in space environment like high vacuum. In the bake-out chamber installed at SITC of KARI, Rotary vacuum pump and Booster pump produce low vacuum of 5.0 Pa, and then two cryopumps produce high vacuum of below $5.0{\times}10^{-3}$ Pa. Also 48 ceramic heaters were provided to simulate high temperature. During the vacuum bake-out test, we detected contaminants using RGA(Residual Gas Analyzer) and measure the outgassing rate of the contaminant using the TQCM(Thermoelectric Quartz Crystal Microbalance). Also, IR/UV Spectrometer and witness plate be used to certify that the components were suitable for the spacecraft. This paper includes the preparation and procedures of the bake-out test for SAR(Solar Array Regulator) and MLI(Multi Layer Insulator), which were the components of the spacecraft. Especially, we discussed the methods and results of the contamination measurement. In the bake-out for SAR, the contamination was measured continuously although it was on the decrease from TQCM results. And RCA established that it is a highly polymerized compound. In the MLI bake-out using RGA and witness plate, we didn't detect any contamination materials.

• Transactions of the KSME C: Technology and Education
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• v.3 no.3
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• pp.175-181
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• 2015

Because internal space of combat vehicle reachs about $80^{\circ}C$ at high temperature period, Proximity Sensor exposed high temperature and humidity, which has function to sense the distance and transfer signal for control unit, have enlarged sensing distance and finally locked on. Malfunction of sensing itself occur frequently, therefore we carried out cause analysis and improvement. We accomplish improvement activity secondly. Through-out many trial and error, we find out that malfunction of sensor occur at high temperature circumstance. To improve, the another Emitter Coil is added to increase voltage difference and improve sensing accuracy about 5~10 times. And we accomplish design improvement to dull temperature and humity change after increasing molding surface to add vibration and shock resistance. We prove that the improved product do not fail after enduring 136hr at $85^{\circ}C$ temperature and 85% relative humidity circumstance chamber.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.31-34
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• 2007

Performance tests of supersonic exhaust diffuser were conducted by using hot combustion gas for simulating high-altitude environment. The test rig consists of a combustion chamber, a vacuum chamber, water cooling ring and diffuser. Before combustion experiments, the preliminary leak tests were carried out on the liquid rocket engine and diffuser by using high pressure nitrogen(30barg) and a vacuum pump. The leak test results showed that there was no leaks at high pressure and vacuum pressure conditions.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2012.02a
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• pp.190-190
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• 2012

전북대학교 고온 플라즈마 응용 연구 센터는 교육과학기술부 기초연구사업 중 고가연구장비 구축사업의 일환으로 소재공정용 다목적 100 kW 플라즈마 발생장치를 구축하고 있다. 100kW급 ICP (RF)형 플라즈마 발생장치는 RF 전력 인출이 이중으로 되어있어 한쪽에서는 수~수십 um 크기의 금속, 세라믹 등 고융점 원료분말을 순간적으로 용해, 기화 및 분해시키고 이들 기화 또는 분해된 증기를 급랭시키는 과정에서 초미분(<1 um)을 합성하는 플라즈마 합성법 연구가 가능하도록 RF 플라즈마 분말 합성 시스템이 연결되어 있고 다른 한쪽으로는 진공 챔버 내에서 고온 고속의 RF 플라즈마 불꽃을 형성 한 후 RF 플라즈마의 축 방향으로 반응성 가스 및 코팅 대상 물질을 주입하여 코팅 할 수 있는 열플라즈마 용사코팅 시스템이 연결되어 있는 다목적 연구 장치이다. 본 장치는 100 kW급 RF 전원 공급기와 유도결합형 플라즈마 토치, 플라즈마 분말 합성 부, 플라즈마 코팅 및 반응성 증착부, 가스 공급부, 냉각수 공급부, 전기 계장/제어부로 구성되어 있다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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• v.25 no.10
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• pp.707-713
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• 2015

This paper proposes experimental results for control performance deterioration of a piezoelectric actuator under high temperature conditions due to external heat environment. In this work, a heat environment from 30 ℃ to 190 ℃ is established by a heat chamber which is capable of high temperature of heat environment. Inside the heat chamber, an experimental apparatus consisting of the stack type of piezoelectric actuator, laser sensor, gap sensor and temperature sensor is established. After evaluating temperature dependent blocking force, displacement and time response of a piezoelectric actuator inside the heat chamber, tracking control performances are evaluated under various temperature conditions via proportional-integral-derivative(PID) feedback controller. The desired position trajectory has a sinusoidal wave form with a fixed frequency. Control performances are experimentally evaluated at both room temperature and high temperature and presented in time domain.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.87-94
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• 2019

In this paper, we test procedures to demonstrate operating environmental conditions that can be exposed to UAV during its life-cycle are proposed. They are set up to be used in a large-sized climate chamber, one of the facilities of the Agency for Defense Development corresponding with the system requirements. The test steps and profile details were more specifically suggested for rainfall, humidity, and temperature (low-temperature storage and operation, high-temperature operation and solar radiation), and MIL-STD-810G w/Change-1-based.