• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.495-497
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• 2017

Thermoplastic propellants using thermoplastic elastomer binders show moderate performance and mechanical properties compared to thermoset propellants, but these propellants are widely used in a variety of fields due to low cost of raw materials, simple manufacturing process and stable handling process. In order to utilize thermoplastic solid propellants in various fields, we will study properties depending on the content of oxidants, metal fuels and additives.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.233-239
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• 2003

The present study has numerically investigated the combustion processes in the solid propellant rocket engine. The two step global reaction model for condensed phase and five step global reaction mechanism for gas phase are adopted to predict the detailed flame structure near double-base solid propellant surface. The turbulence-chemistry interaction is represented by the PaSR(Partially Stirred Reactor) model. To reduce the uncertainties for convective heat transfer near solid fuel surface having strong blowing effect, the Low Reynolds number k-$\varepsilon$ turbulent model is employed. Based on numerical results, the detailed discussion has been made for the turbulent combustion processes and transient behavior of pressure and temperature fields in the solid propellant rocket engine.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.70-75
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• 2012

In this paper, the regression rate of the End-Burning Hybrid Rocket with variation of swirl intensity was investigated experimentally with the variation of fuel diameter, injector shape and angle. When fuel grain diameter is large, fuel mass flow rate increases. And the injector diameter increase, fuel regression rate decrease. The impinging effect of oxidizer flow on fuel surface for fuel combustion efficiency is stronger than swril effect in this End-burning propulsion system. The relation between the regression rate, oxidizer mass flux and swirl intensity was obtained.

• Defense and Technology
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• no.4 s.290
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• pp.18-29
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• 2003

냉전의 또 하나의 부산물은 우주경쟁인데, 인공위성 등 발사체의 추진기관은 거의 예외 없이 액체연료를 사용하는 액체추진로켓이고, 이것의 연료가 되는 액체산소, 액체수소 등은 발사체에 저장된 상태로 보관 할 수 없다는 단점 때문에 거의 군사용으로 적용되고 있지 않다. 지금은 SATURN-V와 같은 거대한 액체 추진 로켓을 대신해서 부분적으로 재활용이 가능한 우주왕복선이 사용되고 있는데, 여기에는 처음 이륙단계 대부분의 추력을 고체추진제에 의존하고 있기 때문에 이들의 성능 향상을 위한 좀 더 강역하고, 안전성을 높일 수 있는 에너지 물질에 대한 요구가 증대되고 있는 실정이다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.72-80
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• 2015

Recently air breathing propulsion system is much interested in relatively comparing to the conventional chemical propulsion, and the R&D of this area is performed much more including the basic research of the solid ramjet in our country. The boron is applied to the solid fuel because of its high heating value, but it has a complicated combustion characteristics. therefore many researches have been studied in this area. In this paper the combustion characteristics of the boron have been investigated through the published papers for the purpose of the ramjet fuel application.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.72-72
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• 2002

건국대학교 연소추진 실험실에서 수행할 하이브리드 로켓 모터 연소특성 연구를 위한 실험장치를 설계하고 구성하였다. 실험장치를 제작하기 전에 기본적인 설계요구사항을 바탕으로 모터의 제작을 위한 수치코드를 작성하였다. 연소실 압력과 그레인의 형상, 산화제와 고체연료의 종류를 바탕으로 작성한 수치코드를 사용하여 로켓 모터를 설계하였다. 모터 설계코드를 통하여 세부적인 로켓모터와 노즐의 크기, 특성속도. 연소시간과 공급산화제의 유량 등을 계산하였고, 설계 전에 문헌연구와 이론을 바탕으로 일반적으로 실험실에서 사용되는 하이브리드 로켓 모터에 근접하게 설계를 진행하여 시행착오를 최소화하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.9-16
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• 2010

The SFRJ(Solid Fuel Ram-Jet) propulsion is attractive for projectiles because of the combination of high propulsive performance and low system complexity more than conventional projectiles. The Objective of this research was to characterize the inlet aerodynamic characteristics (center-body & pitot type) in SFRJ. Diffuser static pressure & combustion chamber pressure was tested and the AoA was changed $0^{\circ}$ and $4^{\circ}$ at Mach number of 3.0 for performance estimate. The performance study of inlet was carried out with the Schlieren system and Supersonic cold-flow system. Under mach 3.0, the center-body showed twice higher total pressure recovering ratio than the pitot type. A Computational fluid dynamic solution is applied internal flow of inlet and the solutions are compared with experimental results.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.293-298
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• 2011

The combustion and flow-rate control characteristics of fuel-rich gas generator which could be adopted to Ducted Rocket propulsion system are investigated. The gas generator is designed considering the design requirements of propulsion system and solid fuel for fuel-rich combustion is developed then adopted to ground test. The results of combustion test show the necessity of the special analysis tool for estimating the gas generator performance where multi-phase flow of fuel-rich gas exists. During the flow-rate control test, characteristics of gas generator pressure with the angle of valve are analyzed and, method to estimate the pressure of gas generator is suggested using the relation between the valve exit area and discharge coefficient.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.37 no.8
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• pp.774-779
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• 2009

A numerical modelling was performed to predict unsteady combustion processes for the AP/HTPB/Al propellant in a solid rocket motor. Its results were compared with the experimental data. Temporal pressure development was found to match quite well with measured data. A change in propellant surface was traced using the moving grid. The propellant thickness change was also observed to confirm the erosive burning effect.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.1-13
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• 2020

The characterization of aging of the pyrotechnic device is conducted thermally, chemically, and spectroscopically. The device is comprised of two parts: (i) igniter composed of Zr and (ii) pyrotechnic delay composed of ZrNi alloy. The thermally induced chemical reaction is identified through Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) and Thermogravimetry Analysis (TGA). The peak deconvolution of the themo-chemical data is used to estimate the enthalpy change of each metallic fuel component. Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) are used for chemical species analysis. The decomposition of oxidants by moisture significantly affected the fuel aging, and the formation of oxide film and metal oxide on the fuel surface gave rise to the thermal energy decrease.