• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.318-322
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• 2005

In this study the regression rate of hybrid rocket fuel has been investigated by swirl injectors and helical grains. Tests have been done with two kinds of injector and helical grain. In this paper the swirl injector and helical grain were varied to find the optimal condition to obtain the max regression rate for a given operational condition.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.232-236
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• 2006

하이브리드 로켓에서 그레인 전체 부분에서 고른 연소율 향상을 이룰 수 있는 방법으로 스월 유동과 나사산 그레인을 동시에 적용하여 실험을 실시하였다. 그 결과 입구부분과 연료 후반부에 집중된 연소현상을 확인하였다. 스월 유동은 스월 유동의 종류에 상관없이 일정한 감소율을 나타낸다. 그리고 연소율 향상은 연료 벽면에서의 회전 유동 강도에 비례한다고 가정 할 수 있다. 따라서 입구부분의 집중된 연소현상을 해소하고 일정한 연소율 향상을 이룰 수 있는 스월 유동 조건에 대해 연구하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• v.y2005m4
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• pp.66-71
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• 2005

In this study the regression rate of hybrid rocket fuel has been investigated by two methods. First method is to use swirl injectors for enhancement of regression rate. And second method is the modification of the helical grain deriving improvement of combustion area and generating swirl flow. Tests have been done with PMMA and gaseous oxygen. In this paper the incline angle of the helical grain was varied to find the optimal condition to obtain the max regression rate for a given operational condition.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.34 no.12
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• pp.59-66
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• 2006

To understand the role of helical geometry on the regression rate enhancement, two competing underlying mechanisms such as turbulence enhancement and swirling motion production were studied by numerical calculations. Experimental results showed that the enhancement of heat transfer rate has the very close relation to the increase in regression rate even though the percentage of increase in heat transfer rate is different from that in regression rate. This discrepancy is presumably due to the change of turbulent flow feature caused by so-called "blowing mass flux" from the fuel surface. In this regard, the results of RANS calculation show that the blowing velocity is responsible for the reduction of the swirl generation and the increase in the turbulent kinetic energy. And the dominancy of one of the mechanisms causes the increase in the regression rate. Meanwhile, the increase in turbulent kinetic energy due to the mixing of blowing flow and free stream flow does not contribute for the enhancement of the heat transfer rate to the surface because the blowing flow pushes boundary layer away from the solid surface.