• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 1999.04a
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• pp.16-16
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• 1999

램 가속기 탄체 형상에 따른 가속 특성에 대한 연구는 열적 질식 모드에 대하여 Washington 대학, ISL 연구소 등에서 실험적으로 수행되어 졌으나 초폭굉 연소 모드에 대해서는 아직 미비한 실정이다. 초폭굉 연소 모드 램 가속기의 기본적인 탄체 형상은 원추-원통-원추로 이루어진 형상으로 탄체 전면에 형성된 경사 충격파가 탄체와 가속기 사이에서 반사되며 데토네이션파를 발생시켜 가속하게 된다. 탄체의 형상에 따라서 탄체 주위에 형성되는 충격파 구조는 차이를 나타내게 되고 발생되는 데토네이션파의 위치와 강도를 따라서 탄체의 가속특성은 상당한 차이를 나타낸다. 기본적으로 탄 체의 전면 형상은 경사 충격파의 강도와 단체 주위의 유동장의 특성을 결정하는 주요 요인이고 이에 따라 데토네이션파의 형성과 안정화 역시 결정되어 탄체의 가속 특성을 결정짓는다. 또한 데토네이션파를 임의의 위치에 형성하기 위해 이중 원추형상의 충격파-충격파 상호작용을 이용하여 데토네이션파를 발생시켜 탄체를 가속시킨다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.314-318
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• 2006

The interest on the detonation in small tubes, which can be applied to the ignition devices of propulsion system, is increasing. However, the propagation dynamics of detonation waves in small tubes has not been investigated clearly yet. In the present experiments, propagations of detonation waves in stoichiometric propane-oxygen mixture through transparent tubes were recorded using a high speed camera and average velocities were measured as well. In terms of average velocity, there exists a transition regime where the waves show smooth transition from the normal Chapman-Jouguet(CJ) detonation to the low velocity detonation$(\sim0.5V_{CJ})$ along the decreasing initial pressure. In this transition regime, the detonation waves are highly unstable and show cyclic or intermittent longitudinal velocity fluctuation.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.66-73
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• 2008

Present study examines the detonation wave propagation characteristics in annular channels. Numerical approaches used in the previous studies were extended with marching windows technique. Parametric study has been carried out using a radius of curvature normalized by the channel width considered as unique geometric parameter. In the channels of small radius of curvature, detonation wave is unstable and the regular cell structure is not observed. There is a critical radius of curvature where cell structure can be sustained. The effect of curvature makes the pressure difference on inner and outer surfaces where the detonation wave is overdriven. The results converge to that of straight channel as the radius of curvature gets larger, as expected.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.36 no.11
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• pp.1094-1103
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• 2008

A fuel specific detonation wave in a pipe propagates with a predictable wave velocity. This internal detonation wave speed determines the level of flexural wave excitation of pipes and the possibility of resonant response leading to a large displacement. In this paper, we present particular solutions of displacements and the resonance conditions for internally loaded pipe structures. These analytical results are compared to numerical simulations obtained using a hydrocode(multi-material blast wave analysis tool). We expect to identify potential explosion hazards in the general power industries.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.686-690
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• 2017

In this study, we numerically investigate the detonation characteristics (detonation velocity and pressure) of a hybrid ethylene-air and RDX mixture using two-phase model. Compared with detonation of pure ethylene-air mixture, the detonation of the hybrid ethylene-air and RDX mixture has higher pressure and stronger impulse because the hybrid mixture has additional chemical heat release of RDX particles. To validate the numerical results using two-phase model, we compare the experimental data which show changes of detonation pressure and velocity according to concentration of RDX particles.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.624-628
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• 2011

To develop a pulse detonation engine, it needs to understand the mechanism of a detonation initiation, and establish the methods for measuring and analyzing the detonation phenomenon. In this study, DDT tube, which use oxygen-acetylene propellant mixture, were designed and manufactured, and the effect of equivalent ratio and Schelkin spiral on the characteristics of the detonation initiation were discussed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2011.04a
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• pp.425-429
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• 2011

The development of metal plasma generated by high laser irradiance and its effect on the surrounding air using shadowgraph images after laser pulse termination are studied; hence the formation of laser supported detonation and combustion processes has been investigated. The core of the paper is in detecting chemical reaction using X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) between ablated aluminum plasma and oxygen from air by inducing high power laser pulse (>1000 mJ/pulse) and conduct a quantitative comparison of chemically reactive laser initiated waves with the classical detonation of exploding aluminum (dust) cloud in air. This study may suggest a new approach of initiating detonation from metal sample in its bulk form without the need of mixing nano-particles with oxygen for initiation.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.39 no.1
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• pp.11-19
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• 2015

We present the results of a multi-material numerical investigation of the propagation of a combustible gas mixture detonation in narrow metal tubes. We use an experimentally tuned one step Arrhenius chemical reaction and ideal gas equation of state (EOS) to describe stoichiometric $H_2-O_2$ and $C_2H_4-O_2$ detonations. The purely plastic deformations of copper and steel tubes are modeled using the Mie-Gruneisen EOS and Johnson-Cook strength model. To precisely track the interface motion between the detonating gas and the deforming wall, we use the hybrid particle level-sets within the ghost fluid framework. The calculated results are validated against the experimental data because the results explain the process of the generation and subsequent interaction of the expansion wave with the high-strain-rate deformation of the walls.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.36 no.2
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• pp.197-204
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• 2012

We explore the evolution of metal plasma generated by high laser irradiances and its effect on the surrounding air by using shadowgraph images after laser pulse termination and X-ray diffraction (XRD) of aluminum plasma ablated by a high-power laser pulse (>1000 mJ/pulse) and oxygen from air. Hence, the formation of laser-supported detonation and combustion processes has been investigated. The essence of this paper is in observing the initiation of chemical reaction between the ablated aluminum plasma and oxygen from air by the high-power laser pulse (>1000 mJ/pulse) and in conducting a quantitative comparison of the chemically reactive laser-initiated waves with the classical detonation of an exploding aluminum (dust) cloud in air. The findings in this work may lead to a new method of initiating detonation from a metal sample in its bulk form without any need to mix nanoparticles with oxygen for initiation.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.29-37
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• 2015

This paper presents a numerical investigation on detonation of a kerosene-air mixture in the copper tube and the structural response associated with combustion instability in liquid rocket engine. A single step Arrehnius rate law and Johnson-Cook strength model are used to describe the chemical reaction of kerosene-air mixture detonation and the plastic deformation of the copper tube. The changes of flow field and tube stress which are induced by plastic deformation, are investigated on the different tube thicknesses and nozzle configurations.