• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.484-488
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• 2012

Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) performed the conceptual design of rocket engine test facility for the development and qualification of the 3rd stage liquid rocket engine for KSLV-II. The 3rd stage rocket engine test facility, which are to be constructed at Naro Space Center, will supply propellants and high-pressure gases to engine for firing test at ground and altitude conditions. The altitude test condition is obtained using a supersonic diffuser operated by the self-ejecting jet from the liquid rocket engine.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.36 no.5
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• pp.563-569
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• 2012

An energy balance analysis is conducted for a 30 t thrust level liquid rocket engine. The relations between thrust and combustion pressure, between thrust and propellant flow rate, and between combustion pressure and fuel pump pressure rise are compared against those indicated by a published database of the existing rocket engines. A combustion pressure higher than the old design value is obtained, implying that the present design is high-performance oriented. The thrust to propellant flow rate ratio is the same as that of the existing engines, indicating that the specific impulse performance is at the usual level. The fuel pump pressure rise is found to be slightly high when the combustion pressure is considered, and it is attributed to the pressure budget of the present ground test engine not being optimized.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.211-215
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• 2006

It is a known fact that much effort, time and cost are needed to develop a new launch vehicle. Among the many components consisting of the launch vehicle, a rocket engine is a one of the most important and difficult part to develop in which many risks may lie dormant because very active chemical reaction occurs inside the engine while the engine is also required optimum ratio of the mass and performance. This research focused on the risk mitigation to develop the rocket engine using the example of recently developed US rocket engine.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.67-75
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• 2004

It is essential to develop a transient analysis model for the turbopump-fed type liquid rocket engine development, especially for deriving the number of test and its parameters. In this study we proposed a mathematical model of turbopump-fed type liquid rocket engine, and inspected transient mode changes of a rocket engine according to variations of thrust control valve opening ratio. To verify the results, we solved the same problem with AnaSyn software from Russia, and concluded that the results of transient code we developed deviated within 2% from AnaSyn results. Also, using the transient engine analysis code we showed the possibility to find out the system level design Parameters of the components. For example, we modeled a pressure stabilizer which is used to control the consistency of mixture ratio in the gas generator as forced damping system, and found the stability range of the natural frequency and the damping ratio with the transient engine system analysis code.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.36 no.10
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• pp.1001-1009
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• 2012

In this study, the cooling characteristics of combustion gas were investigated by injecting liquid nitrogen ($LN_2$) into a liquid rocket combustion chamber, which uses liquid oxygen (Lox) and kerosene as propellants. $LN_2$ injectors and an extended chamber for mixing were installed at the end of the ordinary LRE combustion chamber, and a nozzle was installed after the chamber for mixing. First, an ignition test of the liquid rocket engine was conducted to verify the stable combustion process. Next, a hot firing test was performed step-by-step for safety. Finally, the test was performed for 20 s. The results showed that the combustion gas of the LRE could be successfully cooled by using $LN_2$.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.165-169
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• 2010

Liquid Rocket Engine is generally composed of extremely low and high temperature field. So that the component works properly including the electric component, the heat insulator should be applied appropriately. There are three steps. First, the heat source components should be defined and temperature field analyzed. Second, the heat transfer of pipes between the heat sources should be analyzed. Third, the components and pipes before and after applying the heat insulator should be analyzed. Finally, the optimized heat insulator depth can be calculated. In this paper, the procedure of this steps is established and investigated.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2004.10a
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• pp.239-242
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• 2004

In this paper, the general mathematical model of LRE(Liquid Rocket Engine) is presented. For the analysis about the trend of dynamics and the stability of open type LRE, it is transformed to linear model by Laplace transform and synthesized to the linear complex model of LRE with Matlab/Simulink.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.1088-1092
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• 2017

In this study, a comparison of dynamic pressure data measured in hot-firing tests of liquid rocket engine gas generators with different types of dynamic pressure sensors is presented. The dynamic pressure sensors of different types and manufacturers have exhibited different dynamic pressure due to the influence of thermal shock. However, for the characteristic frequencies and RMS(root mean square) values which are important factors for the analysis of combustion instability, the differences between sensors have been found to be negligible.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.62-65
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• 2011

액체로켓엔진용 극저온 산화제 고압 배관 기술 개발을 위해 시제품을 제작하였다. 기술 개발 시제품은 체결용 플랜지, 직관, 곡관, 벨로우즈, 분기구로 구성하였다. 액체로켓엔진용 극저온 산화제 고압 배관은 터보펌프에서 토출된 고압의 극저온 산화제를 연소기로 공급하는 경로이므로 극저온, 고압의 작동환경에서 구조적 안정성을 가져야 한다. 따라서 본 제작공정 개발에서는 극저온을 고려한 구조해석을 수행하여 적합한 소재를 선정하였으며, 공정개발과 특수공정을 적용하여 시제품을 제작한 후 구조강도 시험을 수행하였다. 본 개발을 통해 액체로켓엔진에 적용되는 극저온 산화재 고압배관을 위한 기술적 기반과 소재 응용기술, 향후 고성능 대형 액체로켓엔진에 적용하기 위한 공정개발을 완료하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.73-77
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• 2003

Stability rating of KSR-III rocket engine is conducted based on stability rating tests in the course of development of KSR-III rocket engine. Rocket engine is approved to have combustion stabilization ability when it can suppress the external perturbation or pressure oscillation with finite amplitude and recover the original stable combustion. Rocket engine in flight nay be perturbed with unexpectedly large amplitude and thus a designer should not only assure combustion stabilization ability of the engine but also quantify the stabilization capacity. For this, several quantitative parameters and their evaluation are introduced. To verify dynamic stability of KSR-III rocket engine, five stability rating tests have been conducted. Based on these test results, such parameters are quantified and thereby, the stabilization capacity of KSR-III rocket engine is evaluated.