• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.71-84
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• 2007

The review of the liquid propellant rocket engine is presented. The combustion instabilities which were discovered on solid and liquid propellant rocket engines in 1930, have occurred on propulsion devices, such as gas turbine, ramjet, scramjet and rocket, and thus a study on the combustion instability became necessary. However, this problem has not been solved yet. Therefore, we investigated causes and mechanisms of the combustion instability and surveyed the efforts of solving combustion instability in various countries for developing stable liquid propellant rocket engines.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.733-736
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• 2010

Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) performed the preliminary design of liquid rocket engine high-altitude simulation firing test facility for the development and qualification of LRE for the 2nd stage of KSLV-II. The engine high-altitude simulation firing test facility, which are to be constructed at Goheung Space Center, will provide liquid oxygen and kerosene to enable the high-altitude simulation firing test of 2nd stage engine at ground test facility. The high-altitude environment is obtained using a supersonic diffuser operated by the self-ejecting jet from the liquid rocket engine.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.165-169
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• 2007

Qualification test range for Lox/Kerosene gas generator cyle liquid rocket engine was determined by considering engine dispersion and flight inlet conditions. With various pump characteristics, the operation range of components and system was investigated through dispersion analysis. The variation of engine performance shows opposite trends in calibration and dispersion.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.107-110
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• 2009

A basic design for a Technical Development Model (TDM) of liquid oxygen lines from the turbopump exit to the oxidizer valves of the combustion chamber and the gas generator was conducted to develop a turbopump-fed liquid rocket engine. The TDM is composed of straight lines, elbows, bellows, a branch, an orifice, flanges and a heat insulator. Materials were determined by consideration of operation conditions, weight constraint and manufacturing procedures. The size and the location of each component were determined by flow analysis of the required flowrate and the pressure loss. Basic designs of the components were conducted by consideration of the operating temperature and the maximum expectation operating pressure. The safety factors were evaluated by structural analysis of design of each component.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.148.1-148.1
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• 2012

로켓 혹은 우주발사체의 주엔진에는 대부분 연료와 산화제를 연소시켜 나오는 에너지를 사용하는 화학로켓이 주종을 이루어 왔다. 이러한 로켓엔진에서 그동안 연료로는 수소계, 탄화수소계, 아민계 등 다양한 화학물질이 사용되어 왔으나, 산화제로는 강한 산화성을 나타내면서 밀도가 높은 몇몇 물질만이 제한적으로 사용되어져 왔으며, 최근에는 주로 액체산소(LOx)와 사산화질소(N2O4)가 사용되고 있다. 그러나 산화제 중 액체산소는 극저온이면서 상대적으로 밀도가 낮고, 사산화질소는 강한 독성을 지니고 있으며 액체로 존재하는 구간이 좁아 연구 목적의 소형발사체를 구현하는 것에는 많은 어려움이 있다. 이러한 이유로 최근 소형발사체 개발분야에서는 상온저장성이면서 친환경적인 과산화수소(H2O2)와 아산화질소(N2O)를 산화제로 활용하는 것에 대한 관심이 고조되고 있으나, 대형 추진기관을 개발하는 연구자들로부터는 액체산소를 사용할 때 보다 엔진 자체의 비추력이 상대적으로 낮다는 이유로 활용이 외면되어 온 것이 사실이다. 본 연구에서는 엔진 자체의 추진성능 보다는 사실상 발사체의 목적이라고 할 수 있는 추진단 속도증분을 성능의 지표로 삼아 평가하였으며, 결과를 통하여 과산화수소와 아산화질소의 높은 밀도가 엔진의 낮은 비추력을 충분히 보상할 수 있음을 보였다. 과산화수소와 아산화질소는 교육/연구용 소형발사체 구성에 충분히 활용가능한 산화제이며, 실제 발사에서 충분한 비행성능을 기대할 수 있는 물질로 평가할 수 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.479-483
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• 2012

This paper describes the development status of rocket engine test facility for the performance evaluation of liquid rocket engine of KSLV-II 1st stage. Design specification and composition of rocket engine test facility are suggested based on the design requirements. The results of the basic design of rocket engine test facility will be used as base data for the detail design and construction of rocket engine ground test facility of KSLV-II 75tonf liquid rocket engine.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.157-162
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• 2006

A Liquid Rocket Engine(LRE) ground firing test facility was built in Korea Aerospace Research Institute(KARI) in 2001 to develop the LRE for the first Korean liquid rocket, KSR-III. Around 170 tests were conducted since its establishment until recently by September 2006, and in the meantime, a considerable improvements were made in the capability. This paper describes the outline, conducted tests and operation techniques which have been accumulated through the operation of KARI LRE ground firing test facility.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.63-69
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• 2011

In this study, we developed a dispersion analysis program of the gas-generator cycle liquid propellant rocket engine by expanding the mode analysis software(GEMAT). The performance dispersions of an engine that are arisen from the internal dispersion factors of engine's sub-components were formulated and solved to find the effects of each dispersion factor. We were also able to present the calculation method to find the required pressure margin for the compensation of those dispersion to satisfy the required performances of engine. Using this method, we could propose a novel procedure of compensating during the ground firing test which would induce the performance improvement by lessening the pumps discharge pressures or augmenting the combustion chamber pressure.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.157-161
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• 2008

This study introduce a newly developed program to calculate the combustion process of combustion chamber and gas generator of liquid rocket engine by use of Gibbs free energy minimization method based on chemical equilibrium. The simulation results of the new program and CEA code of NASA were compared and showed good agreement, thus proving the validity of the newly developed in-house program for combustion analysis.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.913-914
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• 2017

Structural analyses of a engine system is required in development stage for increasing structural reliability and reducing weight. Attitude of a launch vehicle during flight is controlled by combustion chamber rotation varying with TVC (thrust vector control) actuator displacements. In this study nonlinear static analysis is performed for a 75 tonf-class liquid rocket engine using before and after the TVC actuation.