• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.38 no.8
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• pp.842-847
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• 2010

Thermal analysis for the simulation of satellite component level thermal vacuum test processes was carried out by considering thermal vacuum test environment condition, thermal vacuum chamber configuration, and satellite's inner thermal environment. The transient analysis results can be obtained for the temperatures of component and thermal vacuum chamber assemblies. The thermal analysis model was verified with the component thermal environmental test results by using enhanced thermal vacuum chamber.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.73-77
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• 1995

이 글에서는 챔버의 용접에 대해서 기술하였다. 전자빔용접에 의하여 누설률이 1*$10^{-10}$ torr.1/sec 이하로 목표값을 만족하기 때문에 초고진공에 적합한 용접법이다. 챔버는 용접부에 trench 구조를 가져야 진공용접을 하는데 보다 효과적이다. 이것은 지금까지 전자빔 용접에서 시험되지 않은 것이기 때문에 향후 보다 많은 연구가 있으리라고 본다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.112-115
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• 2017

We analyzed the rocket engine flow to check whether the possibility of the ground test and the equipment safety problems in the high altitude engine test facility. The test condition is that the vacuum chamber is open and the coolant water is injected into the supersonic diffuser. The analysis uses two-dimensional axisymmetry with a mixture of plume, air, and cooling water. As a result, the ground test was possible up to the cooling water flow rate of 200 kg/sec. However, due to the back flow of the initial plume, the vacuum chamber is exposed to high temperature, and at the same time, the inside of the vacuum chamber is contaminated due to the reverse flow of the cooling water. Therefore, sufficient insulation measures and work for pollution avoidance should be preceded.

• Current Industrial and Technological Trends in Aerospace
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.55-61
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• 2010

Thermal vacuum test should be carried out to verify the performance of the S/C on the ground under the simulated space environment. KARI already completed the construction of a Large Thermal Vacuum Chamber(LTVC) with 8 m of diameter and 10 m of length dimension. LTVC is for the purpose of performing the orbital environment test for large Space Craft(S/C). Inside LTVC, S/C is much smaller than LTVC. For the function test of S/C during the thermal vacuum test, the S/C has to be connected to Electrical Ground Support Equipment(EGSE) which includes several cable and RF wave guide inside LTVC. Also, MLI should be installed on S/C before the test. But it is very difficult to access the S/C inside big LTVC. To solve the accessibility to the S/C inside LTVC, KARI designed an access fixture. This fixture provides easy access to the any S/C thus can help safe installation and saving time for the related work inside LTVC. This paper describes whole process for the design of the access fixture.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.37 no.12
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• pp.1201-1208
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• 2009

Dome stretching tests and tension tests were performed to evaluate the formability of a copper alloy used for manufacturing the regenerative cooling chamber. The test specimens were prepared to investigate the effect of heat treatment and direction of specimens on the formability. The test results show that forming limit values are increased by the heat treatment of the material but the variation of the forming limit values by manufacturing direction is negligible compared to the heat treatment effect, and forming limit values are also different according to the test methods. These results indicate that the high temperature heat treatment of the material before bulging is a very important process to deform the inner cylindrical structure of the regenerative cooling chamber into a nozzle shape by the bulging process without necking or fracture and the test methods also have a great effect on a evaluation of the formability. The forming limit diagram obtained in this study would be utilized to the design of regenerative cooling chamber nozzles.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.14 no.5
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• pp.2375-2380
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• 2013

In this paper, we have implemented the unified fuel heater and performance evaluation system for diesel cars. In order to strengthen an engine starting of diesel car, we need to assembly the fuel filter and heater. Especially, this assembly fuel heater is very important in winter, it is necessary for heating to operate the diesel engine. The heater for unifying the sensor and heater body can advance the performance of car and reduce the production cost. Finally, the performance test chamber is needed to evaluate the performance of heater.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.49 no.5
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• pp.407-415
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• 2021

The performance of satellite parts must be verified under the space orbit environment before the launch. This paper develops a model formula considering the thermal environment such as conduction, radiation, heat loss and internal heating between satellite parts and a small thermal vacuum chamber for thermal vacuum tests. System identification is carried out using test data from 20 recent thermal vacuum tests conducted by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute. It is verified that the model formula and the identification results are valid, except when the heating of the functional test of the test specimen is not constant.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• v.y2005m4
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• pp.305-308
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• 2005

This paper presents a fabrication of a full-stale combustion chamber of a liquid rocket engine for a ground hot firing test. Engine drawings for manufacturing were prepared after conceptual and detail designs. The combustor is composed of a head and a chamber. SUS316L is used for materials of the head because of the good quality in low temperature. Inner materials of the ablative cooling chamber is silica/phenolic and outer case materials is the SUS316L. Materials of the regenerative cooling chamber are C18200 and SUS316L. After lathe, general milling and MCT machinings, components were finished by electrolytic polishing. A brazing method was applied for bonding the injectors and the injector plate, the regenerative cooling chamber because of structure configurations.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.46-56
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• 2013

The test facility with hot-air supply system is required to develop transpiration cooling materials and experimentally evaluate its performance. In the study, the facility consists of an arc-plasma generator, plenum chamber suppling cold air, and test section was designed and an internal flow analysis was executed. From CFD results, it was confirmed that the designed plenum chamber thermally safeties and ideally mixes with plasma gas and cold air in the chamber. In addition, validity of design for supplying homogeneous flow to the test section was confirmed by this analysis.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2013.08a
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• pp.114.1-114.1
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• 2013

우주궤도환경은 고진공 환경이며, 태양복사열에 의한 고온환경 및 극저온환경이 반복되는 가혹한 환경이다. 위성체의 성공적인 임무 수행을 위해 지상에서 철저한 우주환경시험을 거쳐 기능 및 작동상태를 점검해야 하며, 이를 위해서는 $10^{-6}$ Torr 이하의 고진공 및 $-180^{\circ}C$ 이하의 극저온 모사가 가능한 열진공챔버와 같은 우주환경모사장비가 반드시 필요하다. 한국항공우주연구원에서는 다양한 크기의 열진공챔버를 보유, 가동 주이며, 챔버 내부의 진공도를 측정하기 위한 진공게이지의 교정을 매년 실시하고 있다. 또한 교정기관을 통한 교정 이외, 보유하고 있는 표준챔버를 이용한 자체 교정을 실시하여, 진공도의 신뢰성 점검 및 보증을 하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 표준챔버를 이용한 고진공게이지 교정 방법을 소개하며, 다년간의 교정결과를 검토하여 교정주기에 대한 견해를 기술하고자 한다.