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High-Altitude Environment Simulation of Space Launch Vehicle Including a Thruster Module (추력기 모듈을 포함한 우주발사체 고공환경모사)

  • Lee, Sungmin;Oh, Bum-Seok;Kim, YoungJun;Park, Gisu
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.46 no.10
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    • pp.791-797
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    • 2018
  • In this work, the high-altitude environment simulation study was carried out at an altitude of 65 km exceeding Mach number of 6 after the launch of Korean Space Launch Vehicle using a shock tunnel. To minimize the flow disturbance due to the strut support of test model as much as possible, a few different types of strut configurations were considered. Using the configuration with minimum disturbance, the high-altitude environment simulation experiment including a propulsion system with a single-plume, was conducted. From the thruster test through flow visualization, not only a shockwave pattern, but a general flow-field pattern from the mutual interaction between the exhaust plume and the free-stream undisturbed flow, was experimentally observed. The comparison with the computation fluid dynamic(CFD) results, showed a good agreement in the forebody whereas in the afterbody and the nozzle the disagreement was about ${\pm}7%$ due to unwanted shockwave formation emanated from the nozzle-exit.

Research Trend and Analysis of Altitude and Endurance for Fuel Cell Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (연료전지 무인항공기의 고도와 체공시간에 대한 특성 분석 및 최신 연구동향)

  • Cho, Seonghyun;Kim, Minjin;Son, Youngjun;Yang, Taehyun
    • Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.393-404
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    • 2014
  • Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been applied to not only military missions like surveillance and reconnaissance but also commercial missions like meteorological observation, aerial photograph, communication relay, internet network build and disaster observation. Fuel cells make UAVs eco-friendly by using hydrogen. Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) show low operation temperature, high efficiency, low noise and high energy density and those characterisitcs are well fitted with UAVs. Thus Fuel cell based UAVs have been actively developed in the world. Recently, fuel cell UAVs have started to develope for high altitude UAVs because target altitude of UAVs is expanded upto stratosphere altitude. Long endurance of UAVs is essential to improve effects of the missions. Improvement of UAV endurance time could be fulfilled by developing a hydrogen fuel storage system with high energy density and reducing the weight of UAVs. In this paper, research trend and analysis of fuel cell UAVs are introduced in terms of their altitude and endurance time and then the prospect of fuel cell UAVs are shown.

The effect of 3 weeks high altitude skiing training on isokinetic muscle function of cross-country skierst (3주간의 고지대 스키훈련이 크로스컨트리 스키 선수의 등속성 근기능에 미치는 영향)

  • Choi, Yong Chul
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.9 no.11
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    • pp.465-477
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    • 2018
  • The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of three - week high altitude ski training on the myocardial performance of cross - country skiers and to provide basic data for the future improvement of cross - country skiers'. The subjects were 6 cross - country skiing male college athletes. To investigate the effects of periodic and high altitude training on cross - country skiers, a general linear model ANOVA with repeated measure And analyzed using the Paired Samples t-test. In high altitude ski training for 3 weeks, the body composition did not change but the isokinetic muscular function of the shoulder joint, hip joint, knee joint, and ankle joint was decreased. Therefore, further study is needed if it is considered that continuous strength training should be performed during the ski training period such as SP period.

Multi-Ejector Design for High Altitude Simulation (고고도 환경 모사를 위한 멀티 이젝터 설계)

  • NamKoung, Hyuck-Joon;Shim, Chang-Yol;Lee, Jae-Ho;Park, Sun-Sang
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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    • 2011.11a
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    • pp.705-708
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    • 2011
  • Ejector system can induce the secondary flow or affect the secondary chamber pressure by both shear stress and pressure drop which are generated in the primary jet boundary. Ejectors are widely used in a range of applications such as a turbine-based combined-cycle propulsion system and a high altitude test facility for rocket engine, pressure recovery system, desalination plant and ejector ramjet etc. The primary interest of this study is to set up an design procedure on the configuration and operating condition of multi-ejector for the various high altitude simulation.

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Certification Criteria and Safety Assessment for High Altitude Long Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (장기체공 무인항공기 기술기준 및 안전성 평가 연구)

  • Ko, Joon Soo;Kim, Kyungmok
    • Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.7-13
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    • 2016
  • Multi disciplinary approach for aerodynamics, structure, propulsion, and flight control system is necessary to develop High Altitude Long Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (HALE UAV). Various HALE UAV development trends are surveyed to understand their operational requirements. Separating the UAV Take Off Weight by 150kg, Airworthiness implementation direction for HALE UAV is studied under the current Airworthiness regulations. NATO STANAG 4671 and STANAG 4703 Airworthiness certification criteria are analyzed, and their applicability was proposed for future HALE UAV development. In addition, minimization of the risk for UAV is studied by considering probability of cumulative catastrophic failure for HALE UAV. This Hazard Risk Index can support the future UAV Airworthiness Certification Criteria.

Develop Test Facility of High Altitude Environment for Kick Motor (Kick Motor용 고공환경 모사 시험 설비 개발)

  • Kim, Sang-Heon;V.A, Bershadskiy;Yu, Byung-Il;Kim, Yong-Wook;Oh, Seung-Hyub;Park, Jeong-Joo
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.03b
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    • pp.707-710
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    • 2008
  • The method suggested in this thesis is the safe and economic method when testing rocket engine because ground test facility copies high altitude. We have decided to use the schematic of testing facility based on already known design method and test result, and we have decided the test condition for ground firing test of solid fuel. In addition the pressure of nozzle exit area is 0.1bar, we have designed the testing facility structure to test in this condition. Moreover, we have designed to reduce the accident probability.

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Effect of Antenna Aperture Field on Co-channel Interference, Capacity, and Payload Mass in High Altitude Platform Communications

  • Thornton, John;Grace, David
    • ETRI Journal
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    • v.26 no.5
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    • pp.467-474
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    • 2004
  • In a High Altitude Platform (HAP) cellular communications network, each cell may be served by a dedicated spot-beam antenna. The antennas' beam properties and their spatial overlap control the co-channel interference. In prior literature, radiation patterns have been approximated by a main lobe followed by a constant sidelobe floor. A network of 121 cells has been studied and the method is here extended to the use of more realistic radiation patterns based on the theoretical aperture antenna patterns. This allows for the comparison of the effect of different aperture field tapers, which lead to reduced sidelobe levels and hence higher system capacity but also a more massive antenna payload.

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Flow Dynamics in a Supersonic Diffuser at Minimum Starting Condition to Simulate Rocket's High Altitude Test on the Ground

  • Yeom, Hyo-Won;Yoon, Sang-Kyu;Sung, Hong-Gye;Kim, Yong-Wook;Oh, Seung-Hyup
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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    • 2008.03a
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    • pp.442-447
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    • 2008
  • A numerical analysis has been conducted to investigate and characterize the unsteadiness of flow structure and oscillatory vacuum pressure inside of a supersonic diffuser equipped to simulate the high-altitude rocket test on the ground. A physical model of concern includes a rocket motor, a vacuum chamber, and a diffuser, which have axisymmetric configurations, using nitrogen gas as a driving fluid. Emphasis is placed on investigating physical phenomena of very complex and oscillatory flow evolutions in the diffuser operating at very close to the starting condition, i.e. minimum starting condition, which is one of major important parameters in diffuser design points of view.

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Contributions of Heating and Forcing to the High-Latitude Lower Thermosphere: Dependence on the Interplanetary Magnetic Field

  • Kwak, Young-Sil;Richmond, Arthur;Ahn, Byung-Ho;Cho, Kyung-Suk
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.205-212
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    • 2010
  • To better understand the physical processes that maintain the high-latitude lower thermospheric dynamics, we have identified relative contributions of the momentum forcing and the heating to the high-latitude lower thermospheric winds depending on the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) and altitude. For this study, we performed a term analysis of the potential vorticity equation for the high-latitude neutral wind field in the lower thermosphere during the southern summertime for different IMF conditions, with the aid of the National Center for Atmospheric Research Thermosphere-Ionosphere Electrodynamics General Circulation Model (NCAR-TIEGCM). Difference potential vorticity forcing and heating terms, obtained by subtracting values with zero IMF from those with non-zero IMF, are influenced by the IMF conditions. The difference forcing is more significant for strong IMF $B_y$ condition than for strong IMF $B_z$ condition. For negative or positive $B_y$ conditions, the difference forcings in the polar cap are larger by a factor of about 2 than those in the auroral region. The difference heating is the most significant for negative IMF $B_z$ condition, and the difference heatings in the auroral region are larger by a factor of about 1.5 than those in the polar cap region. The magnitudes of the difference forcing and heating decrease rapidly with descending altitudes. It is confirmed that the contribution of the forcing to the high-latitude lower thermospheric dynamics is stronger than the contribution of the heating to it. Especially, it is obvious that the contribution of the forcing to the dynamics is much larger in the polar cap region than in the auroral region and at higher altitude than at lower altitude. It is evident that when $B_z$ is negative condition the contribution of the forcing is the lowest and the contribution of the heating is the highest among the different IMF conditions.