• 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2012.11a
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• pp.291-294
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• 2012

The research and development status of combustion chamber of liquid rocjet engine for Korea Space Launch Vehicle(KSLV-II) are briefly described. The cold and hot firing tests of uni-element injector, the performance/heat flux measurement/hot firing tests of subscale combustion chamber and the performance/stability rating/regenerative cooling/hot fire tests of 30ton-class combustion chamber were successfully performed. Based on these results, the research and development of combustion chamber for 75ton-class liquid rocket engine are underway.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.115-118
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• 2009

Life time and number of use of liquid propellant rocket engine (LRE) should be carefully defined since those are crucial parameters affecting development costs and period. The present study surveyed the development and qualification records of LRE for space launch vehicles, especially concerning about test numbers and duration. It was shown that a single engine for expendable launch vehicle is tested with tens of ignition and several times duration of flight at least.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.10 no.6
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• pp.557-565
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• 2004

The Korean space program was marked by the successful launching of a KSR-III liquid propelled sounding rocket. The Inertial Navigation System (INS) which carries out critical mission functions of navigation, guidance and control was domestically developed and perfectly certified through the flight test. The system consists of a strapdown inertial measurement, an onboard computer and flight software. This paper will describes the development works of the inertial navigation system, including top level system design, hardware and software. And it summarizes flight results.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.93-97
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• 2010

The energy balance program which can balance the relations among energy, mass flow, pressure in the staged-combustion cycle of the liquid rocket engine has been developed. The modular approach has been chosen for the analysis; the engine cycle consists of the elements from the predefined component analysis program. The engine with the staged-combustion cycle has been decomposed into several principal component modules, such as a thruster chamber, turbopumps, turbines, supply system components and a pre-burner. The program has been verified with comparison of the results to the selected data of the space shuttle main engine.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.1-11
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• 2013

In this study, probabilistic reliability analysis was conducted for hybrid rocket performance using Monte-Carlo Simulation. For the accuracy, reliability analysis was performed with experimental data. To simplify the analysis process, the oxidizer was supplied with constant pressure, so that pressure variation with time can be eliminated. And time-space averaged regression rate model was used. The regression rate is obtained with a series of experiments. For reliability analysis of thrust, constant exponent of regression rate is assumed that has probabilistic character. So, the efficiency of characteristic velocity has also probabilistic values. As a results, probability distribution of the thrust is obtained by Monte-Carlo simulation using random samples of the input parameter and validated under the 95% confidence level.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2008.03a
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• pp.122-129
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• 2008

Rocket Based Combined-Cycle(RBCC) engines are currently being explored as advanced propulsion for space transportation. JAXA has been conducting RBCC engine research by using various experimental facilities. In order to clarify the experimental results and contribute to the improvement of designing, the analysis of the RBCC engine in an ejector-jet mode was carried out using the CFD code developed in-house for unstructured grids. CFD replicated the characteristic flow structures. The numerical simulation of the pumping performance of the ejector driven by different rocket gases(He, $N_2,\;A_r$) and physical conditions were performed, and their effects on the performance were studied.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.461-464
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• 2012

The high-frequency data acquisition system of the rocket engine test facility has been updated to perform hot-firing tests of 7 ton-class liquid rocket engine combustion chambers which will be used for the third stage of the Korea space launch vehicle II. The paper deals with the design of the updated high-frequency data acquisition system and explains its main functions.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.493-497
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• 2012

The rocket engine test facility(ReTF) was improved for hot firing tests of 7 ton-class liquid rocket engine combustion chamber, which will be used for the third stage of the Korea Space Launch Vehicle II(KSLV-II), considering convenience of operation and maintenance, flexibility and safety. In this paper, main modifications and functions of improved ReTF were described. 초 록

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.42 no.5
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• pp.437-443
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• 2014

Engine is one of the most important parts in a rocket for completing its mission successfully. In this paper, we provide a methodology for estimating reliability and development cost of a liquid rocket engine newly developed. To estimate reliability, a baseline engine is selected considering factors whose effects on reliability are unquantifiable. Then reliability of a baseline engine is adjusted to reflect the effect of factors that can be modeled quantitatively. Using the previous Transcost engine cost expressed in terms of mass and the number of hot firing tests, the engine development cost is reexpressed in reliability and thrust requirements. Finally, a numerical example is given to illustrate the application of the methodology to a turbopump rocket engine using staged combustion cycle with LOX/LH2 propellant.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.22-30
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• 2017

This paper examines a survey on recent research regarding health monitoring and management for liquid rocket engines (LRE). For this, we investigated precedent techniques applied to LRE development. Particularly, we focused on open-cycle LRE to apply to KSLV-II (Korea Space Launch Vehicle II). Through this study, we subdivided health monitoring algorithms and analyzed fault detection and diagnosis algorithm developed in China, since China researched open-cycle LRE that have the same cycle as KSLV-II rocket engines. We discuss significant points to be considered regarding development of the KSLV-II.