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Reliability Prediction of Liquid Rocket Engines for Different Propellant and Engine Cycles

추진제 및 연소 사이클을 고려한 액체로켓 엔진의 신뢰도 예측

  • Received : 2015.08.25
  • Accepted : 2016.01.16
  • Published : 2016.02.01
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Abstract

It is known that reliability of liquid rocket engines depends on the design thrust, propellant, engine cycle, and hot firing test time. Previously, a method was developed for estimating reliability of a new engine by adjusting the design thrust and hot firing test time of reference engines where reference engines have the same propellant and engine cycle with the new engine. In this paper, we provide a procedure to predict the engine reliability when the new engine and the reference engine have different propellant and engine cycles. The proposed method is illustrated to estimate the engine reliability of the first stage of Korea Space Launch Vehicle II.

액체로켓 엔진의 신뢰도는 설계 추력, 추진제, 연소 사이클, 및 연소시험 시간의 영향을 받는다. 기존 연구에 따르면 신규 개발하는 엔진과 같은 추진제 및 연소 사이클을 가지는 참조 엔진들의 연소시험 자료가 알려져 있다면 참조 엔진들의 설계 추력과 연소시험 시간을 보정하여 신규 엔진의 신뢰도를 예측할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 신규 개발하는 엔진과 같은 추진제 및 연소 사이클을 가지는 참조 엔진의 자료가 존재하지 않은 경우를 고려하여 두 엔진 사이의 유사성 분석을 통하여 고장률을 보정한 후 신뢰도를 예측하는 방법을 제시하였다. 또한 액체산소/케로신 추진제와 가스 발생기 사이클을 사용하는 한국형 발사체의 1단 엔진을 이용하여 제안된 방법을 예시하였다.

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