Publication Date:
2019-08-28
Description:
This note reports tests in a shock tunnel in which a fully integrated scamjet configuration produced net thrust. The experiments not only showed that impluse facilities can be used for assessing thrust performance, but also were a demonstration of the application of a new technique to the measurement of thrust on scramjet configurations in shock tunnels. These two developments are of significance because scramjets are expected to operate at speeds well in excess of 2 km/s, and shock tunnels offer a means of generating high Mach number flows at such speeds.
Keywords:
AERODYNAMICS
Type:
Aeronautical Journal (ISSN 0001-9240); 99; 984; p. 161-163
Format:
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