Need For Speed Pushes Rotating Detonation Development

RDE aerospike nozzle concept

Academic facilities like Purdue University’s Zucrow Labs are helping pioneer pressure-gain developments like this RDE aerospike nozzle concept.

Credit: Purdue University
As part of the never-ending drive for better propulsion performance, improving combustion efficiency remains an aspiration for developers of air-breathing engines and rockets. One approach, which addresses the fundamental physics at the heart of the combustion process, continues to gain traction...

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