SUPERSONIC COMBUSTOR ROCKET NOZZLE

• Main Author: MUNGAS GREGORY S
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 15.09.2011
• Subjects: BLASTING; COMBUSTION ENGINES; HEATING; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS; JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; WEAPONS

A supersonic combustor as a component of a rocket nozzle offers improved utilization of available chemical energy that may be released from combustion gasses flowing through the rocket nozzle. A subsonic combustor sub-sonically accelerates an exothermically reacting combustion gas up to a nozzle thr...