THE FEASIBILITY OF A ROTATING DETONATION WAVE ROCKET MOTOR

Abstract

A study has been conducted which deals with the feasibility of utilizing exclusively the detonative mode of combustion in a rocket motor rather than the deflagrative mode used in conventional, chemical rocket motors. The configuration adopted consists of an annular combustion chamber wherein detonation waves completely fill the chamber cross-section and propagate steadily in the same circumferential direction. This configuration leads to the descriptive term Rotating Detonation Wave Engine (RDWE).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0449435

Entities

People

  • J. A. Nicholls
  • R. E. Cullen

Organizations

  • University of Michigan

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Boundary Layer
  • Burning Rate
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemistry
  • Combustion
  • Combustion Chambers
  • Computational Science
  • Energy Transfer
  • Explosives
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Heat Transfer
  • Ignition
  • Measurement
  • Rocket Engines
  • Test Equipment

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics.
  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) Technology.