Thermal management for ramjet-RDRE configuration of RBCC
AssigneeVenus Aerospace Corp.
InventorsVishal Doshi, Wade Allen McElroy, Aaron Ezekiel Smith, Ali Moradi, William Thomas Ross, Jacob T. Needels
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Abstract
Disclosed is an aircraft having a rocket-based combined cycle (RBCC) propulsion system including a rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) and an airbreathing jet engine. The RDRE is located within a throat area of the jet engine and is configured to be cooled by air bypassed from upstream of the jet engine.
Claims13
An aircraft having a rocket-based combined cycle (RBCC) propulsion system comprising a rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) and an airbreathing jet engine, wherein the RDRE is located within a throat area of the jet engine and is configured to be cooled by ram air bypassed from upstream of the jet engine, wherein the RDRE is supported in the throat area of the jet engine via studs, wherein the RDRE includes a cover or shield on its leading end, and wherein the cover or shield is axially movable relative to the leading end of the RDRE.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.