03-07-2010, 05:38 AM
[quote name='Gagan' date='06 March 2010 - 03:33 PM' timestamp='1267917924' post='104915']
WRT the Scramjet test ATV-D1
The big question is will this be scalable to a larger engine? I suppose that the next flight will see ignition.
On breifly searching the net I note that the US had the first ignition on a scramjet in 2002, and there are half a dozen countries trying to develop a scramjet powered craft.
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It may not directly in itself scale-up to a larger engine. However, at the very least it certainly will provide valuable data such as the reaction rate kinetics, etc. that will help in fine tuning existing simulations (for example in hypersonic aerothermodynamics) and experiments, which then will lead to a larger and practically usable scramjet.
WRT the Scramjet test ATV-D1
The big question is will this be scalable to a larger engine? I suppose that the next flight will see ignition.
On breifly searching the net I note that the US had the first ignition on a scramjet in 2002, and there are half a dozen countries trying to develop a scramjet powered craft.
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It may not directly in itself scale-up to a larger engine. However, at the very least it certainly will provide valuable data such as the reaction rate kinetics, etc. that will help in fine tuning existing simulations (for example in hypersonic aerothermodynamics) and experiments, which then will lead to a larger and practically usable scramjet.