UCF researchers develop groundbreaking new rocket-propulsion system

EurekAlert  April 30, 2020
A team of researchers in the US (University of Central Florida. industry, Air Force Research Laboratory) presents experimental evidence of continuous detonation in a rotating detonation rocket engine (RDRE) powered by H2/O2 propellants. High-speed chemiluminescence imaging is used to characterize the detonation wave dynamics by introducing a tracer in the hydrogen fuel flow. The results show continuous five-wave co-rotating detonations at various equivalence ratios and flow rates demonstrating the potential for H2/O2 propellant based RDREs for upper-stage rocket engines…read more. TECHNICAL ARTICLE

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