supersonic combustion ramjet
41scram jet — A supersonic combustion ramjet. An engine in which the air is not compressed below Mach 1, which prevents dissociation (i.e., the breakdown of oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon molecules into individual atoms). The air is practically compressed and… …
42Don Fry — AO is an Australian engineer, company director, entrepreneur and philanthropist. Contents 1 NQEA 1.1 Hypersonics 2 Community involvement 3 …
43SCRAM — 1. Space Capsule Regulator and Monitor (Raytheon) Contributor: CASI 2. Supersonic Combustion Ramjet Contributor: CASI …
44SCSS — 1. Scene Correcting Subsystem Contributor: CASI 2. Supersonic Combustion Ramjet Contributor: CASI …
45SCRAMJET — aeronaut. abbr. Supersonic Combustion Ramjet …
46Jet engine — For a general overview of aircraft engines, see Aircraft engine. A Pratt Whitney F100 turbofan engine for the …
47jet engine — an engine, as an aircraft engine, that produces forward motion by the rearward exhaust of a jet of fluid or heated air and gases. Also called jet, jet motor. [1940 45] * * * Any of a class of internal combustion engines that propel aircraft by… …
48Ram accelerator — A ram accelerator has the same function as a gun; i.e., it is a device for accelerating projectiles; however, it is entirely different in that jet engine like propulsion cycles utilizing ramjet and/or scramjet combustion processes are used to… …
49Spacecraft propulsion — A remote camera captures a close up view of a Space Shuttle Main Engine during a test firing at the John C. Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Mississippi Spacecraft propulsion is any method used to accelerate spacecraft and artificial… …
50Spaceplane — A Space Shuttle rocketing into space, just after booster separation. A spaceplane is a vehicle that operates as an aircraft in Earth s atmosphere, as well as a spacecraft when it is in space. It combines features of an aircraft and a spacecraft,… …
