A study was directed towards assessing viability and effectiveness of an air augmented ejector/rocket. Successful thrust augmentation could potentially reduce a multi-stage vehicle to a single stage-to-orbit vehicle (SSTO) and, thereby, eliminate the associated ground support facility infrastructure and ground processing required by the eliminated stage. The results of this preliminary study indicate that an air augmented ejector/rocket propulsion system is viable. However, uncertainties resulting from simplified approach and assumptions must be resolved by further investigations.
Operationally efficient propulsion system study (OEPSS) data book, Volume 10
1992
42 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Space Technology , Thrust augmentation , Rocket engines , Advanced launch system(Sts) , Propulsion system performance , Mach number , Ejectors , Single stage to orbit vehicles , Ground support systems , Rocket nozzles , Afterburning , Air flow , Inviscid flow , Drag , Boundary layers , Cooling , Rocket engine design