This Paper presents the results of a rotating detonation engine rocket sled test demonstration on a 127 mm gauge rail at 100 m long high-speed running track test equipment to evaluate the thrust performance of a stand-alone rotating detonation engine propulsion system. The developed sled test demonstrator contained all onboard subsystems, including engine, gas cylinders, valves, controller, and a data logger. The sled test demonstrator successfully generated thrust, and three or four detonation waves of 1460 to were observed during the 2.0 s burn time. The measured specific impulse in the sled test was 144 s as estimated from the acceleration of the demonstrator and the mass decrease in the onboard cylinders. The test results were compared with the data from a laboratory-stand firing test using a load cell, and the specific impulses of the sled test were found to be comparable to the results of the stand firing test.
Thrust Validation of Rotating Detonation Engine System by Moving Rocket Sled Test
Journal of Propulsion and Power ; 37 , 3 ; 419-425
2020-11-30
7 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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