The metallic wall of the combustion chamber of a combined rocket-ramjet engine is lined with solid ramjet fuel overlaid with rocket fuel. After the consumption of the rocket fuel in the boost portion of the flight the solid ramjet fuel burns and ablates protecing the metallic combustion chamber wall from high temperatures during the cruise of the missile flight. (Author)
Combined Cycle Ramjet Engine
1979
14 pages
Report
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English
Missile Technology , Rocket Engines & Motors , Jet & Gas Turbine Engines , Combustion & Ignition , Ordnance , Patent applications , Integral rocket ramjets , Ramjet engines , Solid rocket propellants , Solid jet engine fuels , Combustion chambers , Burnthrough , Ablation , Postboost propulsion systems