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Who cares?I'm suprised, that the NASA is using psi instead of MPa...
Who cares?I'm suprised, that the NASA is using psi instead of MPa...
Wouldn't be much of a problem if people stop posting RDE related topics on PDE thread!Unfortunately we now have multiple parallel topics discussing rotating detonation.
RDE+dual-mode ramjet/scramjet
GE Reveals New Hypersonic Propulsion Effort | Aviation Week Network
GE Aerospace is working to combine rotating detonation engine (RDE) combustors for a turbine engine with a dual-mode ramjet/scramjet.aviationweek.com
Interesting the glowing stripes in the exhaust. Can’t tell if they are in a spiral, showing the rotating detonation combustion, or if they are the world’s shortest shock diamonds from an under expanded conventional nozzle. If it is the latter, it appears they achieved rotating detonation without developing the high combustion pressures that RDE is supposed to achieve for high ISP.![]()
VENUS AEROSPACE ROTATING DETONATION ROCKET ENGINE ACHIEVES LONG-DURATION RUN
/PRNewswire/ -- Venus Aerospace, a company focused on making hypersonic flight a reality for commercial and defense purposes, has achieved the first...www.prnewswire.com
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDiLhYLmxFg
Interesting the glowing stripes in the exhaust. Can’t tell if they are in a spiral, showing the rotating detonation combustion, or if they are the world’s shortest shock diamonds from an under expanded conventional nozzle.
Well, now we've seen one running without a plug nozzle. Looks like they had a little instability to iron out, but cool nonetheless.
Shock diamonds form from a conventional convergent - Divergent nozzle that is either underexpanded (normal) or over expanded (not good, typically unstable separated flow). The length of the diamonds is an indication of the velocity of the flow, not the shape of the nozzle.I've been wondering about that too - maybe it's because the nozzles are not circular but annular, giving a jet that is "hollow" for some distance? I.e. the spacing of the shock diamonds is appropriate for the width of the jet, which is simply lower than we're accustomed to see from a conventional nozzle of the same diameter?
I've come to the conclusion that they should not be a spiral wake of the rotating detonation wave, as that would indicate things haven't mixed out properly before exiting the nozzle. That doesn't seem desirable.
To my understanding, shock diamonds are from over expanded nozzles, not under expended nozzels.Interesting the glowing stripes in the exhaust. Can’t tell if they are in a spiral, showing the rotating detonation combustion, or if they are the world’s shortest shock diamonds from an under expanded conventional nozzle. If it is the latter, it appears they achieved rotating detonation without developing the high combustion pressures that RDE is supposed to achieve for high ISP.
Shock diamonds form in either condition. If the flow is under expanded, an oblique expansion wave forms at the nozzle exit, which is then reflected back as a shockwave when it reaches ambient on the other side, which is then reflected as an expansion wave and so on. Over expanded starts with a shock wave, which is reflected as an expansion wave.To my understanding, shock diamonds are from over expanded nozzles, not under expended nozzels.
I guess a circular aerospike nozzle would be the best fitting solution, but I can't see any defined nozzle in the video, it might be attached later in the development process.
Huh, the editor hasn't noticed that the first lines are still talking about the Korean fusion reactor.![]()
Superfast drone fitted with new 'rotating detonation rocket engine' approaches the speed of sound
The experimental fusion reactor sustained temperatures of 180 million degrees Fahrenheit for a record-breaking 48 seconds.www.space.com
Note the (at the time of posting) amusing mistake (likely a copy and paste error or the like).
Now, a new engine designed by engineers at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China is building off the success of these types of engines, but introducing a high-speed rotor to further stabilize the detonation. It’s called a ram-rotor detonation engine (RRDE), and its creators hope that it will overcome some of the shortcomings of a typical RDE—poor thrust continuity, high starting Mach numbers (meaning it operates better at super and hypersonic speeds than at subsonic speeds), and poor performance gains, for instance.
The RRDE works by using a spinning rotor with blades in a stationary casing. The blades—which are distributed evenly—handle the compression, detonation combustion, and expansion in the channel between them. According to New Atlas, this allows the engine to achieve “higher thermodynamic efficiency by capitalizing on the extreme pressures and temperatures of detonation in a way no traditional ramjet engine can.”
Is this the fastest a rotating detonation Ramjet (or any air breathing detonation engine) was ever tested in flight?
I thought Solid Fuel is still preferable due to not having to messed around with storage and transportation of liquid propellent?RDEs are gonna be big for tactical ballistic missiles in about 5-8 years if vendors can work out the kinks.
I thought Solid Fuel is still preferable due to not having to messed around with storage and transportation of liquid propellent?
Wait my bad I was thinking about RDE that use liquid oxygen. Rather than Ramjet RDE. This make sense now.Transportation? 1955 was a long time ago, everyone knows how to make wooden round ramjets these days, and kerosene isn't scary.
RDEs would most likely be used in long range SAMs, similar to Meteor, or as an upper stage for a two-stage TBM al a Pershing Ia.
Throttled, restartable SRBs are a competing technology, but AFAIK Sandia/LANL/whoever hasn't made that one work very well, and aren't demonstrated at operational scales. The Navy would love it for SLBMs, but similar to PDEs (not RDEs), it's been "the next big thing" for nearly 60 years at this point.
Meanwhile RDEs have actually been built at tactical scales and might end up being a cute middle ground between multiple grain SRBs and scramjets. Just gotta make one that doesn't explode or shred its guts half the time you light it. In that sense they're a bit like BLLP guns.
Specifically, rotating detonation rocket engines (RDREs) use detonation as the primary means of energy conversion, producing more useful available work compared to equivalent deflagration-based devices; detonation-based combustion is poised to radically improve rocket performance compared to today’s constant pressure engines, producing up to 10% increased thrust. This new propulsion cycle will also reduce thruster size and/or weight, lower injection pressures, and are less susceptible to engine-damaging acoustic instabilities.
What are the benefits of a RDE relative to a conventionel rocket?
I was wondering about the last part too, though it's less relevant for single-use rockets.It's a detonation rather than deflagration so you're using fuel and propellant more efficiently by making exhaust both hotter and less fuel rich.
Unfortunately: it's also a detonation. The difference between a high explosive bomb and a detonation engine is a matter of interpretation.
I was wondering about the last part too, though it's less relevant for single-use rockets.
Unless I'm mistaken, doesn't RDE require liquid fuel to operate? If that's the case it would be rather unsuitable for ICBMs since liquid fuel poses a huge challenge for maintenace and combat readiness.It's a detonation rather than deflagration so you're using fuel and propellant more efficiently by making exhaust both hotter and less fuel rich.
Unfortunately: it's also a detonation. The difference between a high explosive bomb and a detonation engine is a matter of interpretation.