Aircraft ram jet engine for supersonic and/or hypersonic flight
US5722234A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 15, 1996 |
| Grant date | Mar 3, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 15, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF02K7/10
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An aircraft ram jet engine for supersonic and/or hypersonic flight, intended to operate over a wide range of speeds, of the type including: (a) an oxidant inlet; (b) at least one fuel injector; (c) a body in which the oxidant and fuel intended to be burned are mixed and the gases resulting from this combustion are channeled; and (d) at least one wall of the body consisting, at least partially, of plates (12) linked together by articulations. The ram jet engine comprises first fluid blowing means (19, 22), mounted in the region of the articulations (13), in order to cool them.
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