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Article #6860Re: Aerospike Engines... what are they?
From: Herity D.
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 13:44
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 13:44
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MUNIZB%RWTMS2.decnet@rockwell.com ("RWTMS2::MUNIZB") writes:
>In an spike nozzle the opposite takes place and the gas flow is directed
>inward from an annulus at some diameter away from the centerline. This
>flow is directly exposed to ambient pressure and its expansion is thus
>directly coupled to the external environment (continuous altitude
>compensation with no moving parts).
As I understand it, the exhaust is confined between the spike and the
external airflow. So how can it work in a vacuum ? Can it ?
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Newsgroups: sci.space Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!ieunet!tcdcs!dherity From: dherity@cs.tcd.ie (Herity D.) Subject: Re: Aerospike Engines... what are they? Message-ID: <1993Jan4.134426.20686@cs.tcd.ie> Organization: Computer Science, Trinity College Dublin References: <C0907I.69u.1@cs.cmu.edu> Distribution: sci Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 13:44:26 GMT Lines: 15