ANNULAR AEROSPIKE NOZZLE WITH WIDELY-SPACED THRUST CHAMBERS, ENGINE INCLUDING THE ANNULAR AEROSPIKE NOZZLE, AND VEHICLE INCLUDING THE ENGINE

ANNULAR AEROSPIKE NOZZLE WITH WIDELY-SPACED THRUST CHAMBERS, ENGINE INCLUDING THE ANNULAR AEROSPIKE NOZZLE, AND VEHICLE INCLUDING THE ENGINE

An annular aerospike nozzle for a vehicle, such as an upper stage rocket. is disclosed. The annular aerospike nozzle includes a centerbody and a plurality of thrust chambers spaced around the centerbody. Each thrust chamber has a throat and a nozzle portion extending aft of the throat. The nozzle po...

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Hauptverfasser: Lapsa, Andrew, Sander, Zachary, Feldman, Thomas, McCullough, Thomas Ryan
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
AIRCRAFT
AVIATION
BLASTING
COMBUSTION ENGINES
COSMONAUTICS
HEATING
HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
LIGHTING
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
TRANSPORTING
VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:An annular aerospike nozzle for a vehicle, such as an upper stage rocket. is disclosed. The annular aerospike nozzle includes a centerbody and a plurality of thrust chambers spaced around the centerbody. Each thrust chamber has a throat and a nozzle portion extending aft of the throat. The nozzle portion has an exit dimension Dexit at an aft end. Each thrust chamber is spaced away from adjacent thrust chambers by a spacing distance Dspace, such that Dspace≥M*Dexit, where M≥1.