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ramjet
[ ram-jet ]
noun
- a jet engine operated by the injection of fuel into a stream of air compressed by the forward speed of the aircraft.
ramjet
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noun
- Also calledathodyd
- a type of jet engine in which fuel is burned in a duct using air compressed by the forward speed of the aircraft
- an aircraft powered by such an engine
ramjet
/ °ùă³¾â€²ÂáÄ•³Ù′ /
- A cylindrical jet propulsion engine consisting of air intake and combustion chambers into which burning fuel is injected, forcing hot air out of the rear of the engine at high pressures to provide forward thrust.
- See Note at turbojet
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A scramjet is a supersonic combustion ramjet involving combustion that uses the forward speed of the aircraft as part of its propulsion.
This makes ramjet missiles suitable for firing in the atmosphere, but near or through space like rockets.
Another daunting challenge is the supersonic combustion ramjet, — or “scramjet†— engine that powers hypersonic cruise missiles such as those in the Air Force’s conventional strike weapon contract.
Development of a larger scramjet engine — formally known as a supersonic combustion ramjet — also has been challenging.
There’s plenty of hypothetical innovation, too: ramjet fusion machines, antimatter engines and “laser porting†of human connectomes to enable bodiless exploration of the cosmos.
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