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Japan tests rotating detonation engine for the first time in space
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| AUGUST 21, 2021
| ASHWINI SAKHARKAR
Posted on 08/22/2021 5:28:49 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: Jewbacca
Don’t know about the burn efficiency. I know the supersonic burn front has major implications, but conflagration vs detonation and what isn’t burned? Haven’t looked at it.
I do know the engine is smaller so what waste heat there is has less area. Like I said, real world... no clue. Its like communism. In theory and for ants it works great. Real world, not so much.
Physics says less waste heat.
To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
The burn efficiency is in the range of a 25% improvement.
A ton of unburnt fuel goes out the back of a normal rocket engine.
I might be a flying monkey by trade, but I am an aeronautical engineer by training.
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08/23/2021 6:31:47 AM PDT
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Jewbacca
(The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalemabcxp. A A)
To: BenLurkin
A rotating detonation engine is theoretically 25% more efficient than conventional deflagration combustion.
It would be a significant improvement.
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08/23/2021 7:16:23 AM PDT
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marktwain
(President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries. )
To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
Thank you. It will be interesting to see how this works out...
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08/23/2021 10:04:08 AM PDT
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Openurmind
(The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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