The version talked about here is termed a radial wave rotor, and is discussed a bit on page 730 Wave rotor applications. Note this paper is by the prof in the article; his cohorts have been doing wave rotor studies at Purdue for a long time.
At one point in my life I worked a bit on incorporating wave rotors into production jet engines, but then my supe told me the fun was over...
49 posted on 03/18/2011 1:31:04 PM PDT by Regulator
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