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Rocket-based combined cycle

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The RBCC, or rocket-based combined cycle propulsion system, was one of the two types of propulsion systems that may have been tested in the Boeing X-43 experimental aircraft. The RBCC, or strutjet as it is sometimes called, is a combination propulsion system that consists of a ramjet, scramjet, and ducted rocket, where all three systems use a shared flow path.[1]

A TBCC, or turbine-based combined cycle propulsion system, is a turbine engine combined with a ramjet and scramjet.[2]

A TRCC, or turbo rocket combined cycle propulsion system, is another combination propulsion system that combines an afterburning turbine engine with a RBCC propulsion system.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Sketch of a RBCC propulsion system (scroll down to 7th picture)
  2. ^ Sketch of a TBCC propulsion system (scroll down to 5th picture)
  3. ^ Sketch of a TRCC propulsion system (scroll down to 9th picture)
  4. ^ "First Sabre Development Milestone Reached" (PDF). January 26, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-02-27.