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    aerodynamic efficiency across a wide range of altitudes. It belongs to the class of altitude compensating nozzle engines. Aerospike engines were proposed for...
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  • An altitude compensating nozzle is a class of rocket engine nozzles that are designed to operate efficiently across a wide range of altitudes. The basic...
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  • allowing the water to form back into a stream. Plug nozzles belong to a class of altitude compensating nozzles, much like the aerospike, which, unlike traditional...
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    of the class of altitude compensating nozzles, a class that also includes the plug nozzle and aerospike. While the expanding nozzle is the least technically...
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  • The expansion-deflection nozzle is a rocket nozzle which achieves altitude compensation through interaction of the exhaust gas with the atmosphere, much...
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  • propelling nozzle or exhaust ejector is a nozzle that converts the internal energy of a working gas into propulsive force; it is the nozzle, which forms...
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    expected test flights by 2020, and operational flights by 2030. Altitude compensating nozzle Avatar (spacecraft) – India's air-breathing spaceplane Liquid-propellant...
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  • stepped nozzle (or dual-bell nozzle) is a de Laval rocket nozzle which has altitude compensating properties. The characteristic of this kind of nozzle is that...
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    problems with the launch vehicle. Advanced altitude-compensating designs, such as the aerospike or plug nozzle, attempt to minimize performance losses by...
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    Jet engine (redirect from Jet engine nozzle)
    leading to the nozzle. The temperature entering the nozzle may be as low as sea level ambient for a fan nozzle in the cold air at cruise altitudes. It may be...
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  • altitudes. It belongs to the class of altitude compensating nozzle engines. A vehicle with an aerospike engine uses 25–30% less fuel at low altitudes...
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    Turbofan (section Nozzles)
    entering the core nozzle (lower exhaust velocity), and fan-produced higher pressure and temperature bypass-air entering the fan nozzle. The amount of energy...
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    body to adjust for decreasing air pressure, forming a large altitude compensating nozzle. The module was fed from a set of four cross-linked turbopumps...
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    near-zero energy, having bled off most of its speed without gaining any compensating altitude in the process. Except in one-on-one engagements, this leaves the...
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    5 bar (3,285 psi). The engine nozzle is 287 cm (113 in) tall and has an interior diameter of 229 cm (90.3 in). The nozzle is cooled by 1,080 interior lines...
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    but can be varied by adjusting the unloader valve or using specialized nozzle tips. Machines that produce pressures from 750 to 30,000 psi (5 to 200 MPa)...
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  • check valve Stainless steel ball valve Cast iron butterfly valve Flanged nozzle inconel check valve or axial check valve Ball valve Butterfly valve Check...
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    burn-through was developed by using centrifugal injection nozzles, a mixing compartment, and a converging nozzle to the throat for homogeneous combustion.: 51  Film...
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    chambers feeding into a single expansion nozzle. This was later altered to a large single chamber and single nozzle. Test stands were constructed at Peenemunde...
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    thrust-vectoring nozzles dry, 142 kN (32,000 lbf) with afterburner Performance Maximum speed: 2,500 km/h (1,553 mph, 1,350 kn) at high altitude Maximum speed:...
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    part of the intake airflow, while the aft section functions as an exhaust nozzle. The engine of the X-43A was primarily fueled with hydrogen fuel. In the...
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    RS-25 (section Nozzle)
    XLR-129, which used a two-position expanding nozzle to provide increased efficiency over a wide range of altitudes. In January 1969 NASA awarded contracts...
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  • expansion deflection nozzle design via multiple test-firings by Airborne Engineering. An expansion deflection nozzle is capable of compensating for the changing...
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    with power setting. This system was later replaced by a vectored thrust nozzle, developed by Williams International, which resulted in reduced weight and...
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  • may be used to compensate for altitude, full load, and/or a cold engine. The injectors are simple spring-loaded check valves with nozzles; once fuel system...
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    the engine's performance, with two major upgrade programs, the de Laval nozzle-type J-2S and aerospike-type J-2T, which were cancelled after the conclusion...
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    fuel is burned with atmospheric oxygen to produce heat; and a diverging nozzle, where the heated air is accelerated to produce thrust. Unlike a typical...
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    low altitudes and very high speeds, and then attack high-value targets in rear areas. Another intended combat role was to provide high-altitude, high-speed...
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    fuel that is continuously under pressure from the fuel pump to the spray nozzle. In 1936, the first Bendix-Stromberg pressure carburetor (a model PD12-B)...
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    to the geared turbofan, the initial designs included a variable-area fan nozzle (VAFN), which allows improvements in propulsive efficiency across a range...
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