ramjet
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thumb|upright=1.2|250px|Simple ramjet operation, with Mach numbers of flow shown
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Encyclopedic overview
44 sectionsContents
- History
- France
- Cyrano de Bergerac
- René Lorin
- René Leduc
- Nord Aviation
- Austria-Hungary
- Albert Fonó
- Soviet Union
- Japan
- Germany
- United States
- THOR-ER
- Dual-mode ramjet
- United Kingdom
- Fritz Zwicky
- Design
- Construction
- Diffuser
- Combustor
- Nozzles
- Performance and control
- Control
- Liquid fuel
- Take-off
- Integral rocket ramjet/ducted rocket
- Flight speed
- Related engines
- Air turboramjet
- Supersonic-combustion ramjets (Scramjets)
- Standing oblique detonation ramjets (Sodramjets)
- Precooled engines
- Nuclear-powered ramjet
- United States
- Russia
- Ionospheric ramjet
- Bussard ramjet
- Ramjet mode for an afterburning turbojet
- Aircraft using ramjets
- Missiles using ramjets
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|upright=1.2|250px|Simple ramjet operation, with Mach numbers of flow shown
A ramjet is a form of airbreathing jet engine that requires forward motion of the engine to provide air for combustion. Ramjets work most efficiently at supersonic speeds around and can operate up to .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “ramjet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.