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ramjet engine

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Noun1.ramjet engine - a simple type of jet engine; must be launched at high speed
jet engine - a gas turbine produces a stream of hot gas that propels a jet plane by reaction propulsion


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According to a report by ABC News, the design stems from the goal of the program - to demonstrate an air-breathing, hypersonic, combustion ramjet engine, known as a scramjet.
This launch, which took place on August 16, 2002, was the first hesitant step in developing a hypersonic ramjet engine, an event that even now is only barely beginning to reach the public consciousness.
The term "scramjet" is used to describe the engine s supersonic combustion ramjet design, which follows the same principles as a ramjet engine in which air coming into an engine is compressed as it is forced through a narrow neck on its way to the combustion chamber, but at supersonic speeds.
 
 
 
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