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The scramjet engine offers a potentially viable means for future hypersonic flight. Various studies have shown that in the Mach range of 8 - 14 this class of airbreathing engine generates the greatest specific impulse amongst current airbreathing and rocket technologies [1]. The engine is characterised by an internal flow path that is void of any moving components, relying on external compression to complete its cycle and supersonic combustion.
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Oberg, D., Boyce, R.R., Brown, L., Itoh, K., Komuro, T. (2015). Ground Based Testing and Numerical Studies of a Large Axisymmetric Scramjet Engine in the HIEST Test Facility. In: Bonazza, R., Ranjan, D. (eds) 29th International Symposium on Shock Waves 2. ISSW 2013. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16838-8_34
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