A SCRamjet, or Supersonic Combustion Ramjet, is a propulsive device with no compressor stage or turbine. Like the ramjet, it compresses incoming air via shock formation and kinetic means as a result of it's own forward speed.
The key difference between a ramjet and scramjet is that the scramjet, as it's name suggests, may combust a fuel/ air mix at supersonic velocity, whereas a ramjet slows and compresses incoming air to subsonic velocity before combustion.
The scramjet is useful in the field of hypersonic propulsion systems.
The key difference between a ramjet and scramjet is that the scramjet, as it's name suggests, may combust a fuel/ air mix at supersonic velocity, whereas a ramjet slows and compresses incoming air to subsonic velocity before combustion.
The scramjet is useful in the field of hypersonic propulsion systems.
The United States is experimenting with hypersonics for military means. Air-breathing scramjets are the usual source of propulsion.
by victorhadin December 07, 2003
The ability of an aircraft or aerial vehicle to maintain accurate pitch control in the post-stall regime of high-alpha flight.
Evident in:
-Eurofighter Typhoon.
-Su37.
-F22.
-Most Hollywood fighters. Hollywood clearly knows things the aerospace industry doesn't.
Ha. Let's see how many people bother looking *this* up. ;)
-Eurofighter Typhoon.
-Su37.
-F22.
-Most Hollywood fighters. Hollywood clearly knows things the aerospace industry doesn't.
Ha. Let's see how many people bother looking *this* up. ;)
by victorhadin December 07, 2003
1) More useful to society than an insurance salesman.
2) More useful to the arms industry than a big bucket of grenades.
3) More likely to use statistics than 345% of the population.
4) Enjoys overcomplicating things.
2) More useful to the arms industry than a big bucket of grenades.
3) More likely to use statistics than 345% of the population.
4) Enjoys overcomplicating things.
by victorhadin March 25, 2003
A loss of lift over a lifting body, usually caused by separation of the flow from the upper surface of the lifting body/ aerofoil.
Common types of stall by flow separation include leading edge, trailing edge and thin aerofoil stalling.
Common types of stall by flow separation include leading edge, trailing edge and thin aerofoil stalling.
by victorhadin December 07, 2003
-Also shorthand for 'Influenza'.
by victorhadin December 08, 2003
-Doesn't actually exist. There is no such faction or mindset as an 'evolutionist', which has so far not prevented the more literal-minded creationists from leaping on the title.
by victorhadin December 08, 2003
The EMP, or Electromagnetic pulse, is a rapid magnetic fluctuation which induces pulses of current in unshielded electronics. Natural sources of EMP include lightning, whereas artificial ones include a nuclear blast.
A nuclear blast generates an EMP via gamma radiation interacting with air molecules to create Compton electrons. These create a brief current and an associated electromagnetic pulse. This is especially hazardous with an exo-atmospheric nuclear blast outside the atmosphere, as the region affected by Compton electrons in such a manner becomes enormous and the electrons will rotate around the Earth's natural magnetic field lines, creating a vast pulse.
EMPs and NEMPs are extremely hazardous to unshielded electronics, causing rapid fluctuations in current, especially in long wires or antennae.
A nuclear blast generates an EMP via gamma radiation interacting with air molecules to create Compton electrons. These create a brief current and an associated electromagnetic pulse. This is especially hazardous with an exo-atmospheric nuclear blast outside the atmosphere, as the region affected by Compton electrons in such a manner becomes enormous and the electrons will rotate around the Earth's natural magnetic field lines, creating a vast pulse.
EMPs and NEMPs are extremely hazardous to unshielded electronics, causing rapid fluctuations in current, especially in long wires or antennae.
Yes, this might be something of an intellectual masturbation, but it's more fun than actually working. Hey-ho.
by victorhadin December 07, 2003