User:Timgrindall/Shcramjet

A Schramjet (SHock-induced Combustion RAMJET) is a variation on the design of a Scramjet in which the fuel/air mixture is ignited by a shock wave, generated by a wedge or blunt body in the combustor, rather than an electric arc or pulsed laser. This results in the ability to use a shorter combuster, and faster fuel combustion. This supposedly also results in a lighter engine weight which has been one of the banes of Scramjet design and would be especially useful for acceleration to orbit applications such as SSTO (Single Stage to Orbit) or TSTO (Two Stage To Orbit).

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 * http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=406&gTable=jaPaper&gid=12630