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Free-Jet Testing of a Supersonic Engine/Intake Combination

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

D. P. Morriss
Affiliation:
British Aircraft Corporation (Filton Division)
D. D. Williams
Affiliation:
Rolls-Royce Ltd (Bristol Engine Division)

Extract

The design and development of aircraft powerplants for sustained supersonic operation proves to be an exacting task which involves careful balancing of the requirements for high installed performance and system viability. The latter question may be dominated by the need to ensure flow compatibility at the intake/engine interface.

Type
Symposium on Altitude Testing
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1970 

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