The bright minds from the University of Central Florida (UCF) are on a path to revolutionize the future of air travel, and even facilitate interplanetary transportation. In the quest to find a ...

Conceptual image of an oblique detonation wave engine-powered hypersonic aircraft. (Courtesy: background image: NASA; composite image: Daniel A Rosato) Scientists in the US have produced a detonation ...

Academic facilities like Purdue University’s Zucrow Labs are helping pioneer pressure-gain developments like this RDE aerospike nozzle concept. Credit: Purdue University As part of the never-ending ...

A study demonstrates an experimental framework for developing detonation-based propulsion. Conventional propulsion fuels and technologies produce thrust through deflagration, which is a subsonic ...

From a thermodynamic point of view, detonations are more efficient than the more commonly known deflagration (classic combustion). While classic combustion in rocket engines takes place at constant ...