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The aerospike engine (Fig. 1a) is an advanced liquid-propellant rocket engine...


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Figure 1.Static firing tests of (a) aerospike engine with 250,000 pounds (1,112,000 newtons) of thrust, and (b) linear aerospike engine with 125,000 pounds (556,000 newtons) of thrust. Both engines use hydrogen/oxygen propellants. (Boeing Company, Rocketdyne Division)
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Figure 2.Aerospike engine with plug nozzle, torus-shaped combustion chamber, and combustion gases expanding outside the nozzle. (Boeing Company, Rocketdyne Division)
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Figure 3.Nozzle flow comparison. (a) Conventional rocket engine (bell nozzle). (b) Aerospike engine (plug nozzle). (After R. A. O'Leary and J. E. Beck, Nozzle design, Threshold no. 8, pp. 34–43. Rockwell International Corporation, Rocketdyne Division, Spring 1992)
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