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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2002
Jason S. Tyll, Blue Point, NY (US);
Robert J. Bakos, Wading River, NY (US);
Florin Girlea, Flushing, NY (US);
Ralph Woelfel, Sayville, NY (US);
Dean Modroukas, Yonkers, NY (US);
John I. Endos, East Hampton, NY (US);
Jason S. Tyll, Blue Point, NY (US);
Robert J. Bakos, Wading River, NY (US);
Florin Girlea, Flushing, NY (US);
Ralph Woelfel, Sayville, NY (US);
Dean Modroukas, Yonkers, NY (US);
John I. Endos, East Hampton, NY (US);
Alliant Techsystems Inc., Edina, MN (US);
Abstract
A scramjet has a cowl, a center structure, and a plurality of wide pylons connecting the cowl to the center structure, with scramjet engines positioned between adjacent pylons. Leading surfaces of adjacent pylons converge to one another to provide side wall compression to air entering the engines. The center structure includes a fore body, a center body and an aft body that, with the pylons, define a basic structure either formed entirely from one piece or several securely connected pieces. A method of testing the scramjet projectile comprises using a gun to accelerate the scramjet projectile to the takeover velocity of the engines.