Rocket-based combined cycle

The RBCC, or Rocket-Based Combined Cycle, is one of the two types of propulsion systems that may be used in the Boeing X-43 experimental aircraft.

It has been speculated that aerospace engineer Richard Foster originally introduced the term RBCC into the aerospace nomenclature.

A TBCC is a turbine engine with a ramming and scramming jet with ignition in 2 stages that fire on Hp mach.

See also

• air-augmented rocket

External links

• Performance Evaluation of the NASA GTX RBCC Flowpath - Glenn Research Center - NASA
• Parametric Study Conducted of Rocket-Based, Combined-Cycle Nozzles - Glenn Research Center - NASA
• Aerojet Successfully Tests RBCC Single Thruster, Demonstrating Tri-Fluid Rocket Injector Capabilities - SpaceRef
• Hypersonic inlet studies for a small-scale rocket-based combined-cycle engine, Journal of propulsion and power, 2007, vol. 23, no6, pp. 1160–1167, AIAA.
• Rocket-Based Combined-Cycle Engine (RBCC): Ramrocket, University of Toronto, High-Speed Vehicle Propulsion Systems Group.