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Rocket-based combined cycle

Rocket-based combined cycle

Type of multiple-engine configuration with a common intake, used in aircraft

The RBCC, or rocket-based combined cycle propulsion system, was one of the two types of propulsion systems that may have been tested in the Boeing X-43 experimental aircraft. The RBCC, or strutjet as it is sometimes called, is a combination propulsion system that consists of a ramjet, scramjet, and ducted rocket, where all three systems use a shared flow path.[1]

A TBCC, or turbine-based combined cycle propulsion system, is a turbine engine combined with a ramjet and scramjet.[2]

A TRCC, or turbo rocket combined cycle propulsion system, is another combination propulsion system that combines an afterburning turbine engine with a RBCC propulsion system.[3]

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  1. [1]
    Sketch of a RBCC propulsion system (scroll down to 7th picture)
  2. [2]
    Sketch of a TBCC propulsion system (scroll down to 5th picture)
  3. [3]
    Sketch of a TRCC propulsion system (scroll down to 9th picture)
  4. [4]
    "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-02-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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