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Realization of Dual-Mode Combustion by Changing the Geometry of the Model Combustion Chamber Flow Part of a Ramjet Engine

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This paper presents the results of experiments on the methane-hydrogen mixture combustion in a test bench model of a dual-mode wide-range ramjet combustion chamber with a variable geometry flow path, obtained as part of a work under the LEA program.

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    V. N. Avrashkov, A. B. Agul’nik, E. M. Gnesin, D. V. Meshcheryakov & N. V. Mitrokhov

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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Aviatsionnaya Tekhnika, 2021, No. 4, pp. 96 - 102.

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Avrashkov, V.N., Agul’nik, A.B., Gnesin, E.M. et al. Realization of Dual-Mode Combustion by Changing the Geometry of the Model Combustion Chamber Flow Part of a Ramjet Engine. Russ. Aeronaut. 64, 695–701 (2021). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068799821040140

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