On the airbreathing/rocket propulsion relationship: For advanced spaceflight systems, it's the combination that counts

39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Escher, William J D ^a  

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE PROPULSION; AIR-BREATHING PROPULSION; ENGINEERING CHARACTERISTICS; MULTIMODE OPERATIONS; PROPULSION SYSTEM; SPACEFLIGHT SYSTEMS; TRANSPORTATION SERVICES; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

ENGINES; ROCKETS; TRANSPORTATION;

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 84897792299     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (17)

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2. Escher, W.J.D., "Synerjet Powered Spaceliner: Aircraft Operability and Economics 'Without Wings and Wheels', " SAIC Paper SAE985516, presented at the 1998 World Aviation Congress & Exposition, 28-30 September 1998, Anaheim, California
3. Escher, W.J.D., "The Seven Operating Modes of the Supercharged Ejector Scramjet (SESJ) Combined-Cycle Engine, " SAIC Paper AIAA 2001-3240, presented at the 37th Joint Propulsion Conference, 8-11 July 2001, Salt Lake City, Utah
4. Escher, W.J.D., "Rationale for Fan-Supercharging the Hydrogen-Fueled Hypersonic Airbreathing Rocket Combined-Cycle Engine, " SAIC Paper IS-2001-1137, presented at the Fifteenth International Symposium on Air Breathing Engines (XV ISABE) Conference, 2-7 September 2001, Bangalore, India
5. Escher, W.J.D. and Flornes, B.J., "A Study of Composite Propulsion Systems for Advanced Launch Vehicle Applications, " Marquardt final report under NASA Contract NAS7-377, Report No. 25,194 (Basic Study), September 1966 (7 volumes)
6. Flornes, B.J. and Escher, W.J.D., "A Study of Composite Propulsion Systems for Advanced Launch Vehicle Applications, " Marquardt final report under NASA Contract NAS7-377, Report No. 25,220 (Extension Phase Study), April 1967 (2 volumes). The following is a more recent technical paper that summarizes this work
7. Escher, W.J.D., "Synerjet for Earth/Orbit Propulsion: Revisiting the 1966 NASA/Marquardt Composite (Airbreathing/Rocket) Propulsion Study, " SAE Paper 851163, presented at the Aerospace Requirements Conference, 20-23 May 1985, Washington, D.C. (see also Paper AIAA-96-3040, an updated version)
8. Puorto, J.W., "SERJ Fan Integration Study, " The Marquardt Corporation Final Report 25,279 under Naval Air Systems Command Contract N00019-68-C-0300, October 1968, Van Nuys, California
9. Escher, W.J.D., Roddy, J.E. and Hyde, E.H., "Marquardt's Mach 4.5 Supercharged Ejector Ramjet High-Performance Aircraft Engine Project, " SAIC-Huntsville/NASA-MSFC Paper AIAA-2000-3109, presented at the 36th Joint Propulsion Conference, 16-19 July 2000, Huntsville, Alabama
10. Escher, D.W. and Christensen, E.T., "Propulsion Technology Impacts on Airbreathing/Rocket Powered TSTO Concepts, " SAIC Paper AIAA-2002-4328, presented at the 38th Joint Propulsion Conference, 7-10 July 2002, Indianapolis, Indiana
11. Moses, P.L., et al (10 additional authors), "An Airbreathing Launch Vehicle Design with Turbine-Based Low-Speed Propulsion and Dual Mode Scramjet High-Speed Propulsion, " FDC/NYMA-NASA Langley Research Center Paper AIAA 99-4948, presented at the 9th International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference, 1-5 November 1999, Norfolk, Virginia
12. Hall, C. and Panossian, H., "X-33 Attitude Control Using the XRS-2200 Linear Aerospike Engine, " NASAMSFC and Boeing Rocketdyne Paper AIAA 99-2936, presented at the 35th Joint Propulsion Conference, 20-23 June 1999, Los Angeles, California
13. Pryor, D.E., Hyde, E.H. and Escher, W.J.D., "Development of a 12-Thrust Chamber Kerosene/Oxygen Primary Rocket Subsystem for an Early (1964) Air-Augmented Rocket Ground Test System, " NASA-MSFC and SAIC Paper AIAA 99-4896, presented at the 9th International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference, 1-5 November 1999, Norfolk, Virginia
14. Stroup, K.E. and Pontzer, R.W., "Ejector Ramjet System Demonstration, " The Marquardt Corporation's Advanced Ramjet Concepts Program final report AFAPL-TR-67-118, Volume I, June 1968, Van Nuys, CA
15. Escher, W.J.D., Hyde, E.H. and Anderson, D.M., "A User's Primer for Comparative Assessments of All-Rocket and Rocket-Based Combined-Cycle Propulsion Systems for Advanced Earth-to-Orbit Space Transport Applications, " NASA Headquarters/NASA-MSFC Paper AIAA-95-2474, presented at the 31st Joint Propulsion Conference, 10-12 July 1995, San Diego, California
16. Escher, W.J.D. and Schnurstein, R.E., "A Retrospective on Early Cryogenic Primary Rocket Subsystem Designs as Integrated into Rocket-Based Combined-Cycle Engines, " NASA-Headquarters/ Rocketdyne Paper AIAA-93-1944, presented at the 29th Joint Propulsion Conference, 28-30 June 1993, Monterey, California
17. Steffen, C.J., Jr., Smith, T.D., Yungster, S. and Keller, D.J., "Computational Analysis for Rocket-Based Combined-Cycle Systems During Rocket-Only Operations, " NASA Glenn Research Center paper in the AIAA Journal of Power and Propulsion, Volume 16, Pages 1030-1039, November-December 2000