Hybrid chemical motors offer an alternative to traditional liquid or solid motors for spacecraft, missiles, rockets, or other vehicles.

Innovators at the NASA Glenn Research Center have designed a High Efficiency Megawatt Motor (HEMM), a wound-field partially superconducting machine.

May 11, 2023 · Students construct a rotary-wing aircraft model and define the mathematical relationship used to build the model.

Four principal types of electric motors are suitable for in-space applications; AC Induction Motors, Brush Direct Current (BDC) Motors, Brushless Direct Current ...

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Posted: Dec 20, 2023

Dec 20, 2023 · NASA has achieved a new benchmark in developing an innovative propulsion system called the Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE).

In this paper, eVTOL motor design studies for two different UAM vehicle types and the NASA UAM design missions [3] are carried out and example designs are ...

Jan 25, 2023 · The RDRE differs from a traditional rocket engine by generating thrust using a supersonic combustion phenomenon known as a detonation.

All jet engines, which are also called gas turbines, work on the same principle. The engine sucks air in at the front with a fan. A compressor raises the ...

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Posted: Jun 3, 2022