The violent winds within tornadoes are among the most powerful forces on the face of the Earth. The Orbital Technologies Corporation (ORBITEC(tm)) of Madison, WI has discovered a way to harness the forces of a powerful tornado-like vortex flow within a new rocket engine where the chamber walls are protected from the fierce heat of combustion by a vortex flow field. This tamed tornado exists today as the vortex cooled chamber wall (VCCW) rocket engine and is the focus of a 15-month, million-dollar study contract awarded in June 2005 to an Aerojet-led team including ORBITEC, Space Systems/Loral, and Microcosm. The California Space Authority worked to obtain support for this study through the office of Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA), and the funding was derived from efforts of the U.S. Congress and Air Force supporting development of advanced launch vehicles.


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    Title :

    Vortex Cooled Chamber Wall Engine: A Tamed Tornado


    Contributors:
    A. E. Turner (author) / W. H. Knuth (author)

    Publication date :

    2005


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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