Beijing claims that China has developed a hypersonic jet engine capable of flying at 16 times the speed of sound that can fly anywhere in the world in ‘two hours’, Beijing claims.
- The prototype is called the Soramjet engine and was tested in Beijing’s wind tunnel.
- Mine speed – maximum test conditions of the tunnel
- The researchers claim that the analysis shows that the engine will work until March 16
According to reports, a hypersonic jet engine that can travel 16 times the speed of sound has been successfully tested in a Chinese wind tunnel.
This prototype is called a Soramjet engine and if it is ever given a smaller size and installed in commercial aircraft, it can travel to any part of the world in less than two hours.
Researchers in Beijing, who are leading the project, say the engine could be used to fly off conventional runways, fly into orbit and land at airports after re-entering the planet’s atmosphere.
If such hypersonic engines should ever be mastered, they can also be used as destructive military weapons.
According to reports, a hypersonic jet engine that can travel 16 times the speed of sound has been successfully tested in a Chinese wind tunnel. Pictured, Soramjet in a wind tunnel
According to the report, the new engine has a single-stage air inlet that directs air to the combustion chamber where it used to burn on-board hydrogen fuel.
Tests at the JF-12 shock tunnel in Beijing were nine times faster than the speed of sound and including nine. The speed of sound is 767mph.
The experiment was successful and the engine was working continuously, reports the South China Morning Post.
In a peer-reviewed scientific paper published by Professor Jiang Jonglin of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the researchers unveiled a revolutionary technique.
Success in March 9 was made possible by a different approach to other well-known forms of hypersonic jet engines, known as scramjets.
Left: Photo of the Tate engine provided in the scientific paper. Right: Its installation in the JF-12 wind tunnel in Beijing
This is different from the traditional turbojet engines seen on current aircraft and has no rotating part.
Instead, they use their rapid motion to compress the air in front of them and in turn burn the fuel, creating propulsion.
However, these engines, which are still in their testing phase and may yet have a real-world impact, have a major drawback that prevents them from doing more than the March 7.
Insist on compelling air in front of the engine and its meaning on the inevitable shockwaves – sonic booms – it will blow out the flame, forcing the engine to cut off.
Soramjets is based on a theory initially put forward in the 1980s by an engineer named Richard Morrison, who said that shock can be used to ignite fuel, not just ignoring the issue but turning it into a positive one.
According to the report, the new engine has a single-stage air inlet that directs air to the combustion chamber where it ignited on-board hydrogen fuel.
Professor Jiang led a team of experts who began building the machine using this technology from the beginning.
It was a breakthrough and, unlike Scramjets, the new design worked up to nine conditions.
The wind tunnel was unable to mimic conditions outside of this, and there is still no lab on Earth capable of testing the hypothesis that it could operate on March 16.
When the findings are published in the journal, the content of the paper will be carefully considered.
An anonymous expert involved in the study was sent to SCMP. “Publications are heavily scrutinized to ensure that no information about China’s latest technology is leaked,” he said.
This is because the Chinese government’s investment in the hypersonic program for its applications as a weapon has become a mystery and the Asian superpower is actively pursuing it.
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