Check out this article from Air Force Research Laboratory featuring one of our funded projects led by Steve Son and Terrence Meyer of Purdue University Mechanical Engineering! They are developing solid fuels for rotating detonation engines, a technology for which they have filed a patent disclosure.
“The idea to use solid propellants for rotating detonation is a fairly new one,” said Eric Paulson, senior aerospace engineer at AFRL. “The innovative work that has been done at Purdue University and a couple other places in the U.S. is really cutting-edge technology. There’s a lot of work that has been done with liquids, but rotating detonation with solid fuel is a pretty new game.” Researchers at Purdue University, with support from the Air Force Research Laboratory, have filed a patent disclosure to develop solid fuels for rotating detonation engines. The project was awarded in collaboration with the AFRL Regional Network - Midwest, headquartered at Purdue. The Midwest Network is a new science and technology ecosystem that brings together academia, industry and government agencies to advance research and technology critical to the Air Force mission. Read more: https://lnkd.in/g9t972wM