Liquid-fuelled rocket engine design ... are several issues with operating an engine on a detonation-based cycle, however. It can be difficult to sustain a continuous detonation reaction.

Rather than using a continuous burn like most rocket engines, RDRE operates by a detonation wave continuously rotating around an annulus, or ring-shaped, chamber. The fuel, hydrogen peroxide ...

Thrust propulsion testing and characterization of the UCF rotating detonation rocket engine is shown in this photo. Credit: University of Central Florida For use with coverage of the University of ...