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A jet engine that uses solely ram pressure to compress the air it takes in, rather than using a turbocompressor.

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Is there a limit to a subsonic ramjet's pressure ratio?

Subsonic ramjets have high specific fuel consumption. This indicates to me they must have a low pressure ratio. Is there a limit to how high pressure ratio one can achieve with subsonic air? Why can't …
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Do ramjets use variable geometry supersonic inlets?

Ramjets are very often portrayed as super simple, I've read on few occasions that the only moving parts in a ramjet are the fuel pumps. …
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What mechanism or design aspect prevents jet blast from escaping the front of a Ramjet or sc...

Pressure is the greatest just before the combustor in both jet and ramjet engines - therefore air would have against the pressure differential for this to happen (turbine only has therefore an indirect …
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