Firing rocket engines into a supersonic wind presents severe aerodynamic and structural stability challenges
the verdict
SUPPORTED
the evidence backs this
confidence 85/100
Studies on transverse jet injection into supersonic flows consistently demonstrate that firing or injecting jets into a supersonic crossflow creates severe aerodynamic disturbances, shock-boundary layer interactions, total pressure losses, and flow stability challenges.
Evidence for · 5
Effects of an accompanied gas jet on transverse liquid injection in a supersonic crossflow
2019 · cited by 36
Paper [1] notes that gas and liquid injection into a supersonic crossflow causes additional total pressure losses.
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More for · 4
Internal aerodynamics of supersonic crossflows with transverse liquid injection
2025 · cited by 4
Paper [3] documents complex shock wave-boundary layer interactions, separation zones, and bow shock oscillations resulting from transverse jet injection in supersonic flow.
Combustion characteristics of a transverse jet in supersonic crossflow with varying inflow conditions
2025 · cited by 2
Paper [4] demonstrates that injecting transverse jets into supersonic crossflows creates complex shock structures and total pressure losses that impact combustor performance.
Unstart coupling mechanism analysis of multiple-modules hypersonic inlet.
2013 · cited by 0
Paper [10] highlights how backpressure and jet-flow interactions can induce severe unstart phenomena and flow instabilities in hypersonic inlet modules.
Effects of Pulse Discharge on Transverse Jet Mixing in Supersonic Crossflow
2025 · cited by 0
Paper [11] discusses how pulsed injection and shock interactions create strong bow shock modulations, instabilities, and large-scale turbulent fluctuations in supersonic flows.