The Aerospike is one of the holy grails of aerospace motorization. In LEAP 71, AI designed one, a 3D printer built it and humans tested it!
It is in the field of motors. The rocketThe rocket That artificial intelligence (AI) has just given Dubai-based company LEAP 71 a big boost. An in-house AI, called Noyron, is specially trained to tackle problems in engineering fields. The bodyThe bodymade it possible to build an aerospike engine in just 21 days of processing.
This aerospike motor made by 3D printing is functional and has been successfully tested. It even has a thrust capacity of 5000. NewtonNewton. In fact, AI did not invent this engine, as its principle has been around since the early 1950s. But to date, this engine has not actually been tested in flight.
The only machine equipped with it crashed on takeoff last May, as reported by Futura. The Aerospike engine is very special. His The nozzleThe nozzle Somehow standing upside down. Therefore, instead of the flow of CombustionCombustion Born within, born outside.
A monolithic, AI-engineered aerospike engine can be 3D printed, then tested for 11 seconds. This is a success! © LEAP 71
instead of FairingFairingit is the ambient air pressure around the rocket that forms an envelopethe windthe wind around combustion. It is precisely this envelope that plays the role of the nozzle. The advantage is that there are fewer. pressurepressure And the more the air envelope concentrates the thrust. The engine is compact, very efficient and ideal for space missions.
11 second test
To design the Aerospike engine, AI created a monolithic 3D printable concept alloyalloy Of CopperCopper Employed by the aerospace industry. The engine ran on a mixed oxygen-based fuel. liquidliquid cryogenic and Kerosene oilKerosene oil. This developing was able to work for about 11 seconds. GazGaz The exhaust reached a temperature of 3,500°C.
Some 11 seconds doesn’t sound like much, but it’s still a real achievement for an engine of this type that’s only been tested in the laboratory. This is all the more because it was designed entirely by an AI and the relevance of its choices can be successfully validated through testing.
