Wave Disk Engine

Basics

• A type of rotory engine
• Designed by Michigan State University and Warsaw Institute of Technology
• Has an outer casing and an internal blade on a spindle. The blade has curved fins on it, thus resembling ssome laptop cooling fans
• It creates and uses supersonic shock waves to compress and ignite fuel, which then pushes the blades sustaining the motion
• Lighter and more efficient than piston engines

Useful Links

• Wikipedia Page on Wave Disk Engines