ADVANCEDCONCEPTS

BruceA. Banks
NASA LewisResearchCenter

INTERACTIONS
TO ENABLE
PROPULSIVE
FORCES

o STRONGNUCLEAR
OR H_RONICINTERACTIONS

o ELECTROMAGNETIC
INTERACTIONS

0 WEAKINTERACTIONS

o GRAVITATIONAL
INTERACTIONS

RELATIVE
STRENGTHS
OF INTERACTIVE
FORCES_

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--ELECTROMAGNETIC
STRONGNUCLEAR
OINTERACTION
R HADRONIC
INTERACTION

1C_: -- WEAKINTERACTION

1_4_ m GRAVITATIONAL
INTERACTION
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SPECI
FICIMPULSE PROPELLANT

3 x 107 ,,.., , . , PHOTONS

ANDPARTICAL/ANTIPARTICLE
ANNIHILATION

2900 ,..,. , .,.,, , ,,,, HE/HE

2400 . ,, , , , .. ,, , . . . . HE/H

2129 ,. , .. .. . , . , , H/H

974 , , , ,, CH/CH

834 , , , , . BIN

577 , . . ,, H2103

567 . , . ,, 0/0

523 , . , ,, H2/O
2

446 .... H2/02(CENTAUR)

MASS DRIVER

LINEAR SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR

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LINEAR SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR
DRIVE COILS

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INPUTPOWER 5 x 107. 7 x 108WATTS

ASSUMED
EFFICIENCY 70 - 95%

INSTANTANEOUS
THRUST IO000N

THRUST
TO POWER 200MN/KW

FIRING
FREQUENCY i- IOHz

SPECIFIC
IMPULSE 1000SEC

PROPELLANT
ACCELERATION 1000e's

PROPELLANT
MASS i KG

LENGTH
OF SYSTEM 8000M

CALIBER
(DRIVE
COILDIAM,) 20 CM

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PIEOFDIRECT
CURRENT
ELEC,I'ROMAGNETIC
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Rails

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 RAILGUN
CHARACTERISTICS

INPUT
POWER 30 KH

ASSUMED
EFFICIENCY 50 Z

INSTANTANEOUS
THRUST 96,,OQQ
,N

THRUST
TOPOWER 102NN/KW

FIRING
FREQUENCY ,032Hz

SPECIFIC
IMPULSE 1000SEC

PROPELLANT
ACCELERATION 106G's

MASS
PROPELLANT 10 GRAMS

LENGTH
OFSYSTEM 4.9 M

RAIL GUN

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