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Design of z-pinch and dense plasma focus powered vehicles
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Fincher, Sharon Adams, Robert B. Percy, Tom Cassibry, Jason Santarius, John Statham, Geoffrey N. Turner, Matthew Cortez Sr., Ross Maples, C. Daphne Fabisinski, Leo Polsgrove, Tara Miermik, Janie N. |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Description | Z-pinch and Dense Plasma Focus (DPF) are two promising techniques for bringing fusion power to the field of in-space propulsion. A design team comprising of engineers and scientists from UAHuntsville, NASA's George C. Marshall Space Flight Center and the University of Wisconsin developed concept vehicles for a crewed round trip mission to Mars and an interstellar precursor mission. Outlined in this paper are vehicle concepts, complete with conceptual analysis of the mission profile, operations, structural and thermal analysis and power/avionics design. Additionally engineering design of the thruster itself is included. The design efforts adds greatly to the fidelity of estimates for power density (alpha) and overall performance for these thruster concepts |
| File Size | 1038228 |
| Page Count | 11 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20110008825 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t15n16j5m |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2011-01-04 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Spacecraft Propulsion And Power Plasma Focus Nuclear Fusion Plasma Propulsion Thermal Analysis Fusion Propulsion Dense Plasmas Plasma Control Zeta Pinch Mars Missions Spacecraft Propulsion Interplanetary Flight Structural Analysis Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
