| タイトル | Magnetic Flux Compression Reactor Concepts for Spacecraft Propulsion and Power (MSFC Center Director's Discretionary Fund; Project No. 99-24) |
| 本文（外部サイト） | http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20010028795 |
| 著者（英） | Robertson, G. A.; Hawk, C. W.; Litchford, R. J.; Litchford, Ron J.; Koelfgen, S.; Turner, M. W. |
| 著者所属（英） | NASA Marshall Space Flight Center |
| 発行日 | 2001-01-01 |
| 言語 | eng |
| 内容記述 | This technical publication (TP) examines performance and design issues associated with magnetic flux compression reactor concepts for nuclear/chemical pulse propulsion and power. Assuming that low-yield microfusion detonations or chemical detonations using high-energy density matter can eventually be realized in practice, various magnetic flux compression concepts are conceivable. In particular, reactors in which a magnetic field would be compressed between an expanding detonation-driven plasma cloud and a stationary structure formed from a high-temperature superconductor are envisioned. Primary interest is accomplishing two important functions: (1) Collimation and reflection of a hot diamagnetic plasma for direct thrust production, and (2) electric power generation for fusion standoff drivers and/or dense plasma formation. In this TP, performance potential is examined, major technical uncertainties related to this concept accessed, and a simple performance model for a radial-mode reactor developed. Flux trapping effectiveness is analyzed using a skin layer methodology, which accounts for magnetic diffusion losses into the plasma armature and the stationary stator. The results of laboratory-scale experiments on magnetic diffusion in bulk-processed type II superconductors are also presented. |
| NASA分類 | Nuclear Physics |
| レポートNO | M-995/PT1
NASA/TP-2001-210793/PT1
NAS 1.60:210793/PT1 |
| 権利 | No Copyright |
| URI | https://repository.exst.jaxa.jp/dspace/handle/a-is/93248 |
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