PROCEEDINGS OF SECOND SYMPOSIUM ON ADVANCED PROPULSION CONCEPTS SPONSORED BY AIR FORCE OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH (ARDC) AND AVCO-EVERETT RESEARCH LABORATORY, A DIVISION OF AVCO CORPORATION, 7-8 OCTOBER 1959, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. (VOLUME 1)

Abstract

Contents: Electrical propulsion concepts The Arc jet Magnetohydrodynamic acceleration of slightly ionized, viscously contained gases A critical evaluation of the ion rocket The colloid rocket: Progress toward a charged liquid-colloid propulsion system Pulsed plasma accelerator Plasma pinch engine - The problem of repeated pinches A comparison of the specific thrust of ion and plasma drive accelerators Ion plasma research Grid electrode ion rockets for low specific impulse missions Problems of magnetic propulsion of plasma High speed shock waves in a magnetic annular shock tube Charged droplet experiment Cesium ion motor research Charged exchange neutralization of ion beams.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 08, 1959
Accession Number
AD0255830

Entities

People

  • A. E. Kunen
  • A. J. Gale
  • Benjaimin G. Holzman
  • G. S. Janes
  • Gabriel M. Giannini
  • J. H. Childs
  • Paul G. Atkinson
  • R. C. Hendricks C. D. Jr.
  • R. M. Patrick
  • R. W. Waniek
  • Robert D. Schultz
  • S. W. Kash
  • T. M. Littman
  • Thomas Gold
  • Thomas L . Thourson

Organizations

  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Boundary Layer
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Combustion
  • Electric Power
  • Electric Propulsion
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electron Emission
  • Engineers
  • Heat Transfer
  • Payload
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Rocket Engines
  • Rocket Propulsion
  • Rockets
  • Spacecraft

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.