On a Method of Propulsion of Projectiles by Means of External Nuclear Explosions. Part 1.
Abstract
Repeated nuclear explosions outside tbe body of a projecti1e are considered as providing the means to accelerate such objects to velocities of the order ot 1,000,000 cm/sec. A few schematic calculations are presented, showing the dependence of the mass ratios ('propellant' to the final mass), accelerations, etc., on the various free parameters entering in this scheme.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1955
- Accession Number
- ADA306631
Entities
People
- C. J. Everett
- S. M. Ulam
Organizations
- Los Alamos National Laboratory