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Publikováno v:
Journal of Propulsion and Power. 29:507-519
The gasdynamic mirror is a magnetic confinement device that has been proposed as a concept that could form the basis of a spacecraft propulsion system by accelerating its ionized propellant without the endurance limitations imposed by electrodes. The
Autor:
Terry Kammash
Publikováno v:
Fusion Science and Technology. 61:227-230
A fusion-fission hybrid reactor whose fusion component is the gasdynamic mirror (GDM) is proposed for power production that could meet the world’s energy needs of the next several decades. The choi...
Publikováno v:
51st AIAA/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference.
Autor:
Terry Kammash, S. N. Jahshan
Publikováno v:
Journal of Propulsion and Power. 21:385-391
Material and design innovations are introduced to reduce the mass and volume of an established safe gas-cooled cermet reactor design so that it can be deployed as a multimegawatt electric power source for plasma thrusters including the laser accelera
Autor:
Terry Kammash
Publikováno v:
Acta Astronautica. 47:97-102
A propulsion system with capabilities that far exceed conventional and nuclear thermal systems is proposed for human exploration of the solar system and beyond. It makes use of fusion nuclear reactions, and is based on the magnetic mirror configurati
Autor:
David L. Galbraith, Terry Kammash
Publikováno v:
Journal of Propulsion and Power. 14:24-28
The propulsion capability of the gasdynamic mirror (GDM) fusion propulsion device was examined in several previous publications without taking into account the electrostatic potential inherent to plasma cone nement in this system. This potential aris
Autor:
Terry Kammash, Necdet Aslan
Publikováno v:
International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids. 25:953-957
SUMMARY This paper presents how the equations of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) in primitive form should be written in conservative form with the inclusion of a divergence source along with a divergence wave and how a physically correct sonic fix can be
Autor:
T. Godfrey, Terry Kammash
Publikováno v:
Acta Astronautica. 41:229-237
A nuclear propulsion system that utilizes fusion reactions to heat a plasma in a magnetically confined device is examined as a potential rocket. It makes use of a high density plasma in a magnetic mirror geometry with a collision mean free path much
Autor:
Terry Kammash, Necdet Aslan
Publikováno v:
Journal of Computational Physics. 133:43-55
In this paper, the solution of a generalized system of hyperbolic equations by means of upwind, limited, second-order accurate fluxes including a new sonic fix is presented. The new sonic fix introduced here utilizes a dissipation term embedded direc
Publikováno v:
Journal of Propulsion and Power. 13:421-427
The gasdynamic fusion propulsion system utilizes a simple mirror magnetic geometry in which a highdensity plasma is cone ned long enough to generate fusion energy while ejecting charged particles through one end to generate thrust. At high densities