A Design Study of a p‐11B Gasdynamic Mirror Fusion Propulsion System
dc.contributor.author | Ohlandt, Chad J. R. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Kammash, Terry B. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Powell, Kenneth G. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-11-15T15:59:01Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-11-15T15:59:01Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2003-01-28 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Ohlandt, Chad; Kammash, Terry; Powell, Kenneth G. (2003). "A Design Study of a p‐11B Gasdynamic Mirror Fusion Propulsion System." AIP Conference Proceedings 654(1): 490-496. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/87347> | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | APCPCS-654-1 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/87347 | |
dc.description.abstract | Fusion gasdynamic mirror (GDM) space propulsion concepts have been previously explored using deuterium, tritium, and helium‐3 fuels. This work is a similar design study using the advanced fusion fuel combination, hydrogen and boron‐11. A GDM using p‐11B is optimized for the parameters of temperature, density, fuel ratio, and mirror radius. Even after optimization, a traditional GDM using p‐11B and achieving breakeven appears to be impractical due to bremsstrahlung and synchrotron radiation losses. A nuclear electric assisted version of the system is examined and found to decrease the size and mass of the system. The optimal plasma temperature is also reduced by the assistance which decreases the technical requirements for magnetic confinement. © 2003 American Institute of Physics | en_US |
dc.publisher | The American Institute of Physics | en_US |
dc.rights | © The American Institute of Physics | en_US |
dc.title | A Design Study of a p‐11B Gasdynamic Mirror Fusion Propulsion System | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Physics | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/87347/2/490_1.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1063/1.1541330 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | SPACE TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS INT.FORUM-STAIF 2003: Conf.on Thermophysics in Microgravity; Commercial/Civil Next Generation Space Transportation; Human Space Exploration; Symps.on Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion (20th); Space Colonization (1st) | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Physics, Department of |
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