Accession Number:

AD0255830

Title:

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)

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

AIR FORCE OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH BOLLING AFB DC

Personal Author(s):

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

Report Date:

1959-10-08

Pagination or Media Count:

220.0

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.

Descriptors:

• *ELECTRIC PROPULSION
• *NUCLEAR PROPULSION
• *PLASMA JETS
• *PROPULSION SYSTEMS
• *SYMPOSIA
• ACCELERATION
• ARC JET ENGINES
• ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES
• CESIUM
• COLLOIDS
• COMPARISON
• ION ENGINES
• IONS
• LABORATORIES
• MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS
• RESEARCH FACILITIES
• ROCKET ENGINES
• ROCKET PROPULSION
• ROCKETS
• SHOCK TUBES
• SHOCK WAVES
• SPACE FLIGHT
• TEST AND EVALUATION
• THRUST

Subject Categories:

• Electric and Ion Propulsion

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE