This report serves as the final written documentation for the Aeronautic Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) Seedling Fund's Low Energy Nuclear Reaction (LENR) Aircraft Phase I project. The findings presented include propulsion system concepts, synergistic missions, and aircraft concepts. LENR is a form of nuclear energy that potentially has over 4,000 times the energy density of chemical energy sources. It is not expected to have any harmful emissions or radiation which makes it extremely appealing. There is a lot of interest in LENR, but there are no proven theories. This report does not explore the feasibility of LENR. Instead, it assumes that a working system is available. A design space exploration shows that LENR can enable long range and high speed missions. Six propulsion concepts, six missions, and four aircraft concepts are presented. This report also includes discussion of several issues and concerns that were uncovered during the study and potential research areas to infuse LENR aircraft into NASA's aeronautics research.


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    Titel :

    Low Energy Nuclear Reaction Aircraft- 2013 ARMD Seedling Fund Phase I Project


    Beteiligte:
    D. P. Wells (Autor:in) / R. McDonald (Autor:in) / M. Waddington (Autor:in) / W. J. Fredericks (Autor:in) / R. A. Lepsch (Autor:in) / J. G. Martin (Autor:in) / M. D. Moore (Autor:in) / J. M. Zawodny (Autor:in) / J. L. Felder (Autor:in) / C. A. Snyder (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2014


    Format / Umfang :

    30 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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