The relative strengths of those interactions which enable propulsive forces are listed as well as the specific impulse of various propellants. Graphics show the linear synchronous motor of the mass driver, the principle of the direct current electromagnetic launcher, and the characteristics of the rail gun.
Advanced concepts
1980-07-01
Conference paper
No indication
English
AIAA | 2001
|NTRS | 2013
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|TIBKAT | 1994
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