Laser-supported propulsion of a micro-airplane with a water-covered ablator is demonstrated. The repetitive use of an overlay structure is experimentally demonstrated with a specially designed water supply. Various transparent over-lays are investigated by the CIP-based hydrodynamic code and by experiments using a pendulum and using a semi-conductor load cell. A momentum-coupling efficiency of approximately 104 Ns/MJ is achieved by water-exotic-target experiments, in agreement with the simulation code, which predicts a maximum efficiency of approximately 105 Ns/MJ. The concept of laser-supported propulsion can also be used for driving a Mach 5 airplane in the stratosphere, a micro-ship inside the human body, and a robot in a nuclear power reactor accident, during which large numbers of neutrons make electronic devices useless.
Laser-driven vehicles - from inner-space to outer-space
Applied Physics A (Materials Science and Processing) ; 77 , 2 ; 243-249
2003
7 Seiten, 17 Quellen
Article (Journal)
English
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