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INTERACTIONS
TO ENABLE
PROPULSIVE
FORCES
o STRONGNUCLEAR
OR H_RONICINTERACTIONS
o ELECTROMAGNETIC
INTERACTIONS
0 WEAKINTERACTIONS
o GRAVITATIONAL
INTERACTIONS
RELATIVE
STRENGTHS
OF INTERACTIVE
FORCES_
1012T--
--ELECTROMAGNETIC
STRONGNUCLEAR
OINTERACTION
R HADRONIC
INTERACTION
1C_: -- WEAKINTERACTION
1_4_ m GRAVITATIONAL
INTERACTION
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SPECI
FICIMPULSE PROPELLANT
2400 . ,, , , , .. ,, , . . . . HE/H
2129 ,. , .. .. . , . , , H/H
974 , , , ,, CH/CH
834 , , , , . BIN
577 , . . ,, H2103
567 . , . ,, 0/0
523 , . , ,, H2/O
2
MASS DRIVER
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MASS DRIVER
LINEAR SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR
DRIVE COILS
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MASSDRIVER
LINEAR
:SYNCHRONOUS
MOTOR
CHARACTERISTICS c
ASSUMED
EFFICIENCY 70 - 95%
INSTANTANEOUS
THRUST IO000N
THRUST
TO POWER 200MN/KW
FIRING
FREQUENCY i- IOHz
SPECIFIC
IMPULSE 1000SEC
PROPELLANT
ACCELERATION 1000e's
PROPELLANT
MASS i KG
LENGTH
OF SYSTEM 8000M
CALIBER
(DRIVE
COILDIAM,) 20 CM
PRINCI
PIEOFDIRECT
CURRENT
ELEC,I'ROMAGNETIC
LAUNCHER
Contain
ment
Structure
Rails
J'x B'Force /
CurrentJ \ , \ . J
,,4.-t---- // . .
Magnetic
FieldProduced Armature PayLoad
byCurrentin Rails
Insulation
dU
F = L'I2 = Md-
i"
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RAILGUN
CHARACTERISTICS
INPUT
POWER 30 KH
ASSUMED
EFFICIENCY 50 Z
INSTANTANEOUS
THRUST 96,,OQQ
,N
THRUST
TOPOWER 102NN/KW
FIRING
FREQUENCY ,032Hz
SPECIFIC
IMPULSE 1000SEC
PROPELLANT
ACCELERATION 106G's
MASS
PROPELLANT 10 GRAMS
LENGTH
OFSYSTEM 4.9 M
RAIL GUN
CHARACTERISTI CS
,
--- = ._/-..-
_ _ -.-_,
_,/ _y ^./
'-" 1 GRAM
7_
PRO3ECTILI_
Y ;:
50t -
O0 sec.
EFFICIENCY
lOm - GUN LBHGTH
1,000 . . ...................
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