Development of Microwave Rocket as a space mass transportation system
説明
An air-breathing pulse-detonation engine powered by microwave energy beaming, “Microwave Rocket” is considered as a future mass transportation system to space. A key to realize Microwave Rocket is to achieve high air-breathing performance. We are now developing the system using side-wall reed valves which is expected to minimize ventilation period. A test chamber equipped with a reed valve was fabricated and the ventilated volume flow rate was measured. CFD was also conducted. As a result, it came out that pressure oscillation frequency inside the thruster was approximately in inverse proportion to the thruster length. It was also found that there is minimum thruster aspect ratio where complete ventilation can be accomplished.
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- 2011 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop Series on Innovative Wireless Power Transmission: Technologies, Systems, and Applications
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2011 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop Series on Innovative Wireless Power Transmission: Technologies, Systems, and Applications 185-188, 2011-05-01
IEEE