NASA NTRS · 19790024060
Mass drivers. 2: Structural dynamics
Abstract
Various structural and dynamical problems related to both small-scale forces between the drive coils and within the bucket structure as well as the overall combined large-scale dynamical interaction of the bucket stream and MDRE (Mass Drive Reaction Engine) structure are examined. The large-scale dynamics appear weakly stable. Finally, MDRE operation in an inverse-square-law gravitational field is discussed and the required curved shape of the guideway is computed.
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William H. Arnold, Stuart Bowen, Kevin Fine, David Kaplan, Margaret Kolm, Henry Kolm, Jonathan Newman, Gerard K. O'Neill, William R. Snow. 1977-09-23. Mass drivers. 2: Structural dynamics. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19790024060
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