On the motion of a body under the action of an external energy source
Abstract
We present a theoretical analysis of the problem of the acceleration of a body of revolution by means of a reactive gas jet with energy supplied from an external source. Heating of the gases flowing out through a nozzle in the tail portion of the body can be accomplished with a laser beam. The reactive thrust has been calculated in a one-dimensional approximation.
- Publication:
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Journal of Engineering Physics
- Pub Date:
- December 1973
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF00826803
- Bibcode:
- 1973JEP....25.1590K