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Title: Hydrodynamic Efficiency of Ablation Propulsion with Pulsed Ion Beam

Abstract

This paper presents the hydrodynamic efficiency of ablation plasma produced by pulsed ion beam on the basis of the ion beam-target interaction. We used a one-dimensional hydrodynamic fluid compressible to study the physics involved namely an ablation acceleration behavior and analyzed it as a rocketlike model in order to investigate its hydrodynamic variables for propulsion applications. These variables were estimated by the concept of ablation driven implosion in terms of ablated mass fraction, implosion efficiency, and hydrodynamic energy conversion. Herein, the energy conversion efficiency of 17.5% was achieved. In addition, the results show maximum energy efficiency of the ablation process (ablation efficiency) of 67% meaning the efficiency with which pulsed ion beam energy-ablation plasma conversion. The effects of ion beam energy deposition depth to hydrodynamic efficiency were briefly discussed. Further, an evaluation of propulsive force with high specific impulse of 4000s, total impulse of 34mN and momentum to energy ratio in the range of {mu}N/W was also analyzed.

Authors:
; ;  [1]; ; ;  [2]
  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, 1603-1, Kamitomioka, Nagaoka 940-2188 (Japan)
  2. Extreme Energy-Density Research Institute, Nagaoka University of Technology, 1603-1, Kamitomioka, Nagaoka 940-2188 (Japan)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
20800250
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
AIP Conference Proceedings
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 830; Journal Issue: 1; Conference: 4. international symposium on beamed energy propulsion, Nara (Japan), 15-18 Nov 2005; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2203280; (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; ABLATION; ACCELERATION; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; IMPLOSIONS; ION BEAM TARGETS; ION BEAMS; LASER RADIATION; LASERS; PLASMA; PROPULSION; PULSES

Citation Formats

Buttapeng, Chainarong, Yazawa, Masaru, Harada, Nobuhiro, Suematsu, Hisayuki, Weihua, Jiang, and Yatsui, Kiyoshi. Hydrodynamic Efficiency of Ablation Propulsion with Pulsed Ion Beam. United States: N. p., 2006. Web. doi:10.1063/1.2203280.
Buttapeng, Chainarong, Yazawa, Masaru, Harada, Nobuhiro, Suematsu, Hisayuki, Weihua, Jiang, & Yatsui, Kiyoshi. Hydrodynamic Efficiency of Ablation Propulsion with Pulsed Ion Beam. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2203280
Buttapeng, Chainarong, Yazawa, Masaru, Harada, Nobuhiro, Suematsu, Hisayuki, Weihua, Jiang, and Yatsui, Kiyoshi. 2006. "Hydrodynamic Efficiency of Ablation Propulsion with Pulsed Ion Beam". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2203280.
@article{osti_20800250,
title = {Hydrodynamic Efficiency of Ablation Propulsion with Pulsed Ion Beam},
author = {Buttapeng, Chainarong and Yazawa, Masaru and Harada, Nobuhiro and Suematsu, Hisayuki and Weihua, Jiang and Yatsui, Kiyoshi},
abstractNote = {This paper presents the hydrodynamic efficiency of ablation plasma produced by pulsed ion beam on the basis of the ion beam-target interaction. We used a one-dimensional hydrodynamic fluid compressible to study the physics involved namely an ablation acceleration behavior and analyzed it as a rocketlike model in order to investigate its hydrodynamic variables for propulsion applications. These variables were estimated by the concept of ablation driven implosion in terms of ablated mass fraction, implosion efficiency, and hydrodynamic energy conversion. Herein, the energy conversion efficiency of 17.5% was achieved. In addition, the results show maximum energy efficiency of the ablation process (ablation efficiency) of 67% meaning the efficiency with which pulsed ion beam energy-ablation plasma conversion. The effects of ion beam energy deposition depth to hydrodynamic efficiency were briefly discussed. Further, an evaluation of propulsive force with high specific impulse of 4000s, total impulse of 34mN and momentum to energy ratio in the range of {mu}N/W was also analyzed.},
doi = {10.1063/1.2203280},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/20800250}, journal = {AIP Conference Proceedings},
issn = {0094-243X},
number = 1,
volume = 830,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue May 02 00:00:00 EDT 2006},
month = {Tue May 02 00:00:00 EDT 2006}
}