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  2. Electromagnetic propulsion - Wikipedia

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    The science of electromagnetic propulsion does not have origins with any one individual and has application in many different fields. The thought of using magnets for propulsion continues to this day and has been dreamed of since at least 1897 when John Munro published his fictional story "A Trip to Venus".

  3. Magnetohydrodynamic drive - Wikipedia

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    External flow when the fluid is accelerated around the whole wetted area of the vehicle, the electromagnetic fields extending around the body of the vehicle. The propulsion force results from the pressure distribution on the shell (as lift on a wing, or how ciliate microorganisms such as Paramecium move water around them).

  4. Magnetoplasmadynamic thruster - Wikipedia

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    An MPD thruster during test firing 3D sketch of an electromagnetic propulsion fusion plasma thruster. A magnetoplasmadynamic (MPD) thruster (MPDT) is a form of electrically powered spacecraft propulsion which uses the Lorentz force (the force on a charged particle by an electromagnetic field) to generate thrust.

  5. Magnetohydrodynamics - Wikipedia

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    Way, on leave from his job at Westinghouse Electric, assigned his senior-year undergraduate students to develop a submarine with this new propulsion system. [34] In the early 1990s, a foundation in Japan (Ship & Ocean Foundation (Minato-ku, Tokyo)) built an experimental boat, the Yamato-1 , which used a magnetohydrodynamic drive incorporating a ...

  6. Spacecraft electric propulsion - Wikipedia

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    6 kW Hall thruster in operation at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory 3D sketch of an electromagnetic propulsion fusion plasma thruster. Spacecraft electric propulsion (or just electric propulsion) is a type of spacecraft propulsion technique that uses electrostatic or electromagnetic fields to accelerate mass to high speed and thus generating thrust to modify the velocity of a spacecraft in ...

  7. Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket - Wikipedia

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    3D sketch of an electromagnetic propulsion fusion plasma thruster. VASIMR is a type of electrothermal plasma thruster/electrothermal magnetoplasma thruster. In these engines, a neutral, inert propellant is ionized and heated using radio waves. The resulting plasma is then accelerated with magnetic fields to generate thrust.

  8. Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System - Wikipedia

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    The Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) is a type of electromagnetic catapult system developed by General Atomics for the United States Navy. The system launches carrier-based aircraft by means of a catapult employing a linear induction motor rather than the conventional steam piston , providing greater precision and faster recharge ...

  9. Pulsed plasma thruster - Wikipedia

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    3D sketch of a electromagnetic propulsion fusion plasma thruster. A pulsed plasma thruster (PPT), also known as a Pulsed Plasma Rocket (PPR), or as a plasma jet engine (PJE), is a form of electric spacecraft propulsion. [1]