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by mattman
Thu Nov 05, 2015 4:48 am
Forum: News
Topic: 12 News Events in the past 2 months!
Replies: 0
Views: 16691

12 News Events in the past 2 months!

Hello All, Here is a quick set of updates since the site went down. 1. IEC conference happened in Japan, the abstracts were just posted. Download here: http://iec2015.es.titech.ac.jp/registration/index.html 2. Doug Coulter claimed 1E11 neutrons Per Second in a 100 Watt Fusor : http://www.coultersmi...
by mattman
Thu Nov 05, 2015 4:47 am
Forum: Theory
Topic: Updates and News
Replies: 0
Views: 18881

Updates and News

Hello All, Here is a quick set of updates since the site went down. 1. IEC conference happened in Japan, the abstracts were just posted. Download here: http://iec2015.es.titech.ac.jp/registration/index.html 2. Doug Coulter claimed 1E11 neutrons Per Second in a 100 Watt Fusor : http://www.coultersmi...
by mattman
Thu Sep 10, 2015 7:15 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: Anyone have the equation for estimating hole size?
Replies: 9
Views: 16125

Re: Anyone have the equation for estimating hole size?

A couple of points: 1. The Beta is One . 2. 5000 cm^3 is a educated guess. It being a guess, I feel AOK making my own guesses about volume and shape. 3. The chamber effectively holds 8,927 cm^3 (I know I said 10,077 earlier but if you lop off the corners), hence 5000 cm^3 seems really big . 4. I am...
by mattman
Wed Sep 09, 2015 1:30 am
Forum: Theory
Topic: Anyone have the equation for estimating hole size?
Replies: 9
Views: 16125

Re: Anyone have the equation for estimating hole size?

Guys, Let me read all these responses and get back to you. At present - I am not sure how exactly to solve this problem. I have generated STL files with the 3D shapes, and I have some software which can simulate the fields around these shapes - and works with STL files. Indrek's method of images lo...
by mattman
Tue Sep 08, 2015 2:44 am
Forum: Theory
Topic: Anyone have the equation for estimating hole size?
Replies: 9
Views: 16125

Re: Anyone have the equation for estimating hole size?

DAN, I can use this equation. Here is where I am at in the development process. ---- Part 4: Modelling Field Free Plasmas Introduction: The paper lists the plasma inside the cusp confinement zone as having a 5000 cm^3 volume [12]. That is pretty big (the rings hold a volume of 9500 cm^3). A sphere o...
by mattman
Mon Aug 31, 2015 10:52 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: Anyone have the equation for estimating hole size?
Replies: 9
Views: 16125

Anyone have the equation for estimating hole size?

Hello,

Anyone have the equation for estimating hole size in a sheath of plasma inside the polywell?

I have read a couple of papers which estimate it, one example is:

Hole^2 = 2* Sheath Thickness * Radius of Spindle Cusps
by mattman
Mon Aug 24, 2015 6:20 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: Modeling the cusp confined volume inside EMCC machine
Replies: 0
Views: 14522

Modeling the cusp confined volume inside EMCC machine

Hello All, In their recent paper , the EMC2 team listed the cusp confined volume as 5000 cm^3. That is crazy big. If that was shaped as a sphere, it would nearly fill the whole ring volume. http://i.imgur.com/0SejRcH.png This is too scale. Here is my question: what is the magnetic field vector field...
by mattman
Thu Jul 23, 2015 3:48 am
Forum: Theory
Topic: Help with the math behind the 14 point star
Replies: 5
Views: 12649

Re: Help with the math behind the 14 point star

Meh,

The University of Sydney solved this one.

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Set B equal to a constant and plot the solution. Integrate over X, Y, Z and get the volume.
by mattman
Tue Jul 21, 2015 6:42 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: Help with the math behind the 14 point star
Replies: 5
Views: 12649

Help with the math behind the 14 point star

Hello Guys, In the Navy Paper they mention that the cusp confined plasma volume is 5000 cm^3. How far away then, would each point of the confined volume be from the center point? We need the mathematics to describe this object. It is a 14 point star. I attempted to draw it out: http://i.imgur.com/C...
by mattman
Tue Jul 21, 2015 6:38 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: Plasma Injectors in Recent Navy Work
Replies: 2
Views: 10610

Re: Plasma Injectors in Recent Navy Work

Guys, the new version is far better.

You can read the updated Version Here: http://qr.ae/RIT9ZS
by mattman
Tue Jul 21, 2015 2:05 am
Forum: General
Topic: FEL wikipedia fusion pages update effort
Replies: 2
Views: 4468

Re: FEL wikipedia fusion pages update effort

Here are some things we could change about this article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levitated_dipole Intro: "It is believed that such an apparatus could contain plasma more efficiently than other fusion reactor designs.[1]" Why justifies this claim? Better would be describing in more detail which...
by mattman
Tue Jul 14, 2015 3:14 pm
Forum: News
Topic: 65 minute Polywell/Bussard Talk in Italy
Replies: 3
Views: 5387

65 minute Polywell/Bussard Talk in Italy

Hi Guys, It looks like this happened a while ago. The video was posted online at the end of 2013 - but the presentation is likely 2008. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drXUjwo1Jyc I do not speak Italian. Here is the description translated: Robert Bussard and Research Frontier Clean on Nuclear Fusion...
by mattman
Tue Jul 14, 2015 2:18 am
Forum: Theory
Topic: Plasma Injectors in Recent Navy Work
Replies: 2
Views: 10610

Re: Plasma Injectors in Recent Navy Work

Guys - I will take any feedback on this you have on this. I have two questions: 1. Paschan Arching happens when the system is on that line, right? Not over? Not Under? 2. The Magnetic field plot looks wrong. It should be easy to check, its the B-field around a wire 3. If the plastic vaporizes insta...
by mattman
Tue Jul 07, 2015 2:24 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: Plasma Injectors in Recent Navy Work
Replies: 2
Views: 10610

Plasma Injectors in Recent Navy Work

Hello All, Here is the description of the plasma injectors, from the paper: The plasma injectors consist of two co-axial plasma guns with an anode to cathode gap spacing of 2 mm utilizing JXB plasma acceleration.[10] The plasma guns use solid polypropylene lm with 4 m thickness instead of more comm...
by mattman
Sat Jun 27, 2015 11:13 pm
Forum: Theory
Topic: Anyone know what the pressure was inside WB8?
Replies: 0
Views: 13039

Anyone know what the pressure was inside WB8?

Anyone know what the pressure was inside WB8? Before the high beta shot 15460?