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DeltaV
PostPosted: Sun Mar 25, 2012 5:44 pm 
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NIAC 2012 Spring Symposium Agenda
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I saw it. I really wished i could go there. Tuesday will see presentations on some very interesting research in regards to propulsion, some on nuclear and fusion propulsion too.
I am very curious to see if Slough has anything new to show. He has recently received a NASA grant to further his research, so there is hope he already has some new results.
I hope they record the whole thing and put it online.
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http://www.nasa.gov/offices/oct/early_s ... tions.html
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cool, thanks.
I saw some of the presentation materials on NBF a while ago. The PDF is definitely welcome though. Wished they had recorded the presentation on video. That would be cool too.
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For those who haven't bothered to read MSNW's presentation, you might find these quotes fairly interesting:

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Design of the FDR Breakeven Proof of Concept Experiment

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PHD experiment with some of the 1.75 MJ, ±25 kV
capacitor modules shown in the foreground.

• More than sufficient bank energy for G~1 experiment
• Equipment becomes available in July 2012

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Anticipated Parameters from FDR Validation Experiment
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• Final FRC parameters yield a fusion gain G = 1.6 (MsubL=0.18 kg Al)

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"Experimental demonstration of fusion gain with inductively driven metal liners" — Hope to publish in the near future!

He's not being very subtle, is he?

I'm not sure why he uses G instead of Q.

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 2:31 pm 
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Ivy Matt wrote:
I'm not sure why he uses G instead of Q.

G(ain) is more relevant for energy calculations. Q(uality factor) is more relevant for resonant systems, which I don't think FRC is.
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