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Proving DRACO will deliver
The United States is now closer than it has been in over five decades to launching the first nuclear thermal rocket into space, thanks to DRACO—the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Orbit.
Giulio Riva, Adolfo Reggiori
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 21 | Number 1 | January 1992 | Pages 31-40
Technical Paper | Plasma Engineering | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A29703
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A particular setup of the two-stage gun is described that is capable of smoothing the acceleration of cryogenic pellets used for tokamak refueling. The mathematical approach describes with sufficient accuracy the most important physical effects, with substantial improvements over an earlier model Experimental data are used to “tune” such parameters as the coefficients governing piston friction, heat losses in the pump tube, and gas friction along the barrel The available experimental results are correctly simulated by numerical calculations. Numerical results show that, under certain conditions, the two-piston version provides smoother pellet acceleration for the desired final velocity.