Are gas-core nuclear rockets attainable?
Open cycle gaseous fueled nuclear rocket engines, describing method of comparing engine characteristics with predicted engine performance
Ragsdale, R. G.↗
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Open-cycle and light-bulb types of vortex- stabilized gaseous nuclear rockets.
Economical feasibility of open and closed cycle vortex-stabilized gaseous nuclear rocket engines, investigating vortex flow characteristics
Clark, J. W.↗
Some recent gaseous reactor fluid mechanics experiments.
Gaseous reactor fluid mechanics for nuclear rocket engines, discussing experiments on geometries used in open cycle engine for acceptable uranium loss rate
Lanzo, C. D.↗
Ultrasonic measurement of core material temperature Final report
Ultrasonic measurement of core material temperature in nuclear rocket engines
Lynnworth, L. C.↗
A flow experiment on a curved-porous-wall gas- core reactor geometry
Flow characteristics of curved porous wall gas core reactors for nuclear rocket engines, visualizing simulated fuel flow with air-smoke combination
Lanzo, C. D.↗
Experimental plasma studies simulating a gas- core nuclear rocket
Gas-core nuclear rocket engine simulation by induction coupled plasma torch, determining gas flow patterns
Vogel, C. E.↗
An experiment on the MHD-driven rotating flow for a gas core nuclear rocket
Gas core nuclear rocket engine light and heavy species centrifugal separation by MHD-driven rotating flow, discussing fluid dynamic simulation results
Love, W. L.↗
NERVA development approach
Mathematical model avoiding repetitive tests costs for Nerva nuclear rocket engine
Wetmore, W. O.↗
Advanced nuclear rocket technology
Solid core nuclear reactor engine variables, considering specific impulse, engine weight, operating life and engine thrust
Kirk, W. L.↗
Nuclear rocket design approach
NERVA nuclear rocket engine design technology program, discussing probabilistic techniques for reliability engineering
Helms, I. L.↗
High specific impulse gas-core reactors
Calculated estimates of gas core nuclear rocket engine weights for specific impulses ranging from 3000 to 7000 seconds and for engine thrusts ranging from 4400 to 440,000 newtons
Ragsdale, R. G.↗
Gas core rocket reactors - A new look
Feasibility analysis of open-cycle gas-core nuclear rocket engine
Ragsdale, R. G.↗
Shock tube technique for measuring opacities at high pressures for gaseous-core nuclear rockets
Potential high performance shock tube for high pressure opacity measurements of gaseous rocket propellants for nuclear rocket engines
Patch, R. W.↗
The colloid core concept - A possible forerunner for the gaseous core
Colloid-fuel, vortex chamber cavity in nuclear rocket engine
Dickson, P. W.↗
Radiation hazard from backflow of fission fragments from the plume of a gas core nuclear rocket
Calculation of crew radiation dosage from uranium gas nuclear rocket engine exhaust backflow of fission products
Masser, C. E.↗
Critical experiments on a modular cavity reactor
Critical mass experiments to establish design calculation standards for modular cavity reactors of gas core nuclear rocket engines
Kunze, J. F.↗
Nozzle and cavity wall cooling limitations on specific impulse of a gas-core nuclear rocket
Nozzle and cavity wall cooling limitations on specific impusle of gas-core nuclear rocket engine
Kascak, A. F.↗
Gas-core rocket reactors - A new look
Open cycle gas core nuclear rocket engine, considering reactor critical experiments and cold and hot flow tests
Ragsdale, R. G.↗