File:Magsail ISM deceleration distance and time comparison.jpg

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English: For deceleration in the Interstellar Medium (ISM) the figure plots distance traveled while decelerating (ly) and time required to decelerate (yr) given a starting relative velocity and a final velocity (m/s) for the coil radius =100 km an Interstellar medium (ISM) plasma density of 1.7x10-22. The magsail mass is 197 tonnes assuming = 1011 (A/m2) and =6,500 (kg/m3) for the superconducting coil. Force is defined in the Magnetic sail article for the magsail using the Andrews/Zubrin MHD model and the Gros kinematic model assuming Cd=4. Acceleration is force divided by mass, velocity is the integral of acceleration over the deceleration time interval (yr) and deceleration distance traveled (ly) is the integral of the velocity over (yr). Numerical integration resulted in the lines plotted in the figure with deceleration distance traveled plotted on the primary vertical axis on the left and time required to decelerate on the secondary vertical axis on the right. Note that the MHD Zubrin model and the Gros kinematic models predict nearly identical values for stopping distance up to ~ 5% of light speed, with the Zubrin model predicting less deceleration distance and shorter deceleration time at greater values of . This is consistent with the above figure where the Gros model predicts a smaller effective area for larger values of .
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Magsail ISM deceleration distance and time comparison

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current20:32, 28 October 2023Thumbnail for version as of 20:32, 28 October 2023922 × 716 (102 KB)DmcdysanChange font to 14 pt.
20:59, 6 September 2022Thumbnail for version as of 20:59, 6 September 20222,583 × 2,008 (418 KB)DmcdysanInterstellar medium (ISM) plasma density of 1.7x10<sup>-22</sup>, final velocity = 1.3% c.
21:50, 21 August 2022Thumbnail for version as of 21:50, 21 August 20222,583 × 1,991 (414 KB)DmcdysanIntegration to v_final c/10^3 instead of c/10^6.
20:44, 21 August 2022Thumbnail for version as of 20:44, 21 August 20222,583 × 1,983 (430 KB)DmcdysanUsed C_d=4 to equate Force. Integrated from c/1E6 vs c/1E3 to align w/ Gros x_max definition.
22:57, 16 August 2022Thumbnail for version as of 22:57, 16 August 20222,408 × 2,008 (389 KB)DmcdysanUploaded own work with UploadWizard

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