Propulsion and power studies
Containment, electromagnetic packaging and power architecture. Inspect the concepts and their validation questions.
Inspect the engine concepts
Mercury vortex chamberConcept · E0
A toroidal containment study with a banded metal shell, copper coil packs, ceramic feedthroughs and a central service sleeve. A quarter-section reveals the illustrative inner flow passage.
Open full image (opens in a new tab)Architectural elements
- 01Banded pressure vesselSteel shell with raised bands, sized as a placeholder.
- 02Copper coil packWound packs spaced around the tube.
- 03Cutaway wall sectionShows wall thickness and the interior.
- 04Annular flow passageIllustrative geometry for a contained medium.
- 05Central sleeveService passage through the torus hole.
- 06Bus ductPower and sensing feed-through.
Evidence boundary · E0
- No thrust, mass reduction or gravitational effect is established.
- The passage and cyan highlights are illustrative, not flow measurements.
- Containment and handling of mercury is an open engineering question.
Concept drawingIllustrative · E0Illustrative. Evidence level E0: Claim only. A toroidal vessel wound with copper coil packs is drawn as a concept for a closed-loop mercury vortex chamber.
02 / Electrohydrodynamic research
An instrumented path to a testable result.
Study the electrode architecture and the measurements needed to evaluate ion-driven airflow.
EHD module · E0
Concept illustration · E0 · not to scale
Introduces charge into the test region. Onset voltage and current are measurement variables.