propulsion device
1Propulsión independiente de aire — o AIP es un término que engloba las tecnologías que permitem a un submarino operar sin la necesidad de emerger a la superficie o tener que usar el sistema snorkel para acceder al oxigeno de la atmósfera. El término usualmente excluye el uso de… …
2Diver propulsion vehicle — Diver using a DPV for underwater propulsion …
3Project Orion (nuclear propulsion) — An artist s conception of the NASA reference design for the Project Orion spacecraft powered by nuclear propulsion. Project Orion was a study of a spacecraft intended to be directly propelled by a series of explosions of atomic bombs behind the… …
4Electric propulsion — is a form of spacecraft propulsion used in outer space. This type of rocket like reaction engine utilize electric energy to obtain thrust from propellant carried with the vehicle. Unlike rocket engines these kinds of engines do not necessarily… …
5Spacecraft propulsion — A remote camera captures a close up view of a Space Shuttle Main Engine during a test firing at the John C. Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Mississippi Spacecraft propulsion is any method used to accelerate spacecraft and artificial… …
6Antimatter catalyzed nuclear pulse propulsion — is a variation of nuclear pulse propulsion based upon the injection of antimatter into a mass of nuclear fuel which normally would not be useful in propulsion. The anti protons used to start the reaction are consumed, so it is a misnomer to refer …
7Plasma propulsion engine — A plasma propulsion engine is a kind of Ion thruster which uses plasma in some or all parts of the thrust generation process. Though far less powerful than conventional rocket engines, plasma engines are able to operate at higher efficiencies and …
8Field Emission Electric Propulsion — (FEEP) is an advanced electrostatic propulsion concept, a form of ion thruster, that uses liquid metal (usually either caesium or indium) as a propellant. A FEEP device consists of an emitter and an accelerator electrode. A potential difference… …
9ion propulsion — noun : propulsion of a body by the forces resulting from the rearward discharge of a stream of ionized particles * * * Rocketry. a projected type of propulsion for vehicles in outer space, the exhaust consisting of positive ions and negative… …
10Differential (mechanical device) — For other uses, see Differential. A cutaway view of an automotive final drive unit which contains the differential Input …
