Thermal Effects - Drive

From EM Drive
Revision as of 15:02, 6 May 2015 by Saucyjack (talk | contribs) (Added link to @Rodal's paper)
Jump to: navigation, search

One common theorized source of the anomalous thrust is that thermal effects endemic to the structure or components of the activated drive may alter the center of mass or otherwise influence the thrust reading.

Insert image from Reply #7 (RotoSequence) concerning the thermister data from the PZT Mach Effect Thruster from page 1.

Status

A quick summary of the current arguments for this interpretation compared with the evidence and arguments against it.

For Against Description

Evidence For

  1. Example For
  2. Second Ex

Evidence Against

  1. The thrust response is instantaneous while the thermal response is not.[1]
  2. What about this paper by @Rodal?

References