The Lafforgue's Field Propulsion Thruster Calculator
By Jean-Louis Naudin
created on January 25, 2002 - JLN Labs - Last update January 30, 2002
All informations in this page are published free and are intended for private/educational purposes and not for commercial applications


Isolated systems self-propelled by electrostatic forces  by Jean-Claude Lafforgue ( France )
No. Publication (Sec.) : FR2651388 
Date de publication : 1991-03-01  
Inventeur : LAFFORGUE JEAN-CLAUDE; ALEXANDRE  
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The electrostatic forces are "generated" by the interaction of polarised atoms (q) on an electric vector field (E), i.e. F=q.E, positive or negative according to the sign of (q). By suitable geometry of the polarised armatures, and/or by the use of electric charges induced by induction effect, and/or by the use of suitably arranged dielectrics, it becomes possible to break the symmetry of the expansion forces on one of the axes of the three-axis reference system and thus to obtain a non-zero resultant force (Fn). The isolated system is then propelled, and it draws the charges (q) and (E) along with it, thus F=q.E remains constant. This force can be used as a means of propulsion for any vehicle or even as motive force for producing energy.


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For all the details about the Physics formulas used here, see the Lafforgue's patent FR2651388 page 5 to 7

Lafforgue's FPT calculator v1.05 - JL Naudin - Updated January 28, 2002
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The equation below is the original Lafforgue's equation used in the patent FR2651388 page 5 to 7

Constant
eo -permittivity of free space (coul/Vm) :
Asymmetrical capacitor specifications
er – dielectric permittivity : (1) e - dielectric gap (mm) : (2)
Ra - alpha radius ( mm ) : (3) L - capacitor thickness ( m ) : (4)
Power supply specification
V - voltage ( V ) : (5)

Capacitor sizes ( calculated ) :
D - ( mm ): F - ( mm ): H - ( mm ):
W - LFPT wide ( mm ): Rb - beta radius ( mm ):
AREA - A :
Fa - force (N) :
AREA - C
C - capacitance (F) : q - charge (C) :
Fja - alpha force (N) : Fjb - beta force (N) :
Fc - force (N) :

F - Resulting THRUST (N) :

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