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In 1923 Professor Paul Biefeld and his student Thomas Townsend Brown discovered this effect during the test of a new
type of capacitor. Basically the Biefeld Brown effect is electro gravitation. If you have a flat disk capacitor with a good
dielectric like Barium Strontium Titanate (BaSrTiO3) and apply high voltage to the plates a directional force normal to the
plates will be generated according to the formula developed by Doyle R. Buehler trough experimental data.
Where U is the energy stored in the capacitor. The force generated will be proportional to the energy stored.
The energy stored is dependent of the capacitance and the voltage applied
C = e0*er*A/h
where e0 is the dielectric constant of the vacuum, er is the relative permitivity of the dielectric, A is the aerea of the
plates and h is the separation between the plates.
Q=C*V
U = Q^2 /(2*C)
U = V^2 * C * 1/2
U = V ^ 2 * er * e0 * A / h * ½
F = 0,47 * U
Applying the formula to a practical case using Barium Strontium Titanate as dielectric we have:
e0= 8,85E-12
er = 2500
A = 3,1415* (4 m ) ^2 / 4 = 12,566 m2
Thickness h = 1 mm
Force= 0,235 * (20000 Volts )^2 * 8,85e-12*2500* 12,566m2 / 0,001 m * 1/9,8 = 2665 kgs
With this principle that works in atmosphere and space you have a propellentless force of propulsion.
The force generated by this system of propulsion is several times greater than ionic engines and photonic thrusters
allowing reach high speed only maintaining the charge in the capacitor.
This type of propulsion will be very useful for interstellar and interplanetary missions.
It could be used too to put in orbit heavy loads without using neither chemicals propellants and reducing the risk of
explosions or failures.