The Hunt for Red October II: A magnetohydrodynamic boat demonstration for introductory physics
2017; American Association of Physics Teachers; Volume: 55; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1119/1.5008337
ISSN1943-4928
AutoresJames Overduin, Viktor Polyak, Anjalee Rutah, Sebastian Thomas, Jim Selway, Daniel Zile,
Tópico(s)Scientific Research and Discoveries
ResumoThe 1990 film “The Hunt for Red October” (based on Tom Clancy’s 1984 debut novel of the same name) featured actors like Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin, but the star of the movie for physicists was a revolutionary new magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) marine propulsion system. The so-called “caterpillar drive” worked with no moving parts, allowing a nuclear missile-armed Soviet submarine to approach the U.S. coast undetected. As the submarine captain (played by Connery) said, “Once the world trembled at the sound of our rockets … now they will tremble again—at the sound of our silence.
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