Dimensional Analysis of Thrusting by Electromagnetic Inertia
Mario J. Pinheiro *
Department of Physics, Instituto Superior Técnico - IST, Universidade de Lisboa - UL, Lisbon, 1049-001, Portugal.
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Abstract
We investigate the so called Biefeld-Brown effect in terms of dimensional analysis and in the frame of classical electrodynamics. These general considerations apply when addressing electromagnetic propulsion devices.
Keywords: Basic electromagnetic quantities, classical electrodynamics, artificial satellites, classical field theory, electrostatics, dielectric devices, dimensional analysis, model similarity