P3_4 Vacuum Dirigibles

Michael McNally, Robert Pierce, Thomas Searle, Allen Phong

Abstract


A concept for a vacuum dirigible based upon a membrane stretched over a rigid frame is discussed. An expression is derived for the maximum possible size of this design based upon the membrane properties. It is shown that even using a graphene membrane the maximum size achievable is on the order of micrometres.  


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