Macro-projects : environment and technology / Alexander Bolonkin and Richard Brook Cathcart (editor).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bolonkin, Alexander.

Contributor:

Cathcart, Richard Brook.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental engineering--Technological innovations.

Environmental engineering.

Large scale systems.

Sustainable engineering--Technological innovations.

Sustainable engineering.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (551 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publisher, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book describes many new macro-projects, both USA and other countries patented concepts, speculative macro-engineering ideas, and other general innovations in technology and environmental change.

Contents:

Intro

MACRO-PROJECTS:ENVIRONMENT AND TECHNOLOGY

CONTENTS

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Bolonkin, Alexander Alexandrovich (1933-)

Cathcart, Richard Brook (1943-)

ABSTRACT

PREFACE

PART I. TECHNOLOGY

AB METHOD OF IRRIGATION WITHOUT WATER(CLOSED-LOOP WATER CYCLE)*

INTRODUCTION

1. Precipitation

2. Irrigation

Problems in Conventional Irrigation

2. DESCRIPTION AND INNOVATIONS

Brief Data on Cover Film

3. THEORY AND COMPUTATIONS OF THE AB DOME

1. General Theory

2. Cold Regions

3. Irrigation without Water. Closed-loop Water Cycle

4. DISCUSSION

5. CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

INFLATABLE DOME FOR MOON,MARS, ASTEROIDS, AND SATELLITES*

1. INTRODUCTION

2. 'EVERGREEN' INFLATED DOMES

3. DESCRIPTION AND INNOVATIONS

Dome

Location, Illumination and Defending Human Settlements from Solar Windand Space Radiation

4. THEORY, ESTIMATION AND COMPUTATIONSOF INFLATABLE OUTER SPACE DOME

5. MACRO-PROJECTS

6. DISCUSSION

7. CONCLUSION

PASSENGER LIFE-SAVING INA BADLY DAMAGED AIRCRAFT SCENARIO*

1. Aircraft Accidents

2. Aircraft Accident Statistics

3. Aircraft Accident Rates

4. Scheduled Passenger Operations Are less Likely to Have an Accident thanany other Type of Flight-related Operation

5. Aviation Terrorism

INNOVATIONS

1. Small Braking Parachute

2. Rocket Retard Booster

3. Aircraft Underbelly Inflatable Pillows

COMPUTATIONS AND ESTIMATIONS

1. Parachute Drag

2. Parachute Parameters

3. MASS OF ROCKET BOOSTER

MACRO-PROJECT

CONCLUSION

ELECTROSTATIC CLIMBERFOR SPACE ELEVATOR AND LAUNCHER*

General Statement

History

DESCRIPTION OF ELECTROSTATIC LINEAR CLIMBER AND LAUNCHER.

ACCELERATING ELECTROSTATIC ENGINE THEORY

1. Estimation of Thrust

2. Charge of One Cylinder

3. Needed Maximum Voltage

4. Needed Power

5. Requested Average Electric Currency (I, A)

6. Voltage Loss (ΔU, V) and Coefficient Efficiency of Electric Line

7. The Main Switching Number

8. Dielectric Strength of Current Materials

9. The Half-life of the Charge

10. Condenser as Accumulator of Launch Energy

MACRO-PROJECTS

1. Space Elevator Climber

2. Earth electrostatic AB Space Launcher

3. Other Useful Applications with Estimations

PROTECTION OF NEW YORK CITY'S URBAN FABRICWITH LOW-COST TEXTILESTORM SURGE BARRIERS*

NYC STORM SURGE BARRIER PURPOSE

DESCRIPTION OF INNOVATION [25]-[30]

THEORY AND COMPUTATION

SUMMARY

APPLICATION

REFLECTIONS

CHEAP AB-SHIELD FOR A NUCLEAR WARHEADASSAULTED CITY*

1. Effects of Nuclear Explosion

2. Possible Types of Nuclear Wars

3. Current Methods of Protection from the Nuclear Warheads and theirDisadvantages

Summary

DESCRIPTION OF AB-DOME AND INNOVATIONS

THEORY AND COMPUTATION (ESTIMATION) OF AB-DOME

a) General Information

b) General Theory

DISCUSSION

RESULTS

SIMPLEST AB-THERMONUCLEAR SPACEPROPULSION AND ELECTRIC GENERATOR*

DESCRIPTION OF INNOVATIONS

THEORY OF THE THERMONUCLEAR REACTOR,PROPULSION AND POWER

List of Main Equations

RESULTS OF COMPUTATION

PROTECTION OF CITIES FROM SMALL ROCKETS,MISSILES, PROJECTILES, AND MORTAR SHELLS*

ISRAEL GOVERNMENT PLAN

Quassam Rockets

Basalt Rock for Use as Blocking Grid

DESCRIPTION OF AB-DOME AND INNOVATIONS.

THEORY AND COMPUTATION (ESTIMATION) OF AB-DOME

AB-NET METHOD OF PROTECTIONFROM PROJECTILES*(CITY, MILITARY BASE, BATTLE-FRONT, ETC.)

Review of Current Situation and Methods of Protection

Protection by Armor

DESCRIPTIONS AND INNOVATIONS

THEORY AND COMPUTATION (ESTIMATION) OF AB-NET

a) General information

b) Method of Computation and Estimation

Project #1. Protection City from Qassam (Kassam-3) Rockets (Figure 5a)

Project #2. Protection of Battle-front from Shells

Project #3. Protection of Place, Road, Base, Meeting, Building, etc. fromKalashnikov Sub-machine Gun

AB-SPACE PROPULSION*

General Information

Railgun

OFFERED INNOVATIONS AND BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS

THEORY OF AB-ENGINE, ESTIMATIONS AND COMPUTATIONS

1. General Theory of AB-Engine and Transfer Electricity in Space

Advantages of AB-engine

THERMONUCLEAR REFLECT AB-REACTOR*

Brief Information about Thermonuclear Reactors

DESCRIPTION AND INNOVATION

1. AB Plasma Reflector

THEORY, COMPUTATIONS, AND ESTIMATIONS

ATTACHMENT

AB ELECTRONIC TUBES AND QUASISUPERCONDUCTIVITYAT ROOM TEMPERATURE*

DESCRIPTION, INNOVATIONS, AND APPLICATIONS

Applications

QUASI-SUPERCONDUCTIVITY OF AB-TUBE

MAGNETIC PROPELLER FOR UNIFORMMAGNETIC FIELD LEVITATION*

1. CURRENT CONTOUR HAVING MAGNETICALLY SHIELDEDPORTION IN EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELD

1.1. Developed Surface 8-Shaped System.

1.2. General Concept of the Apparatus Having Partially Shielded CurrentContour in External Magnetic Field

1.3. Magnetic Shielding. Materials for Shielding Device

2. VIRTUAL WIRE SYSTEM: EMPLOYING MAGNETIC FIELDOF AN UNPOWERED OBJECT

2.1. Symmetric Virtual Wire Systems

2.2. Equilibrium of the Virtual Wire System in Magnetic Field

3. THE EXPERIMENT

3.1. The 8-Shaped Wire System

3.2. Virtual Wire System

3.3. Magnetic Shunt

REFERENCE

PART II. ENVIRONMENT

CHEAP ARTIFICIAL AB-MOUNTAINS, EXTRACTIONOF WATER AND ENERGY FROM ATMOSPHEREAND CHANGE OF REGIONAL CLIMATE*

Common Information

INNOVATIONS AND DESCRIPTION

THEORY AND COMPUTATION OF THE AB-DOMEAND MOUNTAIN SYSTEM

AB-Mountain Ridge of Height 5 km and Length 100 km

Profit from AB-Dome

THE GOLDEN GATE TEXTILE BARRIER:PRESERVING CALIFORNIA'S BAY OF SAN FRANCISCOFROM A RISING NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN*

2. GOOD CAUSE FOR CONCERN BY COASTAL AMERICANS

3. EAST COAST: METROPOLITAN NEW YORK CITYSEA LEVEL RISE IMPACTS

4. GULF COAST: POST-2005 NEW ORLEANS REGION RECOVERY

5. CALIFORNIA, WEST COAST: SAN FRANCISCO BAY/DELTA REGION

6. THE REGION'S PLANNED, BUT UNBUILT,HARD STRUCTURE ARMORING

7. OPPORTUNITY FOR FUTURE GOLDEN GATETEXTILE BARRIER (GGTB)

8. SEAWATER/FRESHWATER TEXTILE TENSION STRUCTURE

8.1. Theory and Computation

9. CONCLUSIONS

LAKE TITICACA - PHYSICS OF AN INHERITEDHYDROPOWER MACRO-PROJECT PROPOSAL*

2. HYDROPOWER FROM LAKE TITICACAFOR THE COAST'S POPULATION

3. PHYSICS OF A BASE-OF-MOUNTAIN HYDROPOWER STATION

Most Relevant Data about Lake Titicaca

Bolonkin-Cathcart Infrastructure Innovation

Computations and Estimations

REFERENCES.

PRESERVATION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SEADURING GLOBAL SEA LEVEL RISE WITH AGIBRALTAR STRAIT TEXTILE BARRAGE (GSTB)*

1. BACKGROUND

2. INADVERTENT TERRACING OF THE WORLD OCEAN

3. KNOWN WORLD OCEAN TERRACING FACTORS

4. TRANS-GIBRALTAR STRAIT BRIDGEAND BARRAGE MACROPROJECTS

5. SEAWATER-IMPERVIOUS MEMBRANE ARCHITECTURE

Computation

6. GSTB HYDROPOWER GENERATION OPPORTUNITY

7. CONCLUDING REMARK

THE JAVA-SUMATRA AERIAL MEGA-TRAMWAY*

2. GROUND AND AERIAL ISLAND LINKAGES

3. JAVA-SUMATRA AERIAL MEGA-TRAMWAY (JSAMT)

Theory of Kinetic Vehicles and a General Estimation of Flight Data

5. JSAMT MACROPROJECT

6. OTHER MACRO-PROJECT FACTORS

ANTARCTICA:A SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE WINDPOWER STATION?*

2. DESCRIPTION

3. THEORY OF FABRIC AERIAL DAMS (FAD)

4. ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES

FLOATING CITIES, ISLANDS, AND STATES*

Short Information about Oceans, History Large Ship, and Ice Fields

Big Ship Macro-Projects

Descriptions and Innovations

Theory of Estimation and Computation

Advantages

Disadvantages

SAVING OF DEAD SEA AND STABILIZATION THEREOF*

THE DEAD SEA CANAL

DESALINATION

DESCRIPTION AND INNOVATIONS

1. Delivery Tubes

2. High Height Tube Extractor and Electric Plant

3. The Inflatable Dead Sea AB-Dome

4. Covering of Dead Sea by Thin Transparent Film

1. Current Conventional Macro-projects

2. Freshwater Pipelines

3. AB-Tower-freshwater and Energy Extractor

4. Transparent Inflatable AB-Dome over the Dead Sea

5. Covering Dead Sea Water Surface by Thin Film

CONCLUSION.

REFERENCES.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [495]-509) and index.

ISBN:

1-60876-523-7

OCLC:

847651039