Well...here's my first shot at computing an endplate 'energy' picture from the meep data.
I hesitate to call this the thermal signature because I'm guessing at the equation.
This picture was generated with the following algorithm:
(where each frame element is the <x,y,z> H field 3 vector)
for each frame 1..112
for each row
for each col
sum[row][col] += abs( VCos_Angle(data[frame][row][col] , z) ) * vlength(data[frame][row][col]);
This sum is then output as the height of a cylinder and colored as in the picture. Elements whose resulting value < 1e-6 are ignored. The "MAX" shown is automatically computed as the highest value of the sum array. The MIN is 0 to 3 decimal points as shown. Values are in 'meep units'.
This was my best guess at a reasonable way to compute this. If a different algorithm is desired, let me know.
This meep model file is from aero modeling SeeShells' device. It is the same data as used to generate the H field animations I've been posting.
It looks pretty darn close to both TM12 and TE12!
Doing this for the small end is pretty trivial. Doing it for the conical section is a son-of-a-gun, but I'm working on itWhat model are you running?QuoteThis meep model file is from aero modeling SeeShells' device. It is the same data as used to generate the H field animations I've been posting.
(I thought that Shell and aero were expecting TE01 instead of TE12)(completely different mode !!! )
Actually the mode shown by the Meep model does not look like any of these modes, really...
That's the reason why I had suggested making this verification comparison
All Meep runs need verification to compare with reality The problem is not with Meep, the issue is with the particular models
pardon the word "garbage" which is not meant to be offensive, it is enshrined in computer science:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbage_in,_garbage_out
I'm a programmer, I totally understand GIGO
There are a LOT of steps in this chain, and some guesswork on my part, so each of those requires scrutiny.
FIRST and foremost in my mind: is the algorithm (posted above) correct?
Following right behind that is: did I implement it correctly? i.e. does this output accurately reflect what the meep model generates? If I have that right then we work back up the chain to the meep model itself.
One note: This looks to me to match the data I see in the animations. Of course part of the same tool chain is used (conversion of the CSV files output from the h5totxt to the POV-Ray include files using C++ code I wrote), so the errors could be common to that. I have manually spot-checked data values and found them to have been copied correctly from input to output, but peer review is a 'very good thing'.

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I was never comfortable with the fact that the above graphic didn't show the square waveguides. And I was right to question that - this is the wrong Z slice! ZERO is the middle of the simulation grid (the way I used h5totxt) and therefore the 'big end' is -112 and the 'small end' is 58. Verified by running this against -113 (which shows basically nothing as all the data is <1e-6) and 59 also shows nothing. The above graphic was 34 so almost at the small end, but not quite..
Attached is the big end and small end graphics with the correct Z slices.
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I was never comfortable with the fact that the above graphic didn't show the square waveguides. And I was right to question that - this is the wrong Z slice! ZERO is the middle of the simulation grid (the way I used h5totxt) and therefore the 'big end' is -112 and the 'small end' is 58. Verified by running this against -113 (which shows basically nothing as all the data is <1e-6) and 59 also shows nothing. The above graphic was 34 so almost at the small end, but not quite..
Attached is the big end and small end graphics with the correct Z slices.Interesting !
So it looks like Shell's experiment should not give a TE013 mode, according to this Meep model. It looks like m=1 rather m=0 as you previously stated...
As you (and others) previously stated it looks like the circumferential symmetry may be broken because of the dual waveguides used by Shell, at least at the early time modeled by Meep (is it 0.01 microseconds ?)
Wish I had the time to check this with Mathematica, which I don't at present. Meanwhile I can only thank you, VaxHeadRoom, for devoting your time to this
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Lately I've been focused on just the type 3 cavity and really thinking hard about all of the properties of the air and why it seems important to thrust (Shawyer did away with the dielectric). It must be the related to the collective natural motion of the molecules in the cavity, but perturbed by some still unknown method. No doubt, that if the reports of thrust are not due to some artifact, there must be an explanation; maybe even one of the above. I don't know what could be behind the thrust with any certainty. What I'm proposing with the sound is (in my view) agnostic to the underlying thrust mechanism. It is simply adding energy to the system. If an anisotropy is present, I believe this may be a way to expose it by bringing forces up to a measurable level.
I read the deleted posts and I can't help but don't see any reason for this "cleaning" campaign at allI'm not taking sides although I think being open to see both sides is important.
I know moderators read and even comment on other postings in other threads and I'm sure due to the nature of this thread you can be assured this one is as well.
Another note...
We all are waiting for good solid data to hit, (me probably more than anyone here). I wonder how many visit more than once a day hoping to read about some test, some computational results, so we don't loose touch on this hot topic.
The stakes could be enormous if you consider what Paul March posted in his bombshell "And yet the anomalous thrust signals remain...".Great minds...I agree shell. I really think people are attracted here for something new. New tests, theories, data and pics (hahaha)
As I said before, you OWE us and we want data...actually, you owe us nothing and we are grateful you are out there tearing apart your home to make room for an experiment just to give us data. For that, I commend you. Can't wait to see it...and yes, I didn't spill the beans
I read the deleted posts and I can't help but don't see any reason for this "cleaning" campaign at allI'm not taking sides although I think being open to see both sides is important.
I know moderators read and even comment on other postings in other threads and I'm sure due to the nature of this thread you can be assured this one is as well.
Another note...
We all are waiting for good solid data to hit, (me probably more than anyone here). I wonder how many visit more than once a day hoping to read about some test, some computational results, so we don't loose touch on this hot topic.
The stakes could be enormous if you consider what Paul March posted in his bombshell "And yet the anomalous thrust signals remain...".Great minds...I agree shell. I really think people are attracted here for something new. New tests, theories, data and pics (hahaha)
As I said before, you OWE us and we want data...actually, you owe us nothing and we are grateful you are out there tearing apart your home to make room for an experiment just to give us data. For that, I commend you. Can't wait to see it...and yes, I didn't spill the beans
I have some equipment to order this week. Getting a set of digital logging scales because this last time convinced me that there was no way I could monitor the display by videoing, the blurring the digital scale display made it almost unreadable. Still plan of videoing the new digital scales.
I have a few other mods I'm going to be doing, but working on delivery times and costs. When I have those figures down better I'll let everyone know what it is I'm doing and how I'm doing it.
I read the deleted posts and I can't help but don't see any reason for this "cleaning" campaign at allI'm not taking sides although I think being open to see both sides is important.
I know moderators read and even comment on other postings in other threads and I'm sure due to the nature of this thread you can be assured this one is as well.
Another note...
We all are waiting for good solid data to hit, (me probably more than anyone here). I wonder how many visit more than once a day hoping to read about some test, some computational results, so we don't loose touch on this hot topic.
The stakes could be enormous if you consider what Paul March posted in his bombshell "And yet the anomalous thrust signals remain...".Great minds...I agree shell. I really think people are attracted here for something new. New tests, theories, data and pics (hahaha)
As I said before, you OWE us and we want data...actually, you owe us nothing and we are grateful you are out there tearing apart your home to make room for an experiment just to give us data. For that, I commend you. Can't wait to see it...and yes, I didn't spill the beans
I have some equipment to order this week. Getting a set of digital logging scales because this last time convinced me that there was no way I could monitor the display by videoing, the blurring the digital scale display made it almost unreadable. Still plan of videoing the new digital scales.
I have a few other mods I'm going to be doing, but working on delivery times and costs. When I have those figures down better I'll let everyone know what it is I'm doing and how I'm doing it.Nice work shell. Before you do the digital scale thing, did you consider beam deflection monitoring via laser displacement sensor?
I found this simple and easy to integrate and rebound or resistance forces are nil since its a laser spot only. I believe a scale will add some degree of attenuation to movement once your emdrive fires up...may not much, but some.
Either way your data should be great. Lds is just a non-contact method.
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I guess I can't see why, when you have just developed a nifty propulsion system that needs no propellant, you would power it with a power system that needs to be supplied with fresh reactants after a few weeks of use.
To my knowledge, there are no current spacecraft which use fuel cells. The Space Shuttle did (as did the Apollo and Gemini spacecraft), but this was because the mission duration was short, and the by-product of the FCs was potable water for the crew.
I read the deleted posts and I can't help but don't see any reason for this "cleaning" campaign at allI'm not taking sides although I think being open to see both sides is important.
I know moderators read and even comment on other postings in other threads and I'm sure due to the nature of this thread you can be assured this one is as well.
Another note...
We all are waiting for good solid data to hit, (me probably more than anyone here). I wonder how many visit more than once a day hoping to read about some test, some computational results, so we don't loose touch on this hot topic.
The stakes could be enormous if you consider what Paul March posted in his bombshell "And yet the anomalous thrust signals remain...".Great minds...I agree shell. I really think people are attracted here for something new. New tests, theories, data and pics (hahaha)
As I said before, you OWE us and we want data...actually, you owe us nothing and we are grateful you are out there tearing apart your home to make room for an experiment just to give us data. For that, I commend you. Can't wait to see it...and yes, I didn't spill the beans
I have some equipment to order this week. Getting a set of digital logging scales because this last time convinced me that there was no way I could monitor the display by videoing, the blurring the digital scale display made it almost unreadable. Still plan of videoing the new digital scales.
I have a few other mods I'm going to be doing, but working on delivery times and costs. When I have those figures down better I'll let everyone know what it is I'm doing and how I'm doing it.Nice work shell. Before you do the digital scale thing, did you consider beam deflection monitoring via laser displacement sensor?
I found this simple and easy to integrate and rebound or resistance forces are nil since its a laser spot only. I believe a scale will add some degree of attenuation to movement once your emdrive fires up...may not much, but some.
Either way your data should be great. Lds is just a non-contact method.
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I guess I can't see why, when you have just developed a nifty propulsion system that needs no propellant, you would power it with a power system that needs to be supplied with fresh reactants after a few weeks of use.
To my knowledge, there are no current spacecraft which use fuel cells. The Space Shuttle did (as did the Apollo and Gemini spacecraft), but this was because the mission duration was short, and the by-product of the FCs was potable water for the crew.
The reason for using a Fuel Cell is not because you intend to always use one. But because it would immediately allow you to prove out different mission types that were previously not possible before in the chemical rocket regime. Of all the information I have seen about RTG's none of them are rated at 1KWe. I think their was an experimental proposal using a sterling engine instead of a thermoelectric generator that was in the 1KWe+ range but not sure.
But the point I was trying to make was we have the ability to deploy multi kilowatt power systems in space using fuel cells and solar cells. If someone delivers a working EmDrive. the last thing we will be dependent on is power. Even if it means powering the thing with fossil fuels. A Working EmDrive gets rid of a whole slew of problems we have with getting things into space. Assuming its initial usage is not limited to only government use cases. I dont see anyone waiting around for LENR much less thinking about it as being a requirement for usage.
This is a very custom design job. A very rough sketch of my design is attached.
This design needs no circulator and Rf dummy load as the real time Rf environment is monitored at least 100 times a second and will never allow the Rf amp to be over stressed. Rf power is programmed from approx 200mW to 100W with real time Forward and Reflected power feedback. If reflected power exceeds programmed limits, power output levels are dropped back in real time.
I am envy of your RF amp. What is it? Who makes them?
Also, what are you using the 3 way splitter for? Just to excite 3 separate loops at the same time?
@ TT - I second the question re: your RF amp.
With all due respect to the work that @TheTraveller is doing, I think there's a problem relying on spreadsheets to count on for accurate data.
The problem isn't with the input, but rather that spreadsheets have several inherent issues in regards to accuracy. Unless one knows the underlying code, one is 'at the mercy' of the people who programmed that tool. That's true, of course, of any piece of software (including MEEP, et al). However with spreadsheets, the problems are magnified.
Spreadsheets are great for providing overviews and oversight, but fail at finer levels of accuracy. There's 'size/placement of application and data in memory', 'floating point processing', hell, how the programmers implemented certain stacks and other issues that get amplified the more complex the calculations become. There was a FP error in Excel that existed for years and years before anybody tripped across it. The input is simply 'given over' to the code to process.
Mathematical processing software has the advantage that the user inputting the data is also responsible for making sure things are processed in the right order. This means that errors in calculating can be discerned, code corrected, and data processed again. It is a heck of a lot more tedious and its biggest problem is that one has to really understand the maths and get them all right in order to ensure accuracy.
Don't get me wrong- modern spreadsheets are really good, but they have some serious limitations especially in regards to complex processing. They're not designed for that however; they're designed as general business tools. For general engineering, they're fine. Good enough, IMO, to produce accurate enough data that a proof of direction (ie. there is a significant force from an EM drive that it goes past margin of error) is possible.
To use them to try and figure out exactly what is happening from a physics vs. engineering POV? Yeah nah, mate. Best to rely on the raw math tools for that work.
This debate on the maths is more religious than necessary. We'll wait and see what data comes from the DIY experiments, where there continues to be hints and smells, but nothing of 'proof' yet. We'll also wait and see what data comes from the math/physics folks, as they've been pushing new boundaries of understanding as to WTF is going on with this thing. Like the DIY, that there continues to be hints and smells of something interesting, but again still no proof.
As different theory have been proposed, new math and new designs are worked and new data is produced and the maths and designs are tightened even further, and we're all coming one step closer to learning if this is a real effect or, if you'll forgive me, just a bunch of hot air.
Peace and data in the new year.
Ronald
I think I may have figured out a way to increase thrust. It involves resonating sound waves within the cavity simultaneously with the rf.
I've been thinking about the matter inside the cavity for a while now and about how thrust seems to disappear in vacuum or when the dielectric insert was removed as reported by EW. Lots of microscopic effects have been considered, like Casimir momentum, magnetoelectric anisotropies, and lately gravitomagnetism. None appear capable of generating or explaining macroscopic forces.
Lately I've been focused on just the type 3 cavity and really thinking hard about all of the properties of the air and why it seems important to thrust (Shawyer did away with the dielectric). It must be the related to the collective natural motion of the molecules in the cavity, but perturbed by some still unknown method. No doubt, that if the reports of thrust are not due to some artifact, there must be an explanation; maybe even one of the above. I don't know what could be behind the thrust with any certainty. What I'm proposing with the sound is (in my view) agnostic to the underlying thrust mechanism. It is simply adding energy to the system. If an anisotropy is present, I believe this may be a way to expose it by bringing forces up to a measurable level.


Well...a cavity filled with nitrogen rather than hydrogen might be a better idea