ZTAD: Zero Time and Distance - Softcover

Smith, C.D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1490791779 ISBN 13: 9781490791777

Publisher: Trafford, 2018

Synopsis

The possibility of travel forward and backward through space-time intrigues a vast number of people. I find it curious that many believe that Back to the Future is really possible and eventually someone will implement a process/machine to do exactly that. I, on the other hand, believe that time travel through space-time is impossible and in this book, I put forward, what I consider to be, a valid proof. The expansion of the universe and ultimately the Heat Death of the Universe means that energy is continuously lost and is not recoverable. To travel through space-time it is necessary to remove energy from the universe to move forward in time or add energy to the universe to move backward in time and that is, therefore, impossible. My purpose in writing this book is to put forward a paradigm where travel in time-space, not through space-time, is possible. Where movement about in three-dimensional space does not require energy to be either removed from or added to, the universe. Professor Da-veed’s accidental discovery of this paradigm forces him to take measures to avoid being taken into custody by the FBI, DHS, and NSA because he fears that the government would weaponize ZTAD and use it to dominate other countries.

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ZTAD

Zero Time and Distance

By C.D. Smith

Trafford Publishing

Copyright © 2018 C.D. Smith
All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-1-4907-9177-7

CHAPTER 1

DOT GRANT

My name is Charles Steven David (pronounced Da-veed). Because I have several doctorate degrees, I insist people call me professor. I am presently working on an Electromagnetic Material Mover (EM3) System funded by the Department of Transportation (DOT). The principal of the EM3 is based on the same principal as a multistage coil gun. It consists of a tube, several electromagnetic coils, several coil driver power supplies, and a computer control system. I received the grant after submitting a proposal to the Advanced Alternative Transportation Projects Department of the DOT.

The grant funds the development of a one-tenth scale version of the EM3 system that could if implemented into a full-scale version, significantly decrease the cost of moving material from one urban area to another urban area. The grant covers both the material cost of a demonstration model and the labor to manufacture and test the scale model.

The grant covers a twelve-month period that includes quarterly progress reports, three design reviews, and a final report.

As stated before, the EM3 design concept is based on a coil gun first developed and patented by Norwegian physicist Kristian Birkeland. In 1933, a Texas inventor named Virgil Rigsby developed a stationary coil gun that was powered by a large electrical motor and generator. Unfortunately, it never piqued the interest of any armed forces.

A payload (projectile) is inserted into the transfer tube (barrel); the first of three coils is energized, moving the payload forward; the second coil is then energized, adding additional momentum to the payload; and then the third coil is energized, accelerating the payload to its terminal velocity.

Ideally, 100 percent of the magnetic flux generated by the three coils is delivered to and acts on the payload, but this ideal is not achievable. With a simple air-cored coil, the majority of the magnetic flux is not coupled into the payload because of the magnetic circuit's high reluctance. The uncoupled flux generates a magnetic field that stores energy in the surrounding air. The energy stored in this field returns to the coil electric circuit, which can seriously damage the driver circuits. Therefore, special driver circuits are required to prevent this damage and maximize the field energy delivered to the payload.

Each coil imparts energy to the payload during two phases. This is accomplished by driving the coil with a full sine wave, where the first phase pulls the payload forward as the field builds in strength and the second phase pushes the payload forward as the field collapses. Matching the coil driver circuit to the coils resistance and inductance is critical to optimizing the energy transferred to the payload. The slope of the applied wave, both positive and negative, is also matched (shaped) to the velocity of the projectile to maximize acceleration.

For EM3, there are two sets of three coils. The first set is the Pitcher coils, which accelerate the payload from its origin to its terminal velocity in the manner described above. The second is the Catcher coils, which decelerate the payload at the destination to zero velocity by reversing the sine wave polarity. In both cases, timing the occurrence of the applied waveform is critical to the proper function of both the accelerating coils and the decelerating coils. The velocity of the payload is also a critical parameter, and sensor coils along the transfer tube provide a measurement of the payload velocity and affect the timing of application of the waveform to both Pitcher and Catcher coils.

CHAPTER 2

AN AMAZING EVENT

November 1999, in a laboratory in Grand Prairie, Texas

I remember it was on a Tuesday. I was running some tests, sending a test article from pitcher to catcher, measuring the energy it takes to accelerate the test article, and then measuring the energy it takes to decelerate the test article. I had recently installed a telemetry transmitter into the test article to record the three-axis acceleration as the test article makes the transition from pitcher to catcher.

The telemetry transceiver is installed on the feed side of the transition tube and aligned with the center axis, perpendicular to the plane of pitcher's coils. After powering on the test article's telemetry transmitter and inserting the test article into the transition tube, I set up my PC to record a short section of data and moved the test article forward and backward in the transition tube to make sure it wasn't binding.

The telemetry data indicated that everything was functioning as designed. I turned on Pitcher's and Catcher's power supplies and function generators in preparation for launching the test article. As this was the first test with the telemetry package, I went through the test procedure a second time to make sure everything was set up correctly. Once satisfied that all was correct, I pressed the launch button.

Immediately, the test article disappeared down the transition tube. I then walked around to the catcher end of the transition tube to retrieve the test article, and it wasn't there. It must have jammed inside the transition tube, I thought. I bent over and looked into the tube. To my surprise, it wasn't there either. I then thought that catcher must have failed to stop the test article. It must have exited the transition tube and ended up in the large screened area of polyfoam popcorn packing material I used to stop the test article before it impacts the overhead door. I stirred the polyfoam popcorn with my hands but could not find the test article.

My search was interrupted when someone rang the laboratory doorbell. When I got to the front door, I was surprised to see a young girl, about twelve years old, dressed in a baseball uniform, standing there holding the test article.

"Is this yours?" she asked.

"Where did you find my box?" I replied.

"It suddenly appeared in the outfield while we were practicing, and Coach said I should bring back to you."

"How did you know to bring it here?"

"Coach recognized the name of your company on the box. He said he sometimes parks in front of your office when the parking lot at the ball field is full."

"Can you show me where you found it?"

"Sure," she said as she turned to go.

I followed her away from the front of my building, across the street, down a tree line, and onto a softball field. We walked across the outfield until we reached the outer edge of the infield where she pointed to a skid mark on the clay.

"Right there, at the end of the skid mark," she said.

I thanked her and gave her $5 for her trouble. As I returned to my laboratory, I stopped and examined the overhead door. I expected to see a large hole where the test article had gone through the door. Not a single scratch was visible. I'm totally confused by all that happened. It just didn't make sense that the test article could have exited the tube, flown across the outfield, and come to rest in the infield of the ballpark, a distance of some three hundred meters, without any outward signs of damage. It's just not possible. As Yul Brenner said in the movie The King of Siam, "It's a puzzlement!" I decided to stop all tests with the test article until I can somehow come up with a rational explanation of how this happened. I certainly don't want anyone to get hurt by my testing.

I decided to look at the telemetry data to see if it would give me any insight into what exactly happened to the test article. To my surprise, it indicated that the test article accelerated exactly as planned, but the deceleration was totally different than the predicted deceleration. Normally, the deceleration takes about two milliseconds, and yet the test data indicates a deceleration time of over three seconds. Extrapolation of the deceleration distance over the deceleration time indicated the test article traveled less than five meters, and yet it was found on the ball field over three hundred meters away. It truly is a puzzlement!

I reset all the test parameters; however, this time, I inserted the test article lock pin to prevent the test article from moving. I then pressed the launch button and watched the launch sequence on my PC monitor just as I had done before. Everything appeared normal except for the lack of acceleration parameters for the test article. I again reset all the test parameters and pressed the launch button; this time, however, I looked into the open end of the transition tube. To my amazement, an image of the infield of the ballpark appeared for an instant. It surprised me to the point that I fell backward and was now sitting on the floor, staring at the test article inside the open end of the transition tube. After recovered from my shock, I reset everything and pressed the launch button a second time. Again, the instantaneous image of the infield appeared.

I stepped back, unsure of what had just happened. I was shaking, and my knees were so weak that I had to sit down. I closed my eyes and took several deep breaths. This can't happen. This is impossible. This is unbelievable. Why is this happening?

I could only assume that the appearance of this image had something to do with the test article ending up in the infield of the ballpark. I had run this test many, many times before without losing the test article. The only change I had made to my test setup was to add a telemetry transmitter to the test article. How could this little tenth-watt transmitter cause an image of the infield to appear? It just didn't make sense.

I removed the test article lock pin, removed the test article from the transition tube, switched off the telemetry transmitter, replaced the test article, and locked it into place. I then reset all the test parameters and looked into the transition tube as I pressed the launch button. There was no image of the infield this time. I repeated the test to make sure. The appearance of the ballpark image had something to do with the addition of the telemetry transmitter to the test configuration. Was the image a result of interaction between the telemetry transmitter and the electromagnetic fields generated by pitcher's coils?

I switched off the signal generator that drives pitcher's coils, removed the test article lock pin, switched on the test article's telemetry transmitter, and replaced the test article into the transition tube, locking it in place. I reset all the test parameters and looked into the transition tube as I pushed the launch button. No image. I then switched on the signal generator, reset the test parameters, and looked into the transition tube as I pressed the launch button. Voila! An image appeared. It had to be the result of the interaction between the telemetry transmitter and the magnetic fields from pitcher's coils. But that's impossible.

I was about to shut down all the equipment and think about these developments overnight when I thought maybe I could send the test article back to the ball field. I turned and went out the front door, went to the end of the parking lot in front of my laboratory, and looked at the ball field to see if they were still playing. Everyone had left, and the ball field was completely dark. I returned to my lab, removed the test article lock pin, reset the test parameters, looked into the open end of the transition tube, and pressed the launch button. There was an instantaneous image of the infield, and the test article disappeared.

I immediately jumped up, grabbed a flashlight, and ran out of the laboratory as fast as I could; through the parking lot, down beside a line of trees, and onto the ball field. It was there! It was right there where the kid told me it had appeared before. My hands were shaking as I picked it up. My knees were so weak I couldn't stand, and I fell into a kneeling position. I held the test article hard against my chest and wondered, what the hell have I done?

Finally, I recovered enough to return to the laboratory and sat down in my office to think about this amazing event. Could it be a method of travel through time? If it is, it could be earth changing. Why bother with the Electromagnetic Material Mover system if I can send material from one place to another place with a simple coil and RF transmitter? This has to be more complicated than it appears.

All of a sudden, the thought struck me like a linebacker hitting a quarterback, zero time and distance (ZTAD). That's what the alien Eroen called the process the Gueren used to abduct people for their experiments to save Homo sapiens from extinction. This is way too much to wrap my mind around tonight. I willed myself to not think about this as I closed up the laboratory and went home to sleep on this until tomorrow.

CHAPTER 3

ROOT CAUSE

"There has to be a simple cause for this anomaly!" I say out loud to myself as I arrive at my laboratory the morning after the great discovery. I sit down in my office to think this anomaly through again. Last night was the first time I used the RF transmitter, and the anomaly occurred when it was active and didn't occur when it was disabled; therefore, the RF transmitter has to be a contributor to the anomaly. Also, when I ran the test with Pitcher's coils enabled, the anomaly occurred, and it did not occur when Pitcher's coils were disabled; therefore, Pitcher is a contributor to the anomaly. Based on this rationale, I prepare a root cause analysis chart.

I rank the probability of Pitcher's voltage causing the anomaly low because the first time the anomaly occurred, everything about the test went according to plan except the test article ended up in the middle of the infield of the ballpark across the street. I rank the probability of Pitcher's current driver medium because I don't know if the terminal velocity of the test article was high, low, or the correct value. I rank the probability of Pitcher's waveform generator high because it has the greatest influence on the correct (or incorrect) function of Pitcher's primary coil. I rank the probability of both the RF transmitter frequency and the RF modulator low because the data collected from the test seemed to be well within the boundaries for each parameter. Now that I have a grasp of what may cause the anomaly, it is a simple matter of running individual tests to determine a root cause.

The first test is to remove the RF transmitter from the test article and take it and the RF receiver to the electronics bench. I use an oscilloscope to trace the output frequency to verify that the frequency, waveform, and power output meet the design specification. I vary the phase modulation of the RF transmitter over several decades, and there appear to be no errors within the modulator's operating range. After an hour of testing, I am satisfied the RF transmitter/receiver is functioning correctly, although I still cannot say positively that it does not directly contribute to the anomaly.

The next test is to remove the primary power supply from Pitcher's rack, take it to the electronics bench, and use an oscilloscope, a power meter, and output load to verify that it meets the design specifications. After connecting the power supply to a stove (an acronym for a resistive load device that consists of several large resistors connected in parallel) and a voltmeter, I turn on the power supply and measure its output voltage and current at different output levels and different load values. So far, everything looks normal. I connect a function generator to create a half-sine waveform to input into the power supply and an oscilloscope to monitor the output waveform.

Well, we're finally getting somewhere. In this process to determine the cause of the anomaly, the half-sine waveform has a very small AC modulation at a fixed frequency that should not be there. I suspect that a component has failed, which allows noise from the DC chopper to modulate the output waveform. After another hour of testing and retesting, I determine that a 0.1 microfarad capacitor has shorted. After replacing the capacitor and retesting, I observe that the modulation is no longer there.

But is this the root cause of the anomaly? Or have I just discovered a simple component failure that has nothing to do with the anomaly? I decide to add a single-pole-single-throw switch across the capacitor that will allow me to prove that the capacitor failure is or is not the root cause of the anomaly. Now, all I have to do is reinstall the power supply and the RF transmitter and rerun the EM3 test.

I create a simple four-step test plan based on a restatement of Robert Koch's postulates ("... four criteria designed to establish a causative relationship between a microbe and a disease [sic]").

1. Make sure the EM3 system functions without the anomaly (healthy organism [sic]).

2. Isolate the assumed cause (failed capacitor) of the anomaly (diseased organism [sic]).

3. Introduce the assumed cause (a short across the capacitor) into the "healthy" EM3 system and demonstrate the anomaly (diseased organism [sic]).

4. Remove the assumed cause (the short across the capacitor) and demonstrate the system functions without anomaly (healthy organism [sic]).

(Continues...)

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Edition details

• Publisher: Trafford
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1490791779
• ISBN 13: 9781490791777
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 232