Insulation Coordination for Advanced Rotating Energy Systems: A Preliminary Assessment

Abstract

Electromagnetic armaments and electric launchers are emerging systems that are of increasing importance to the armed forces. Included in this category are the railgun, coilgun, reconnection gun, electrothermal gun (ET), and electrothermal-chemical gun (ETC). The system design issues for managing electromagnetic fields and insulation systems, which may include compulsators and pulse disk alternators, in the military applications for which they are intended, have been the subject of this study.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA387345

Entities

Organizations

  • University of Texas at Austin

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Detectors
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electronics
  • Electrothermal Chemical Guns
  • Energy Systems
  • Engineering
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Frequency
  • Generators
  • Guns
  • Insulation
  • Materials
  • Military Applications
  • Military Research
  • New York
  • Research Facilities
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • ballistics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics