Integration and Test of a Dual Purpose Pulse Forming Network into the P&E HWIL SIL

Abstract

A Dual Purpose Pulse Forming Network (DP-PFN) has been developed to power both the Electro-Thermal- Chemical (ETC)/Electro-Thermal-Ignition (ETI) lethality capability and the Electro-Magnetic Armor (EMA) survivability capability improvements envisioned for future hybrid-electric combat vehicles. The DP-PFN is capable of providing two types of energy pulses to accommodate gun and armor loads: extremely short pulse lengths for the EMA, or longer pulse lengths for the ETI/ETC Gun. This capability of the DP-PFN allows for emulation of three major hybrid-electric, lethality, and survivability functions of an electrically-driven ground combat vehicle.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA433327

Entities

People

  • Allen J. Bard
  • B. Marinos
  • D. Herrera
  • E. Bradshaw
  • E. Leathers
  • G. Danielson
  • G. Frazier
  • G. Khalil
  • M. Chait
  • P. Argo

Organizations

  • Tank-automotive and Armaments Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Combat Vehicles
  • Control Systems
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Dynamic Loads
  • Energy
  • Energy Storage
  • Graphical User Interface
  • High Density
  • Hybrid Electric Vehicles
  • Hybrid Power
  • Ignition
  • Lethality
  • Pulsed Power
  • Survivability
  • Vehicles
  • Waveforms

Readers

  • Ballistic Missile Meteorology
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.