Homopolar Motor and Brush Development Studies

Abstract

Substantial benefits in ship design and operating economies are expected to accrue to the Navy if electric ship propulsion techniques can be successfully developed and introduced in the future Navy fleet. One area of interest toward this end is in superconducting homopolar motors. This report surveys prior data, reports, papers, and other studies that relate to superconducting homopolar motors. It also includes summaries of discussions held by the author with General Atomics, the Naval Surface Warfare Center, and the Office of Naval Research on the subject.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA436704

Entities

People

  • Ian Mcnab

Organizations

  • University of Texas at Austin

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Carbon Fibers
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Electrical Conductivity
  • Engineers
  • Fibers
  • Friction
  • Generators
  • Graphitic Materials
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Metal Fibers
  • Sliding Contacts
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design