Present and future naval applications for pulsed power

Digest of Technical Papers-IEEE International Pulsed Power Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-7

  Beach, F C ^a   McNab, I R ^b  

^a NAVAL SEA SYSTEMS COMMAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(+ MOD 2N) OPERATION; DIRECTED ENERGY; ELECTRIC WEAPONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC (EM); ELECTROMAGNETIC AIRCRAFT LAUNCH SYSTEM (EMALS); ENGINEERING CHALLENGES; HIGH ENERGIES; INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS; INSTANTANEOUS POWER; MECHANICAL DEVICES; NAVAL APPLICATIONS; POWER LEVELING; PULSE FORMING NETWORK (PFN); PULSED-POWER; RAILGUN; STORED ENERGY; US NAVY (USN); WEAPON SYSTEMS;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER NETWORKS; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; GUNS (ARMAMENT); HIGH ENERGY FORMING; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; MILITARY ENGINEERING; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; ORDNANCE; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; RESEARCH; TECHNOLOGY;

ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 45149107835     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PPC.2005.300462     Document Type: Conference Paper

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