Next generation more-electric aircraft: a potential application for hts superconductors

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1055-1068

  Luongo, Cesar A ^a   Masson, Philippe J ^b   Nam, Taewoo ^c   Mavris, Dimitri ^c   Kim, Hyun D ^d   Brown, Gerald V ^e   Waters, Mark ^f   Hall, David ^g  

^a FAMU FSU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

^b ITER ORGANIZATION   (France)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Advanced Magnet Laboratory   (United States)

^e GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^g DHC Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Aircraft; Electric propulsion; Superconducting motor

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE APPLICATIONS; AVIATION INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC AIRCRAFTS; ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES; MORE ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT; MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES; NEW CONCEPT; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; POWER DENSITIES; SUPERCONDUCTING MACHINES; SUPERCONDUCTING MOTOR;

AIRCRAFT; ELECTRIC MOTORS; ELECTRIC PROPULSION; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 68649126003     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2009.2019021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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