Research Summaries

Back Innovative Railgun Technology

Fiscal Year 2008
Division Graduate School of Engineering & Applied Science
Department Physics
Investigator(s) Maier, William B.
Sponsor Office of Naval Research (Navy)
Summary This research is aimed at making significant innovative contributions to the Navy's railgun program while educating military officers in railgun technology through thesis research. Specifically, research in FY08 is focused on improved rail life, barrel design, and railgun power supplies having low-voltage energy storages.
Keywords Railgun Technology
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Data Publications, theses (not shown) and data repositories will be added to the portal record when information is available in FAIRS and brought back to the portal