Fiscal Year	2009
Division	Graduate School of Engineering & Applied Science
Department	Electrical & Computer Engineering
Investigator(s)	Julian, Alexander L.
Sponsor	Naval Surface Warfare Center-Dahlgren Division (Navy)
Summary	Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) will support the Navy Railgun Program by providing basic/applied research in the area of pulsed power systems (PPS). From a component level thyristors and snubbers will be electrically characterized. From a broader system level NPS will develop a concept for a mobile gun charging system, Perform a trade study for a rotating machine PPS, and perform failure mode and effects analysis.
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