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DESIGN OF A STAR HYPERVELOCITY EML SYSTEM FOR AIR FORCE REQUIREMENTS

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 8282
Amount: $50,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
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Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1988
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
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7630 Sharon Lee Dr
Arlington, TX 76017
United States
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HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 DR W C NUNNALLY
 (817) 794-5110
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Abstract

THE WORK PROPOSED WILL RESULT IN A COMPLETE, PRELIMINARY SYSTEM DESIGN OF AN ELECTROMAGNETIC PROJECTILE LAUNCHER, BASED ON THE STAR EML CONCEPT DEVELOPED BY AMERICAN ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES. THE COMPLETED DESIGN WILL PERMIT THE AIR FORCE TO COMPARE THE PERFORMANCE, WEIGHT AND SIZE OF THE STAR EML WITH OTHER CONCEPTS BEING INVESTIGATED. THE STAR EML SYSTEM IS OF INTEREST TO THE AIR FORCE BECAUSE THE STAR SYSTEM CAN TRANSFER THE MOST ENERGY TO MULTI-KILOGRAM PROJECTILES PER UNIT LAUNCHER LENGTH WHEN COMPARED TO RAIL GUNS, RAIL GUN DERRIVATIVES, AND COIL GUNS, POWER CONDITIONING SYSTEM MINIMIZES RESISTIVE LOSSES AND INDUCTIVE ENERGY STORAGE REQUIRES, NO ACTIVE SWITCHING OR OPENING SWITCHES, DELIVERS AN EQUAL AMOUNT OF ENERGY TO THE PROJECTILE ALONG EACH UNIT LENGTH OF LAUNCHER, HANDLES ONLY THE ENERGY BEING TRANSFERRED TO THE PROJECTILE PER UNIT LENGTH, ALL OF WHICH RESULTS IN THE MOST EFFICIENT (> 90%), MINIMUM WEIGHT AND VOLUME POWER CONDITIONING SYSTEM POSSIBLE. THE STAR EML GEOMETRY ELIMINATES THE MASS ABLATION/VELOCITY SATURATION PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED BY RAIL GUNS WHILE PROVIDING MAGNETIC PROJECTILE LEVITATION AND CENTERING. PHASE II OF THIS PROGRAM WILL COMPLETE THE DESIGN, FABRICATION, OPERATION OF A SCALED DOWN PROOF OF PRINCIPLE EXPERIMENT AS DETERMINED BY AIR FORCE REQUIREMENTS AND THE FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR PHASE II.

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