@article{GENERAL,
      recid = {7589},
      author = {Pawling, R J and Farrier, L and Bucknall, R},
      title = {The Advanced Technology Corvette - Railgun (ATK-R) Design  Study - Future Weapons and Small Ship Power Systems},
      journal = {Conference Proceedings of INEC},
      address = {2018-10-02},
      number = {GENERAL},
      abstract = {High-power electric weapons, such as the ElectroMagnetic  RailGun (EMRG), laser and High Power Microwave devices are  moving closer to practical utilisation by navies, and  prototype EMRG systems are being tested at militarily  useful energy levels. Previous work in the UCL Department  of Mechanical Engineering includes; preliminary design  studies for surface combatants with an all electric weapons  outfit; and detailed marine engineering analysis, to PhD  level, of the implications for future power and propulsion  systems of these weapons. Design studies for electrically  armed ships have generally examined large destroyer-sized  surface combatants, with significant installed electrical  power. This paper describes a concept design study for a  small corvette-sized combatant, ATK-R, developed as the  “minimum sized ship” capable of supporting an  EMRG as its primary armament This paper describes the UCL  ZEOLIT design tool, the ship design impacts and marine  engineering integration of this future concept including  the use of Energy Storage Systems (ESS) and the choice  between power limited (Patrol vessel -like) and power dense  (Fast attack craft –like) power and propulsion  systems. },
      url = {http://library.imarest.org/record/7589},
}