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000007589 02470 $$2doi$$a10.24868/issn.2515-818X.2018.019
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000007589 245__ $$aThe Advanced Technology Corvette - Railgun (ATK-R) Design Study - Future Weapons and Small Ship Power Systems
000007589 269__ $$a2018-10-02
000007589 336__ $$aConference Proceedings
000007589 520__ $$aHigh-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. 
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000007589 6531_ $$aRailgun
000007589 6531_ $$aSmall warships
000007589 6531_ $$aEnergy storage
000007589 6531_ $$aConcept design
000007589 7001_ $$aPawling, R J$$uUCL, Department of Mechanical Engineering, London, UK
000007589 7001_ $$aFarrier, L$$uUCL, Department of Mechanical Engineering, London, UK
000007589 7001_ $$aBucknall, R$$uUCL, Department of Mechanical Engineering, London, UK
000007589 773__ $$tConference Proceedings of INEC
000007589 773__ $$jINEC 2018
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000007589 85641 $$uhttps://imarest.org/inec$$yConference website
000007589 8564_ $$974372288-eee0-4a37-b9c8-4712d8a9502e$$s4997045$$uhttps://library.imarest.org/record/7589/files/INEC%202018%20Paper%20025%20Pawling%20FINAL.pdf