Vibrational analysis of a shipboard free electron laser beam path
dc.contributor.advisor | Colson, William | |
dc.contributor.author | Gallant, Bryan M. | |
dc.date | December 2011 | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-08-22T15:32:57Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-08-22T15:32:57Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011-12 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10945/10607 | |
dc.description.abstract | This thesis explores the deployment of a free electron laser (FEL) weapon system in a shipboard vibration environment. A concept solid model of a shipboard FEL is developed and used as a basis for a finite element model which is subjected to vibration simulation in MATLAB. Vibration input is obtained from ship shock trials data and wave excited motion data from ship motion simulation software. Emphasis is placed on the motion of electron beam path components of the FEL and the feasibility of operation aboard ship. The resulting component motion after passive isolation control is within the amplitudes and frequencies that will allow at sea FEL operation with active electron beam steering. | en_US |
dc.description.uri | http://archive.org/details/vibrationalnalys1094510607 | |
dc.format.extent | xviii, 53 p. ; 28 cm. | en_US |
dc.publisher | Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School | en_US |
dc.rights | This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States. | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Modeling. | en_US |
dc.title | Vibrational analysis of a shipboard free electron laser beam path | en_US |
dc.contributor.secondreader | Cohn, Keith | |
dc.contributor.department | Physics. | |
dc.subject.author | Free Electron Laser | en_US |
dc.subject.author | FEL | en_US |
dc.subject.author | Passive Vibration Control | en_US |
dc.subject.author | Ship Motion Simulation | en_US |
dc.subject.author | Finite Element Modeling | en_US |
dc.subject.author | Directed Energy; | en_US |
dc.description.service | US Navy (USN) author | en_US |
etd.thesisdegree.name | M.S. in Physics | en_US |
etd.thesisdegree.level | Masters | en_US |
etd.thesisdegree.discipline | Physics | en_US |
etd.thesisdegree.grantor | Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.) | en_US |
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