Homopolar Motor and Brush Development Studies

Abstract : Substantial benefits in ship design and operating economies are expected to accrue to the Navy if electric ship propulsion techniques can be successfully developed and introduced in the future Navy fleet. One area of interest toward this end is in superconducting homopolar motors. This report surveys prior data, reports, papers, and other studies that relate to superconducting homopolar motors. It also includes summaries of discussions held by the author with General Atomics, the Naval Surface Warfare Center, and the Office of Naval Research on the subject.