HIGH-PERFORMANCE ELECTRIC DRIVETRAIN COMPONENTS

Recent advances in electric drive components has made integrated elect ric drivetrains a reality in various military and commercial vehicles. These components promise not only propulsion system benefits but offe r unique opportunities for advanced pulse power systems such as electr ic guns and launchers. Heretofore, the bulk of development attention h as been paid to the actual pulse power and electric gun components. Ho wever, their successful integration into a viable tactical vehicle man dates a synergistic approach to combining the propulsion system requir ements with those of the pulse power system. To this end high performa nce electric drivetrain components perform an essential part of this i ntegration. This paper describes the rationale of power train manageme nt and the current demonstrated state of the art of various drivetrain components.