Electromagnetic and Structural Analyses of Electric Gun and Integrated Launch Package Systems

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 253-258

  Yun, H D ^a   Price, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECTILES; RAIL GUNS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRANSIENTS; VECTORS;

ARMATURE VELOCITY SKIN EFFECT; CANNON CALIBER ELECTROMAGNETIC LAUNCHER PROGRAM; INTEGRATED LAUNCH PACKAGE SYSTEMS; RAIL RESISTANCE; TRANSIENT CURRENT DENSITY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC LAUNCHERS;

EID: 0029208108     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: 19410069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.364692     Document Type: Article

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