Experimental Results and Performance Analysis of a 500 m/sec Linear Induction Launcher (LIL)

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 522-527

  Zabar, Z ^a   Lu, X N ^a   Levi, E ^a   Birenbaum, L ^a   Creadon, J ^a  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITOR STORAGE; CAPACITORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC DRIVES; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; HEAT TREATMENT; LUMPED PARAMETER NETWORKS; PROJECTILES;

CYLINDRICAL TUBE (SLEEVE); DRIVE CIRCUITS; LINEAR INDUCTION LAUNCHER; MESH MATRIX ANALYSIS; MUZZLE VELOCITY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC LAUNCHERS;

EID: 0029208196     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: 19410069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.364681     Document Type: Article

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