Multi-Point, Packed Wire, and Monolithic Armatures

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 209-213

  Marshall, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONTACTS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC WIRE; OPTIMIZATION; PROJECTILES; SURFACES; VELOCITY;

DISTRIBUTED ENERGY SYSTEM; HYBRID ARMATURE; MONOLITHIC ARMATURES; NON ARCING SOLID ARMATURE; PLASMA ARMATURE; VELOCITY SKIN EFFECT;

RAIL GUNS;

EID: 0029208688     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: 19410069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.364700     Document Type: Article

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