Optimization and Critical Design Issues of the Air Core Compulsator for the Cannon Caliber Electromagnetic Launcher System (CCEML)

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 61-66

  Kitzmiller, J R ^a   Pratap, S B ^a   Aanstoos, T A ^a   Cook, K G ^a   Kuenast, R A ^a   Murphy, B T ^a   Perkins, D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONICS PACKAGING; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; RAIL GUNS; ROTORS;

AIR CORE COMPULSATOR; AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT VEHICLE; CANNON CALIBER ELECTROMAGNETIC LAUNCHER SYSTEM; MOBILE PLATFORM; MUZZLE VELOCITY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC LAUNCHERS;

EID: 0029219460     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: 19410069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.364727     Document Type: Article

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