Model of contact transitioning with “realistic” armature-rail interface

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 96-100

  Barber, John P ^a   Dreizin, Yuri A ^b  

^a IAP RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^b DYUAR Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC LAUNCHERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VELOCITY;

ARMATURE CONTACTS; ELECTROMECHANICAL SLIDING CONTACTS; HIGH VELOCITY SLIDING CONTACTS; RESISTANCE FREE CONTACT; VELOCITY SKIN EFFECT;

RAIL GUNS;

EID: 0029230899     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: 19410069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.364721     Document Type: Article

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