Discarding Armature and Barrel Optimization for a Cannon Caliber Electromagnetic Launcher System

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 225-230

  Price, J H ^a   Yun, H D ^a   Kajs, J P ^a   Kitzmiller, J R ^a   Pratap, S B ^a   Werst, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; ELECTRIC DRIVES; ELECTRIC LOADS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPULSION; OPTIMIZATION; PROJECTILES; RAIL GUNS; TARGETS; VELOCITY;

BARREL OPTIMIZATION; CANNON CALIBER ELECTROMAGNETIC LAUNCHER SYSTEM; DISCARDING ARMATURE; RECTANGULAR BORE BARREL; SUBPROJECTILE MUZZLE KINETIC ENERGY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC LAUNCHERS;

EID: 0029234063     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: 19410069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.364697     Document Type: Article

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