Static and Quasi-static Models for the Magnetic Field of a Railgun

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 692-697

  Coburn, William O ^a   Williams, Warren ^b  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b US Army ARDEC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; CALCULATIONS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC WAVEFORMS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ACCELERATING ARMATURE; MUZZLE; QUASISTATIC MODELS; STATIC MODELS;

RAIL GUNS;

EID: 0029234066     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: 19410069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.364609     Document Type: Article

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