Launching tactically configured solid armature projectiles from large and medium calibré railguns - Results from the DRA test programme

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 33, Issue 1 PART 1, 1997, Pages 109-114

  Kirkpatrick, Doug ^a   Haugh, David ^a  

^a DRA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; LAUNCHING; PROJECTILES;

HYPERVELOCITY FLIGHT; SOLID ARMATURE PROJECTILES;

RAIL GUNS;

EID: 0030643327     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.559913     Document Type: Article

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