Current carrying capacity of solid armatures for railguns at zero speed

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 33, Issue 1 PART 1, 1997, Pages 125-128

  Marshall, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; ELECTRIC CURRENT CARRYING CAPACITY (CABLES);

SOLID ARMATURES;

RAIL GUNS;

EID: 0030643767     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.559916     Document Type: Article

References (6)

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2. R. A. Marshall, "The OAT armature experiments," IAT Report R 0072, May 1995.
3. John H. Price, private communication.
4. J. P. Barber and A. Challita, "Velocity effects on metal armature contact transition," IEEE Trans. Magn. , vol. 29, pp. 733-738, January 1993.
5. J. V. Parker, D. T. Berry, and P. T. Snowden, "The IAT electromagnetic launch research facility," paper presented at the 8th Symposium on Electromagnetic Launch Technology, April 21-24, 1996, Baltimore, Maryland.
6. R. A. Marshall, C. Persad, K. A. Jamison, and M. J. Matyac, "Observations of solid armature behavior," IEEE Trans. Magn. , vol. 31, pp. 214-218, January 1995.