Metallurgical post-mortem analysis of the cannon caliber electromagnetic gun: Rails and insulating sidewalls

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 33, Issue 1 PART 1, 1997, Pages 395-400

  Kerwien, Stacey Clark ^a  

^a US Army ARDEC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; COPPER ALLOYS; CRACKS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; HARDNESS; PROJECTILES;

ALUMINA INSULATING SIDEWALLS; CANNON CALIBER ELECTROMAGNETIC GUN;

RAIL GUNS;

EID: 0030643893     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.560044     Document Type: Article

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