Metallurgical analysis of an aluminum sabot fired in the cannon caliber electromagnetic gun (CCEMG)

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 33, Issue 1 PART 1, 1997, Pages 104-108

  Kerwien, Stacey Clark ^a  

^a US Army ARDEC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CRACKS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; HARDNESS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MELTING; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; OXIDATION; PROJECTILES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ALUMINUM 7475 SABOT; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAYS; HIGH TEMPERATURE OXIDATION; WAVELENGTH DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY;

RAIL GUNS;

EID: 0030649115     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.559912     Document Type: Article

References (5)

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