Electromagnetic launch: A review of the U.S. national program

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 33, Issue 1 PART 1, 1997, Pages 11-16

  Fair, Harry D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIESEL FUELS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; PROJECTILES; PROPELLANTS;

ELECTRIC LAUNCH TECHNOLOGY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC LAUNCHERS;

EID: 0030675257     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.559849     Document Type: Article

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