Launch package mass and pulsed power energy estimation for subcaliber electromagnetic railgun projectiles

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 33, Issue 1 PART 1, 1997, Pages 63-67

  Fish, Scott ^a   McGall, Todd ^a   Howard, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; PROJECTILES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC RAILGUNS; LAUNCH PACKAGE MASS; PULSED POWER ENERGY ESTIMATION;

RAIL GUNS;

EID: 0030702267     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.559862     Document Type: Article

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