Cannon-Caliber Electromagnetic launcher

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 33, Issue 1 PART 1, 1997, Pages 630-635

  Zielinski, Alexander E ^a   Werst, M D ^b  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC COATINGS; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; COOLANTS; FIRE CONTROL SYSTEMS; STIFFNESS;

CANNON CALIBER ELECTROMAGNETIC GUN (CCEMG) COMPULSATOR; DIRECTIONAL PRELOADING MECHANISM; LIQUID COOLING; RAPID FIRE RAILGUN LAUNCHER; WATER GLYCOL COOLANTS;

RAIL GUNS;

EID: 0030716016     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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