A coilgun-based plate launch system

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 35, Issue 1 PART 1, 1999, Pages 136-141

  Berning, Paul R ^a   Hummer, Charles R ^a   Hollandsworth, Clinton E ^a   Berning, P R ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; MILITARY VEHICLES; VELOCITY;

COILGUN BASED PLATE LAUNCH SYSTEM; COMBAT VEHICLE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC LAUNCHERS;

EID: 0032666026     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.738391     Document Type: Article

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