Single Shot Switch Performance on the Cannon Caliber Electromagnetic Gun Program

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 35, Issue 1 PART 1, 1999, Pages 346-351

  Hotz, T J ^a   Penney, C E ^a   Kitzmiller, J R ^a   Werst, M D ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC LAUNCHERS; PROJECTILES; SWITCHES; SWITCHING SYSTEMS; VELOCITY;

CANNON CALIBER; COMPULSATOR; ELECTROMAGNETIC GUN; FIELD INITIATION MODULE; GUN SWITCH MODULE;

RAIL GUNS;

EID: 0032677375     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.738429     Document Type: Article

References (4)

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