First measurements of current distribution in moving fiber-armatures in railguns

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 35, Issue 1 PART 1, 1999, Pages 107-111

  Wey, J ^a   Lehmann, P ^a   Charon, R ^a   Eckenfels, D ^a   Gauthier, C ^a  

^a FRENCH GERMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SAINT LOUIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PROJECTILES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY;

CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; FIBER ARMATURES;

RAIL GUNS;

EID: 0032681151     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.738386     Document Type: Article

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