Loss of propulsive force in railguns with laminated containment

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 35, Issue 1 PART 1, 1999, Pages 442-446

  Parker, Jerald V ^a   Levinson, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Inductance gradient; Laminations; Railgun; Reduced performance

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; STEEL;

LAMINATED CONTAINMENT; PROPULSIVE FORCE;

RAIL GUNS;

EID: 0032689202     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.738448     Document Type: Article

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3. A. Zielinski, Army Research Laboratory, private communication, 1997.
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