Recoil considerations for railguns

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 37, Issue 1 I, 2001, Pages 425-430

  Kathe, Eric L ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Benet Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanical shock isolation; Railgun recoil; Recoil tolerance; Weapon system integration

Indexed keywords

GUNS (ARMAMENT); KINETIC ENERGY; LIGHT WEIGHT VEHICLES; PROJECTILES; SHOCK WAVES; TANKS (MILITARY); VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

CREW DISCOMPORT; HEAVY TANK; MECHANICAL SHOCK ISOLATION; RAILGUN RECOIL;

RAIL GUNS;

EID: 0035030603     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.911869     Document Type: Article

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