The response of different copper alloys as rail contacts at the breech of an electromagnetic launcher

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 37, Issue 1 I, 2001, Pages 263-268

  Gee, R M ^a   Persad, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Conductor; Electrical contact; Railgun

Indexed keywords

COPPER ALLOYS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPULSION; HARDNESS; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

BREECH; CURRENT FLOW; JOULE HEATING; MULTISHOT PERFORMANCE; OPTICAL PROFILOMETRY; RAIL CONDUCTOR; SURFACE DAMAGE;

RAIL GUNS;

EID: 0035031047     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.911834     Document Type: Article

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