Electrodynamic transition in solid armature railguns

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 37, Issue 1 I, 2001, Pages 101-105

  Stefani, Francis ^a   Levinson, Scott ^a   Satapathy, Sikhanda ^a   Parker, Jerald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Applied Physics Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Arcing contact; Armature; Electromagnetic launcher; Railgun; Sliding electric contact; Transition

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONTACTS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC LAUNCHERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ARCING CONTACT; ARMATURE; ELECTRODYNAMIC TRANSITIONS; ELECTROMECHANICAL INSTABILITY; PLASMA ARC;

RAIL GUNS;

EID: 0035034980     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.911800     Document Type: Article

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