Electromagnetic and thermal performance validation of finned rails for EM launch

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 37, Issue 1 I, 2001, Pages 450-453

  Noel, Andrew P ^b   Bauer, David P ^a,b   Hisle, Rodney E ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b IAP RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^c Control Touch Systems Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

High efficiency; Railgun; Thermal management

Indexed keywords

COOLING; COPPER; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; INDUCTANCE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC LAMINATES;

AMBIENT AIR COOLING; COPPER LAMINATIONS; FINNED RAILS; RAIL FINS;

RAIL GUNS;

EID: 0035035805     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.911874     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Electromagnetic and thermal performance validation of finned rails for EM launch
2. Current distribution and inductance calculations for rail-gun conductors
3. Loss of propulsive force in railguns with laminated containments