Erosion observations on recovered large caliber armatures

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 73-76

  Hainsworth, Grant M G ^a   Haugh, David C ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Armature; Erosion; Railgun; Wear

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; KINETIC ENERGY; OPTIMIZATION; PROJECTILES; TARGETS;

ARMATURES; POST-TRANSITION CHARGE TRANSFER;

RAIL GUNS;

EID: 0035041113     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.911794     Document Type: Article

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3. The current melt-wave model
4. Experiments to measure wear in aluminum armatures
5. Limitations of C-shaped solid armatures for EM guns
6. Experimental observation of the rail resistance contribution to muzzle voltage