Integral containment electromagnetic gun

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 39, Issue 1 I, 2003, Pages 456-461

  Kathe, Eric L ^a   Glennon, Michael J ^a   Gully, Michael D ^a   Olsen, Kenneth ^a  

^a Benet Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

Prestress; Railgun; Structural containment

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INSULATING MATERIALS; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; ELECTRIC WINDINGS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; STEEL; STIFFNESS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRESS;

INTEGRAL CONTAINMENT ELECTROMAGNETIC GUN; STRUCTURAL CONTAINMENT;

RAIL GUNS;

EID: 0037228614     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2002.806389     Document Type: Article

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