Coupled finite-element codes for armature design

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 39, Issue 1 I, 2003, Pages 148-152

  Newill, James F ^a   Powell, John D ^a   Zielinski, Alexander E ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrodynamics; Electromagnetic propulsion; Railgun; Structural mechanics

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPULSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; RAIL GUNS; SKIN EFFECT; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL LOAD; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ARMATURE DESIGN; COUPLED FINITE ELEMENT CODES; DYNAMIC STRUCTURAL MECHANICS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC LAUNCHERS;

EID: 0037230322     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2002.805873     Document Type: Article

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