Experiments to assess structural loads during solid armature contact transition

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 39, Issue 1 I, 2003, Pages 92-96

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

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contacts; Electrodynamics; Electromagnetic; Propulsion; Railgun; Transition

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPULSION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); X RAY ANALYSIS;

CONTACT TRANSITION; MEDIUM CALIBER LAUNCHER; PULSED POWER SUPPLY; RAIL ARMATURE INTERFACE; SOLID ARMATURES; X RAY IMAGES;

RAIL GUNS;

EID: 0037230331     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2002.805882     Document Type: Article

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