Electric launch science and technology in the United States

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 39, Issue 1 I, 2003, Pages 11-17

  Fair, Harry D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Coilgun; Electromagnetic launcher; Electrothermal chemical launcher; Hypervelocity; Pulsed power; Railgun

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; PLASMA DEVICES; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SPACE APPLICATIONS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ELECTROTHERMAL CHEMICAL LAUNCHER; HYPERVELOCITY ELECTROMAGNETIC LAUNCH; PULSED POWER;

RAIL GUNS;

EID: 0037230402     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2002.805854     Document Type: Article

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