Effect of geometry change on the current density distribution in C-shaped armatures

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 72-75

  Rip, Laura ^a   Satapathy, Sikhanda ^a   Hsieh, Kuo Ta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Armature design; Electromagnetic simulation; Railgun armatures; Railgun transition

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

ARMATURE DESIGN; ELECTROMAGNETIC GUN; RAILGUN TRANSITION;

RAIL GUNS;

EID: 0037232837     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2002.805906     Document Type: Article

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