Use of SABER circuit simulation software for the modeling of compensated pulsed alternators driving a railgun load

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 39, Issue 1 I, 2003, Pages 337-342

  Crawford, Mark ^a   Mallick, John A ^a   Pappas, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Compulsator; Electromagnetic launch; Modeling; Pulsed alternator; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; SYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS;

COMPULSATOR; PULSED ALTERNATOR;

RAIL GUNS;

EID: 0037232904     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2002.806420     Document Type: Article

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