A survey of armature transition mechanisms

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 39, Issue 1 I, 2003, Pages 47-51

  Barber, J P ^a   Bauer, D P ^a   Jamison, K ^b   Parker, J V ^b   Stefani, F ^c   Zielinski, A ^d  

^a IAP RESEARCH INC   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Institute for Advanced Technology   (United States)

^d U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrodynamic effects; Melt wave; Railgun; Sliding contact; Transition

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONTACTS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANISMS; SKIN EFFECT; SURVEYS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

ARMATURE; MELT WAVE; SLIDING CONTACT; VELOCITY SKIN EFFECT;

RAIL GUNS;

EID: 0037232948     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2002.805913     Document Type: Article

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