First design study of an electrical catapult for unmanned air vehicles in the several hundred kilogram range

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 39, Issue 1 I, 2003, Pages 310-313

  Reck, Bernhard ^a  

^a FRENCH GERMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SAINT LOUIS   (France)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic launching; Linear synchronous motors; Permanent magnets; Unmanned air vehicles

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CATAPULTS (AIRCRAFT LAUNCHERS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; PERMANENT MAGNETS; SYNCHRONOUS MOTORS; UNMANNED VEHICLES; VELOCITY;

ELECTRICAL CATAPULT; LINEAR SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR; UNMANNED AIR VEHICLES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC LAUNCHERS;

EID: 0037235188     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2002.805921     Document Type: Article

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