Dynamic response of electromagnetic railgun due to projectile movement

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 39, Issue 1 I, 2003, Pages 472-475

  Tzeng, Jerome T ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical velocity; Dynamic loading; Elastic; Electromagnetic railgun

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELASTIC MODULI; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECTILES; RESONANCE; STRAIN; STRESSES;

CRITICAL VELOCITY; DYNAMIC LOADING CONDITION; MAGNETIC PRESSURE;

RAIL GUNS;

EID: 0037235283     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2002.806384     Document Type: Article

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