The effect of current and speed on perimeter erosion in recovered armatures

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 41, Issue 1 II, 2005, Pages 448-452

  Watt, Trevor ^a   Stefani, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Melt wave erosion; Profilometry; Railgun; Recovered armatures

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONTACTS; ELECTRIC CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; EROSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROFILOMETRY;

MELT-WAVE EROSION; PERIMETER EROSION; RECOVERED ARMATURES;

RAIL GUNS;

EID: 12344310557     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2004.838756     Document Type: Article

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