Application of melt-textured YBCO to electromagnetic launchers

Superconductor Science and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Putman, P T ^a   Zhou, Y X ^a   Fang, H ^a   Klawitter, A ^a   Salama, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATAPULTS (AIRCRAFT LAUNCHERS); CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC LAUNCHERS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; ELECTROMAGNETS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY STORAGE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS; TEXTURES;

MAGNETIC ENERGY STORAGE; MELT-TEXTURED; POWER DENSITY; PROPULSIVE FORCES;

YTTRIUM BARIUM COPPER OXIDES;

EID: 24344489886     PISSN: 09532048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-2048/18/2/002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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