On the design of coilguns for super-velocity launchers

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 107-110

  Balikci, A ^a   Zabar, Z ^b   Birenbaum, L ^b   Czarkowski, D ^b  

^a GEBZE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic launchers; Hypervelocity launchers; Induction coil launchers

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; OPTIMIZATION; PROJECTILES;

FLYWHEEL GENERATORS; HYPERVELOCITY LAUNCHERS; INDUCTION COIL LAUNCHERS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC LAUNCHERS;

EID: 33846215503     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2006.887651     Document Type: Article

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