Measurement of the current distribution between multiple brush armatures during launch

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 436-441

  Schneider, M ^a   Schneider, R ^a  

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

Author keywords

Armatures; Electric contact; Metrology; Railgun

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONTACTS; MEASUREMENT; MELT SPINNING; RAIL GUNS;

ARMATURES; CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; MULTIPLE METALS; MUZZLE VELOCITY;

ELECTRIC CURRENT DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 59849094243     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2008.2008515     Document Type: Article

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