Dynamic experiments of current distribution in rail launcher multi-brush armatures

2012 IEEE I2MTC - International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1067-1071

  Ferrero, R ^a   Marracci, M ^b   Tellini, B ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; DYNAMIC EXPERIMENT; DYNAMIC MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC RAILS; FUNCTION OF TIME; MEASUREMENT METHODS; RAIL LAUNCHERS; THEORETICAL POINTS;

BRUSHES; ELECTROMAGNETIC LAUNCHERS;

ELECTRIC CURRENT DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84864243800     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/I2MTC.2012.6229193     Document Type: Conference Paper

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