Design and testing of high-pressure railguns and projectiles

Journal Article · Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1984 · IEEE Trans. Magn.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/TMAG.1984.1063046· OSTI ID:6170965

Peterson, D R; Fowler, C M

The results of high-pressure tests of four railgun designs and four projectile types are presented. All tests were conducted at the Los Alamos explosive magnetic-flux compression facility in Ancho Canyon. The data suggest that the high-strength projectiles have lower resistance to acceleration than the lowstrength projectiles, which expand against the bore during acceleration. The railguns were powered by explosive magneticflux compression generators. Calculations to predict railgun and power supply performance were performed by Kerrisk.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
• OSTI ID: 6170965
• Journal Information: IEEE Trans. Magn.; (United States), Vol. MAG-20:2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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