The railgun force in the presence of secondary arcs

Conference · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1991 · IEEE Transactions on Magnetics (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)

OSTI ID:5538273

Calvin, H A ^[1]

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1. Westinghouse Electric Corp., Sunnyvale, CA (United States). Marine Div.

In this paper the analytical expression for the force accelerating a current filament in a railgun geometry is derived. The model is extended to develop the force on the primary in the presence of secondary arcs. The correspondence between the physical model and an equivalent circuit is established, and the force is shown to reduce properly in limiting cases.

• OSTI ID: 5538273
• Report Number(s): CONF-9004136-; CODEN: IEMGA
• Journal Information: IEEE Transactions on Magnetics (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States), Vol. 27:1; Conference: 5. IEEE symposium on electromagnetic launcher technology, Destin, FL (United States), 1-5 Apr 1990; ISSN 0018-9464
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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