Rail gun powered by an integral explosive generator
Conference
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OSTI ID:5892095
We propose the use of a rail gun powered by an explosive magnetic flux compression generator built into the rail gun itself in which the rails of the gun are driven together behind the projectile by explosives. The magnetic field established between the rails by an initial current supplied by an external source at the breech of the gun is trapped and compressed by the collapsing rails to accelerate the projectile down the bore of the gun.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos Scientific Lab., NM (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 5892095
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-79-2220; CONF-790741-8
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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