On the design and testing of solid armatures for rail accelerator applications

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

OSTI ID:5522360

Karthaus, W; de Zeeuw, W A; Kolkert, W J ^[1]

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1. TNO PML-Pulse Physics (NL)

Two different armature designs, for rail accelerator applications have been studied during electromagnetic launch experiments. The designs investigated are an aluminium multi-finger monoblock and a copper fiber brush armature. The experimental set-up used and the results obtained together with an electro-thermal model that describes the armature interface behavior during the acceleration process itself are presented in this paper.

• OSTI ID: 5522360
• Report Number(s): CONF-9004136-; CODEN: IEMGA; TRN: 92-009568
• 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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