A compulsator driven rapid-fire EM gun
Abstract
A computator-driven railgun is an attractive alternative to the homopolar generator-inductor-switch configuration, especially for repetitive duty. A conceptual design of rapid-fire EM-gun system is presented. The generator is sized to accelerate a 0.08-kg projectile to 2 to 3 km/s at a 60 pulse-per-second repetition rate. Initial design parameters are discussed, and example current and velocity waveforms are given. The generator is discharged at the proper phase angle to provide a current zero just as the projectile exits the muzzle of the railgun.
- Publication:
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IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
- Pub Date:
- March 1984
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1984ITM....20..211P
- Keywords:
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- Compulsators;
- Electromagnetic Acceleration;
- Homopolar Generators;
- Railgun Accelerators;
- Systems Engineering;
- Analog Simulation;
- Equivalent Circuits;
- Hypervelocity Projectiles;
- Systems Simulation;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering