The Kirkcudbright Electromagnetic Launch Facility
Abstract
The Kirkcudbright Electromagnetic Launch Facility is to be used to obtain ballistic data on hypervelocity projectiles to demonstrate their potential use in the tactical scenario. The facility is designed to allow the use of a wide range of EM as well as electrothermal (ET) guns. The facility includes a 2-km instrumented range to assess the performance of the gun/projectile system. The pulsed power system stores 32.2 MJ at 11 kV in 29 independently triggerable capacitor bank modules. This design provides considerable flexibility in operating parameters to accommodate a wide range of EM and ET guns and a wide range of projectile types and masses. The pulsed power system is designed to be very fault tolerant and to ensure high availability.
- Publication:
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IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
- Pub Date:
- January 1993
- DOI:
- 10.1109/20.195711
- Bibcode:
- 1993ITM....29..975H
- Keywords:
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- Ground Support Equipment;
- Hypervelocity Guns;
- Launching Bases;
- Test Facilities;
- Electromagnetic Acceleration;
- Hypervelocity Projectiles;
- Performance Tests;
- Ground Support Systems and Facilities (Space)