DocumentCode
1001863
Title
Development of railgun accelerator combined with two-stage light gas gun
Author
Usuba, Shu ; Kondo, Ken-ichi ; Sawaoka, Akira
Author_Institution
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokoyama, Japan
Volume
20
Issue
2
fYear
1984
fDate
3/1/1984 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
260
Lastpage
263
Abstract
The status of railgun development at T.I.T. is summarized. A Zm railgun combined with two-stage light gas gun has been developed for high pressure research. Further multi-acceleration experiments using two railguns connected in series are in preparation. The purpose of this experiment is to establish the techniques for multi-stage railgun. Computer simulations show that the segmented multi-stage railgun has enough potential for use in the field of Impact Fusion.
Keywords
Electromagnetic propulsion; Acceleration; Capacitors; Circuits; Connectors; Earth Observing System; Plasmas; Projectiles; Railguns; Rails; Switches;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9464
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TMAG.1984.1063085
Filename
1063085
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