Railgun instrumentation

Author

Hotz, T.J. ; Davis, D.G.

Author_Institution

Center for Electromech., Texas Univ., Austin, TX, USA

Volume

31

Issue

1

fYear

1995

Firstpage

729

Lastpage

734

Abstract

In recent years, the railgun focus has switched to developing tactical weapons with launch velocities of 2 to 3 km/s. The projectile focus for tactical weapons has switched from plasma to solid armatures because of their high efficiency. Since few measurements have been made on the state of the solid armature during an electromagnetic launch, new diagnostics need to be developed to substantiate theoretical models. This paper presents several recent developments in the area of railgun instrumentation that attempt to directly or indirectly measure physical quantities that relate to the function of a solid armature during a launch.<>

Keywords

instrumentation; plasma devices; plasma diagnostics; pressure measurement; projectiles; railguns; voltage measurement; weapons; 2 to 3 km/s; developments; diagnostics; efficiency; instrumentation; measurements; plasma pressure measurements; projectile; railgun; solid armature; tactical weapons; voltage measurement; Electromagnetic launching; Electromagnetic measurements; Electromagnetic modeling; Instruments; Plasma diagnostics; Plasma measurements; Projectiles; Railguns; Solid modeling; Weapons;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.364602

Filename

364602