The use of conducting shields for increasing the operating current limit in a rail launcher

Author

Drobyshevski, E.M. ; Yuferev, S.V.

Author_Institution

A.F. Ioffe Physicotech. Inst., Acad. of Sci., St. Petersburg, Russia

Volume

31

Issue

1

fYear

1995

Firstpage

291

Lastpage

294

Abstract

A new optimization technique to reduce thermal and repulsive loads in a railgun is described, The structural components (containment conductor) of the railgun were used as an electromagnetic shield to control rail current distribution. In summary, by optimizing the position of the shield in the railgun we were able to greatly reduce the dynamic deformation of the rails and increase the maximum permissible total rail current and the projectile force without heat damage of the rail surface.<>

Keywords

current distribution; electric current control; electromagnetic shielding; optimisation; railguns; conducting shields; containment conductor; electromagnetic shield; operating current limit increase; optimization technique; projectile force increase; rail current distribution control; rail dynamic deformation reduction; rail launcher; repulsive loads reduction; structural components; thermal loads reduction; total rail current increase; Coaxial components; Conductors; Current distribution; Electromagnetic forces; Frequency; Integral equations; Projectiles; Railguns; Rails; Thermal loading;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.364674

Filename

364674