DocumentCode
1458076
Title
Parameters for an electromagnetic naval railgun
Author
McNab, Ian R. ; Fish, Scott ; Stefani, Francis
Author_Institution
Inst. for Adv. Technol., Texas Univ., Austin, TX, USA
Volume
37
Issue
1
fYear
2001
fDate
1/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
223
Lastpage
228
Abstract
The United States Navy is considering the electromagnetic (EM) railgun as a future candidate for long-range shore bombardment missions. This brief study evaluates the gun and the pulsed power supply for this application. Approximate parameters are derived for a notional system that includes the projectile, launch package, railgun, and pulsed power components
Keywords
naval engineering; projectiles; pulsed power supplies; railguns; weapons; EM railgun; United States Navy; electromagnetic naval railgun; electromagnetic railgun; launch package; long-range shore bombardment missions; projectile; pulsed power components; pulsed power supply; Fires; Guns; Marine animals; Marine vehicles; Missiles; Projectiles; Propulsion; Pulsed power supplies; Railguns; Weapons;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9464
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/20.911826
Filename
911826
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