Title :
To the theory of parallel railgun driven by an inductive storage power supply
Author_Institution :
Propulsion Phys. Lab., Soreq Nucl. Res. Center, Yavne, Israel
Abstract :
Albeit far from maturity, inductive storage is a promising technology for electromagnetic launchers. A system comprising a railgun coupled to an inductive storage power supply is analyzed again in this paper. An analytical nondimensional treatment of the lossless case is given, readily allowing the assessment of the performance limits of such a system. A lossy system has been analyzed numerically. A conclusion is drawn that, at the discharge process, the coil losses are of minor importance compared to the rail losses.
Keywords :
inductive energy storage; losses; pulse generators; pulsed power supplies; railguns; analytical nondimensional treatment; coil losses; discharge process; electromagnetic launchers; inductive storage pulsed power supply; lossless case; lossy system; numerical analysis; parallel railgun; performance limits assessment; rail losses; Electromagnetic forces; Electromagnetic launching; Energy storage; Inductance; Inductors; Kinetic energy; Moon; Power supplies; Railguns; Rails;
Conference_Titel :
Pulsed Power Conference, 1999. Digest of Technical Papers. 12th IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Monterey, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5498-2
DOI :
10.1109/PPC.1999.823776
