• DocumentCode
    1948505
  • Title

    Design of electromagnetic and electrothermal launch test stands

  • Author

    Rice, D.A. ; Kovaleski, S.D. ; Gahl, J.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    19-23 June 2011
  • Firstpage
    950
  • Lastpage
    954
  • Abstract
    The purpose of this research is to develop a test stand to characterize the various mechanisms for transition to arcing in solid armature railguns and to develop an electrothermal flyer plate launching system. Presented are the design considerations for producing a railgun test stand and the design and simulation results for a flyer plate launcher.
  • Keywords
    electrothermal launchers; railguns; design considerations; electromagnetic launch test stands; electrothermal flyer plate launching system; electrothermal launch test stands; flyer plate launcher; railgun test stand; solid armature railguns; Acceleration; Combustion; Lasers; MOSFET circuits; Railguns; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Pulsed Power Conference (PPC), 2011 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Chicago, IL
  • ISSN
    2158-4915
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0629-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PPC.2011.6191545
  • Filename
    6191545