DocumentCode
3189219
Title
The Design and Testing of a Large-Caliber Railgun
Author
Crawford, Mark ; Subramanian, Ravi ; Watt, Trevor ; Surls, Dwayne ; Motes, Doyle ; Mallick, John ; Barnette, Darrel ; Satapathy, Sikhanda ; Campos, Joaquí
Author_Institution
Inst. for Adv. Technol., Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
fYear
2008
fDate
10-13 June 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
5
Abstract
A large-caliber railgun was developed to demonstrate the supersonic launch of 120 mm projectiles. A trade study that evaluated over 70 different railgun configurations and geometries resulted in the selection of a high-inductance-gradient, multi-turn configuration as the best overall choice. Subscale tests were performed on both the railgun and launch package configurations. A full-scale laboratory system was installed that included a dedicated high-current, large-caliber breech and gunline. A full-scale launcher was successfully tested to beyond the design conditions.
Keywords
gradient methods; railguns; gunline; high-inductance-gradient; large-caliber breech; large-caliber railgun; multi-turn configuration; supersonic launch; Boring; Circuits; Geometry; Magnetic fields; Packaging; Projectiles; Railguns; Rails; Testing; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Electromagnetic Launch Technology, 2008 14th Symposium on
Conference_Location
Victoria, BC
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-1832-9
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-1833-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ELT.2008.84
Filename
4657644
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