United Kingdom EM gun programme

Author

Atkinson, S.P. ; Aylen, R. ; Bloyce, A.R.P. ; Haugh, D.C. ; Kirkpatrick, D.J. ; Reip, P.W.

Author_Institution

R. Armament & Dev. Establ., Sevenoaks, UK

Volume

25

Issue

1

fYear

1989

fDate

1/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

57

Lastpage

62

Abstract

The authors review the progress in the RARDE (Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment) electromagnetic gun (REMGUN) program. They cover research on both railgun and LIA (linear induction accelerator) technology, including work on modeling, projectile/barrel interactions armatures, switching, and instrumentation. They also describe the major research facilities. Progress is reported in the identification and development of single-shot switches, integrated switch/barrel concepts, armatures and pulse power supplies as well as the integration of railgun components. LIA research has concentrated on launcher design and projectile/barrel interactions, highlighting the problems of pulse power systems for this form of electromagnetic launcher

Keywords

electromagnetic launchers; projectiles; pulsed power technology; switches; Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment; electromagnetic gun; electromagnetic launcher; instrumentation; integrated switch/barrel concepts; launcher design; linear induction accelerator; projectile/barrel interactions armatures; pulse power supplies; railgun; single-shot switches; switching; Electromagnetic launching; Instruments; Linear accelerators; Power system modeling; Pulse power systems; Pulsed power supplies; Railguns; Rails; Research and development; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.22504

Filename

22504