A Laboratory ARC Driven Rail Gun

Abstract

A laboratory, single stage, arc driven rail gun and its associated power supply have been designed, constructed and operated. Diagnostic probes have been fabricated to assess the performance of the rail gun and power circuit. The operation and performance of this system will be described in this report.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA131153

Entities

People

  • Henry S. Burden
  • Keith A. Jamison

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Efficiency
  • Energy
  • Energy Storage
  • Energy Transfer
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Of Vaporization
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Latent Heat
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Power Supplies
  • Resonant Frequency
  • Vaporization

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Plasma Physics.
  • ballistics.