Application of Superconductivity to Pulse Power Problems

Abstract

Simple rail guns and rail guns with normally conducting and superconducting augmentation have been analyzed using an energy approach. Ideal launch efficiencies, neglecting Joule losses and assuming constant rail current during the launch, are shown to be limited to 50 percent for normally conducting systems, but can approach 100 percent for systems with superconducting augmentation. Application of the technology to pulse power switches, such as the Marshall rail switch, is discussed,

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA638336

Entities

People

  • C. C. Homan
  • W. Scholz

Organizations

  • United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Efficiency
  • Electromagnetic Guns
  • Energy
  • Energy Storage
  • Energy Transfer
  • Guns
  • Inductance
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Lorentz Force
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Magnetic Flux
  • Mechanical Energy
  • Pulsed Power
  • Superconductivity
  • Switches
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Superconducting Magnet Technology