Title :
A survey of railgun research at the Georgia Institute of Technology (USA)
Author :
Bair, Scott ; Cowan, Richard ; Kennedy, Greg ; Neu, Richard ; Siopis, Matt ; Streator, Jeffrey ; Thadhani, Naresh
Author_Institution :
GWW Sch. of Mech. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
In 2011, investigators at the Georgia Institute of Technology performed a series of experiments and analyses to provide a further understanding of railgun performance as a function of the armature-to-rail interface. In this paper, results of this effort are presented offering insight with respect to interface wear generated using a lab-scale railgun and a gas-gun.
Keywords :
impact testing; railguns; wear; armature-to-rail interface; gas gun; interface wear; lab-scale railgun; railgun firing; railgun performance; Aluminum; Copper; Deformable models; Materials; Railguns; Rails; Resistance;
Conference_Titel :
Electromagnetic Launch Technology (EML), 2012 16th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0306-4
DOI :
10.1109/EML.2012.6325061
