Title :
Railgun Erosion Simulator
Author :
Johnson, Mark ; Cote, Paul ; Campo, Frank ; Vottis, Pat
Author_Institution :
Benet Labs., Watervliet, NY
Abstract :
The U.S. Army Armament Research, Development, and Engineering Center´s Benet Laboratories is currently developing a diagnostic launcher for use as an erosion simulator to investigate issues associated with the bore life of rail guns. The launcher being developed at Benet provides a test bed for validation of new erosion concepts and serves as a facility for preliminary evaluation of candidate core materials. It has been optimized to provide details about the dominant bore erosion mechanisms observed in larger systems.
Keywords :
environmental degradation; railguns; U.S. Army; bore erosion mechanisms; diagnostic launcher; railgun erosion simulator; Aluminum; Capacitors; Circuits; Contact resistance; Inductance; Laboratories; Predictive models; Railguns; Rails; Solids;
Conference_Titel :
Pulsed Power Conference, 2005 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Monterey, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9189-6
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9190-x
DOI :
10.1109/PPC.2005.300588
