DocumentCode
762830
Title
The 10 KM/S, 10 KG railgun
Author
Marshall, Richard A. ; Barber, John P.
Author_Institution
WBM Stalker Pty. Ltd., Brisbane, Qld., Australia
Volume
27
Issue
1
fYear
1991
fDate
1/1/1991 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
21
Lastpage
27
Abstract
The system design for a railgun powered by capacitor-based energy stores distributed along its length is presented. It is assumed that it is required to accelerate a mass of 10 kg to a velocity of 10 km/s. Parameters for the railgun and its energy stores are derived, and the performance of the system is computed with particular attention being paid to the efficiency with which store energy is converted to launch-package kinetic energy. It is shown that efficiencies of 90% can be expected from a properly designed system
Keywords
capacitor storage; electromagnetic launchers; 90 percent; capacitor-based energy stores; launch-package kinetic energy; railgun; Acceleration; Australia; Capacitors; Circuits; Kinetic energy; Packaging; Projectiles; Railguns; Switches; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9464
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/20.100987
Filename
100987
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