The results of high-pressure tests of four railgun designs and four projectile types are presented. All tests were conducted at the Los Alamos explosive magnetic-flux compression facility in Ancho Canyon. The data suggest that the high-strength projectiles have lower resistance to acceleration than the low-strength projectiles, which expand against the bore during acceleration. The railguns were powered by explosive magnetic-flux compression generators. Calculations to predict railgun and power supply performance were performed by Kerrisk.
Design and testing of high-pressure railguns and projectiles
Entwicklung und Test von Hochdruck-Schienenkanonen und Projektilen
IEEE Transactions on Magnetics ; 20 , 2 ; 252-255
1984
4 Seiten, 11 Bilder, 2 Tabellen, 6 Quellen
Article (Journal)
English
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