For some military applications such as anti-armour and air defence, increasing muzzle velocity leads to significant increases in weapon performance. The EM railgun has already demonstrated velocities in excess of 10 km/sec and muzzle energies over 6 MJ, and ideally requires a high current, low voltage pulsed power system. The author describes options and problems associated with railguns and their power supplies.
Electromagnetic railguns
Elektromagnetische Kanonen
IEE Colloquium on 'Pulsed Power Applications' ; No.135 ; 811-813
1988
3 Seiten, 2 Quellen
Conference paper
English
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