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    Strap-down microelectromechanical (MEMS) sensors for high-g munition applications

    Brown, T.G. / Davis, B. / Hepner, D. et al. | Tema Archive | 2001
    shock study suggest that some of these sensors are rugged enough to survive both low-g and high-g launch. Analyzes of the accelerometer data ...

    Design and construction of a 5.7-MJ, 10-kV multi-stage capacitor power supply

    Toms, J.M. / Marschik, D. | Tema Archive | 1989
    A 5.7 MJ, 10 kV capacitor power supply was designed and constructed primarily to power an electromagnetic launcher. The power supply ...
    Keywords: ELECTROMAGNETIC LAUNCHERS , ELECTROMAGNETIC LAUNCHER

    Advanced semiconductor switches for EM launchers

    Singh, H. / Hummer, C.R. | Tema Archive | 2001
    programs. Advances in semiconductor technology hold a promise of replacing these large and bulky switches with solid state switches which may ...

    Improved performance of linear induction launchers

    Balikci, A. / Zabar, Z. / Czarkowski, D. et al. | Tema Archive | 2004

    Integrated thermal management of a hybrid electric vehicle

    Traci, R.M. / Acebal, R. / Mohler, T. | Tema Archive | 1999

    Why solid armatures fail and how they can be improved

    James, T.E. | Tema Archive | 2003
    Failure of electromagnetic launch (EML) solid armatures can be caused by various mechanisms, but a critical performance limit is due to ...

    Analysis of the performance of a combined coil-rail launcher

    Barmada, S. / Musolino, A. / Raugi, M. et al. | Tema Archive | 2003
    An electromagnetic system that operates both as a rail and as a coil launcher is proposed, and its performance is analyzed. The device has ...

    Doppler-radar: a possibility to monitor projectile dynamics in railguns

    Schneider, M. / Eckenfels, D. / Nezirevic, S. | Tema Archive | 2003

    First design study of an electrical catapult for unmanned air vehicles in the several hundred kilogram range

    Reck, B. | Tema Archive | 2003
    The principle of electromagnetic launch remains a permanent subject of military research because of its outstanding advantages. For ...

    Ohmic heating in a double-taper sabot-armature

    Powell, J.D. / Zielinski, A.E. | Tema Archive | 2003
    A two-dimensional model, developed previously to investigate the transport of electromagnetic fields and energy in solid-armature railguns ...

    ETC closed-vessel experiments with alkali-doped propellants

    Andreasson, S. / Bemm, E. / Nyholm, S.E. | Tema Archive | 2003

    Magnetic blow-off in armature transition

    Barber, J.P. / McNab, I.R. | Tema Archive | 2003

    Sensor development for compulsator driven railgun systems

    Penney, C.E. / Hotz, T.J. / Hahne, J.J. | Tema Archive | 2003
    increases in machine speeds, which in turn increase electromagnetic interference. It is essential to a successful operation to have a method ...

    Assessment of the blast wave generated by a low-energy plasma igniter and spectroscopic measurements

    Caillard, J. / Izarra, C. de / Brunet, L. et al. | Tema Archive | 2003

    Transition in brush armatures

    Schneider, M. / Eckenfels, D. / Hatterer, F. | Tema Archive | 2003

    Thermal stresses in an actively cooled two-piece rail structure

    Satapathy, S. / Persad, C. | Tema Archive | 2003
    In this paper, we evaluate the thermal stress arising in rails and supporting structures of an electromagnetic launcher. We examine the ...

    Launching tactically configured solid armature projectiles from large and medium calibre railguns-results from the DRA test programme

    Kirkpatrick, D. / Haugh, D. | Tema Archive | 1997
    implementation of EML technology in a weapons system are also discussed ...
    Keywords: Tagung , EML technology

    Experimental studies of the plasma-propellant interface for electrothermal-chemical launchers

    Edwards, C.M. / Bourham, M.A. / Gilligan, J.G. | Tema Archive | 1995
    that injects plasma to the surface of solid or liquid propellants. The source is powered by a 340 mu F Maxwell capacitor (17 kJ at 10 kV, up to ...

    High accuracy measurements on railguns

    Wey, J. / Eckenfels, D. / Gauthier, C. et al. | Tema Archive | 1995
    in a pulsed power facility. Low voltage measurement in a high voltage circuit (100 V in comparison to 10 kV) have been made on semiconductors ...