Railguns can easily exceed the muzzle velocity limit of conventional guns, however this requires the use of driving currents of over 1 million amperes. In the simplest railgun barrel configuration, the driving current flows in a loop formed by the projectile armature, the conducting rails and the power supply. The author looks at the plasma armature, the simplest type of armature to use, requiring only the generation of a plasma behind the projectile.


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    Title :

    Plasma type armatures (railguns)


    Additional title:

    Plasmagetriebene Kanonen


    Contributors:
    Putley, D. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1988


    Size :

    2 Seiten


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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