NDLI: Design and Simulation of a Large Muzzle Kinetic Energy Railgun

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Author	Zizhou Su Wei Guo Tao Zhang Honghai Zhang Zhiqiang Dong Junyi Yang Bin Cao
Copyright Year	1973
Abstract	A large muzzle kinetic energy railgun is developed to demonstrate the supersonic launch of 200 mm projectiles. A trade is studied that evaluates over 30 different railgun cases resulted in the selection of a simple railgun as the choice. The goal of the railgun launches a 200 mm diameter projectile with a mass of greater 20 kg to a velocity of 2500 m/s, and the muzzle kinetic energy is more than 62 MJ. The analysis and modeling of the electromagnetic launch results in an adequate design. The final railgun is designed with an 8 m barrel and characterized by the following parameters: conducting rails with an inductance gradient about 0.4 μH/m, a peak current of about 7 MA, an effective current of no <; 6 MA, the projectile muzzle velocity of 2540 m/s, the muzzle kinetic energy of more than 63 MJ, and the system efficiency of 31.8%. A more detailed study is presented in this paper.
Sponsorship	IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society
Starting Page	1416
Ending Page	1420
Page Count	5
File Size	369269
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00933813
Volume Number	41
Issue Number	5
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2013-01-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Railguns Rails Inductance Force Kinetic energy Projectiles Current density simulation Design muzzle kinetic energy railgun
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Nuclear and High Energy Physics Condensed Matter Physics

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