NDLI: Basic principles of coaxial launch technology

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Kolm, H. Mongeau, P.
Copyright Year	1965
Abstract	Coaxial launchers have received very much less attention than railguns because of their greater complexity, but they offer several significant advantages. They require no physical contact with the projectile, scale readily to very large diameter, can distribute thrust over the length of the projectile, have more adaptable energy supply and impedance requirements (being a multi-turn device), offer higher efficiency, positive control over the launch cycle, and permit component redundancy to achieve any desired degree of reliability. Thrust for a given current can be a hundred times higher than in a railgun, but the current must be synchronized with projectile motion. The voltage required to do so increases with velocity, and high voltage commutation capability represents the technological limit to launch velocity. Present research activity is concerned with commutation in the low and high velocity domains, position sensing techniques, dynamic stress containment in drive coils, and design of the first practical EM launcher: a Nimitz class aircraft catapult.
Sponsorship	IEEE Magnetics Society
Starting Page	227
Ending Page	230
Page Count	4
File Size	483813
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00189464
Volume Number	20
Issue Number	2
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	1984-03-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Coaxial components Projectiles Railguns Voltage Electromagnetic launching Superconducting coils Acceleration Inductance Impedance Redundancy
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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