NDLI: The Kirkcudbright Electromagnetic Launch Facility

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Hammon, H.G. Dempsey, J. Strachan, D. Raos, R. Haugh, D. Whitby, F.P. Holland, M.M. Eggers, P.
Copyright Year	1965
Abstract	The UK Ministry of Defense is preparing a new electromagnetic launch facility at the Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment (RARDE) range, in Kirkcudbright, Scotland. The facility will be used to obtain ballistic data on hypervelocity projectiles to demonstrate their potential use in the tactical scenario. The facility is designed to allow the use of a broad range of electromagnetic (EM) guns, as well as electrothermal (ET) guns. The facility includes a 2 km instrumented range to assess the performance of the gun/projectile system. Two firing points will be available inside the building for use with EM guns, one firing down the 2 km instrumented range, the other firing to a stop butt 100 m from the building. ET guns tested at the facility will be located outside the building, in an enclosed blockhouse, and can be fired down the instrumented range. The pulsed power system stores 32.2 MJ at 11 kV in 29 independently triggerable capacitor bank modules. The facility will begin operation using an electromagnetic railgun of 90 mm bore, with an accelerating length of 7 m.<>
Sponsorship	IEEE Magnetics Society
Starting Page	975
Ending Page	979
Page Count	5
File Size	526318
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00189464
Volume Number	29
Issue Number	1
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	1993-01-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Electromagnetic launching Instruments Projectiles Guns Pulse power systems Research and development Electrothermal launching Buildings Testing Capacitors
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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