NDLI: Monolithic Backbone Railgun

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Kathe, E.L. Mallick, J.A.
Copyright Year	1965
Abstract	The vast majority of all operational railguns in the world employ a metallic containment housing. Often composed of thousands of precision sheet metal laminates to prevent induced eddy currents, the launchers are labor intensive to build. The backbone railgun provides a monolithic metallic containment structure. Induced eddy currents are inhibited by the introduction of a large number of slits along the length of the launcher that achieve an effect analogous to traditional laminates. It is anticipated that the machining of slits from a monolithic launcher will lend itself to factory automation far more so than assembling a full length launcher from thousands of individual metal laminates. The principal advantages are: 1) elimination of stack-up tolerances; 2) producibility; and 3) stiffness. This paper will refine the concept and include an assessment of its ability to achieve magnetic transparency relative to traditional designs
Sponsorship	IEEE Magnetics Society
Starting Page	145
Ending Page	149
Page Count	5
File Size	397755
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00189464
Volume Number	43
Issue Number	1
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2007-01-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Spine Railguns Laminates Eddy currents Rails Weapons Magnetic materials Magnetic separation Conducting materials Sternum weapons railguns strain control
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Eddy Current Effects in the Laminated Containment Structure of Railguns

Analysis of Railgun Barrel Material

Thermal control of railgun armatures

The use of currents induced within a conducting shield for railgun performance control

Displacement eddy currents in magnetic laminates

Study of new materials for railgun launchers

Technical aspects of railguns

Railgun solid armature scaling model

International railgun modelling effort

Monolithic Backbone Railgun

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