Published March 2022 | Version v1
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Capacitor driven electromagnetic railgun

Creators

  • 1. Beam Technology Development Group, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai-400085 (India)
  • 2. Pulse Power and Electromagnetics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Visakhapatnam-531011 (India)

Description

The article presents the experimental results of developed electromagnetic railgun including its design parameters. The 1.2 meter long rectangular bore railgun launches 6.8g aluminum armature at an exit velocity of 525ms-1. The interference fit between rail and armature interface is selected 1mm. Further the impact of amor piercing shape projectile to defeat stainless steel plate is investigated by electromagnetic railgun system. (author)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
BARC Newsletter
Journal Issue
no.381
Journal Page Range
p. 46-48
ISSN
0976-2108

INIS

Country of Publication
India
Country of Input or Organization
India
INIS RN
53048378
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
CAPACITORS; DESIGN; ENERGY STORAGE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; RAILGUN ACCELERATORS; SPECIFICATIONS; STAINLESS STEELS
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; ALLOYS; CARBON ADDITIONS; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; HIGH ALLOY STEELS; IRON ALLOYS; IRON BASE ALLOYS; STEELS; STORAGE; TRANSITION ELEMENT ALLOYS