A Rapid Fire, Compulsator-Driven Railgun System

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dc.creatorSpann, M.L.en
dc.creatorPratap, S.B.en
dc.creatorBrinkman, W.G.en
dc.creatorPerkins, D.E.en
dc.creatorThelen, R.F.en
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-04T16:05:22Zen
dc.date.available2015-09-04T16:05:22Zen
dc.date.issued1986-11en
dc.description.abstractIt is becoming clear that compensated pulsed alternators (compulsators) are the preferred power supply for rapid-fire railgun systems. High efficiencies, inherently high repetition rates, and the elimination of high current opening switches are the primary advantages of compulsator-driven systems. The benefits and capabilities of these systems will be demonstrated in a project which is currently in the final stages of fabrication. The goals of this project are to accelerate a burst of ten, 80-g projectiles to 2 km/s at a 60 Hz rate of fire. Details of the compulsator design, the design, fabrication, and testing of system components, and proposed operation are presented.en
dc.description.departmentCenter for Electromechanicsen
dc.identifierPR_37en
dc.identifier.citationM.L. Spann, S.B. Pratap, W.G. Brinkman, D.E. Perkins, and R.F. Thelen, “A rapid fire, compulsator-driven railgun system,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. Mag-22, no. 6, November 1986, pp. 1753-1756.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/30675en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherIEEEen
dc.relation.ispartofCEM Publicationsen
dc.rights.restrictionopenen
dc.subjectRotating Machine EM Launchen
dc.subjectcompulsatorsen
dc.subjectem gunen
dc.subjectem railgunen
dc.subjectswitchesen
dc.titleA Rapid Fire, Compulsator-Driven Railgun Systemen
dc.typearticleen

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