Testing of a Homopolar Generator, Energy Storage Inductor, Opening-Switch Railgun System

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dc.creatorZowarka, R.C.en
dc.creatorRech, B.M.en
dc.creatorNalty, K.E.en
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-04T16:05:39Zen
dc.date.available2015-09-04T16:05:39Zen
dc.date.issued1986-11en
dc.description.abstractThe first homopolar-fired railgun system was operated in Canberra in 1972 [1,2]. Since that time two additional systems have been tested, the EMACK homopolar generator (HPG) built by Westinghouse and operated by Army Research and Development Center (ARDC) [3] and the joint effort by The Center for Electromechanics of The University of Texas (CEM-UT) and General Dynamics in 1982 [4]. This paper describes the homopolar railgun system operated by CEM-UT in 1985. The aspect that makes this system different from the previous experiments is the design of a fast opening switch (10 to 20 µs) that will allow operation of the HPG into hypervelocity launchers.en
dc.description.departmentCenter for Electromechanicsen
dc.identifierPR_44en
dc.identifier.citationR.C. Zowarka, B.M. Rech, and K.E. Nalty, “Testing of a homopolar generator, energy storage inductor, opening-switch railgun system,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. Mag-22, no. 6, November 1986, pp. 1826-1832.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/30712en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherIEEEen
dc.relation.ispartofCEM Publicationsen
dc.rights.restrictionopenen
dc.subjectRotating Machine EM Launchen
dc.subjecthomopolar generatoren
dc.subjectem gunen
dc.subjectem railgunen
dc.titleTesting of a Homopolar Generator, Energy Storage Inductor, Opening-Switch Railgun Systemen
dc.typearticleen

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