USE OF ELECTROMAGNETIC COIL LAUNCHER TO INCREASE MUZZLE VELOCITY OF CONVENTIONAL CANNONS

Authors
VOTTIS PM CIPOLLO M KATHE E ZABAR Z LEVI E BIRENBAUM L
Citation
Pm. Vottis et al., USE OF ELECTROMAGNETIC COIL LAUNCHER TO INCREASE MUZZLE VELOCITY OF CONVENTIONAL CANNONS, IEEE transactions on magnetics, 33(1), 1997, pp. 190-194
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic","Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE transactions on magnetics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00189464
Volume
33
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Part
1
Pages
190 - 194
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-9464(1997)33:1<190:UOECLT>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
The paper deals with the design and operation of an experimental hybri d cannon consisting of a 60 mm bore gas cannon using standard propella nt and a traveling-wave induction accelerator. The projectile, consist ing of an aluminum cylinder weighing 120 grams, is initially brought u p to a speed of 600 m/s in the gas cannon. The pulsed-power stage is d esigned to accelerate the projectile further to a velocity of 700m/s.