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Analysis of Acceleration Characteristics of a Railgun

레일건 가속특성 분석

  • Lee, Young-Hyun (Ground Technology Research Institute, Agency for Defense Development) ;
  • Kim, Seong-Ho (Ground Technology Research Institute, Agency for Defense Development) ;
  • Lee, Byung-Ha (Ground Technology Research Institute, Agency for Defense Development)
  • 이영현 (국방과학연구소 지상기술연구원) ;
  • 김성호 (국방과학연구소 지상기술연구원) ;
  • 이병하 (국방과학연구소 지상기술연구원)
  • Received : 2021.03.29
  • Accepted : 2021.07.16
  • Published : 2021.10.05
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Abstract

To accelerate a launch mass with a low level of pressure as possible in a railgun, it is required to hold supplied current nearly constant during launch phase. We obtained the discharging conditions for required current shaping by modeling and analysis of circuit equations coupled to acceleration equation of the launch mass. The acceleration characteristics of the railgun in the conditions were analyzed by comparing experimental and theoretical results.

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