• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.213-224
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• 2017

The electromagnetic field can cause an essential change of the dynamic behavior of the railgun. The evaluation of the dynamics performance of railgun is a mandatory task. Here, a nonlinear electromagnetic force equation of the railgun is given in which the clearance, the thickness and the width of the rail are considered. Based on it, the nonlinear electromechanical coupled dynamics equations of Euler beam rails for the railgun are proposed. Using the equations, the nonlinear free vibration frequency of the railgun is investigated and the effects of the system parameters on the frequency are analyzed. The nonlinear forced responses of the rail to the electromagnetic excitation are investigated as well. The results show that as the nonlinearity of the railgun system is considered, the vibration frequencies of the railgun system increase; as the current in the rail increases, the difference between the natural frequencies and the nonlinear vibration frequencies increases significantly; the nonlinearity of the railgun system is more obvious for smaller distance between the two rails, smaller rail thickness, and smaller stiffness of the elastic foundation; the unstable dynamics state of the rail system occurs when the armature runs to the exit of the railgun. The results are useful for design and application of the railgun system.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.511-518
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• 2021

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.

• 대한전기학회논문지
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• 제36권12호
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• pp.848-855
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• 1987

The currents in the rails of an electromagnetic railgun are concentrated in a near surface region. In order to understand this phenomenon, this paper deals with computation of the current distribution related to skin effect in a railgun. An analytical solution is obtained for a twodimensional model. It is found that current concentration at the interface between the rails and the armature is affected by the velocity, length and conductivity of the armature, that skin effect in the rails is affected by the relative velocity between the rails and the armature rather than other factors, and that skin depth in the rails is inversely proportional nearly to the square root of the velocity.

• 대한전기학회논문지
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• 제37권10호
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• pp.694-701
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• 1988

분포형 레일건은 전기자가 이동하는 공안 전기자전류를 거의 일정하게 유지할수 있으며 전류공급영성과 전기자 사이의 거리를 최소로 유지할수 있게 한다. 이 논문은 분포형 레일건에서 전류분포실효저항 및 전류의 실효확산 깊이에 영향을 미치는 인자를 규명한 것이다. 정상상태의 간단한 2차원 모델로 부터 레일의 전류분포와 실효저항을 나타내는 식을 유도하였다. 전류의 확산이 불충분한 조건에서 레일의 실효저항은 레일의 상대속도, 투자솔, 전기자와 전류공급영성과의 거리의 1/2승에 비례하고 도전솔의 1/2승에 반비례하였으며, 전류의 실효확산 깊이는 전기자와 전류공급영성과의 거리의 1/2승에 비례하고 투자솔, 도전솔 및 속도의 1/2승에 반비례하였다.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기기기및에너지변환시스템부문B
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• 제50권2호
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• pp.59-64
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• 2001

The distribution of current in the conductors influenced by the armature geometry and velocity is an important parameter for determining performance of an electromagnetic launcher(EML). the electric current in the early launching stage tends to flow on the outer surfaces of the conductors, resulting in very high local electric current density. However, the tendency for current to concentrate on the surface is driven by the velocity skin effect later in launching stage. The high current density produces high local heating and, consequently, increases armature wear which causes several defects on EML system. This paper investigates the effects of rail/armature geometry on current density distribution, launcher inductance gradient (L'), and contact force. Three geometrical parameters are used here to characterize the railgun system. These are the ratio of contact length to root length, relative position of contact leading edge to root trailing edge, and the ratio of rail overhang to the rail height. The distribution of current density, L', contact force between various configurations of the armature and the rail are analyzed and compared by using the EMAP3D program.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제40권10호
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• pp.857-864
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• 2016

항공산업의 발달로 하늘에는 많은 비행기, UAV, 드론이 비행하고 있다. 비행기와 UAV는 빠른 속도로 비행하며 드론의 프로펠러는 빠른 속도로 회전하고 있다. 이렇게 빠른 속도의 비행체간의 충돌은 비행기 운항과 승객의 안전성을 위협하고, 지상에 있는 인명과 재산에 피해를 줄 수 있다. 비행체의 운항속도는 음속(340m/s) 내외이며, 프로펠러의 회전 속도는 그 보다 작은 속도 영역이다. 현재까지의 충돌 실험은 공기의 힘을 이용한 방식으로 충돌 속도를 얻었고, 공기 팽창에 따른 넓은 공간을 필요로 한다. 하지만 전자기력 발사장치는 그보다 작은 공간에서 충분한 속도를 얻을 수 있다.(~500m/s) 본 논문에서는 전자기력 발사장치의 설계와 이에 따른 제작에 관한 방법을 제시하고자 한다.

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.481-486
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• 2013

An electromagnetic launcher (EML) system accelerates and launches a projectile by converting electric energy into kinetic energy. There are two types of EML systems under development: the rail gun and the coil gun. A railgun comprises a pair of parallel conducting rails, along which a sliding armature is accelerated by the electromagnetic effects of a current that flows down one rail, into the armature and then back along the other rail, but the high mechanical friction between the projectile and the rail can damage the projectile. A coil gun launches the projectile by the attractive magnetic force of the electromagnetic coil. A higher projectile muzzle velocity needs multiple stages of electromagnetic coils, which makes the coil gun EML system longer. As a result, the installation cost of a coil gun EML system is very high due to the large installation site needed for the EML. We present a coil gun EML system that has a new structure and arrangement for multiple electromagnetic coils to reduce the length of the system. A mathematical model of the proposed coil gun EML system is developed in order to calculate the magnetic field and forces, and to simulate the muzzle velocity of a projectile by driving and switching the electric current into multiple stages of electromagnetic coils. Using the proposed design, the length of the coil gun EML system is shortened by 31% compared with a conventional coil gun system while satisfying a target projectile muzzle velocity of over 100 m/s.