Demonstration of a 1 MJ XRAM Generator Supplying a Medium Caliber Railgun

The electric power supply for an electromagnetic launcher has to provide energy in the mega-joule range within an acceleration time which only lasts for milliseconds. Today's giga-watt pulsed power generators are based on large capacitor banks and are therefore unsuitable for most mobile applic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Oliver Liebfried, Volker Brommer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2020-01-01
Series:IEEE Access
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9292930/