Linear electromagnetic accelerator
Over time, the weapons have been based on mechanical energy (bows, catapults) and chemical energy (guns, missiles), however, at the moment, more and more weapons are designed using electromagnetic energy (railgun, coilgun). The focus of this paper is to obtain the desired muzzle velocities of a proj...
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Centrum Rzeczoznawstwa Budowlanego
2019-12-01
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| description | Over time, the weapons have been based on mechanical energy (bows, catapults) and chemical energy (guns, missiles), however, at the moment, more and more weapons are designed using electromagnetic energy (railgun, coilgun). The focus of this paper is to obtain the desired muzzle velocities of a projectile according to the existent current. In the first part of the paper, the railgun and coilgun design are presented along with their most important advantages. Based on these observations, a new design of an electromagnetic launch system is presented. Next, Maxwell interactive software package was used that applies the finite element method (FEM) to analyze and solve 3D electromagnetic field problems in order to analyze the variation of acceleration force, speed in time. All simulation data shows that this design has a great potential, because of the adaptability to different applications. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f015da59395f421587517b70ab872e402022-12-22T03:17:45ZengCentrum Rzeczoznawstwa BudowlanegoSafety & Defense2450-551X2019-12-015210.37105/sd.50Linear electromagnetic acceleratorLaurian GHERMAN0Raluca GHICIUC1“Henri Coandă” Air Force Academy, Brasov, Romania“Henri Coandă” Air Force Academy, Brasov, RomaniaOver time, the weapons have been based on mechanical energy (bows, catapults) and chemical energy (guns, missiles), however, at the moment, more and more weapons are designed using electromagnetic energy (railgun, coilgun). The focus of this paper is to obtain the desired muzzle velocities of a projectile according to the existent current. In the first part of the paper, the railgun and coilgun design are presented along with their most important advantages. Based on these observations, a new design of an electromagnetic launch system is presented. Next, Maxwell interactive software package was used that applies the finite element method (FEM) to analyze and solve 3D electromagnetic field problems in order to analyze the variation of acceleration force, speed in time. All simulation data shows that this design has a great potential, because of the adaptability to different applications.https://sd-magazine.eu/index.php/sd/article/view/50electromagnetic energycoilgunprojectilelaunch systemsimulation |
| spellingShingle | Laurian GHERMAN Raluca GHICIUC Linear electromagnetic accelerator Safety & Defense electromagnetic energy coilgun projectile launch system simulation |
| title | Linear electromagnetic accelerator |
| title_full | Linear electromagnetic accelerator |
| title_fullStr | Linear electromagnetic accelerator |
| title_full_unstemmed | Linear electromagnetic accelerator |
| title_short | Linear electromagnetic accelerator |
| title_sort | linear electromagnetic accelerator |
| topic | electromagnetic energy coilgun projectile launch system simulation |
| url | https://sd-magazine.eu/index.php/sd/article/view/50 |
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