Operational requirements and issues for coilgun electromagnetic launchers

被引:112
作者
Kaye, RJ [1 ]
机构
[1] Sandia Natl Labs, Albuquerque, NM 87185 USA
基金
美国能源部;
关键词
circuit analysis; coilguns; electromagnetic induction; electromagnetic launching; software verification and validation; statistics; switched capacitor circuits; timing jitter;
D O I
10.1109/TMAG.2004.838982
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Coilgun electromagnetic launchers have capability for low- and high-speed applications. Through the development of four guns having projectiles ranging from 10 g to 5 kg and speeds up to 1 km/s, Sandia National Laboratories' has succeeded in coilgun design and operations, validating the computational codes and basis for gun system control. Coilguns developed at Sandia consist of many,coils stacked end-to-end forming a barrel, with each coil energized in sequence to create a traveling magnetic wave that accelerates a projectile. Active tracking of the projectile location during launch provides precise feedback to control when the coils are triggered to create this wave. However, optimum performance depends also on selection of coil parameters. This paper discusses issues related to coilgun design and control such as tradeoffs in geometry and circuit parameters to achieve the necessary current risetime to establish the energy in the coils. The impact of switch jitter on gun performance is also assessed for high-speed applications.
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页码:194 / 199
页数:6
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