Railgun instrumentation

Systems Engineering a Naval Railgun

An effective systems engineering process will provide the framework to enable the complex technical endeavor of railgun system design and development to transition from a set of research projects to a viable acquisition program. The detailed formulation and application of the railgun systems engineering process will be defined by government acquisition agents and the selected private sector con...

Pulsed Power System with Railgun Model

In this paper, a model of a railxun is developed and ~ used to illustrate a d&harge event on an energy storage capacitor. This rallgun model is designed to operate at a power level compatible with the Naval Combat Survivability testbed. The rallgun simulation model is Incorporated Into the NCS pulsed power charging circuit models. Simulations are perfonned showing the charglnx circuits charging...

Launch to Space With an Electromagnetic Railgun

Many advances in electromagnetic (EM) railgun and power supply technology have been made in recent years. Laboratory experiments with railguns have demonstrated muzzle velocities of 2–3 km/s and muzzle energies 8 MJ. The extension of this technology to the muzzle velocities ( 7500 m/s) and energies ( 10 GJ) needed for the direct launch of payloads into orbit is very challenging, but may not be ...

Comparison of Two Railgun Power Supply Architectures to Quantify the Energy Dissipated after the Projectile Leaves the Railgun

Instrumentation Systems