Augmented hypervelocity railgun with single energy source and ra

Details Augmented hypervelocity railgun with single energy source and ra Augmented hypervelocity railgun with single energy source and ra

1993-07-06

1994-12-27

Bentley, Stephen C.

Ordnance

Accelerating

124 3, F41B 600

Patent

active

053755049

ABSTRACT:
An electromagnetically energized railgun system in which nesting and segmenting of the primary rails is combined with augmenting rails and crossover bar conductors and an inductorless single power supply arrangement to provide a high efficiency hypervelocity capable railgun improvement over prior railgun arrangements. The disclosed railgun apparatus uses a single power supply or energy source and achieves the desired near zero muzzle energy storage through a combination of inductive and resistive primary rail commutation, power supply pulsing, and augmenting rail inductive energy storage.

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