Distributed energy store electromagnetic railgun

Details Distributed energy store electromagnetic railgun Distributed energy store electromagnetic railgun

1990-09-17

1992-07-07

Bentley, Stephen C.

Ordnance

Accelerating

124 3, F41B 600

Patent

active

051273080

ABSTRACT:
A distributed energy store electromagnetic railgun comprising a plurality of sections, each section having a connector portion and a barrel portion that includes a rail surface. The sections are arranged to form first and second rails. The sections forming each rail are positioned such that their rail surfaces form a substantially continuous barrel surface. The rails are positioned such that their barrel surfaces define a barrel having a longitudinal axis, a breech end, and a muzzle end. For each section, the connector portion is positioned closer than the rail surface to the breech end by greater than the length of an armature, in a direction along the longitudinal axis. Electrical current is provided to each section through its connector portion. Current does not flow through a section until the armature, or a plasma behind an insulating projectile, reaches the rail surface of the section.

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