Abstract:The Material Test Facility (MTF) houses a medium-caliber electromagnetic (EM) railgun that is designed for ease of access. As such, it is ideal for developing diagnostics for measuring the performance of EM launchers. Multiple in situ diagnostics have been fielded on the MTF railgun including field sensors for position location and thermal sensors. Kinematics of the launch package are of particular interest. B-dot loops are the usual method, but many such B-dots are required to obtain a detailed evolution of p… Show more
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