Hypervelocity Railgun: The Optimal Solutions

Nonideal plasmas under extreme conditions generated by shock waves

“…To investigate the shock wave dynamics, hypervelocity impact phenomena and the physics of penetration at a high pressure, electrical rail guns were used [30]. In these devices solid plastic projectiles are accelerated up to a velocity ∼8-9 km s −1 as a result of electromagnetic interaction of a plasma arc with a 1 MA pulsed current.…”