Ammunition Reliability Against the Harsh Environments During the Launch of an Electromagnetic Gun: A Review

• Published in: IEEE access Vol. 7; pp. 45322 - 45339
• Main Authors: Zhang, He, Dai, Keren, Yin, Qiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Piscataway IEEE 2019; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Acceleration; Ammunition; anti-high-<italic xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">g impact technology; Chemical propulsion; Damage; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic launching; electromagnetic shielding; Extreme environments; fuze; harsh environment of multiphysics fields; Magnetic noise; Magnetic shielding; Projectiles; Railguns; Rails; Reliability

Electromagnetic railguns have an advantage over traditional chemical propulsion weapons, in that the projectile can be accelerated to extremely high speeds and effective damage can be achieved. However, during the launch from an electromagnetic railgun, the ammunition will be subject to a harsh envi...