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Multirail electromagnetic launcher powered from a pulsed magnetohydrodynamic generator

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The operation of an electromagnetic multirail launcher of solids powered from a pulsed magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) generator is studied. The plasma flow in the channel of the pulsed MHD generator and the possibility of launching solids in a rapid-fire mode of launcher operation are considered. It is shown that this mode of launcher operation can be implemented by matching the plasma flow dynamics in the channel of the pulsed MHD generator and the launching conditions. It is also shown that powerful pulsed MHD generators can be used as a source of electrical energy for rapid-fire electromagnetic rail launchers operating in a burst mode.

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  1. Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics of Tomsk State University, Tomsk, 634050, Russia

    A. G. Afonin, V. G. Butov, S. V. Sinyaev & V. A. Solonenko

  2. Troitsk Institute for Innovation and Fusion Research, Troitsk, 142190, Russia

    V. P. Panchenko & A. A. Yakushev

  3. Lavrent’ev Institute of Hydrodynamics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

    G. A. Shvetsov

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Original Russian Text © A.G. Afonin, V.G. Butov, V.P. Panchenko, S.V. Sinyaev, V.A. Solonenko, G.A. Shvetsov, A.A. Yakushev.

Translated from PrikladnayaMekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 56, No. 5, pp. 91–101, September–October, 2015.

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Afonin, A.G., Butov, V.G., Panchenko, V.P. et al. Multirail electromagnetic launcher powered from a pulsed magnetohydrodynamic generator. J Appl Mech Tech Phy 56, 813–822 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0021894415050077

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