학술논문

ASELSAN Electromagnetic Launch Laboratory: First Shot
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on. 48(4):802-807 Apr, 2020
Subject
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Projectiles
Rails
Railguns
Stress
Power supplies
Containers
Power distribution
Electromagnetic (EM) launch
EM launcher
hypervelocity
pulsed power supply (PPS)
railgun
Language
ISSN
0093-3813
1939-9375
Abstract
ASELSAN Inc. has been conducting experimental research on electromagnetic (EM) launch technologies since 2014. First-generation 1-MJ and second-generation 3.25-MJ pulsed power supplies (PPSs) were built and tested with 25 mm $\times25$ mm square bore EM Launcher-1 (i.e., Elektromanyetik Fırlatma Yolu-1: EMFY-1) EM Launcher at an open area test range by ASELSAN. In 2018, ASELSAN built an EM launch laboratory to perform experiments up to 2-MJ muzzle energy. The stored energy of the second-generation PPSs will be increased to 8 MJ, and the new 50 mm $\times50$ mm square bore EMFY-2 and 50 mm $\times75$ mm rectangular bore EMFY-3 EM launchers will be used. We present the ASELSAN EM Launch Laboratory and the results of the first EMFY-2 EM launcher shoot fed by 3.25-MJ PPS at the laboratory.