by dazzerjeep » Thu Oct 04, 2012 6:56 pm
A railgun is an electrically powered electromagnetic projectile launcher based on similar principles to the homopolar motor. A railgun comprises a pair of parallel conducting rails, along which a sliding armature is accelerated by the electromagnetic effects of a current that flows down one rail, into the armature and then back along the other rail.[1]
The armature may be an integral part of the projectile, but it may also be configured to accelerate a separate, electrically isolated or non-con [...]
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