The TUM/LRT electromagnetic launchers

E. Igenbergs; S. Aigner; A. Hüdepohl; M. Rott; U. Weishaupt; H. Kuczera

doi:10.1109/TMAG.1986.1064736

The TUM/LRT electromagnetic launchers

E. Igenbergs, S. Aigner, A. Hüdepohl, M. Rott, U. Weishaupt, H. Kuczera

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Technical University of Munich

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In the laboratory of the Lehrstuhl für Raumfahrttechnik LRT (Astronautical Institute) of the Technische Universität München TUM (Technical University Munich) different types of electromagnetic launchers are being developed and operated: (1) An electromagnetic accelerator which accelerates particles in the mass range of 10 -8 g < m < 10 g to velocities up to 500 m/s; (2) an electrothermal accelerator, where particles of masses of 10 -4 g < m < 10 -1 g reach velocities up to 3 km/s; (3) a rail gun which accelerates particles in the mass range of 10–1 g < m < 10 g up to 3,5 km/s; (4) a plasma-dynamic launcher where particles in the mass range of 10 –8 g < m < 10 –3 g can be accelerated to velocities up to 20 km/s. All these systems use a fast, low inductance capacitor bank for energy storage.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1536-1541
Number of pages	6
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
Volume	22
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TMAG.1986.1064736
State	Published - Nov 1986

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