Current Distribution Measurements in Rail Launcher Multibrush Armatures During Launch

The problem of measuring current distribution in multiple-brush armatures for electromagnetic rail launchers is reapproached here to study the dynamic measurement during armature motion on a two-brush armature. The measurement method is based on an array of loops magnetically coupled to the brushes,...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on instrumentation and measurement 2013-05, Vol.62 (5), p.1138-1144
Main Authors: Ferrero, R., Marracci, M., Tellini, B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Brushes
Current distribution
dynamic experiment
electromagnetic rail launchers
high-current pulse
Measurement uncertainty
Position measurement
Rails
theoretical analysis
Uncertainty
uncertainty evaluation
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Summary:The problem of measuring current distribution in multiple-brush armatures for electromagnetic rail launchers is reapproached here to study the dynamic measurement during armature motion on a two-brush armature. The measurement method is based on an array of loops magnetically coupled to the brushes, placed along the rails. From the theoretical point of view, the measured voltages on all the loops should make possible to reconstruct the current distribution between the brushes as a function of time and armature position. This has been experimentally verified on a launcher prototype.
ISSN:0018-9456
1557-9662
DOI:10.1109/TIM.2012.2220038