Magnetic Couplings for Gas-Driven Catapults
TBMG-6939
09/01/2000
- Content
A proposed magnetic-coupling scheme would afford additional degrees of freedom to optimize the designs of gas-driven catapults or launchers. The scheme could be applied to gas guns in diverse applications, including launching spacecraft or aircraft, propelling various objects at high speeds along the ground, and accelerating objects to high speeds for research on hypervelocity impacts.
- Citation
- "Magnetic Couplings for Gas-Driven Catapults," Mobility Engineering, September 1, 2000.