Modeling and Simulation of High Energy Capacitor Bank based Electromagnetic Railgun
摘要
Modeling and simulation studies have been carried out extensively to design and develop the 10 MJ capacitor bank-based EM railgun at ARDE. This paper describes the simulation model for 10 MJ railgun with 25 numbers of 400 kJ modules. The simulation model used for each element and the railgun is described in detail. Simulation has been carried out to evaluate module inductance varying from 18 to 65 μH. The simulation carried out has been crucial in understanding the behavior of the system under different conditions and firing schemes. This has facilitated in both design and prediction of the performance of the system. The simulation results have been in confirmation with the experimental work with error less than 5% which validates the model developed.