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Defense technology Railgun

Defense technology Railgun. Brno University of Technology Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. Průdek Jaromír. Contents. Vocabulary Coilgun Railgun - History - Principe - Today record of railgun - Weapon in Modern Warfare. Vocabulary. Coil - cívka

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Defense technology Railgun

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  1. Defense technology Railgun Brno University of Technology Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Průdek Jaromír

  2. Contents Vocabulary Coilgun Railgun - History - Principe - Today record of railgun - Weapon in Modern Warfare

  3. Vocabulary Coil - cívka Susceptibility -vnímavost Jamming -rušení Indirect fire -nepřímá střelba Vulnerability -zranitelnost

  4. Coilgun • invented by Kristian Olaf Birkeland(1867 –1917) • usingmagneticforces to accelerate projectile • projectiles are ferromagnetic

  5. History of Railgun • invented by Louis OctaveFauchon-Villeplee in 1918 • first plans to use railgun, was purposed by Germany's Ordnance Office in 1944 • first large-scale railgunbuildin 1970 by John P. Barber in Australian National University • todaybiggestrailgun located in Virginia, USA • (at Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Dahlgren Division Laboratory)

  6. Railgun in Virginia

  7. Principe of Railgun • usingmagneticforces to accelerate projectile (LorentzForce)

  8. Today record of railgun Speed of projectile: 3,2km/s Weight of projectile: 3,6 kg Kinetic energy of projectile: 33MJ

  9. Weapon in Modern Warfare • first military railguns will be produced for next generation of cruisers • projectiles using kinetic energy to destroy target • railgun will be powered by small nuclear reactor • rangeof railgun 2-3 times bigger than standard technologies (Medium Range missiles) and 10 timesbigger than naval cannons

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