• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.481-486
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• 2013

An electromagnetic launcher (EML) system accelerates and launches a projectile by converting electric energy into kinetic energy. There are two types of EML systems under development: the rail gun and the coil gun. A railgun comprises a pair of parallel conducting rails, along which a sliding armature is accelerated by the electromagnetic effects of a current that flows down one rail, into the armature and then back along the other rail, but the high mechanical friction between the projectile and the rail can damage the projectile. A coil gun launches the projectile by the attractive magnetic force of the electromagnetic coil. A higher projectile muzzle velocity needs multiple stages of electromagnetic coils, which makes the coil gun EML system longer. As a result, the installation cost of a coil gun EML system is very high due to the large installation site needed for the EML. We present a coil gun EML system that has a new structure and arrangement for multiple electromagnetic coils to reduce the length of the system. A mathematical model of the proposed coil gun EML system is developed in order to calculate the magnetic field and forces, and to simulate the muzzle velocity of a projectile by driving and switching the electric current into multiple stages of electromagnetic coils. Using the proposed design, the length of the coil gun EML system is shortened by 31% compared with a conventional coil gun system while satisfying a target projectile muzzle velocity of over 100 m/s.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.3455-3459
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• 2014

본 논문은 전자기 발사체에서 피투사체의 높은 발사력을 위한 코일건 설계 및 실험을 다루고 있다. 현재 코일건은 전자기 발사체에 적용하기 위해 많은 연구가 진행되고 있다. 코일건은 솔레노이드 형태의 코일에 전류 인가 시, 플레밍의 오른손 법칙에 의하여 발생하는 전자기력에 의해 피투사체를 추진시키는 원리이다. 피투사체의 발사력은 코일에 흐르는 전류가 생성하는 자기력과 비례한다. 전류는 코일의 수명에 영향을 미치므로 전류의 한계점이 존재한다. 따라서, 전류의 한계점을 초과하지 않고 피투사체가 받는 자기력이 최대가 되는 코일건의 설계가 요구된다. 이를 위해 먼저 코일건의 자속밀도, 자기력을 계산하고, Onderdonk's 식을 이용하여 코일의 전류 한계점을 찾는다. 솔레노이드를 설계하기 위해서 전류 한계점을 초과하지 않는 조건을 만족하며 코일건의 자기력을 최대로 가지는 권수를 알아낸다. 설계 결과에 따라 시제품을 제작하여 피투사체의 속도를 측정하기 위한 실험을 하였다. 발사된 피투사체는 CCD 카메라를 이용하여 촬영 및 분석하였으며, 평균속도 21m/s임을 알 수 있었다. 또한, 상용 전자기 해석 소프트웨어 MAXWELL을 이용한 자속 밀도 해석값와 실험값을 비교한 결과, 오차는 약 9.5%이었다.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1994년도 하계학술대회 논문집 A
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• pp.125-128
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• 1994

One of the abnormal motions of the projectile in the coil gun is spinning. It is found that the spinning force is closely related with air gap distance. Modified and detail analysis for the spinning is suggested in this paper. Two reasons for spinning force and Lorentz force affecting on the spinning are introduced. Nutation, which is a result of spinning, is explained there after.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.118-123
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• 2018

Coil guns are known worldwide as inexpensive space launch vehicles. The principle of Fleming's right-hand rule allows the coil gun to accelerate the projectile by applying enormous voltage to the solenoid coil. This study was performed to improve the speed of the coil gun using MATLAB, a commercially available numerical program for high launching force of electromagnetic projectiles. To maximize the speed of the projectile, the largest coil of American wire gauge was used, and the number of windings in the radial and axial directions of the solenoid coil was optimized. Optimal length of the projectile was obtained by calculating the optimal aspect ratio between the axial length of the solenoid coil and the length of the projectile.

• 한국생산제조학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.408-412
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• 2014

An electromagnetic launching system presents a viable projectile propulsion alternative with low cost and minimal environmental drawbacks. A coil gun system propels a projectile using an electromagnetic force and the system is mainly employed in military weapon systems and space launch systems. In this paper, we perform optimization design to improve the muzzle velocity by analyzing the sensitivity. The muzzle velocity, which is the most important design function variable, is affected by design variables including the number of axial turns in the electromagnetic coil, number of radial turns in the electromagnetic coil, initial distance between the projectile and the coil, inner radius of the electromagnetic coil, and length of the projectile. An orthogonal arrays matrix is configured, and a finite element analysis is performed utilizing the commercial electromagnetic analysis software MAXWELL. The muzzle velocity of the optimal design is 62.4% greater than that of the initial design.

• 한국자기학회지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.69-74
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• 1992

본 논문에서는 커패시터로 구동되는 공진 유도형 코일건의 속도 및 에너지 전달 특성을 해석했다. 유도형 코일건은 설치가 자유롭고, 기계적 마모가 적고, 반복사용이 가능하며, 전달되는 힘이 피투사체의 표면에 고르게 분포한다는 장점을 가지고 있다. 특성해석을 위해 등가회로를 구성 하여 회로방정식과 운동방정식을 유도하고, 이 방정식들을 Runge-Kutta 방법을 사용하여 수치적으 로 풀었다. 그리고 구동회로의 공진주파수 및 커패시터의 충전전압에 대한 에너지 전달율을 구했으 며, 또한 피투사체의 초기위치와 도전율, 구동회로의 점호각, 충전전압 및 구동코일의 저항 각각에 대한 피투사체의 포구속도의 변화를 구하였다.

• 대한전기학회논문지:전기물성ㆍ응용부문C
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• 제55권7호
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• pp.367-372
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• 2006

A novel coil gun type actuator has been proposed and tested for its possibility as an actuator for a high voltage circuit breaker by experimental method. The 20kJ capacitor bank with the electrolytic condensers was charged up to 500V and discharged to a couple of 100 turn coils connected with parallel through a thyristor switch. The repulsive force between coil and the actuator made by copper conductor of 20kg reached up to 23,000 N, and over 800J of energy was transferred to the kinetic energy of the conductor. The experimental results showed that the coil gun type actuator has a good possibility for the high voltage circuit breaker.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1994년도 추계학술대회 논문집 학회본부
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• pp.120-123
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• 1994

The purpose of this paper is to describe the mutual inductance between two non-coaxial circular coils in coil gun. As being in many electromagnetic applications, one of them is fixed and the other one is moving and, being not supported, its axis may not coincide with the axis of the fixed coil. This paper presents a method for the calculation of the mutual inductance in case of non-coaxial coupled coils, the characteristics of this inductance and experimental results. For the computation, the complete elliptic integrals formula and mesh matrix technique were introduced. This method enables accurate results from relatively simple procedure and calculation program.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 2015년도 전력전자학술대회 논문집
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• pp.155-156
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• 2015

This paper proposes a high efficiency wireless power transfer system with an asymmetric 4-coil resonator. It presents a theoretical analysis, an optimal design method, and experimental results. In the proposed asymmetric 4-coil system, the primary side consists of a source coil and two transmitter coils which are called intermediate coils, and in the secondary side, a load coil serves as a receiver coil. In the primary side, two intermediate coils boost the apparent coupling coefficient at around the operating frequency. Because of this double boosting effect, the system with an asymmetric 4-coil resonator has a higher efficiency than the conventional symmetric 4-coil system. The prototype operates at 90 kHz ofswitching frequency and has 200 mm of the power transmission distance between the primary side and the secondary side. An AC-DC overall system efficiency of 96.56% has been achieved at 3.3 kW of output power.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.95-98
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• 2010

The Electro Magnetic (EM) Acceleration and Deceleration (ACC/DCC) system of the Ferromagnetic Ball(FB) is the linear motor's final structural development which can be used for devices that conserve energy, gaming or rail gun. By accelerating the FB within the coil structure, it is difficult to utilize the FB's magnetizing feature via the ACC/DCC system. There is much monopole space inside the monopole coil. By using this particular feature of the FB, starting coil and Monopole Coil Structure (MCS) can be structurally separated and another simple electric related control system can be experimented for further development. For the purpose of development a review is needed of the control system of both basic stepper motor and BLDC motor.