Genrong Cao

Nov 24, 2024 | mdpi.com | Yang Wang |Hongjun Xiang |Genrong Cao |Zhiming Qiao

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Nov 10, 2023 | mdpi.com | Genrong Cao |Hongjun Xiang |Zhiming Qiao |Chunyan Liang

1. IntroductionRailguns are a new type of electromagnetic launch weapon. The typical simple railgun is composed of two parallel copper rails and a U-shaped aluminum armature, powered by a pulse forming network (PFN) composed of several capacitor pulse forming units [1,2]. When a strong current flows through the track and armature, the generated Lorentz force will drive the armature to accelerate and launch. The PFN system and launch schematic diagram of a railgun is shown in Figure 1.