Gyroscopic stabilization of launch package in induction type coilgun

The aim of this paper is to study the problem of gyroscopic stabilization of the launch package in induction type coilguns. This result can be obtained by utilizing a double-feed induction coilgun which provides rotation to the launch package while it is accelerating. Such a launcher is comprised of two coils, one generating a travelling magnetic field (and consequently the axial acceleration) the other a rotating magnetic field for the rotation of the projectile. Electromagnetic analysis, based on a cylindrical sheet current model, allows one to determine, as a function of the two slips (in the translation motion and in the rotation motion) all the electric, magnetic and mechanical quantities. Thermal and mechanical stress are determined too. Finally the results for a launcher, in which a 2 kg projectile is accelerated, are reported. For this application time dependence of the principal electromechanical quantities are shown. A comparison with the same launcher running as a linear induction launcher is developed too.