I'm looking for someone knowlegeable in mass drivers/coilguns/railguns (lemmy.ml)

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I would like to understand electromagnetic based mass drivers and any kind of electromagnetic balistic system.

If any of yall have some nice sources or would be willing to spend some time introducing me to the subject, i''d be more than happy.

(And if you know someone who isn't a lemming but who might be able to answer my questions, please forward my request ;) )

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[-] bouh@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

The two theoric basis for that are the Maxwell equations and the electromagnetic force equation. It should not be overly difficult to process that. But after that, it's engineering, and there there are many, many moving parts.

[-] polotype@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 hours ago

Oki, thx for the pointer ;)

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