Fusion and Charged Particle Research Laboratory CONF-891007—118

) David J. Zhang, Tony King,Richard Haywood, William Manns, and Francesco VenneriFusion Technology and Charged Particle Research LaboratoryDepartment of Electrical and Computer EngineeringUniversity of IllinoisUrbana, Illinois 61801AbstractA new 3.2-mm-diameter, two-stage, fuseless, plasma-arc-drivenelectromagnetic railgun has been designed, constructed, and successfullyoperated to achieve a record velocity of 2.67 km/s