Combined Engraving Process of C-Shaped Solid Armature in Electromagnetic Railgun

In order to meet the requirement for initial contact pressure between armature and rails of electromagnetic railgun, by taking the engraving process of C-shaped armature in small caliber electromagnetic railgun as the research object, three engraving modes including uniform loading, impact loading and combined loading are simulated by using finite element method based on the mechanical analysis, and then the changes of radial deformation, stress and shear stress of the elements in the armature arm are compared and analyzed. The results show that the combined loading can obviously decrease the degree of shearing damage during solid armature engraving process and, in addition, improve initial contact pressure effectively in the same condition. The research findings show that combined mode is beneficial to increase the launching efficiency of electromagnetic railgun.