Coilgun
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What is this?
Documentation, notes, resources, etc. about Phil's project to try and build a coilgun (aka a Gauss gun).
Background Info / Resources
Other useful discussion forums / boards
Coilgun Videos on Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LjnhhtHojM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjMTffRav-I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mobpTrl7cA
Reference Material
http://info.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Workshop/advice/coils/terms.html
http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/mastascu/elessonshtml/LC/Induct1A.htm
http://teacher.pas.rochester.edu/phy122/Lecture_Notes/Chapter32/chapter32.html
AWG (American Wire Gauge) Chart
http://home.earthlink.net/~jimlux/hv/wheeler.htm
http://electronbunker.sasktelwebsite.net/CalcMethods3b.html
http://www.moshier.net/coildoc.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampere's_Law
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetism
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/physics/8-02sc-physics-ii-electricity-and-magnetism-fall-2010/
http://www.amazon.com/Inductance-Calculations-Dover-Books-Engineering/dp/0486474402/ref=pd_sim_b_1
http://www.amazon.com/Inductance-Partial-Clayton-R-Paul/dp/0470461888/ref=pd_sim_b_2
http://www.amazon.com/Students-Guide-Maxwells-Equations/dp/0521701473/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_c
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Software
Sources for parts / materials / tools/ etc
Big list of suppliers from mini-lathe.com
Notes / Pictures / Documentation
A batch of photos of a very (very!) primitive prototype of the physical layout. What this is driving towards is a version where the electromagnets are outside of the "barrel" and not directly in line with the projectile. The reason for doing this is so we can use a ferrous core for the magnet, which greatly, greatly increases the field strength (all other things: # of turns, wire gauge, current, etc., being equal). The hope is that the greater field strength will more than compensate for not having the field directly aligned with the barrel.