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Rail guns and coil guns both use electromagnetic forces to launch projectiles. A rail gun ejects a projectile, called armature by running a current of several million Amperes across two rails, which are connected in a loop by the conducting projectile. The current generates a magnetic force on the projectile, which propels it out of the muzzle. | |||
A coil gun uses one or several coils of current carrying wire to generate carefully timed magnetic "pulls" to propel a projectile. The barrel of the gun is wrapped one or several coils, through which a current is run to generate a magnetic force, pulling the projectile forward. Once one coil is reached by the projectile, current is diverted to next coil to pull it forward even more. | |||
==Operating Principles== | |||
===Rail Gun Operating Principle=== | |||
===Coil Gun Operating Principle=== | |||
==Comparison== | |||
===Advantages of Rail Guns=== | |||
===Advantages of Coil Guns=== | |||
===Disadvantages of Rail Guns=== | |||
===Disadvantages of Coil Guns=== | |||
==Glowscript Model for a Rail Gun== | |||
Latest revision as of 13:54, 10 November 2025
Claimed by Orrin Borden Fall 2025
Rail guns and coil guns both use electromagnetic forces to launch projectiles. A rail gun ejects a projectile, called armature by running a current of several million Amperes across two rails, which are connected in a loop by the conducting projectile. The current generates a magnetic force on the projectile, which propels it out of the muzzle. A coil gun uses one or several coils of current carrying wire to generate carefully timed magnetic "pulls" to propel a projectile. The barrel of the gun is wrapped one or several coils, through which a current is run to generate a magnetic force, pulling the projectile forward. Once one coil is reached by the projectile, current is diverted to next coil to pull it forward even more.