Optimization of Electromagnetic Railgun and Projectile’s Trajectory by Genetic Algorithm

Subject Areas : Majlesi Journal of Telecommunication Devices

Navid Moshtaghi Yazdani ¹ , Mohammad Hasan Olyaei ²

1 - Department of Electrical Engineering, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran.
2 - Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Sadjad University of Technology, Mashhad, Iran.

Received: 2022-03-07 Accepted : 2022-03-07 Published : 2022-03-01

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