Why would the Rail gun work?

[dharvin]

as most of us know the conventional rail gun uses 2 rails and an armature to complete the circuit causing the 2 rails to repel and shoot the armature at very high velocities. whati want to know is why thishappend. the force is applied perpendicular to the rails and not parallel to it. why would a force that is acting perpendicular be able to force out the armature at such speeds.

:confused:

[[Tycho?]]

as most of us know the conventional rail gun uses 2 rails and an armature to complete the circuit causing the 2 rails to repel and shoot the armature at very high velocities. whati want to know is why thishappend. the force is applied perpendicular to the rails and not parallel to it. why would a force that is acting perpendicular be able to force out the armature at such speeds.

:confused:

 

Step one: use more readable grammar.

 

Step two: use google. there are hundreds of railgun sites out there.

[dharvin]

whats that supposed to mean?

[Vanitas]

Lighten up, Tycho.

[raptor]

as most of us know the conventional rail gun uses 2 rails and an armature to complete the circuit causing the 2 rails to repel and shoot the armature at very high velocities. whati want to know is why thishappend. the force is applied perpendicular to the rails and not parallel to it. why would a force that is acting perpendicular be able to force out the armature at such speeds.

:confused:

The forces on the rails are perpendicular, but the current also travels through the projectile. The field from the two rails creates a force on the projectile parallel to the rails.

 

(If you don't know this already by now)