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Design and implementation of electromagnetic railgun simulation system based on HLA and VR

  • Yuwei Hu*
  • , Ping Ma
  • , Ming Yang
  • , Song Jiao
  • , Zicai Wang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology
  • School of Astronautics, Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Simulation is an effective and economical method to analyze the performance of electromagnetic railgun system which is described by the interactions among electromagnetic, mechanical and thermodynamic loop. Different from many traditional methods for component-level simulation, a novel simulation system for electromagnetic railgun system is proposed based on High Level Architecture (HLA) for operations of current and future railgun. According to analyzing the system based on function, a distributed and interactive simulation method is put forward on performance analysis and visual display during the whole work process. Then, simulation system framework, design of object model, run mechanism of interactive simulation and integration method are discussed in detail. Finally, a practical development example of a railgun performance simulation based on multiple capacitor modules discharging using the distributed simulation system is introduced. Simulation results show that the simulation system meets the requirements of simulation. Furthermore, the electromagnetic railgun simulation system developed in this paper, simulating the whole work process of the railgun on distributed conditions, provides a flexible, extensible and visual platform to the more complex military system research.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2012 International Conference on Industrial Control and Electronics Engineering, ICICEE 2012
Pages818-821
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event2012 International Conference on Industrial Control and Electronics Engineering, ICICEE 2012 - Xi'an, China
Duration: 23 Aug 201225 Aug 2012

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2012 International Conference on Industrial Control and Electronics Engineering, ICICEE 2012

Conference

Conference2012 International Conference on Industrial Control and Electronics Engineering, ICICEE 2012
Country/TerritoryChina
CityXi'an
Period23/08/1225/08/12

Keywords

  • electromagnetic railgun
  • high level architecture
  • runtime infrastructure
  • scene simulation
  • simulation system
  • virtual reality

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