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Available online at www．sciencedirect．com ．一，， ·：：，ScienceDirect Progress in Natural Science 18(2008)1565-1569 Progress in NaturaI Science www．elsevier．com／]ocatdpnsc Three·-dimensional investigation of velocity skin effect in U--shaped solid armature Xin Li a，Chunsheng Weng b，· ‘School ofPower Engineering,Nanjing University ofScience and Technology,Nanjmg 210094，China 6 National Key Laboratory of Transient Phys缸s,Nanjmg University of Science and Technology,Nanjmg 210094,China Received 1 1 January 2008；received in revised form 8 April 2008；accepted 22 May 2008 A three．dimensional transient computational model is appfied to investigate the velocity skin effect(VSE)in a U．shaped soHd aFnla- ture．With this model．current and heat transport in the armature call be evaluated accurately．The results show a local concentration of current and joule heating at the inteffaee，and significant damage occurs at the edges of the armature．It is also observed that there is significant enhanced heating at sharp corners because of the armature geometry．The thtee-dimensional model can efficiently capture the salient features of the physical phenomena at the ranarmature interface．and contribute to the development of the armature design． @2008 National Natural Science Foundation of China and Chinese Academy of Sciences．Published by Elsevier Limited and Science in China Press．舢rights reserved． Keywords：Electromagnetic launch；Railgun；U-shaped armature；Velocity skin effect；Erosion In a typical railgun，the solid armature is considered as the carrier of current and Lorentz foroe．Ⅵmen the arlna- ture is accelerating，the current density near the surface of the conductor increases dramatically，which is often referred to as the velocity skin effect fVES)．Tllis effect could lead to the failure of solid armature，for example。 the ioule heating caused by VES at the rail-armature inter— face may erode and damage the armature[1】． The VES model captures the complex physical phenom— ella at the rail-armatu