Behavior of a Railgun Launch Package at the Muzzle and During Sabot Discard

Projectiles launched with ISL's PEGASUS railgun achieve muzzle velocities well beyond 2000 m/s. The design of the corresponding 1.3-kg launch package of caliber 40×40 mm2 was presented at the 18th EML-Symposium in 2016. Meanwhile, the phase after muzzle exit has been studied, and in particular, the sabot separation in the air flow has been investigated. To that end, a numerical model was used whic...