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The Physics Behind Railguns
By: Zack Thompson and Kayla Wayne
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  • @mammonG786
    @mammonG786 3 місяці тому

    You don't know how to use thumb, curling fingers and direction of force. You made everythibg confused even if it is rule taught in schools. Nonsence. Get an actor who knows the basic science 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 stupid this person is.😂😂😂😂😂😂 corupted minds of students with wrong demo.😮😮😮😮

  • @timbrowne9188
    @timbrowne9188 4 місяці тому

    60x not 6x :D

  • @urnoob5528
    @urnoob5528 Рік тому

    how the fuck is the length on the rails

  • @gabrielfranco1899
    @gabrielfranco1899 Рік тому

    Anybody hear about tesla working on a way to make capacitors more efficient to reaplace batteries on all of future electronics and power requirement issues like this

  • @gabrielfranco1899
    @gabrielfranco1899 Рік тому

    Kinda like the gundum anime

  • @johnpearcey
    @johnpearcey Рік тому

    If you set the length in F=ilB to the length of the rail gun then you will get the force on the rails which pushes them outwards, not the force on the projectile. The length should be set to be the portion of the projectile length, the distance between the rails, to get the force on the projectile. Just for anyone wanting to build one :)

    • @spaced___x
      @spaced___x 7 місяців тому

      Thanks! We actually built something like that in our physics class recently, though not as powerful, for, I believe, obvious reasons 😂

  • @infamous757
    @infamous757 Рік тому

    Thx bhai

  • @truth-gil5472
    @truth-gil5472 Рік тому

    This video is just a cartoon. No physics.

  • @KnitBrain
    @KnitBrain Рік тому

    I already see a redneck doing the closest functional thing

  • @gaussgun2077
    @gaussgun2077 Рік тому

    👍👍👍

  • @marccres6619
    @marccres6619 Рік тому

    Ok so how do we get by the radiation belt surround the earth,and why have we not been to the moon since the first time?

  • @willworkfordoge
    @willworkfordoge Рік тому

    Why couldn't make the sabo out of a superconducting metal and cool the whole apparatus using liquid hydrogen or helium causing the round to magnetically levitate, thus both reducing friction and keeping the railgun from overheating. To me this seems like a no brainer cause metal is more conductive at lower temperatures anyways. If I was designing one this is how I would do it. I would also not make the rails in 2 straight lines, instead I would spiral them keeping the distance between them equal to the end of the barrel. Spiraling them would allow you to shorten the barrel and at the same time it would impart spin to the round making it fly straighter and longer. For all I know this is how the military already does it.

  • @alchemy1
    @alchemy1 Рік тому

    Something clearly doesn't add up. The so called Lorentz force can not be in the direction of current, be it positive or negative. Now having that in mind which direction should the projectile travel. I can not be parallel to the them rails. I think you have a hick up there... 🙂 Think about this: Place your right hand in front of you. Palm facing up towards the ceiling, ( call it positive Z axis) this is the direction of wait for iiiit, not magnetic field, your palm shows North of the magnet facing up. That is much more clear. This means there is magnet underndeath your hand with it North pole facing up. Now your fingers are straight ahead of you pointing away from you, (call this positive Y axis) This shows the direction of current in whatever conductor. Now your thumb, yes your right hand thumb pointing to the right ( call this positive X axis), is the force on what? The force on the wire. Did you catch this, the force is on the wire that is carrying the current. This mean what? The projectile must be the wire that is carrying current and the force ( the magnetic North pole that must be orthogonal in Z direction) if the projectile is to move to the right and the current must move straight ahead from you towards the page on that wire. Therefore the magnetic North pole must face up from the bottom and you better get the south of the magnet up above for more intensity. Do you understand? And you must have positive rail at your hand and negative away from you on the projectile itself as a conductor. Now those rails are nothing but keeping the projectile in line. These dryings are way deceptive and general. it means nothing. Also there is tremendous repulsive force between the two rails, if they are carrying lots of current for instance. So they better be mounted secure.

  • @SirThreepio
    @SirThreepio Рік тому

    If they are high-school then they are very well articulated and they even know something useful. If they were engineers - I'd say they could do better in politics :o)

  • @tedschulze3503
    @tedschulze3503 2 роки тому

    This is the same principle that UFO's use for propulsion.

  • @AllAboutYouTubers13
    @AllAboutYouTubers13 2 роки тому

    I’m a novice at home and I understood that really well. Thank you

  • @Tumansky1
    @Tumansky1 2 роки тому

    Im going to build a railgun

  • @aisjalon
    @aisjalon 2 роки тому

    Thank you! Excellent presentation 👏👌

  • @tiawanhoward718
    @tiawanhoward718 2 роки тому

    I think you should add a cooling system like the ones nuclear subs use, as for the wrapping try using structural designs and different Alloyed combinations, power source we have yet to really use the ocean Currents for the Generator, that would produce more then enough energy. Just my thoughts

  • @bikersoncall
    @bikersoncall 3 роки тому

    1:26 Actually, the electric current does not go through the positive terminal first, it is the opposite. Dc current flows from Negative to Positive. (we had originally thought or assumed it flowed pos to neg). 'Convention' does not change fact, we found that the earth is not flat, so we stopped making maps and navigation tools for a flat earth. 'Electron Flow is an inconvenient truth' I'm not advocating book burning. But there should come a time where we start using electron flow instead of 'conventional' theory.

    • @stunimbus1543
      @stunimbus1543 2 роки тому

      Yes but convention say's positive to negative. If you use electron flow, then flemmings handed rules don't work, and semiconductor nomenclature becomes illogical.

  • @bikersoncall
    @bikersoncall 3 роки тому

    Another kilometer / metric Globalist. :facepalm:

  • @liam5490
    @liam5490 3 роки тому

    Well done.

  • @erture1
    @erture1 3 роки тому

    Excellent, just so good, on point, clear and detailed at the same time. Thanks!

  • @Kaimerah
    @Kaimerah 3 роки тому

    ok so for us dumb people... this works basically like a more complicated fly wheel blaster

  • @HolahkuTaigiTWFormosanDiplomat
    @HolahkuTaigiTWFormosanDiplomat 3 роки тому

    Wait what about the simplest magnetic train? The armature doesn't have its own magnetical fields but still work...I'm so confused...

  • @whtbobwntsbobget
    @whtbobwntsbobget 3 роки тому

    These forces were noticed by physicist Fred Railgun. Hence the name

  • @alchemy1
    @alchemy1 3 роки тому

    You left a crucial thing out and everyone misses it. Show also the direction of magnetic field on the projectile as the current flows through it and see what you get.

  • @matthaeus428
    @matthaeus428 3 роки тому

    Your theory is completely wrong. 3:58 The magnetic field is circular and the force is always perpendicular to the field. You need an actual object on which the force would be exerted. 4:20 Two conductive lines with current flowing in opposite direction push away from one another - the force is repulsive, not attractive. 4:56 the mechanical sandwiching or "squeezing the projectile out" is also wrong. For the same reason as last point. Railgun would work even if the projectile was just a conducting stick placed on top of the two power lines with no mechanical forces working on them. If the squeezing theory was correct the projectile would just be welded onto the rails. The drawing on the left actually gives the correct picture. The real reason why the railgun works is that the two lines produce a magnetic field in the same direction in relation to the current flowing through the projectile (into the whiteboard) which is why the resulting force is perpendicular and sends the projectile along the rails. I don't know what level you are but I hope this isn't a university.

    • @afterthesmash
      @afterthesmash Рік тому

      Later he divides $25,000 into $1.5 million and gets six. Not that this couldn't happen in actual practice. 😞

  • @imankhodami1038
    @imankhodami1038 3 роки тому

    Hello .Why does my projectile boil between the rails

  • @ALI44344
    @ALI44344 3 роки тому

    هذه فكرة رائعه

  • @pratisthatiwari9101
    @pratisthatiwari9101 3 роки тому

    Thank you

  • @sharkhunt9476
    @sharkhunt9476 3 роки тому

    😈 you are wrong little monster. The fastest a man ever went was when I seen my ex wife who is a runway model out at the airport coming to try and get us back together. 😳

  • @salazarslytherin36
    @salazarslytherin36 3 роки тому

    Thank you both of you!!!!

  • @lesslisilverman
    @lesslisilverman 4 роки тому

    I gave it a "like" ...because i did.

  • @carfalix9043
    @carfalix9043 4 роки тому

    buena informacion del railgun

  • @polonium7544
    @polonium7544 4 роки тому

    Why this railgun principle donot use for future transportation

  • @paularsen3820
    @paularsen3820 4 роки тому

    There is no need in mentioning "positive" or "negative" poles. In general huge capacitors are used as the power sources, and during their discharge(i.e. the projectile acceleration process) electromagnetic oscillations occur, and "the poles" periodically change, and it does not change the Amper's force diraction(it is obvious for someone who knows electromagnetism on a school level), and yes, Amper's force when we are talking about solid projectiles being accelerated. Lorenz force is the force which acts on the charged particles(in ionised gas for example) in magnetic filed.

  • @b.aleman8401
    @b.aleman8401 4 роки тому

    Thanks for the video, wasn't perfect, but a great job non-the-less. I was actually thinking about alternative ways for rockets to get into space aside from burning tons of fuel. It was a terrific presentation and I urge you on making many more. 👍

    • @kenkarish826
      @kenkarish826 2 роки тому

      I am kind of concerned about g-forces being shot out a rail gun. 8,000 feet per millisecond would turn biological material to mush unless you had a inertia dampening system.

    • @allengravot9881
      @allengravot9881 Рік тому

      It might have to be a low accelerating rocket, but nonetheless it’d be awesome.

    • @Vian_B11
      @Vian_B11 Рік тому

      Damn I was thinking the same thing too

    • @Vian_B11
      @Vian_B11 Рік тому

      @@kenkarish826 at the very least we could possibly send supplies or satellites to space

  • @cedriczollet4851
    @cedriczollet4851 4 роки тому

    Hei guys. Awesome video. But I believe you guys made a huge mistake. I have one correction to make. L is not the length of the rails.. It is the length of the projecttile. The lenght of the rails has no influence to the force/speed pushing forward. The rails actually try to ecape each other that is why they need to be very secured to a base so they cant bent or push away from each other. Froce is only made from that little piece (L). So with the hooked up current the force is actually going the other way then you guys drawed down.

    • @robbiejames1540
      @robbiejames1540 4 роки тому

      Just a minor nitpick :) the "length" of the projectile is actually it's width ie the separation of the rails. You probably knew that, but I thought it would be nice to clarify :)

  • @DijonLR
    @DijonLR 4 роки тому

    Have you ever thought about using super conducting magnets which utilize a super cooling method to counter the heating issue as well as possibly add extra force to the projectile?

    • @gedmiller
      @gedmiller Рік тому

      an area of study that I'm looking into is customizing the permeability and permittivity of the projectile material to greatly increase the speed of the projectile.

  • @kylef634
    @kylef634 5 років тому

    Doing a final research paper for Physics II on railguns. This helped a lot!

    • @Fintank_
      @Fintank_ 3 роки тому

      How'd it go?

    • @kylef634
      @kylef634 3 роки тому

      @@Fintank_ Pretty good if my memory serves me correctly.

    • @Fintank_
      @Fintank_ 3 роки тому

      @@kylef634 and what do you do know, if you don't mind me asking?

  • @taylormason547
    @taylormason547 5 років тому

    Well, unfortunately, this is not how the right-hand rule works, or how a rail gun fires. I can rotate my hand in any direction, keeping my thumb in the direction of current and my fingers properly oriented around the wire in the direction of the magnetic field. Therefore, the force can be in any direction. You all have good pictures though.

  • @zm2784
    @zm2784 5 років тому

    Dude im looking for one of those two. A way to amplyfy currents and multiplyin the electricity at the same time .

  • @jasonpettet156
    @jasonpettet156 5 років тому

    Thank you for the excellent primer on railguns. Great introduction to the concept. One point I would correct. The force that moves the projectile forward is the current crossing the sabo. Thumb pointing toward negative rail, fingers curled toward back end of / start of rails, force pushing back, forces projectile forward.

    • @derekp2674
      @derekp2674 Рік тому

      Also the forces on the rails push the rails apart, not together. Still, apart from the physics errors at 2:52 and 4:43, a well presented and watchable video.

  • @Cezzaras
    @Cezzaras 5 років тому

    Great. So now we can shot faster and kill more. I never doubted in this experiment called humans.

  • @doreallyneedtodohap8734
    @doreallyneedtodohap8734 6 років тому

    2nd explanation is better but little bit wrong i think “the right hand law” explanation he had to say that the induced force are made only when magnetic field hit the current wire not just made automatically

  • @desertfox9613
    @desertfox9613 6 років тому

    Good explanation

  • @VMEcycle6
    @VMEcycle6 6 років тому

    (F=iLB) is BS do your own math. how much B would be generated from your currency? it will be way more efficient to use permanent magnets for generating the magnetic field. also L isn't the length of the rails. it is the width between the rails.

  • @loomyloomydah
    @loomyloomydah 6 років тому

    12 seconds in and you're already wrong. The first darn thing you say. People regularly travel faster than the X-15 (about 5 times faster) when they take rockets into orbit. They're ultimately going about Mach 33 when they reach orbit.

  • @Kysen10
    @Kysen10 6 років тому

    Video full of errors. Talks about launching stuff from the lower gravity on mars using a railgun and a scram jet that requires oxygen to run.