• mechanical workshop facilities (drills,
drill-press, tools, etc.)
• oscilloscopes with LV and HV testing equipment
• power supplies and power metering equipment
• multimeters, multiplexers and other electronic labequipment
• optical isolation transmitters and receivers
• optical isolation system for electrical equipment
• safety equipment (HV, electrical, chemical)
• fume hood
• soldering station
• computers, printer/copier
• lab benches and worktables
• conference table and presentation monitor
• oscilloscopes with LV and HV testing equipment
• power supplies and power metering equipment
• multimeters, multiplexers and other electronic labequipment
• optical isolation transmitters and receivers
• optical isolation system for electrical equipment
• safety equipment (HV, electrical, chemical)
• fume hood
• soldering station
• computers, printer/copier
• lab benches and worktables
• conference table and presentation monitor
FEA Modeling, CAD tools and software:
- The lab uses several circuit design
and CAD tools, such as AutoDesk Inventor for creating new parts or
analyzing new designs.
- ECSL has a comprehensive suite of ANSYS software licenses through a unique partnership between ECSL and ANSYS Inc.
- ECSL has a comprehensive suite of ANSYS software licenses through a unique partnership between ECSL and ANSYS Inc.
Team Projects
The railgun project attracts graduate and undergraduate students from all engineering disciplines. These students work in teams to design, build, test, and preform research on various aspects of the railgun system. Some of the projects the students have worked on include the bus bar design, inductor design optimization and fabrication, pulse-power thyristor gate-drive design, armature design, control software, voltage monitoring algorithm, microcontroller software, networked digital data acquisition, velocity measurement systems, safety equipment, force measurement, bore measurement and instrumentation, to mention but a few.