This literature review addresses inductive pulsed power generators and theirmajor components. Different inductive storage designs like solenoids, toroidsand force-balanced coils are briefly presented and their advantages anddisadvantages are mentioned. Special emphasis is given to inductive circuittopologies which have been investigated in railgun research such as the XRAM,meat grinder or pulse transformer topologies. One section deals with openingswitches as they are indispensable for inductive storages and another one dealsbriefly with SMES for pulsed power applications. In the end, the most relevantinductor systems which were realized in respect to railgun research aresummarized in a table, together with its main characteristics.
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