| Title: | A Parametric Design Environment for Including Signatures Analysis in Conceptual Design |
| Author: | Hines, Nathan Robert ; Mavris, Dimitri N. |
| Abstract: | System effectiveness has become the prime metric for the evaluation of military aircraft. As such, it is the designer?s goal to maximize system effectiveness. Industry documents indicate that all future military aircraft will incorporate signature reduction as an attempt to improve system effectiveness. Today's operating environments demand low observable aircraft which are able to reliably eliminate valuable, time critical targets. Thus, it is desirable to be able to evaluate the signatures of a vehicle, as well as the influence of signatures on the systems effectiveness of a vehicle. Previous studies have shown that shaping of the vehicle is one of the most important contributors to radar cross section and must be considered from the very beginning of the design process. This research strives to meet these needs by developing a parametric geometry radar cross section prediction tool. This tool is envisioned to predict the radar cross section of the vehicle as well as the impact of geometry changes. |
| Description: | Presented at the 5th World Aviation Congress and Exposition, San Diego, CA, October 10-12, 2000. |
| Type: | Paper |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1853/6375 |
| Date: | 2000-10 |
| Relation: | ASDL;SAE-2000-01-5564 |
| Publisher: | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Subject: |
Conceptual design
System effectiveness Military aircraft Signature reduction Signature analysis Radar cross sections Geometry |
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