• Title/Summary/Keyword: Stealth technology

Search Result 83, Processing Time 0.025 seconds

Variation of Supersonic Aircraft Skin Temperature under Different Mach number and Structure (비행마하수와 형상에 따른 초음속 항공기 표면온도 변화)

  • Cha, Jong Hyun;Kim, Taehwan;Bae, Ji-Yeul;Kim, Taeil;Jung, Daeyoon;Cho, Hyung Hee
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
    • /
    • v.17 no.4
    • /
    • pp.463-470
    • /
    • 2014
  • Stealth technology of combat aircraft is most significant capability in recent air battlefield. As the detector of IR missiles is being developed, IR stealth capability which is evaluated by IR signature level become more important than it was in previous generation. Among IR signature of aircraft from various sources, aerodynamic heating dominates in long-wavelength IR spectrum of $8{\sim}12{\mu}m$. Skin temperature change by aerodynamic heating which is derived by effects of Mach number and structure. The 4th and 5th generation aircraft are selected for calculation of the skin temperature, and its height and velocity in numerical conditions are 10,000 m and Ma 0.9~1.9 respectively. Aircraft skin temperature is calculated by computing convection of fluid and conduction, convection and radiation of surface. As the aircraft accelerates to higher Mach number, maximum skin temperature increases more rapidly than average temperature and temperature distribution changes in more sharp, interactive ways. The 4th generation aircraft whose shape is more complex than that of the 5th generation aircraft have complicated temperature distribution. On the other hand, the 5th generation aircraft whose shape is relatively simple shows plain temperature distribution and lower skin temperature in terms of both average and maximum value.

Tests on Ventilation Control of PRAIRIE for Improving Acoustic Stealth Performance (음향스텔스 성능 향상을 위한 PRAIRIE 공기 분사량 제어 실험)

  • Lee, Heechang;Moon, Youngsun;Kang, Seunghee
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
    • /
    • v.23 no.6
    • /
    • pp.602-608
    • /
    • 2020
  • PRAIRIE(Propeller Air Induced Emission) system is a kind of underwater radiated noise suppression systems to reduce the probability of the identification or classification of our warship's acoustic signature by an enemy ship. It is effective in case of strong cavitation events. This is because air bubbles emitted from the PRAIRIE system mitigate drastic collapses of the cavity bubbles that can generate an intense shock wave. However, when the PRAIRIE system is operated in a non or weak cavitation condition, it might increase the total level of underwater radiated noise and induce the acoustic signatures. Therefore, this paper presents the trial results on ventilation control of PRAIRIE to find a more efficient operation depend on the cavitation condition. Then, we show a variation of the amplitude modulation characteristics according to ventilation control.

An Estimation of RCS through Configuring Element Analysis (형상요소분석을 통한 레이더단면적의 추정)

  • Kwon, T.J.;Shin, Bo-Hyun
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
    • /
    • v.15 no.4
    • /
    • pp.417-423
    • /
    • 2012
  • Radar Cross Section(RCS) is a measure of how detectable an object is with a radar. A larger RCS indicates that an object is more easily detected. Informally, the RCS of an object is the cross-sectional area of a perfectly reflecting sphere that would produce the same amount of reflection strength as the object in question would. In order to estimate RCS of aircraft weapons the external surface is modeled as a collection of simple shape elements. And the overall RCS is estimated as a vector sum of configuring elements' cross-sections which are well known given by analytic formulae. A RCS estimation code is developed for a typical shape of Air-To-Surface bombs and missiles. Size of weapons and location of fins are implemented in the code in addition to the presence of canards. The ability to predict radar return from flying vehicles becomes a critical technology issue in the development of stealth configurations. This simplified method of RCS estimation is known to be fast and accurate enough in an optical region of high frequency incident radio wave.

Design of Transparent Electromagnetic Absorbing Structure using Metal Grid Mesh Printing (Metal Grid Mesh 인쇄를 이용한 투명 전파 흡수구조 설계)

  • Yoon, Sun-Hong;Lee, Jun-Sang;Lee, In-Gon;Hong, Ic-Pyo
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
    • /
    • v.19 no.3
    • /
    • pp.294-301
    • /
    • 2016
  • In this paper, we designed the transparent circuit analog radar absorbing structure using printed metal grid mesh for enhanced optical transmittance. To obtain wideband electromagnetic absorption and enhanced optical transparency at X-band, we proposed the resistive FSS(Frequency Selective Surface) using printed metal mesh pattern on transparent glass with PEC(Perfect Electric Conductor) plane using ITO(Indium Thin Oxide) coating. We then fabricated the proposed structure to verify the simulation results obtained from commercial EM simulator. The comparisons between the simulation and measured results show good agreements. The results also show that the proposed radar absorbing structure can provide wideband reflection as well as better optical transparency. We can apply this proposed structure to the canopy of stealth aircraft and other stealth and security applications for visible transparency.

IR Characteristics of an Aircraft in Different Atmospheric/Background Conditions (대기/배경에 따른 계절별 항공기 적외선 방사 특성)

  • Kim, Taehwan;Song, Jiwoon;Cha, Jong Hyun;Bae, Ji-Yeul;Jung, Daeyoon;Cho, Hyung Hee
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
    • /
    • v.17 no.4
    • /
    • pp.456-462
    • /
    • 2014
  • Infrared(IR) guided heat-seeking missiles uses IR emissions from aircraft to detect and track a target. Due to passive characteristic of the IR guidance, early detection of the missile is difficult and it is significant threat to aircraft survivability. Therefore, IR signature prediction of the aircraft is an important aspect of the stealth technology. In this study, we simulated IR signature of the aircraft in real atmospheric conditions. Aircraft surface temperature distribution was calculated by using RadthermIR code. Based on temperature distribution, IR radiance and BRDF(Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function) image were simulated for different weather(seasonal) and background(sky/soil) conditions. The IR contrast tendencies are not aligned with surface temperature or magnitude of target IR radiance. Therefore, it is essential to simulate IR signature with various conditions and background to acquire reliable database.

Stealth기술의 본질-전파흡수체의 원리와 응용

  • Jo, Seong-Baek
    • Defense and Technology
    • /
    • no.6 s.160
    • /
    • pp.40-47
    • /
    • 1992
  • 전파흡수체의 응용분야는 사용목적에 따라 민수용과 군수용으로 크게 대별된다 민수용으로는 통신기기의 발달로 인하여 최근에 가장 문제가 되고 있는 전자파 장애(EMI) 대책용으로 사용되며 군수용으로는 무기체계의 생존성 향상(스텔스)으로 사용된다 여기서는 군수용에 초점을 두어 대표적인 응용 예를 살펴보았다

  • PDF

스텔스 항공기와 복합재료

  • Hong, Chang-Seon
    • Defense and Technology
    • /
    • no.8 s.174
    • /
    • pp.36-43
    • /
    • 1993
  • 신예 항공기들은 고가의 무기와 첨단전자장비들을 갖추고 있기 때문에 가격 또한 엄청나게 비쌉니다. 따라서 전투시에 상대의 후방까지 깊숙하게 침투시에 상대의 후방까지 깊숙하게 침투하여 목표물을 공격하되, 아군 항공기의 손실은 최소로 줄이는 것이 승패를 좌우하는 매우 중요한 요소입니다 따라서 항공기의 생존성을 제고하기 위해서는 상대의 레이다에 포착되지 않는 은폐기술 즉, 스텔스(stealth)성능이 필수적입니다

  • PDF

Analysis on Infrared Stealth Performance with Emissivity Controlled Aircraft Surface Structure at Various Background (항공기 적외선 스텔스 기술 적용을 위한 다양한 배경조건에서의 방사율 제어구조 성능 분석)

  • Bae, Munjang;Kim, Taehwan;Kim, Taeil;Jung, Daeyoon;Cho, Hyung Hee
    • Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
    • /
    • v.29 no.5
    • /
    • pp.455-461
    • /
    • 2016
  • Survivability of an aircraft has been greatly threatened by the development of a weapon system using infrared. Therefore, the infrared stealth technology is a very important technique to improve the survivability of an aircraft. In this study, the infrared signal of an aircraft was analyzed which corresponding to the aircraft surface temperature and environmental conditions with various surface conditions(especially emissivity changed). Based on the analyzed infrared signal, the optimized surface emissivity was suggested to reduce the average contrast radiance and contrast radiant intensity(CRI). In addition, we confirmed that the infrared contrast radiant intensity between the aircraft and the background can be minimized through an appropriately controlled surface emissivity of the aircraft at specific background.

Interlaminar Shear Strength of the Radar Absorbing Structure with Inserted Short Carbon Fiber Layers (단탄소 섬유층이 삽입된 전자파흡수구조의 층간전단강도에 관한 연구)

  • Jin, Do-Hyeon;Jang, Min-Su;Jang, Woo-Hyeok;Kim, Chun-Gon
    • Composites Research
    • /
    • v.35 no.1
    • /
    • pp.13-17
    • /
    • 2022
  • RADAR Absorbing Structure (RAS), one of stealth technologies, is a multifunctional composite that is capable of supporting load and absorbing electromagnetic waves. In order to supplement the shortcomings of the existing RAS, a hybrid RAS in which the short carbon fiber layers were inserted has been proposed. However, the inserted short carbon fiber layers may affect the mechanical properties of the structure. Therefore, this study measured the interlaminar shear strength (ILSS) of the hybrid RAS with the inserted short carbon fiber layer. The ILSS of hybrid composite with different areal densities of the short carbon fiber layer was measured to investigate the effect of changes in the areal density of the short carbon fiber layer on the ILSS of the structure. In addition, the ILSS of the 4 kinds of the hybrid RAS were measured and compared with the ILSS of glass/epoxy. As a result of the measurement, it was confirmed that the short carbon fiber layer did not significantly affect the ILSS of the hybrid composite and the hybrid RAS.