Effects of propulsion system operation on military aircraft survivability

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dc.contributor.authorAntonakis, Aristeidis
dc.contributor.authorNikolaidis, Theoklis
dc.contributor.authorPilidis, Pericles
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-26T15:46:22Z
dc.date.available2019-11-26T15:46:22Z
dc.date.issued2019-07-03
dc.description.abstractThe recent advances in infrared (IR) weapon technology have dramatically altered the rules of air combat, leading to a consistent departure from “traditional” energy-maneuverability philosophy in aircraft design, prioritizing stealth and sophisticated armament instead. In this modern aerial warfare environment, it is obvious that new techniques need to be applied to properly assess aircraft survivability and produce successful designs for aircraft propulsion systems. The present study focuses on the development of such a methodology, which contrary to related work in the field includes considerations for both aircraft IR signature and missile/aircraft kinematic performance. An aircraft IR signature model is constructed using a collection of methods for area and temperature estimation and exhaust plume modeling; the latter is combined with missile-vs-aircraft and aircraft-vs-aircraft simulations to quantify aircraft survivability in the form of missile and aircraft lethal zones. The proposed methodology is applied to a study on propulsion system effects on aircraft survivability, in which a comparison between different engine configurations is performed: In the scenarios examined, IR signature at cruise conditions and maximum-power thrust performance are identified as key parameters for aircraft combat performance.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationAntonakis A, Nikolaidis T, Pilidis P. (2019) Effects of propulsion system operation on military aircraft survivability. Journal of Aircraft, Volume 56, Issue 6, November 2019, pp. 2131-2143en_UK
dc.identifier.cris23785241
dc.identifier.issn0021-8669
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.2514/1.C035508
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/14767
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronauticsen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/*
dc.titleEffects of propulsion system operation on military aircraft survivabilityen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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