Title :
Simulations of the radar cross section of a generic air-to-air missile coated with radar absorbing materials
Author :
Alves, Mauro A. ; Peixoto, Guilherme G. ; Rezende, Mirabel C.
Author_Institution :
lnstituto de Aeronautica e Espaco, Campos
fDate :
Oct. 29 2007-Nov. 1 2007
Abstract :
Simulations of the radar cross section of a heat- seeking air-to-air missile model were performed using the CADRCS software. In these simulations at a frequency of 10 GHz, the surface of the missile was considered to be a perfect conductor and to be coated with a radar absorbing material (RAM). The comparison of results from the simulations shows how different parts of the missile contribute to the radar cross section (RCS). Also, it is shown how the RCS of the missile is reduced with the use of RAM.
Keywords :
absorbing media; electromagnetic wave absorption; military radar; radar cross-sections; CADRCS software; generic air-to-air missile; radar absorbing materials; radar cross section; Active appearance model; Aircraft; Frequency; Mirrors; Missiles; Optical surface waves; Radar cross section; Radar scattering; Software performance; Surface treatment; Missiles; modeling; radar cross sections; simulations;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference, 2007. IMOC 2007. SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Brazil
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0661-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0661-6
DOI :
10.1109/IMOC.2007.4404336