Title :
Simulations of the radar cross section of a stealth aircraft
Author :
Alves, Mauro A. ; Port, Rafael J. ; Rezende, Mirabel C.
Author_Institution :
Inst. de Aeronautica e Espaco, Sao Jose dos Campos
fDate :
Oct. 29 2007-Nov. 1 2007
Abstract :
The radar cross section (RCS) of a CAD model of the stealth bomber B-2 Spirit was simulated with the CADRCS software. Results from simulations with the aircraft model having a perfectly conducting surface and rotating about the yaw, pitch and roll axes are presented and compared with results of simulations where the surface of the model was covered with a radar absorbing material (RAM). The objective of this study was to investigate how the shape can affect the RCS of an aircraft and how the use of RAM can further reduce its RCS.
Keywords :
CAD; aerospace computing; aerospace simulation; aircraft; radar cross-sections; CADRCS software; radar absorbing material; radar cross section; stealth aircraft; stealth bomber B-2 Spirit; Aerospace materials; Airborne radar; Aircraft manufacture; Aircraft propulsion; Military aircraft; Radar antennas; Radar cross section; Radar equipment; Radar scattering; Shape; aircraft; modeling; radar cross sections; simulation; stealth;
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.2007.4404292
