Infrared signatures of low-flying aircraft and their rear fuselage skin's emissivity optimization

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 226-232

  Mahulikar, S P ^a,b   Rao, G A ^a,b,c   Kolhe, P S ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*  (India)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIATION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; INFRARED RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MISSILES; OPTIMIZATION;

AIR-TO-AIR MISSILES; INFRARED (IR) SIGNATURES; LOW-FLYING AIRCRAFT; SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILES (SAM);

FUSELAGES;

EID: 33644620294     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.15365     Document Type: Article

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