Generalised Model for Aircraft Vulnerability by Different Weapon Systems

  • V.P. Singh Centre for Aeronautical Systems Studies & Analyses, Bangalore
  • Yuraj Singh Centre for Aeronautical Systems Studies & Analyses, Bangalore
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14429/dsj.50.3316
Keywords: Curvelinear triangles, Fused ammunition, Military aircrafts, Aeronautical engineering, Flight tests

Abstract

The authors earlier model for the vulnerability of aircraft where aircraft was considered as a combination of cylinder, cones and wedges has been extended to the case when structural data of aircraft as well as its vital parts are given in the form of three-dimensional curvilinear triangles. In the case of VT -fused ammunition, spherical normal distribution has been used to estimate the landing probability of the shell in a cylindrical vicinity region around the aircraft. Kill criteria of vital parts have been redefined.

Author Biographies

V.P. Singh, Centre for Aeronautical Systems Studies & Analyses, Bangalore
Dr VP Singh received his MSc (Maths) in 1965 and PhD in Shock Waves from the University of Delhi, in 1972. He joined DRDO in 1966 at the Centre for Aeronautical Systems Studies & Analyses (CASSA), Bangalore and is currently heading the Weapon Systems Evaluation Group. He is a member ofthe Aeronautical Society of India, Operational Research Society of India and Computer Society ofIndia. He has published more than 45 research papers in national/international journals, three books and one monograph.
Yuraj Singh, Centre for Aeronautical Systems Studies & Analyses, Bangalore
Mr Yuvraj Singh received his MSc from Meerut University, in 1977. He joined DRDO in 1984 and is presently working as Senior Scientist at CASSA, Bangalore. He is a member of the Operational Research Society ofIndia and Aeronautical Society of lndia.

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Published
2013-01-01
How to Cite
Singh, V., & Singh, Y. (2013). Generalised Model for Aircraft Vulnerability by Different Weapon Systems. Defence Science Journal, 50(1), 13-23. https://doi.org/10.14429/dsj.50.3316
Issue
Vol 50 No 1
Section
Aeronautical Systems
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