The Effect of Shape of Aircraft Vulnerable Area and Probability of Kill for an Antiaircraft Artillery Simulation Model

Abstract

An investigation is made to determine the effect of object shape on the calculation of 26 view vulnerable areas from six orthogonal views by the geometric projection method. Errors in vulnerable area are found for a parallelepiped, a pyramid, a cone, a cylinder, a sphere, a combination of these bodies, and two aircraft shapes - the OV-10 and the A-10. The POO1 Antiaircraft Artillery Simulation Computer Program is used to determine probability of kill variation due to errors in vulnerable areas of the aircraft shapes. Errors in vulnerable area for the geometric bodies vary from 0% to 70% of actual area depending on the object and view. Vulnerable area variations average 6% of actual vulnerable area for the OV-10, 13% for the A-10 computer model, and 14% for the A-10 aircraft.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0780632

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  • James P. Verstreate

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  • Air Force Institute of Technology

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  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Air
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircraft Models
  • Aircrafts
  • Anti-Aircraft Guns
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Engineering
  • Flight Paths
  • Fuel Systems
  • Probability
  • Simulations
  • Three Dimensional
  • Thyristors
  • Weapon Systems

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