The Effect of Release Parameter Correlations on the Distribution of Computer Simulated Bomb Impacts.
Abstract
This study is the continuation of an ongoing effort at the School of Systems and Logistics to build a general bombing model. Using a basis the Downs and Forseth computer model which incorporates the six release parameters altitude, true airspeed, flight path angle, heading, and lead/trail, the authors sought to make certain modifications which would more closely approximate real world bombing results. The Downs and Forseth model generated bomb impacts based on the assumption that the six release parameters were independent one from all others. The authors challenged the validity of this assumption and asserted instead that pilots make coordinated control inputs which improve bombing accuracy. This study used data recorded during the bombing accuracy evaluations of the A-10 aircraft as the basis for establishing correlations between various pairs of release parameters. It provides statistical analysis and graphs of the resultant bomb distributions. Results indicate that bomb impact distributions generated from correlated release parameters are grouped more closely around the desired target than bomb impact distributions generated from independent release parameters. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1977
- Accession Number
- ADA044185
Entities
People
- Harry A. Brown
- Monte H. Callen Jr.
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology