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15.10 Military Aircraft Survivability

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(Dakota) are still flying. Thousands of aircraft already have been grounded and thousands more will be grounded forever in the immediate future. Their storage occupies much land and aircraft disposal is not the same as for automobiles. The disposal of older aircraft is a serious problem.

Metal sold as scrap can be recycled but increasing amounts of composite material are accumulating. Disposal of composite materials is difficult because they serve no useful purpose as scrap – attempts are being made to make them recyclable. Avionics black boxes and microprocessors contain toxic materials; the fluids in display units also are toxic. It is expensive to rid the environment of toxic materials. Incineration plants are specifically designed to keep the efflux clean.

More research is continuing to find suitable materials that are less toxic and also can cost effectively be disposed of. This is a concern of material scientists; however, aircraft designers must stay current with materials technology and make proper selections.

15.10 Military Aircraft Survivability

This extended section of the book can be found on the Web site www.cambridge

.org/Kundu and presents a typical military turbofan survivability consideration in the following subsections.

15.10.1 Military Emergency Escape

The subsection introduces a typical ejection seat and ejection sequences as a survivability issue with the following figures.

Figure 15.42. Typical military aircraft ejection seat Figure 15.43. Typical ejection sequence

Figure 15.44. Typical ejection sequence showing separation of seat and parachute deployment

15.10.2 Military Aircraft Stealth Consideration

The subsection introduces various military aircraft stealth considerations and strategies as survivability issues. It covers system integration of operational needs before, during, and after combat (e.g., audio-visual detection, radar signature, heat signature, on-board passive system, use of defensive aids, secure communication, onboard stand-alone navigational system, and returning to home base).

15.10.3 Low Observable (LO) Aircraft Configuration

The subsection deals with military aircraft typical stealth considerations issues such as heat and radar signature suppression as survivability issues. Following are the figures in this subsection.

Figure 15.45. Typical comparisons of radar signatures (sphere versus stealth aircraft)

Figure 15.46. Three stealth aircraft configurations

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