Infrared Spectra of Customized Magnesium/Teflon/Viton Decoy Flares

Infrared (IR) guided missile is known to cause 90% of aircraft damage. Magnesium/Teflon/Viton (MTV) decoy flares are customized materials, which are capable of yielding thermal signature to interfere with IR guided missile seekers. In this study, the IR-signature of an MTV flare is measured in a jet...

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Published in:Combustion, explosion, and shock waves explosion, and shock waves, 2019-09, Vol.55 (5), p.599-605
Main Authors: Elbasuney, Sherif, Elsaidy, Amir, Kassem, Mohamed, Tantawy, Hesham, Sadek, Ramy, Fahd, Ahmed
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aircraft
Blackbody
Classical and Continuum Physics
Classical Mechanics
Control
Dynamical Systems
Engineering
Flares
Guided missiles
Infrared spectra
Jet engines
Magnesium
Missile control
Nozzles
Physical Chemistry
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Polytetrafluoroethylene
Vibration
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Summary:Infrared (IR) guided missile is known to cause 90% of aircraft damage. Magnesium/Teflon/Viton (MTV) decoy flares are customized materials, which are capable of yielding thermal signature to interfere with IR guided missile seekers. In this study, the IR-signature of an MTV flare is measured in a jet engine nozzle. The jet engine IR-signature is characterized with two characteristic peaks over the α -band (2–3 µ m) and β -band (3–5 µ m); this is correlated to black body emission at 690° C. The MTV decoy flare with 65% Mg offers an increase in the average intensity of the α - and β -bands by 21 and 4 times, respectively, to that of the jet engine. Quantification of emitting species in the combustion flame is conducted by using the ICT thermodynamic code. The developed MTV formulation offers the relative intensity ratio of the α - and β -bands equal to 0.96, which is comparable to that of an aircraft (0.7).
ISSN:0010-5082
1573-8345
DOI:10.1134/S0010508219050113