A SEMINAR REPORT ON

STEALTH FIGHTER
BY

HIMANSHU JAYANT ROLL NO 29243

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT UIET CSJM UNIVERSITY,KANPUR [2011-2012]

A SEMINAR REPORT ON

STEALTH TECHNOLOGY BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SUBMITTED BY HIMANSHU JAYANT UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF: Er. SHRUTI PANDEY

DEPARTMENT MECHANICAL ENGINEERING UIET CSJM UNIVERSITY,KANPUR [2011-2012]

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CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the seminar entitled STEALTH FIGHTER has been submitted by HIMANSHU JAYANT under my guidance in partial fulfillment of degree of bachelor of engineering in Mechanical Engineering of UIET CSJM University, Kanpur during academic year 2011-2012 (semester-6).

Date: Place: Kanpur

Guide (Er. Shruti Pandey )

Head, Mechanical Department ( Er. Ramendra Singh Niranjan)

INCHARGE

(Prof. Vijay Kumar)

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ACKNOWLEGEMENT
I rejoice in expressing my prodigious gratification to Er. RAMENDRA SINGH NIRANJAN,HOD, Department of Mechanical Engineering Department, UIET CSJM University Kanpur for his indispensable guidance, generous help, perpetual encouragement, constant attention offered throughout in preparing the seminar. I take this opportunity to pay my sincere thanks to Er. SHRUTI PANDEY, seminar incharge & lecturer, Mechanical Engineering Department, UIET CSJM University Kanpur, for giving me the golden opportunity to present the seminar. And at last I would like to express my regards to my beloved parents for their unlimited support and best wishes in completion of this seminar. HIMANSHU JAYANT 29243 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING UIET CSJM UNIVERSITY, KANPUR

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PAGE INDEX

TOPIC

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ABSTRACT 1 CHAPTER 1 1.1 2 INTRODUCTION 1

CHAPTER 2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 WHAT IS STEALTH? WORKING OF STEALTH TECHNOLOGY RADAR REFLECTIVITY RCS 2.4.1 MINIMIZING RCS 2 3 4 6 9

CHAPTER 3 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 SHAPING FOR STEALTH RAS RAM IR ACTIVE CANCELLATION METHODS OF AVOIDING DETECTION (REFLECTED WAVES) 21 10 15 16 17 18

3.7 3.8 4

PLASMA STEALTH DETECTION METHOD FOR STEALTH AIRCRAFT

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CHAPTER 4 4.1 STEALTH AIRCRAFT OF YESTERYEARS,TODAY AND TOMORROW 4.2 4.3 ADVANTAGES OF STEALTH DISADVANTAGES OF STEALTH 24 26 27

CHAPTER 5 5.1 CONCLUSION 28 29

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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FIGURE INDEX FIGURE

1.1. 2.1 2.2 2.3 3.1 3.2 5.1 TYPICAL STEALTH AIRCRAFT WORKING OF STEALTH RADAR CROSS-SECTION ORDINARY AIRCRAFT STEALTH SHAPED AIRCRAFT RAM BOEINGS BIRD OF PREY

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1 3 7 9 14 16 28

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ABSTRACT

Stealth or low observability (as it is scientifically known) is one of the most misunderstood and misinterpreted concepts in military aviation by the common man. Stealth aircraft are considered as invisible aircraft, which dominate the skies. With an additional boost from Hollywood action movies, stealth is today termed as the concept invincibility rather than invisibility. Though, the debate still continues on whether stealth technology can make an aircraft invincible it was found that stealth aircraft are detectable by radar. The motive behind incorporating stealth technology in an aircraft is not just to avoid missiles being fired at is but also to give total deniability to covert operations. This is very much useful to strike targets where it is impossible to reach. Thus we can clearly say that the job of a stealth aircraft pilot is not to let others know that he was ever there.

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