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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Graham V. WeinbergPublisher: Artech House Publishers Imprint: Artech House Publishers Edition: Revised edition Dimensions: Width: 16.30cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.30cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9781685690274ISBN 10: 1685690270 Pages: 230 Publication Date: 31 August 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1 Introduction 1.1 An Introduction to Directed Energy 1.2 A Historical Sketch of DE Systems 1.2.1 High Power Radio Frequency 1.2.2 High Energy Lasers 1.3 A Selection of Systems 1.3.1 Stryker-Mounted Laser 1.3.2 US Navy’s Laser Weapon System 1.3.3 Boeing YAL-1 Airborne Laser Testbed 1.3.4 Epirus Leonidas High-Power Microwave Systems 1.3.5 AFRL’s Tactical High-Power Operational Responder 1.3.6 Other DE Systems 1.4 Purpose and Scope 2 Some Principles of Mathematics and Physics 2.1 Probability and Statistics Basics 2.1.1 Fundamentals 2.1.2 Distributions and Properties 2.1.3 Statistical Conditioning 2.2 Principles of Stochastic Processes 2.2.1 Fundamental Processes 2.2.2 Queueing Theory 2.3 Physics Preliminaries 2.3.1 Wavelengths and Frequency 2.3.2 Propagation of Electromagnetic Energy 2.3.3 Signals and Fourier Analysis 3 Fundamentals of HPRF Performance Modelling 3.1 An Overview of HPRF DEWs 3.2 Electronic Vulnerability Levels 3.3 HPRF Power Density Function 3.4 Narrowband and Wideband Effector Performance Modelling 3.4.1 Example: A Damped Sinusiodal Signal 3.4.2 Power Density for Ultrawideband Signals 3.5 Concluding Remarks 4 HPRF Performance Prediction 4.1 One Threat 4.1.1 Narrowband Case 4.1.2 Ultrawideband Case 4.2 Multiple Threats 4.2.1 Threats Arrive Simultaneously 4.2.2 Arrivals Through a Renewal Process 4.2.3 Threats Arrive Linearly 4.3 Concluding Remarks 5 The HEL Irradiance Function 5.1 Lasers: An Overview 5.2 Laser Damage Thresholds 5.3 Gaussian Beam Profiles 5.4 Irradiance Functions 5.5 Irradiance Function Examples 5.6 Some Final Comments on Irradiance Functions 6 HEL Performance Prediction 6.1 Models for Thresholds 6.2 Single Target and Single Effector 6.3 Multiple Targets: Queueing Theory Approach 6.4 Multiple Sources on a Single Threat 6.5 Number of Effectors to Achieve Minimum Performance 6.6 Concluding Remarks 7 Future Research Directions 7.1 HPRF DEW Considerations 7.2 Modelling Synchronised DEW Systems 7.3 Active Protection Systems 7.4 Adaptive Optics 7.5 Validation of Performance Models A Emerging Threat Exemplars A.1 Airborne Threats A.2 Ground-Based Threats A.3 Sea-Based Threats B Irradiance Function for Adaptive Optics C Distribution of Delays Bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |