Flare mass for a dummy target for producing a selected spectrum
AssigneeBuck Werke GmbH & Co.
InventorsHeinz Bannasch, Martin Wegscheider, Martin Fegg, Horst Bosel
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Abstract
A flare mass for dummy target production has an incendiary composition component and an inert component, the weight ratio of the incendiary mass component and the inert component being adjusted such that the maximum of the spectral radiant flux of the flare mass in adaptation to the spectral radiant flux distribution of the target signature to be simulated is displaced toward longer wavelengths compared with the spectral radiant flux distribution of the incendiary mass component alone.
Claims18
Flare mass for a dummy target for simulating an actual tarrier having a spectral radiant flux distribution with a maximum, comprising an incendiary composition component and an inert component, said inert component having a spectral radiant flux distribution with a maximum, said incendiary composition component and said inert component being mixed with a weight ratio of the incendiary composition component and the inert component which produces a maximum of the spectral radiant flux distribution of the dummy target matched to the maximum of spectral radiant flux distribution of the actual target to be simulated, causing the maximum of the spectral radiant flux distribution of the dummy target to be displaced toward longer wavelengths compared with than said maximum of the spectral radiant flux distribution of the incendiary composition component alone.
A method for producing a dummy target for simulating an actual target having a spectral radiant flux distribution with a maximum comprising the steps of:
- providing an incendiary composition component having a spectral radiant flux distribution with a maximum;
- providing an inert component;
- mixing said incendiary composition component and said inert component with a weight ratio to produce a mixture;
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- adjusting said weight ratio for producing a dummy target, upon ignition of said mixture, having a spectral radiant flux with a maximum matched to the maximum of the spectral radiant flux distribution of said actual target to be simulated, causing said maximum of the spectral radiant flux distribution of the dummy target to be displaced toward longer wavelengths than said maximum of the spectral radiant flux distribution of the incendiary composition component alone.
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