Modelling the behaviour of UAVs structural materials under continuous laser irradiations

V. Allheily; F. Retailleau; T. Jean; L. Merlat

doi:10.1117/12.2637845

2 November 2022 Modelling the behaviour of UAVs structural materials under continuous laser irradiations

V. Allheily, F. Retailleau, T. Jean, L. Merlat

Proceedings Volume 12273, High-Power Lasers and Technologies for Optical Countermeasures; 1227306 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2637845
Event: SPIE Security + Defence, 2022, Berlin, Germany

Abstract

Whereas laser weapon systems are foreseen as a new possibility to counter unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), a better understanding of the complex phenomena occurring during the interaction of a high-energy laser beam with a flying structure is required to use those new innovative defense devices in an efficient but also a secure way. This paper first presents multiple material characterizations performed on glass fibers-reinforced plastics (GFRP), from which near-infrared spectroscopic data and high-temperature thermodynamic results are later implemented into multiphysics simulations. Numerical outcomes from the models are then compared to experimental recordings arising from laser trials carried out with varying power densities (75, 150 and 300 W/cm²) and with illumination times of several seconds. A very good agreement is shown between temperature data collected during laser experiments and temperature values from computations.

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V. Allheily, F. Retailleau, T. Jean, and L. Merlat "Modelling the behaviour of UAVs structural materials under continuous laser irradiations", Proc. SPIE 12273, High-Power Lasers and Technologies for Optical Countermeasures, 1227306 (2 November 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2637845

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