Accession Number:

ADA399069

Title:

Low Signature Tent Structures

Descriptive Note:

Conference Proceedings

Corporate Author:

TENSION SYSTEMS LLC MADISON AL

Personal Author(s):

• Cox, Randy

Report Date:

1998-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

6.0

Abstract:

Tension Systems has developed structures for lightweight tents that can provide the enclosure of very large volumes with low structural mass, and exhibiting low multispectral signatures. We believe these are the first tent designs in which low signature is derived from fundamental design rather than pigments and camouflage nets. The design is basically a double skinned aspensional structure in which the inner and outer skins contribute integrally to the rigidity of the whole. Additionally, the design is a clear-span tent requiring no interior support poles. The design is not inflatable requiring no compressed air source to erect or maintain. Modeling shows that visual, near infrared, thermal, and radar signatures should be reduced when compared to other current tent designs. A brief treatise on the role of tent signatures and their results is included

Descriptors:

• *TENTS
• *STEALTH TECHNOLOGY
• FIBERGLASS
• STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES
• TRANSPARENCE
• TENSION
• FABRICS
• LIGHTWEIGHT
• SKIN(STRUCTURAL)
• RADAR SIGNATURES
• MULTISPECTRAL
• STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS
• SPECTRUM SIGNATURES

Subject Categories:

• Logistics, Military Facilities and Supplies
• Optical Countermeasures

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE