Process Systems Engineering Approach to Modeling and Configuration Optimization of Anti-Aircraft Guns

Process systems engineering approach is quite useful in systematic modeling, analysis and optimization of military systems. In this study, we investigated contributing factors of each subcomponent of anti-aircraft guns based on first-principles modeling and data-based study. Then the optimal configurations of anti-aircraft guns suitable for designated purposes have been produced out of mathematical programming.

An anti-aircraft gun is fired from the ground or shipboard in defense against aerial attack. Antiaircraft weapons development began as early as 1910, when the airplane first became an effective weapon.There are many types of anti-aircraft guns, including K-9. 

Fire distribution is the key point in the operational process of integrated anti-aircraft gun and missile system. Aimed at the economically efficient quality and characteristics of air-defense missile system and anti-aircraft gun system, the criterion of optimum fire distribution is established on the basis of analyzing the main factors, which are killer area and kill probability of the system in fire distribution (Fan et al., 2004).