Extraction of the Polyurethane Layer in Textile Composites for Textronics Applications Using Optical Coherence Tomography
This article presents a new method for the extraction and measurement of the polyurethane layer of Cordura textile composites using optical coherence tomography. The knowledge of coating layer properties in these composites is very important, as it affects mechanical parameters such as stiffness and...
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| author | Jarosław Gocławski Ewa Korzeniewska Joanna Sekulska-Nalewajko Dominik Sankowski Ryszard Pawlak |
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| description | This article presents a new method for the extraction and measurement of the polyurethane layer of Cordura textile composites using optical coherence tomography. The knowledge of coating layer properties in these composites is very important, as it affects mechanical parameters such as stiffness and bending rigidity. Unlike microscopic measurements, which require cross-section samples of the material, the proposed approach is non-invasive. The method is based on detecting the top and bottom boundaries of the polyurethane layer in Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) images using image processing methods, namely edge enhancement filtering, thresholding and spline smoothing. The cover layer measurement results obtained from a three-dimensional OCT image of the composite fabric are presented as the thickness maps. The average values of the layer thicknesses measured with the OCT method for four types of Cordura showed a high correlation with the results obtained from microscopic measurements (Pearson correlation coefficient r = 0.9844 ), which confirms the accuracy of the OCT method. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-71007c6730c44ce4ae64917e5541a6a92022-12-22T02:47:30ZengMDPI AGPolymers2073-43602018-04-0110546910.3390/polym10050469polym10050469Extraction of the Polyurethane Layer in Textile Composites for Textronics Applications Using Optical Coherence TomographyJarosław Gocławski0Ewa Korzeniewska1Joanna Sekulska-Nalewajko2Dominik Sankowski3Ryszard Pawlak4Institute of Applied Computer Science, Lodz University of Technology, 18/22 Stefanowskiego Street, Lodz 90-924, PolandInstitute of Electrical Engineering Systems, Lodz University of Technology, 18/22 Stefanowskiego Street, Lodz 90-924, PolandInstitute of Applied Computer Science, Lodz University of Technology, 18/22 Stefanowskiego Street, Lodz 90-924, PolandInstitute of Applied Computer Science, Lodz University of Technology, 18/22 Stefanowskiego Street, Lodz 90-924, PolandInstitute of Electrical Engineering Systems, Lodz University of Technology, 18/22 Stefanowskiego Street, Lodz 90-924, PolandThis article presents a new method for the extraction and measurement of the polyurethane layer of Cordura textile composites using optical coherence tomography. The knowledge of coating layer properties in these composites is very important, as it affects mechanical parameters such as stiffness and bending rigidity. Unlike microscopic measurements, which require cross-section samples of the material, the proposed approach is non-invasive. The method is based on detecting the top and bottom boundaries of the polyurethane layer in Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) images using image processing methods, namely edge enhancement filtering, thresholding and spline smoothing. The cover layer measurement results obtained from a three-dimensional OCT image of the composite fabric are presented as the thickness maps. The average values of the layer thicknesses measured with the OCT method for four types of Cordura showed a high correlation with the results obtained from microscopic measurements (Pearson correlation coefficient r = 0.9844 ), which confirms the accuracy of the OCT method.http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/10/5/469composite fabricpolyurethane layeroptical coherence tomographythickness map2D polynomial approximation2D spline smoothing |
| spellingShingle | Jarosław Gocławski Ewa Korzeniewska Joanna Sekulska-Nalewajko Dominik Sankowski Ryszard Pawlak Extraction of the Polyurethane Layer in Textile Composites for Textronics Applications Using Optical Coherence Tomography Polymers composite fabric polyurethane layer optical coherence tomography thickness map 2D polynomial approximation 2D spline smoothing |
| title | Extraction of the Polyurethane Layer in Textile Composites for Textronics Applications Using Optical Coherence Tomography |
| title_full | Extraction of the Polyurethane Layer in Textile Composites for Textronics Applications Using Optical Coherence Tomography |
| title_fullStr | Extraction of the Polyurethane Layer in Textile Composites for Textronics Applications Using Optical Coherence Tomography |
| title_full_unstemmed | Extraction of the Polyurethane Layer in Textile Composites for Textronics Applications Using Optical Coherence Tomography |
| title_short | Extraction of the Polyurethane Layer in Textile Composites for Textronics Applications Using Optical Coherence Tomography |
| title_sort | extraction of the polyurethane layer in textile composites for textronics applications using optical coherence tomography |
| topic | composite fabric polyurethane layer optical coherence tomography thickness map 2D polynomial approximation 2D spline smoothing |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/10/5/469 |
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