Shape and size design, preparation and test evaluation of color unit in visible light and infrared camouflage
This study presents a novel method for designing and preparing a visible light-infrared-compatible camouflage sample based on the shape, size of the visible band’s color unit and the infrared band’s material coatings. The coatings were prepared by using the cold spray method on 1 m × 1 m aluminum su...
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| author | Xu Chen Wang Yejian Yan Xiaoxing Zhu Rupeng Xu Guoyue Yan Junhua Shi Mengwei |
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| description | This study presents a novel method for designing and preparing a visible light-infrared-compatible camouflage sample based on the shape, size of the visible band’s color unit and the infrared band’s material coatings. The coatings were prepared by using the cold spray method on 1 m × 1 m aluminum substrates with a color unit of the regular hexagonal sample (M1) and regular quadrilateral sample (M2). Then the color difference, the temperature difference and image salience value methods were used to analyze the effectiveness of camouflage samples through the real-scene tests. The results indicate that designed and prepared compatible camouflage samples are effective in their surrounding environment. Meanwhile, it can be concluded that M1 has high fusion with a background in visible and infrared bands compared to M2, M1 has 90.6% color similarity and only 0.8% temperature difference, the M2 has 85.4% color similarity and 1.6% temperature difference with the green background. These findings indicate that the cold spray method could compensate for conventional visible light camouflage design limitations. The combination of camouflage color unit design and visible/infrared material coating could be helpful in optical camouflage research. Furthermore, to improve the military equipment’s survival time on the battlefield. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b4929bb793494b89b6c5ed23322a5cee2023-04-05T08:25:39ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402023-03-0193e14459Shape and size design, preparation and test evaluation of color unit in visible light and infrared camouflageXu Chen0Wang Yejian1Yan Xiaoxing2Zhu Rupeng3Xu Guoyue4Yan Junhua5Shi Mengwei6College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, PR China; Corresponding author.College of Material and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, PR ChinaSchool of Home Furnishing and Industry Design, Nanjing Forest University, Nanjing, 210037, PR ChinaCollege of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, PR ChinaCollege of Material and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, PR ChinaCollege of Astronautics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, PR ChinaCollege of Astronautics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, PR ChinaThis study presents a novel method for designing and preparing a visible light-infrared-compatible camouflage sample based on the shape, size of the visible band’s color unit and the infrared band’s material coatings. The coatings were prepared by using the cold spray method on 1 m × 1 m aluminum substrates with a color unit of the regular hexagonal sample (M1) and regular quadrilateral sample (M2). Then the color difference, the temperature difference and image salience value methods were used to analyze the effectiveness of camouflage samples through the real-scene tests. The results indicate that designed and prepared compatible camouflage samples are effective in their surrounding environment. Meanwhile, it can be concluded that M1 has high fusion with a background in visible and infrared bands compared to M2, M1 has 90.6% color similarity and only 0.8% temperature difference, the M2 has 85.4% color similarity and 1.6% temperature difference with the green background. These findings indicate that the cold spray method could compensate for conventional visible light camouflage design limitations. The combination of camouflage color unit design and visible/infrared material coating could be helpful in optical camouflage research. Furthermore, to improve the military equipment’s survival time on the battlefield.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023016663Visible lightInfraredCamouflageColor unitShapeSize |
| spellingShingle | Xu Chen Wang Yejian Yan Xiaoxing Zhu Rupeng Xu Guoyue Yan Junhua Shi Mengwei Shape and size design, preparation and test evaluation of color unit in visible light and infrared camouflage Heliyon Visible light Infrared Camouflage Color unit Shape Size |
| title | Shape and size design, preparation and test evaluation of color unit in visible light and infrared camouflage |
| title_full | Shape and size design, preparation and test evaluation of color unit in visible light and infrared camouflage |
| title_fullStr | Shape and size design, preparation and test evaluation of color unit in visible light and infrared camouflage |
| title_full_unstemmed | Shape and size design, preparation and test evaluation of color unit in visible light and infrared camouflage |
| title_short | Shape and size design, preparation and test evaluation of color unit in visible light and infrared camouflage |
| title_sort | shape and size design preparation and test evaluation of color unit in visible light and infrared camouflage |
| topic | Visible light Infrared Camouflage Color unit Shape Size |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023016663 |
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